Second brain: weekly analysis and system

A weekly review is what turns a set of tips into a 'second brain' system. Once a week you summarize and set up the next week, and the assistant maintains continuity. Mechanics: you give three things - context (your goals and situation), an overview of the past week (what worked, what stuck, what is loading) and intention for the next one. The model connects this: it notices that the task is postponed into the third week, and suggests either breaking it up or letting it go. Insider: always ask 'find a repeating pattern' - something that gets stuck over and over again is more important than one-time failures; it hides the real problem (wrong priority, fear, lack of resource). Second trick: end the analysis with one question-focus for yourself for the next week - a short focus is better than ten tasks. A good system lives on regularity, not volume. A typical mistake: hoarding everything in your head and doing an analysis once a quarter in a panic. The second brain works when you unload and revise often and little by little, and not rarely and in an avalanche.