The author tries to break the habit of traditional note-taking where the skeleton of notes is very similar to the content it was taken from, this format is linear. If you want to really understand something, you have to translate it into your own words. Once you have multiple permanent notes (in the author’s words, “critical mass”), you can link them in the form of a graph. Put those insights into a temporary system (fleeting notes) and process these fleeting notes daily and put them into your Zettlekasten in the form of permanent notes. The book emphasises on not highlighting but paraphrasing the content or insights in your own words. In this book, the author teaches you a new way to take notes. Some copy the highlights verbatim, and people forget what that highlights meant when they come back to it later, if at all, to read those highlights. Usually, the approach of note-taking many folks follow is to highlight in the book and write a couple of lines in the margin of the book. The archivist asks: Which keyword is the most fitting? A writer asks: In which circumstances will I want to stumble upon this note, even if I forget about it? It is a crucial difference.
The way people choose their keywords shows clearly if they think like an archivist or a writer.
#Smart notes taking how to
Nowadays, people are bogged down by the collector’s fallacy, and this book teaches you how to be a writer and not be an archivist. To build knowledge around that topic, keeping the references in an organised way, think critically on all aspects of that topic, form connections, draw pros and cons on your thinking and finally generate a manuscript based on the cluster of knowledge and ideas. In that case, this book promises to give you techniques and tools. Suppose you are planning to research in some area. On average, he published at least two books every year until he was alive. Luhmann used this framework of knowledge storage to think about ideas, and he created a plethora of books, articles and other published material. And in virtual expression, it contains knowledge storing framework similar to our brain. In physical terms, it is just a cupboard with multiple drawers holding slips. Zettlekasten (German of slip box) was a technique created by German sociologist Niklas Luhmann. What is Zettlekasten and who is Niklas Luhmann?
I saw the book wasn’t that huge, I bought it and started reading immediately. Here he explains various levels of note-taking, how this book has influenced his note-taking capabilities and the foremost reason for making the video. I came across this book when I was watching a video by Ali Abdaal named “How I Remember Everything I Read”. For anyone who is a knowledge curator or wishes to publish non-fictional content in any form (text, video or audio), this book is a must-read. Sönke has used straightforward and simple English to explain the concepts.
#Smart notes taking manual
The book is a manual explaining Zettlekasten method designed by Niklas Luhmann. How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers by Sönke Ahrens is a small (171 pages) non-fiction genre book.
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