The System That Changed How I Think About Ideas
- Capture - Keep what resonates
- Organize - Save for actionability
- Distill - Find the essence
- Express - Show your work
Claudia Dawson • Whole Earth Index/Photosweep/Map of the Best
The magic of creative work comes after you collect ideas and start to find the connections between them.
Tools like Notion or Evernote aren’t built to help you make the most of what you’ve collected. They feel unnatural because humans don’t think in folders and categories; we thrive on connections and associations.
Tools like Notion or Evernote aren’t built to help you make the most of what you’ve collected. They feel unnatural because humans don’t think in folders and categories; we thrive on connections and associations.
Sari Azout • Problems Sublime Solves—at Least for Me
Instead of organizing ideas according to where they come from, I recommend organizing them according to where they are going—specifically, the outcomes that they can help you realize.
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Keep what resonates (Capture) Save for actionability (Organize) Find the essence (Distill) Show your work (Express)
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
