Personal Knowledge Management System
Second Brain or Personal Knowledge Management System (PKMS) is intended as an extension of our first brain. It allows us offload some of the tasks that use a lot of mental energy and memory, while freeing up space for more creative and challenging activities.
The most ENERGY consuming activity is to track our tasks and to align them to projects. While outsourcing this activity to Second Brain, we can actually go a step further and align our projects to personal goals.
The most MEMORY consuming activity is trying to retain knowledge which we continuously generate while consuming information from hundreds of sources.
PKMS is a system comprised of both
applications/tools and
processes/workflows.
This system helps you capture information, which you consume during the day, and save it in a structured way. Afterwards, it facilitates transformation of acquired information into knowledge and its application for solving problems at hand and/or creation of original knowledge e.g. in form of content.
For a PKMS to flourish it needs a right mindset and appreciation of individual’s knowledge and expertise. It also needs time and patience. If you are also on this journey, take it easy!