10 Lessons I Wish I Knew Before I Started Taking Notes Seriously

Taking notes is not just ‘jotting things down’.

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I always thought note-taking was just… jotting things down.

Then I was hit in the face with the truck of online note-taking. All the apps, the systems, the explanations of methods and letters that are supposed to make me ‘remember everything I read’.

It’s almost silly.

What’s not silly though is the benefits you get from taking notes.

Once you find your grove, you do become a nerdy-Superhuman.

• You get a lot more ideas
• You get better ideas
• You can articulate them better
• You become more innovative
• You can remember a lot more things
• Your productivity levels go through the roof
• You develop actual opinions
• You can even back up your claims

I’ve been taking notes seriously for 3 years now, and I’m never going back.

I just wish I had heard those lessons before I wasted so much time on improving my systems.

1. Keep the system flexible