![]() There are four basic steps to follow to make smart notes for your own Zettelkasten – or “slip box”, if you prefer: But now that we’re no longer limited to slips of paper, writers and researchers are adapting the Zettelkasten technique to digital tools. The linking, keyword, and organization characteristics of a slip box were a precursor to our modern-day internet. His actual Zettelkasten is being studied in a long-term project at the University of Bielefeld, in Germany. Luhmann credited his slip box for his prolific career, in which he published 58 books and hundreds of articles. ![]() The most famous user of the Zettelkasten was a German sociologist named Niklas Luhmann. The slips were arranged and annotated in a certain way to facilitate thinking and to link ideas. The system introduced in How to Take Smart Notes is called a Zettelkasten, which is German for “slip box.” A slip box was originally a box full of slips of paper, each slip with a little note on it. In other words, you can’t plan an insight, but you can structure the way you read and learn in a way that not only improves your retention, but that also leads you to new insights. The challenge is to structure one’s workflow in a way that insight and new ideas can become the driving forces that push us forward. It is a huge misunderstanding that the only alternative to planning is aimless messing around. Download as an MP3 by right-clicking here and choosing “save as.”.WANT TO WRITE A BOOK? Download your FREE copy of How to Write a Book » (for a limited time) Listen to this How to Take Smart Notes summary That’s the point of an insight, it comes out of nowhere. But creative insights can’t be planned, by definition. GTD is great for things that have a clear objective. The note-taking system introduced in Sönke Ahrens’s How to Take Smart Notes is a bit like Getting Things Done for learning. I’ll give you an introduction – in my own words – in this How to Take Smart Notes summary. If you’re a fan of using Getting Things Done to stay on top of all the, well, things you need to get done – you’ll love How to Take Smart Notes for staying on top of all the things you want to learn. Subscribe to blog updates via email » How to Take Smart Notes Summary – Love Your Work, Episode 249 How to Take Smart Notes Summary – Love Your Work, Episode 249 Home Blog About Podcastĭavid Kadavy is author of Mind Management, Not Time Management, The Heart to Start & Design for Hackers.
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