Taking smart notes is as simple as it gets. There is quite extensive empirical and logical research on this phenomenon (for an overview: cf.
The simplicity of the structure allows complexity to build up where we want it: on the content level. Side-note: The Graph view in Obsidian would be helpful for this. That means that those who are not very good at something tend to be overly confident, while those who have made an effort tend to underestimate their abilities.Ĭomplexity builds up by itself the more you add notes to the system and add associations to other notes. Poor students lack insight into their own limitations Good students make an effort and realise that there is a lot to know and underestimate what they do know.ĭunning-Kruger effect (Kruger and Dunning, 1999).
Poor students don’t know what they don’t know and come to the conclusion that they no everything. All that means is that a system is needed to keep track of the ever-increasing pool of information, which allows one to combine different ideas in an intelligent way with the aim of generating new ideas.
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They peek over the fences of their own disciplines – and once you have done that, you cannot go back and do what everyone else is doing, even if you now must deal with heterogeneous ideas that come without a manual on how they might fit together. Good students also look beyond the obvious. It is here we can find truly unique ideas. To try and mingle ideas it is important to immerse yourself in different disciplines. A good, structured workflow puts us back in charge and increases our freedom to do the right thing at the right time. It is certainly not the lack of interesting topics, but rather the employment of problematic work routines that seems to take charge of us instead of allowing us to steer the process in the right direction. Still, we often struggle the most with procrastination and motivation. With the right workflow in place, we don’t need to generate new ideas, the ideas come from the associations between our past ideas. We suffer from procrastination and lack of motivation when staring at a blank page because we have to use our memory to try and come up with topics to write about. Every intellectual endeavour starts with a note. We write down not only those things we fear we won’t remember otherwise, but also the very things we try to memorise.
What to write about doesn’t come from your mind it comes from your notes. This is great for students, bloggers, YouTubers and writers. 👤 Who Should Read It?Īnyone who wants to be more creative and put to use the ideas and thoughts that they gain from books. However, Niklas Luhmann managed to find a way to take smarter notes that allowed him to write 58 books and hundreds of articles in his lifetime. Everything we learn from books, podcasts, and articles is just lost. 🤔 What Is This Book About?Ī lot of the notes we end up taking end up in notebooks on dusty bookshelves never to be seen again.
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These are my notes and highlights from the book How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens.
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