Building a Second Brain: An Overview (Tiago Forte)
B) Create smaller, reusable units of work
Once you start to curate a collection of valuable knowledge in external form, a very different way of working becomes not only possible, but necessary.
You will begin to think of your projects as made up of discrete parts. I call them “intermediate packets,” which can include any kind of content we’ve already mentioned: a set of notes from a team meeting, a list of relevant research findings, a brainstorm with collaborators, a slide deck analyzing the market, or a list of action items from a conference call, for example.