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Tiago Forte

Teaches annual life reviews, having once written a verdict on himself

Long Beach, California, United States

Tiago Forte is based in Long Beach and runs Forte Labs, known for Building a Second Brain and The PARA Method, and he has spent over a decade teaching productivity and design-thinking workflows. Right now his days are dominated by the launch of Life in Perspective, due 3 November, with near-daily short videos, a live session on 7 October and pre-orders pushed in almost every post. What he seems to care about most is an honest annual review that starts with gratitude rather than goals, and real conversation over quick answers. The personal side of his life barely appears in either source, so this profile leans on his work and reflection.

How the agent read Tiago

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Step 1 of 10

Headline and locationLinkedIn
The About sectionLinkedIn
Experience 1 to 7 (career arc)LinkedIn
Skills, languages, volunteering and educationLinkedIn
The activity feedLinkedIn
Bio, links and statsInstagram
The twelve posts as a setInstagram
Posts 2 and 9 (the personal stories)Instagram
Post 8 and the posts' emphasis on conversationInstagram
Attached post photos (posts 1, 2 and 3)Instagram
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First impression of Tiago

Sources the agent read

LinkedIn

Tiago Forte

Creator of Building a Second Brain, now teaching the Annual Life Review | Follow to see your year in perspective

Long Beach, California, United States

About

When's the last time you stepped back and looked at your whole year? Most of us move from one deadline to the next and never ask what it all adds up to. I've been doing an annual life review for nearly two decades. For a long time, I did it wrong. In 2013, I opened mine with the line "My diet is down the toilet." The rest of the page read like a verdict against myself. I set impossible goals, fell short, and showed up to the next review already defeated. The process stayed about the same over the years. The mindset I brought to it changed completely. My new book, "Life in Perspective: The Art and Power of the Annual Life Review," is the method I wish I'd had back then. It shows why starting with gratitude matters more than starting with goals, why your body knows the truth before your mind does, and why real growth happens on the scale of years, not days. It comes out Nov. 3 in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook. (I'm also the author of "Building a Second Brain," a Wall Street Journal bestseller translated into 23 languages, and "The PARA Method.") If you pre-order now, you get bonuses: the first two chapters right away, the recording of our Annual Review Virtual Summit, and, when you buy two or more copies, a seat in my Annual Review 2027 program for each copy (up to four), so you can bring a review buddy. Pre-order and claim your bonuses at lifeinperspective.com

Experience

Founder at Forte LabsSep 2013 – Present
Instructional Designer at Forte LabsSep 2013 – Present
Instructor-in-Residence, Startup Advisor at PARISOMAApr 2012 – Present
Project Manager and Mobility Analyst at faberNovelApr 2012 – Jul 2013
Junior Project Manager at faberNovelApr 2012 – Jun 2012
English Teacher and Civic Activist at U.S. Peace CorpsSep 2009 – Dec 2011

Education

San Diego State University, B.A., International Business
Aliso Niguel High School, High School Diploma

Skills

Community Development
Youth Development
Administrative Support
Teaching English
Treasury Management
Democratization
Grant Management
Grant Writing
Computer Repair
Foreign Languages
Program Development
Instruction Manuals
Microfinance
Online Communications
Fundraising

@fortelabsco

15.3K followers1.3K posts

New book “Life in Perspective: The Art & Power of the Annual Life Review” comes out on Nov. 3. Pre-order now to read the first two chapters right away

Latest posts the agent read

What the agent found

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Needs

What Tiago needs from a partner, inferred from both profiles.

Someone who can handle a launch month
Inferred: most of October's posts push the book, with a live session and pre-orders running up to a 3 November release, so a partner who doesn't need an evenly paced calendar will suit him.
A partner who likes slow, real conversation
Inferred: he argues that real conversation is worth more than quick answers, so someone who will talk for a while rather than skim will suit him better than someone who keeps things brief.
Someone who doesn't keep score on a bad year
Inferred: he describes his early reviews as a verdict against himself and says the grace came later, so a partner who treats one rough stretch as information rather than a judgment will suit him.

Hobbies

What Tiago actually spends time doing.

Writing books
Has written several books, including Building a Second Brain, The PARA Method and the new Life in Perspective, which is due on 3 November.
Recording short videos
Makes short explainer videos on single ideas, several a week during the launch, from envy to the 'true yes' test.
Doing an annual life review
Has run his own annual life review for nearly two decades, and his 2013 review is the one he now uses as a cautionary story.
Going live with other hosts
Does live talks on other people's shows, such as a session on TalkShopLive set for 8 PM ET on 7 October.
Journaling
Keeps a pocket journal, and says one New Year's entry written on a beach in Brazil is what got him started on this work.

Interests

Topics and worlds Tiago cares about.

Personal knowledge systems
Note-taking and productivity systems, especially the Second Brain and PARA approaches he is known for.
Design thinking and behavior change
Applies design thinking to workflows and habits, and teaches it to individuals, companies and startup audiences.
Reflection over self-criticism
Cares about how people look back on their year, and how harshly they judge themselves when they do.
Mobility and transport
Has worked on mobility research and ridesharing, including a study of self-driving cars and a peer-to-peer ride platform in Brazil.
Microfinance and international development
Early career work in microfinance and international development, including launching a crowdfunding platform in Colombia.

Other qualities

Values, personality and style the agent picked up on, grouped by kind.

Values

Owns the hard parts
Tells the story of his own worst review in public rather than a polished one, and says the old approach was wrong.
Brings someone along
Built the pre-order bonus around bringing a review buddy, so the process is meant to be shared rather than done alone.

Ambition

Stays on one thread
Has kept the same core work running since September 2013, across courses, a book and a product shop.

Communication

Plain, direct captions
Writes short captions that state the point first, such as 'Stop being so hard on yourself.'

Humour

Wry about his own past
A dry self-deprecation shows up in the About section when he admits he got the annual review wrong for years.

Personality

Moved across very different work
Went from teaching English in Ukraine to microfinance in Colombia and mobility analysis in San Francisco before settling into one line of work.

Green flags

Says the hard part out loud, including the 2013 review he got wrong
Asks people to talk more instead of asking a machine
Learned to be gentler with himself and says so
Has stuck with one line of work for over a decade

Possible dealbreakers

Someone who keeps score on each other's rough years
Someone who wants quick, surface talk over long dinners
Someone who finds a month of launch posts a personal affront

Conversation hooks

Ask what 'the steps stayed the same, mindset changed' looked like in practice, since post 9 and the About both make that point.
Ask about the beach journal in post 2: what were the three goals on that first page?
Ask whether he's noticed how many days go by without talking to anyone outside his household, since post 8 raises it.
Ask about Looper, the peer-to-peer ridesharing platform in Brazil he promoted on LinkedIn, and what the sharing-economy angle looked like on the ground.
Ask about Projects Bring Change, the youth leadership program he founded in Kupyansk, and what its graduates went on to do.