How To Take Smart Notes: 10 Principles to Revolutionize Your Note-Taking and Writing
They have neither supporting material nor accurate sources. Since they haven’t been taking notes from the start, they either have to start with something completely new (which is risky) or retrace their steps (which is boring).
It’s no wonder that nearly every guide to writing begins with “brainstorming.” If you don’t have notes, you have no other option. But this is a bit like a financial advisor telling a 65-year-old to start saving for retirement – too little, too late.
Notes are like shipping containers for ideas.
Like LEGOs, standardized notes can easily be shuffled around and assembled into endless configurations without losing sight of what they contain.
reading, reflecting, having ideas, making connections, distinguishing terms, finding the right words, structuring, organizing, editing, correcting, and rewriting – require a very different kind of attention.
Nothing motivates us more than becoming better at what we do.
In other words, instead of filing things away according to where they came from, you file them according to where they’re going.
We are told to “make a plan” upfront and in detail. Success is then measured by how closely we stick to this plan. Our changing interests and motivations are to be ignored or suppressed if they interfere with the plan.
The history of science is full of stories of accidental discoveries.
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