What I Consumed: August 2020

August was a strange month for me that came with a lot of big life changes. Within the first week, I moved into a new house and was married to the most beautiful girl in the world, Kendal.

Therefore, my content consumption was not as high as I would have liked it to be, but what I did consume was gold. Let’s jump in.

In total, I consumed:

• 3 Books
• 12 Podcasts
• ~ 30 Videos
• 15 Articles
  

As always, here are some of the best.

Books

• 0 to 1 by Peter Thiel - A famous investor's guide on how to position new or existing businesses to maximize growth and success. I loved reading this book because so far, I haven’t found a book focused solely on startups.
• Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker - As the title explains, this book is packed with scientific study, research, and examples hoping to uncover some myths about sleep and what it is.

Podcasts

• Matthew Kobach: Social Media Brands on The Northstar Podcast - A captivating interview where Matthew talks about the unexpected best brand on social media, how to grow on Twitter, and the power of writing online.
• Tiago Forte: The Definitive Guide to Digital Productivity on the Modern Wisdom Podcast - A behind the scenes look at Tiago’s motivation for the Building a Second Brain Course and a deep dive into the digital productivity pyramid.

Videos

• Building a Second Brain - Deep Dive With Tiago Forte - Tiago Forte and Ali Abdal explain what it means to build a second brain and give some advice that you’d only get if you’ve taken the course.
• How to Find Interesting Ideas - David Perell shares his laptop screen as he explains how he searches the depths of Amazon for not-so-popular books, that lead to interesting ideas, which leads to “original” research.

Articles

• The Ultimate Guide to Summarizing Books by Tiago Forte - This is a very long, in-depth article about how to take notes while reading, transfer those notes to an external system, progressively summarize those notes, and write a proper book summary. 
• The Guide to Writing Online by David Perell - An interesting take on how to start writing online, tips to keep in mind, and strategies to start writing without having to be “original”.
• How to choose the right note-taking app by Anne-Laure Le Cunff - A brilliant illustration using The Gardner, The Architect, and The Librarian philosophies as to how one should choose the right note-taking app for themselves.
  

Looking back now, it seems there was a lot of David Perell and Tiago Forte. I apologize for that, but I started a quest on how to write better online. That led to me reading a lot of what David creates, as well as being fascinated by Tiago’s Building a Second Brain philosophy. I can’t afford the class, so I tried collecting as many free nuggets as I could.