Building a Second Brain

At the end of the day this is yet another self help book written with a lot of filler that could be a long article.

But I’m giving it four stars because although it is not original I think it is easier to read than other literature of the area.

And more importantly, it fills a void between GTD and more complete PKM methods like the Zettelkasten including a space for imperfection that both ZK and GTD don’t allow.

I have read worse books, starting with David Allen’s GTD.

This book is a good primer on the topic of Personal Knowledge Management: it introduces concepts about note-taking, note-highlighting and development of personal ideas. Unfortunately there are whole sections with a “life coach” / “mentor” tone, which I didn’t enjoy reading.