How to Do an Annual Review That Genuinely Helps You | Tiago Forte

Tiago Forte, author of Building a Second Brain and The PARA Method, has run an annual life review every year since 2008. In this conversation he shares the practice behind his new book Life in Perspective, including why goal setting belongs at the end rather than the beginning. Forte explains the daily capture habit that feeds the review, why AI-generated notes don't work as raw material, and the body signals he requires before committing to something big. He also offers four principles for keeping a life review from becoming the performance review people dread. Through Forte Labs he has taught the practice to more than ten thousand students in over seventy countries.