Unlock Your Best Thinking
Our 30-day workshop will give you a dynamic thinking system to reclaim your thoughts, organize your ideas, & create your best work. Next cohort starts September 16th.
Build a custom system to support your best thinking
The Linking Your Thinking workshop is an online workshop that trains and supports you to build a "Personal Knowledge Management" system you trust & love.
We don't need more knowledge every second.
Instead, we need to get better at developing the knowledge we already have.
How would that make an impact in your life?
Core Frameworks & Methodologies
Idea Emergence
The A.R.C. Framework
Architects & Gardeners
The NoMa Method
Over Consuming
Habit
I’m consuming too much of other people's stuff, but I don't know how to fix it.
Sticky Point
Your rarely go from “spark” to “remark”
Habit
You never develop your own ideas.
Quick Solution
When you say "that's interesting", say why (extra credit if you make a note).
Creatively Stuck
Habit
I find it hard creating new ideas and find myself getting stuck creatively.
Sticky Point
Difficulty in sparking fresh ideas.
Habit
You never develop your own ideas.
Quick Solution
Practice idea association exercises to overcome blocks.
Conveying Ideas
Habit
I have the ideas. I have the desire. But I can’t figure out how to effectively share them.
Sticky Point
Articulation challenges.
Habit
Ineffective communication of valuable ideas.
Quick Solution
Improve communication skills and seek feedback for better idea expression.
Over Consuming
Habit
I’m consuming too much of other people's stuff, but I don't know how to fix it.
Sticky Point
Your rarely go from “spark” to “remark”
Habit
You never develop your own ideas.
Quick Solution
When you say "that's interesting", say why (extra credit if you make a note).
Creatively Stuck
Habit
I find it hard creating new ideas and find myself getting stuck creatively.
Sticky Point
Difficulty in sparking fresh ideas.
Habit
You never develop your own ideas.
Quick Solution
Practice idea association exercises to overcome blocks.
Conveying Ideas
Habit
I have the ideas. I have the desire. But I can’t figure out how to effectively share them.
Sticky Point
Articulation challenges.
Habit
Ineffective communication of valuable ideas.
Quick Solution
Improve communication skills and seek feedback for better idea expression.
Hi, I'm Nick Milo.
I’ve spent the last 17+ years using digital notes to create and grow a fitness boxing into an international company, produce two independent feature films, become a TV and film editor, and—perhaps most importantly—to calm my thoughts and make better sense of the world around me.
I’ve tested and stretched the limits of linked notes in the "real world" from:
- the fitness industry 🏃 to the film industry 🎬
- the football field 🏈 to civil engineering 🏗
- strength training 🏋️ to the boxing ring 🥊
- public speaking 🎤 to content creation 🎨
What I’ve learned is this: Being effective at managing knowledge is a superpower—and linking your thinking supercharges it.
The frameworks I teach can unlock your ability to work with ideas in a way that is fast, flexible, and future-proof. I’ve taught thousands of people with great results. That's because these principles are flexible enough for you to shape to your personal needs—no matter what you want to do.
Trusted by thinkers at the following institutions
What you will experience
Choose your characters
What is it that you really want to do with Knowledge?
Students & Researchers
Pattern Seekers & Sensemakers
Creators & Educators
Authors, PhD's, Writers & Worldbuilders
Journalers & Inner Guides
Technologists & Productivity Pros
You can level up the abilities you need by joining the LYT workshop.
Trusted by 1500+
note-makers
I didn't think it was possible to do that. It’s transformed my perception of what a system can be like and I am blown by the possibilities!
Sharalene Moonjely
Marleaux Flournoy
Cris S.
Narelle Rowe
It will change the way you think for the better.
Helen Zhu
Matthew Strother
Noah Matthews
Your support team
by the amount of support you have during the workshop.
Expert guided sessions
Nicole van der Hoeven
Nicole will be having a deep dive session in the first week of the workshop.
Joel Anderson
In Joel's deep dive during this workshop, we'll be exploring this collaborative workspace and more.
Zsolt Viczián
In Zsolt's deep dive during this workshop, we'll be exploring an all-new iterative reading process and the power of two-sided notes.
Your core team
Dan Lardi
Nick Milo
Keaton Sondreal
Laila Faisal
What makes LYT so different?
Is this you?
"I was able to organize information but it didn't help me with knowledge."
Is this you?
If you’re trying to do PKM but you feel stuck—or something feels “off”—it may be because your system is encouraging you to focus on the wrong things.
So what are the right things?
These six focal points in Linking Your Thinking are what will finally get you actually working with your Knowledge!
Collecting a new idea does not equal KNOWING a new idea, or being able to effectively work with it—or even explain it to others. If you take anything away from these words, remember this:
We don’t need more knowledge every second. Instead, we need to get better at developing the knowledge we already have.
Put down the highlighter and slowly step away! Once you do, something amazing happens. You open a space to think—to connect—and to generate your own insights.
Multi-step highlighting techniques encourage the habit of “collecting without processing”. In practice, this means you’ll save many articles, and process few. This creates a PKM system where 99% of the stuff in there are someone else’s thoughts, not yours.
It disconnects you from your own thinking and creates a sterile thinking environment devoid of joy.
This is the “Fall of the Note-Taker”: Too much note-taking kneecaps your best thinking and harms the long-term health of your PKM system.
The future will favor the Note-Maker. Note-making is where you are creating the most personal meaning and value.
You can’t get to yours, if you’re always just highlighting theirs! The trouble with chronic note-takers is that they never get the part where they’re doing their best thinking.
Where do you think your unique perspective comes out? From bolding and highlighting the words of other people, or from writing your own thoughts and making the insights yourself? We need you to be your best self.
We need you to share your unique perspective with the rest of us.
If you are merely clipping articles and filing resources, folders are fine. But in truth, that’s less “Knowledge” Management and more “Information Resource” Management.
And maybe that’s what you want.
But if you care about knowledge, ideas, and making leaps of insights; then you simply must learn how to link ideas in a powerful and future-proof way.
Once you start linking ideas together, you cross the threshold, and there’s no going back. Your neurons are firing like they should and you are spending more time doing your best thinking. It feels good, doesn’t it?
Looking back, you laugh at how silly it was to try to do PKM without linking. Oh, Life!
If you want to get things done, learn GTD. If you want to build a rich universe of ideas that you develop throughout your life, learn LYT.
If you want a course on project management, take one of the million courses on that. But if you want to improve how you actually work with ideas (not just sort them into folders), then learn LYT.
Hey, I get it. We have to get things done. But look around. You’ll find everyone kneeling at the alter of “tasks”, “projects”, “tracking”, and “getting things done”.
Somehow, we gave up the inherent joy of thinking, as its own reward. We stripped away the soul of inquiry and replaced it with soulless efficiency. Can you even remember a time when you felt calm and joy jumping into your notes? Because...
Ironically, it's when you stop exploiting and start exploring, that you generate some of your best ideas and insights!
You may not know this, but you have a choice. You don’t have to serve your task manager. Take the power back. Choose to be led by the carrot of curiosity over stick of a task list.
What will you leave the workshop saying?
Secure your seat now
Cohort 9
October 11 - November 11
You will leave this workshop with your customized thinking system.
Our next cohort runs Sep 16th - Oct 15th.
Single
One cohort pass to our flagship 30-day live cohort. Can be taken async from any timezone. This is a one-time investment of $997
Double
Two cohort passes to our flagship 30-day live cohort. This is a one-time investment of $1297
Accelerator
Complete access to everything. Our best package by far. This is a one-time investment of $1597
- Ideaverse Pro: A "done-for-you" PKM system.
- Obsidian Flight School: Get closer to the speed of thought.
- How to Work a Book: Read differently.
Don’t just take our word for it
I have really appreciated how the LYT team have set up their education and information. Its like watching a great movie, the more you watch it the more you get from it."
Now I'm a note-maker. I'm writing as I'm reading. And I'm writing my own notes. My own thoughts. My own connections. My links. It feels really terrific to be doing that, instead of note-taking.
Now I am working [in São Paulo], doing research on health, giving interviews, and helping with what I love to do."
Frequently asked questions
If you need guidance, please feel free to email us at hello@linkingyourthinking.com.
You can also use this proposal template.
We had a few people use Roam in the previous workshop. They found the MOCs in particular to be very empowering.
You can start by learning from our two case studies here and also here. Check out some of our recent Alumni Insights here.
This is also a handy public reference for you.
So that would be something like Obsidian or Roam or Remnote or Athens or anything that allows for link-based notes can work.
Now as far as the workshop, all the examples are shown in Obsidian, and the fancy advanced features are not needed. I'll talk about some cool hotkeys from time to time, but the focus is squarely on how we can work with link-based notes. These are timeless fundamentally no matter the software.
While this workshop isn't course on how to use a specific piece of software, you're surrounding yourself with people you can help, and surprisingly, like to help a lot!
The workshop is hands-on, focused-work, with people solving the same problems that you're trying to solve...that's how you accelerate your growth! Instead of walking down the wrong path for several years (like I did in Evernote by over-collecting), you can quickly revise and iterate your knowledge management system in "real-time" so you not only build a system that remains useable and scales with your ever-changing needs—but you also ensure that your digital notes remain a source of joy.
For the expected experience, try to budget around 6-8 hours per week—that includes the live sessions of course.
For the best experience, just attend the live sessions (or watch the recordings as soon as they are available), go through the lessons, make comments, read what others have shared, and be an active part of this amazing gathering of inspiring thinkers!
It would break my heart if the reason you can't attend is because of where you were born. That's not just. It's important to me—and crucial for all of our thinking—that we have a diverse mixture of perspectives. This means not turning a blind eye to how the price point can immediately exclude valuable voices.
That said, click here to apply for our scholarship program.
Still have questions?
I had no room for my own thoughts!
I also used Evernote to build an international fitness boxing business and to produce two indie feature films. And personally, I used my digital notes to reflect, to write, and to think.
It worked, for a while. But secretly, a hidden cancer was growing in my notes. I still remember the pain of trying to put together a business proposal for opening a boxing gym in NYC—and slamming the keyboard because I was wasting so much time searching for lost notes.
I used to jump into my notes to get my thoughts in order, but after 5 years, opening Evernote was no longer fun. It was stressful. It caused my mind to feel scattered. Just the thought of opening my notes created surprising amounts of anxiety.
The problem was that my notes were becoming less of my notes. I was capturing so much NOISE that I was drowning out the SIGNAL. Since I was filling up my notes with other people's thoughts, I had no room for my own thoughts!
The happiness I used to feel using my digital notes was experiencing “death by a thousand cuts.” When I couldn't find my most valuable thoughts, I started to feel like I was losing a part of myself.
My joy evaporated.
I knew there had to be a better way...
There is a better way
But by the end of 2015, I finally had full ownership of my notes again. I made my notes plain text. Because of that move, I was using linked notes half a decade before they burst onto the scene. There were no systems to follow.
So I spent the next several years stress-testing and iterating on the universal frameworks hidden in linked notes. I used it in the real world for several extremely diverse efforts in my life (described more below).
My joy returned. And so did my successes. I discovered what made our knowledge fragile, what made it robust, and what made it come alive!
Being able to finally use technology to connect our ideas is a revolution. Now we can use external tools to support our thinking efforts in the same way our brain naturally works!
That's why I'm calling all writers, thinkers, life-long-learners, content creators, entrepreneurs and knowledge workers...
If you want to do your best thinking, more often, there is a better way.
It starts with this:
• Less collecting. More connecting.
• Less highlights. More insights.
Your best thinking is when you are fully engaged in the stuff in front of you, connecting it to other stuff—and finding your unique perspective amongst it all.
Want to get there reliably? Consistently?
The knowledge management principles we teach and train in the LYT Workshop will give you the insights, guidance, and support to unlock and empower your best thinking.
And, you will leave the workshop with your own, future-proof PKM system —a supercharged "ideaverse" to support and power all of your thinking efforts.
You are not alone
Learn better together
Active, not passive
Faster alone at first, further together forever
Comfortably uncomfortable
What will you learn from the curriculum?
- Learn how links are allowing us to lose less and create more
- Learn how to make meaningful relationships between notes
- Identify when note-taking fails and when you need note-making
- Practice with each type of relationship between notes
- Use your PKM Planet results to gain clarity on your use-cases
- Learn how note-taking creates weak
thinking habits - Learn how note-making unlocks your
best thinking - Learn how to make notes grow in value
over time - Practice the 7 C’s of note-making
- Understand the fundamentals of
fluid thinking
- Recognize when “mental squeeze points” occur, and how to overcome them.
- Understand the fundamentals & power of Maps of Content (MOCs)
- Practice the 11 C's of map-making
- Explore the benefits of MOCs and other ways we can use them
- Complete your idea emergence network
- Build your library note
- Build your ultimate dashboard,
your home note - Refine your use of links, folders, tags,
and queries
- Improve how you separate the signal from
the noise - Practice the skill of transitioning from idea to note-making
- Create and develop your PKM workflows
- Explore advanced sensemaking tactics
- Review ways of sensemaking
- Cover tactics for sensemaking
- Explore common activities in our PKM system
- Define where, how, and why we share things with others
What's included in the workshop?
Want to see even more of the details. Here they are.
6 live interactive lecture sessions with Nick Milo
These are 90-minute sessions where "You learn, we work, we talk" in a tightly curated working experience designed to leave you more empowered with PKM each time.For those that stick around, we go an extra 30 minutes to answer all of your questions. Ending at the two-hour mark, this is a true super session.
8 live guided note-making sessions
These are our signature "sensemaking sessions" that will make you "comfortably uncomfortable" as you learn the art and craft of note-making.Now offered live at two times on the day so people in the Asia-Pacific time zones can easily attend!
90 lessons with exercises
Expect to lean forward as you learn and personally apply each concept with focused exercises. (You don't just hit auto-play with these lessons!)6 units. 90 lessons. Targeted exercises. 60+ minutes of video weekly.Lifetime access to the lessons.
Live learning sessions with hand-selected experts
Receive targeted sessions from hand-selected subject-matter experts on how to apply the workshop's concepts in specific contexts and situations to further improve your system.
Feedback from workshop mentors
If you want to get better, you need fast feedback.
Our dedicated mentors are workshop alumni who are looking to help provide guidance and make sure you keep moving in the right direction.
Showcase Sessions
This one-of-a-kind experience happens during the final week of the workshop.You get to see over 40 examples of digital ideaverses from your fellow students.You will leave awed, excited, and further empowered.
