I’d like to invite everyone to go ahead and take a look at this video:

Screen Shot of John Reese's Video - Go Check it Out

It’s not the most scientific video, and it is a 67 minute commitment, but this technique has already been useful for me.  I think the #1 problem with being a self-educator in a world of information overload is that our heads get filled – this is basically a technique for doing a comprehensive “brain dump”.

Even more significantly, John Reese recommends in the video to break your brain dump into 3 parts:  you tasks, your desires, and your fears.  This is an important technique, because it’s at the very least a modern manifestation of the ancient wisdom:  Know Thyself.

Wikipedia photo of Know Thyself in the original Greek on a stained glass window

So go ahead and reboot your brain.  Just as a rose bush can grow more rigorously once it’s pruned, this process allows you to clear your mind and then let reorganization and defragmentation occur.  It is a stepping stone we all must take on our personal intellectual trajectory.  Good luck!