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Learn how to save your ideas, organize your learning, and dramatically expand your creative output with digital notetaking. My name is Tiago Forte, and I am your host and the creator of the Building a Second Brain course, where I’ve taught people from around the world how to build their own “Second Brain” – a trusted place outside their head where they can collect their most important ideas and insights, and use them to do their best work and live a better life.
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Realistic way to access the new economy. In each episode I interview someone who has created their own career. The common thread through out the interviews is that my guests have figured out how to have time, location and income independence. That last past is important. Many of my guests are internet entrepreneurs who are doing really well physically, mentally, emotionally ect... Alright, lets do this!
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Hey everyone, it’s Alex from Alex & Books and you’re listening to The Reader’s Journey. The podcast that takes you on a journey to meet amazing authors, discover brilliant books, and learn valuable lessons along the way. Now, let’s get started.For more book recs, reading tips, and book content, follow @AlexandBooks_ on Instagram & Twitter.
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Sources and Methods

Alex Strick van Linschoten and Matt Trevithick

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Sources and Methods is a podcast hosted by Alex Strick and Matt Trevithick in which interesting people doing interesting things get to talk about the what, how and why of what they do.sourcesandmethods.com
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My guest today is Tiago Forte author of "Building a Second Brain." Tiago Forte is one of the world’s foremost experts on productivity and has taught thousands of people around the world how timeless principles and the latest technology can revolutionize their productivity, creativity, and personal effectiveness. Get his book here: https://amzn.to/3…
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If you consider yourself to be a creative type, you probably find that it’s easy to have great ideas for things you’d love to try or projects you want to do in the future, but you struggle to actually make things happen. Even if you organize yourself and your time pretty well, the fact is everyday life has a way of creeping in from all sides and cr…
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Mako’s paintings have been described as a rebellion against the speed of the internet and an antidote to time. In fact, the New York Times refers to his work as a form of “Slow Art”. Rather than using conventional paint, Mako uses various pulverized minerals, applied layer by layer to create huge finished works that can only truly be seen and appre…
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Gerald Leonard has had a diverse career filled with creative pursuits and technical education. The magic happened when Gerald was able to draw a throughline from the success of small jazz ensembles to the success of tech teams and businesses. It all came down to knowing how and when to lead. When you’ve played for years or spent that time developin…
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Today’s conversation with Tim Arnold explores the gray areas that organization leaders encounter when faced with questions that don’t have black and white answers. We seem to be conditioned from an early age to see life in terms of either/or, right and wrong, good and evil, especially when it comes to problem solving. And there’s nothing wrong with…
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Amit Gupta is an entrepreneur, writer, and serial optimist. He’s also a personal friend of Dane’s, and in this episode, Dane and Amit discuss the past, the present, and - with Amit’s own brand of optimistic clarity - the future. Amit is, in his own words a “relatively successful entrepreneur”, though we would argue his success is more than relative…
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Jaz Ampaw-Farr is no stranger to feeling like an outsider. In this podcast, Jaz shares her personal story from her earliest days as a girl who seemingly had no name, to where she is now as a wife and mother, successful businesswoman, and survivor. Jaz’s keystone message is that you need to believe that you belong. It’s a feeling that we can cultiva…
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Focusmate is all about distraction-free productivity. As a creative entrepreneur, you often get pulled away from your work because of the other things you need to do to keep your business running. Taylor founded the company on the principle that working with others and being “held accountable” for your productivity leads to improved work. And it to…
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Cloverleaf uses popular assessments to create a slow drip of insights that can significantly change how you approach your career. No one thinks and communicates the same way. By understanding your audience and team members on a deeper level, you can be a better manager, enterprise leader, and coach. Kirsten talks about how recognizing different peo…
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Jerzy lives by his own philosophy, and that is “Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.” It’s a simple, easily applicable mantra to for all of us to live by. As somewhat of a Renaissance Man in his post Olympic life, Jerzy dabbles in a lot of different areas to truly embrace his philosophy on life. His passion is infectious and you can’t …
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Corbett Barr’s career spanned from helping Fortune 500 companies to becoming an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley to life-changing events in Mexico that changed his life. For Barr, pursuing a new career in the internet world is about audience-first, genuine connection, and creation. From blogging, Barr found a way to represent himself online, without …
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Greg McKeown joins to discuss the idea that pursuing less actually produces more– or put simply, “Essentialism”. He outlines the framework of this philosophy with the tenets, “Explore, Eliminate, Execute”, and dives into how they can positively affect your personal, spiritual, and vocational life. Listen to the whole interview with Greg McKeown for…
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My guest today is Jay Papasan, the co-author of The ONE Thing. Jay Papasan is an NYT bestselling writer and business executive. In this episode, Jay shares advice on how to be more productive by identifying and focusing on your most important task, how to create better to-do lists, why you shouldn’t multitask, tips on work/life balance, and much mo…
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My guest today is Sahil Lavingia, author of The Minimalist Entrepreneur. Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad and an angel investor. Before that, he was employee #2 at Pinterest. In this episode, Sahil shares advice on building a successful business, why you want to be a creator before becoming an entrepreneur, lessons learned from Naval Ravika…
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My guest today is MJ DeMarco, author of The Great Rat Race Escape. MJ DeMarco is an entrepreneur, investor, and bestselling author of The Millionaire Fastlane. In this episode, MJ shares advice on how to escape the rat race, the myth about compounding interest making you rich, how to find the right business opportunity, advice he would give to a 21…
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My guest today is John Gray, author of Beyond Mars and Venus. Dr. John Gray is the author of the classic dating book Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. His books have sold tens of millions of copies and have been translated into approximately 45 languages in more than 100 countries. In this episode, John shares how relationship dynamics have …
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My guest today is Nate Dallas, author of You’re Too Good To Feel This Bad. Nate’s book is like 10 self-improvement books wrapped into one. He covers over several health-related topics such as sleep, breathing, diet, exercise, mindset, meditation, and many more areas that play a vital role in achieving better health. Listen to this podcast to learn …
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My guest today is Christian Busch, author of The Serendipity Mindset. His book is all about the art and science of creating good luck. That’s right, luck is a skill that can be learned and improved upon. In our conversation, Christian explains the difference between blind luck and smart luck (AKA serendipity), how bad luck today can become good luc…
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Learn more about Howard’s speed reading program at berglearning.com/a/alexbooks. My guest today is Howard Berg, the author of Super Reading Secrets. Howard holds the Guinness record for being the world’s fastest reader, reading at 80 pages per minute. In our conversation, Howard shares advice on how to read faster, bad habits that are slowing down …
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My guest today is John David Mann, the author of How To Write Good (Or At Least, Gooder). John has coauthored over 30 books including The Go-Giver, The Latte Factor, The Slight Edge, and many more bestselling books. In our conversation, John shares the three ingredients for good writing, how reading more will improve your writing, the writing proce…
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Overwhelmed by the information you have to consume and keep track of? The Building a Second Brain Podcast gives you the tools to overcome Information Overload and thrive in the Information Age. Tiago Forte will teach you how to build your own "Second Brain" – a trusted place outside your head where you can collect your most important ideas and insi…
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Overwhelmed by the information you have to consume and keep track of? The Building a Second Brain Podcast gives you the tools to overcome Information Overload and thrive in the Information Age. Tiago Forte will teach you how to build your own "Second Brain" – a trusted place outside your head where you can collect your most important ideas and insi…
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Overwhelmed by the information you have to consume and keep track of? The Building a Second Brain Podcast gives you the tools to overcome Information Overload and thrive in the Information Age. Tiago Forte will teach you how to build your own "Second Brain" – a trusted place outside your head where you can collect your most important ideas and insi…
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Overwhelmed by the information you have to consume and keep track of? The Building a Second Brain Podcast gives you the tools to overcome Information Overload and thrive in the Information Age. Tiago Forte will teach you how to build your own "Second Brain" – a trusted place outside your head where you can collect your most important ideas and insi…
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Overwhelmed by the information you have to consume and keep track of? The Building a Second Brain Podcast gives you the tools to overcome Information Overload and thrive in the Information Age. Tiago Forte will teach you how to build your own "Second Brain" – a trusted place outside your head where you can collect your most important ideas and insi…
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Overwhelmed by the information you have to consume and keep track of? The Building a Second Brain Podcast gives you the tools to overcome Information Overload and thrive in the Information Age. Tiago Forte will teach you how to build your own "Second Brain" – a trusted place outside your head where you can collect your most important ideas and insi…
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Overwhelmed by the information you have to consume and keep track of? The Building a Second Brain Podcast gives you the tools to overcome Information Overload and thrive in the Information Age. Tiago Forte will teach you how to build your own "Second Brain" – a trusted place outside your head where you can collect your most important ideas and insi…
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Overwhelmed by the information you have to consume and keep track of? The Building a Second Brain Podcast gives you the tools to overcome Information Overload and thrive in the Information Age. Tiago Forte will teach you how to build your own "Second Brain" – a trusted place outside your head where you can collect your most important ideas and insi…
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Overwhelmed by the information you have to consume and keep track of? The Building a Second Brain Podcast gives you the tools to overcome Information Overload and thrive in the Information Age. Tiago Forte will teach you how to build your own "Second Brain" – a trusted place outside your head where you can collect your most important ideas and insi…
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Overwhelmed by the information you have to consume and keep track of? The Building a Second Brain Podcast gives you the tools to overcome Information Overload and thrive in the Information Age. Tiago Forte will teach you how to build your own "Second Brain" – a trusted place outside your head where you can collect your most important ideas and insi…
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My guest today is Logan Ury, the author of How To Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love. Logan studied psychology at Harvard, ran Google’s behavioral science team, and now works at the dating app Hinge and as a dating coach. In our conversation, Logan shares advice on what really matters in a long-term partner and what …
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My guest today is James Altucher, the author of Skip the Line: The 10,000 Experiments Rule and Other Surprising Advice for Reaching Your Goals. James is an entrepreneur, angel investor, chess master, comedian, and prolific writer. He's also the podcast host of "The James Altucher Show" which has had over 30 million downloads. In our conversation, J…
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My guest today is Blas Moros, a talented writer and the creator of a very popular blog called The Rabbit Hole, where he's shared 600+ book summaries, along with dozens of essays and other educational resources. In our conversation, Blass shares advice on how to choose what book to read next, the value of taking notes and writing summaries, how to f…
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My guest today is Scott Young, the bestselling author of Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career. Scott is a prolific writer who writes about learning, productivity, and habits. He is known for documenting learning challenges such as completing 4-years of MIT computer science classes in one year and l…
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The Meaning of Work Before the time of remote jobs, work was two things: the place you go, and the things you do. When working remote grew in popularity, Sam saw a need for meeting those individuals want for inspiration and community. The issue with this was that what works for some doesn't work for others. For some, a coffee shop environment is th…
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Time Many entrepreneurs always find themselves plugged in with no way to disconnect. For some, they want to look at their business and say I owned this business not work for it. For others, they simply want more freedom within their work at their business. No matter which category you fall into, Trainual can help you make the best use of your time …
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My guest today is Alex Banayan, the author of the #1 international bestseller The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers. At 18-years old, Alex won The Price Is Right and sold the grand-prize to fund his journey of tracking down the world’s most successful people to uncover how they launc…
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Mission When it comes to finding your mission as a business, it is more than just what you're delivering. It involves finding something that is bigger than what you're delivering. Your mission needs to be something that motivates people, makes them feel good about what they're doing, and realize the bigger picture of their role in your business. Fo…
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My guest today is Robin Hanson, the co-author of The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life. Robin is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. In his book, Robin explores the hidden (and oftentimes sometimes darker) motives in ev…
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Tension Between Challenge and Support Jeremie discusses with us how there is a time when you need challenge, but there is also a time when you need support. As a leader and an individual, it can be hard finding that balance point between the two. When you find it, you're able to create an intentional transfer of knowledge, wisdom, and skills. In th…
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My guest today is Nir Eyal, the author of Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. Nir Eyal is a bestselling author, former Stanford lecturer, and behavioral design expert. In Indistractable, Nir explains the hidden psychology behind distractions and shares practical advice on how to get the best out of technology without…
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Feeling Alive Living and being alive is more than just existing. The two ways to die are not really living or by killing yourself taking too many risks. There is a balance to living in the tension point between order and chaos. When you feel alive, that is when you find freedom. Freedom is the actual experience of being alive and being untethered b…
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The Start of Speaking When it comes to speaking, the only thing between you and to chance to share your voice is learning how the industry works. Grant spent a lot of time questioning and following speakers to acquire the knowledge that he then applied to his life. Do not disqualify yourself before even starting the process. There is a big misconce…
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My guest today is Eric Jorgenson, the author of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness. Naval Ravikant is the co-founder of AngelList, investor in 200+ companies, and considered by many to be a modern-day philosopher. This book is a collection of Naval's wisdom and experience shared as a curation of his most insightful inte…
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My guest today is James Altucher, the author of several books including the WSJ bestseller Choose Yourself! He is an entrepreneur, angel investor, chess master, comedian, and prolific writer. He is also the podcast host of "The James Altucher Show" which has had over 30 million downloads. In our conversation, James shares advice on how to find your…
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Your Story Each of us has a story to share that starts at birth and goes into this very moment. Both consciously and unconsciously, we push parts of our stories aside. We do this because we find them either uncomfortable, painful, or so overwhelming that we cannot deal with them in that moment. Andy’s background in trauma and abuse helps him to hel…
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My guest today is Greg McKeown, the NYT bestselling author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. He teaches and lectures about the importance of living and leading as an Essentialist around the world. He is among the most popular bloggers for the Harvard Business Review. He also holds an MBA from Stanford University. In our conversation…
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My guest today is BJ Fogg, PhD, the bestselling author of Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything. Fogg founded the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University and has been researching social behavior for over 20 years. In our conversation, Fogg shares how tiny habits can create major changes, why emotions (not repetition) wires in hab…
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Background Josh is a full time researcher and author who started off at a big company analyzing if their online advertising was actually working. His research developed into putting together a strategy of determining what works for the company when it comes to things of the advertising nature. Josh’s job eventually changed to advising entrepreneurs…
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