The Para Method: Simplify, Organize, and Master Your Digital Life - Hardcover

by Tiago Forte (Author)

This accessible guide expands upon the "well-written, cogent, and useful" (David Allen, author of Getting Things Done) bestselling Building a Second Brain with actionable advice on how to improve your digital life in just a few minutes.

Living a modern life requires juggling a ton of information. But we were never taught how to manage this information effectively so that we can find what we need when we need it. In The PARA Method, Tiago Forte outlines a simple and intuitive four-step system that will help us sort all the information flooding our brains into four major categories--Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives--allowing us to manage our commitments while achieving our goals and dreams.

-Projects are specific, short-term efforts that you are actively working on with a certain goal in mind, such as completing a website or renovating your bathroom.
-Areas are the larger, ongoing areas of responsibility (health, finances, etc.) that encompass those specific projects.
-Resources include content on a range of topics you're interested in or that could be useful for your projects and areas.
-Archives include anything from the previous three categories that is now inactive, but you want to save for future reference.

With his easy-to-understand and engaging voice, Forte outlines his best practices and tips on how to successfully implement PARA, along with deep dives on everything from how to adopt habits to stay organized to how to use this system to enhance your focus. The PARA Method can be implemented in just seconds but has the power to transform the trajectory of your work and life using the power of digital organization.

Author Biography

Tiago Forte has spent his career exploring a single question: how do we make the most of what we know? His answer became Building a Second Brain, a methodology now practiced by readers on every continent and inside organizations from Genentech to Toyota to the Inter-American Development Bank. That book, along with The PARA Method and Life in Perspective, has reached more than half a million readers in over twenty-five languages--and landed on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list. His ideas have surfaced in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Time, and elsewhere. But most of his thinking happens far from newsrooms--in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, a small town on a volcanic lake, where he lives with his wife and children. More at ForteLabs.com.