Take Notes Smarter
Everything you need to know about taking notes
Writing process doesn’t starts with a blank document or sheet of paper.
But with the moment when an idea sparks in your head.
Here are some interesting and smart ways to take notes :
Slip Box Technique
In which, you take notes of random ideas. In note card while researching.
Repeat until you’ve enough content for the topic.
This creates your knowledge base.
Best Selling Author Robert Greene did this. While writing 48 laws of power.
You can go through this video where Greene describes his process and experience.
Instead of flashcards, I use the notion of my second brain.
I put random thoughts and ideas while researching or on a walk.
I refer to this bundle of ideas when I want to write. I do this with my tweets and threads as well.
Till now it has worked for me and you should try it too.
You can use this slip box technique for :
- Growing your knowledge database.
- Create more quality content.
Fleeting Notes
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Over the last 2.5 years, I’ve written :
- 114 medium blogs
- 100+ Twitter threads
- 202 YouTube videos contents
- 300+ LinkedIn posts.
Yeah, I write, too much.
If you write too much you’d have a problem of getting too many ideas.
Writer block wasn’t my struggle ever, having too many ideas and very little time was.
Since I write so much, I take notes all day.
Soon I realized I needed a system. Today I jot down my ideas as an when necessary.
Take notes as and when they come and review them once in a week. After reviewing them if it’s helped make them permanent and store them or discard it.
Literature Notes
This type of note helps you remember the content along with their references.
Several times we forget to cite the research or fact. That’s when you can take advantage of this type.
Permanent notes
At the end of each day review and reflect upon the fleeting and literature notes. Discard the unhelpful and keep the useful ones. These are now your permanent notes.
You can use it for creating content or any work.
That said, I like to review once a week. Because weekends are the best way to journal and reflect.
This was all about it, a short and crisp read. Lemme know how you take notes. I’ll be excited to read your comments.
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