How to Take Smart Notes

Summary

How do you take notes that are actually effective? How to remember what you read? Let's talk about how to take SMART notes, inspired by Sonke Ahrens' book "How to take smart notes".

We'll cover the 3 things that make smart notes smart, and techniques like Q/E/C and the compass of Zettelkasten Thinking to get you started today!

⚡️More Note-Taking & Obsidian videos⚡️
» Zettelkasten for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpV47rUYk8I
» Beginner's Guide to Obsidian: https://youtu.be/d3e7GWsqoU0
» 7 days taking notes in Obsidian: https://youtu.be/XxJZvfo8FOw
» Digitizing Your Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otj3x_9h2RM
» Mind Maps 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc9clNsr7QU

⚡️Check out Fei's post on the Compass of Zettelkasten Thinking: https://feeei.substack.com/p/the-essence-of-the-zettelkasten-method?r=bfn9h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Highlights

qec stands for question evidence andconclusion ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01hfwj3v8w7fjqm9wqva5dvxd0))

when you're reading the questionsthe evidence and the conclusion this wayit doesn't matter what you're readingwhich order the author puts his ideas inyou can always find these three thingsand link them together ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01hfwj4gcadpkzc563xxx2x8w1))

ry the compass ofzerocasting thinking i learned this onefrom my friend faye you take one idea in
the middle and you think in fourdifferent directions north is where doesthis idea come from west is what'ssimilar to this idea east is whatcompetes with this idea and south iswhere can this idea lead to next ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01hfwjannw6b57kqsrg88cnfdz))