<ol><li>Writing is thinking</li><li>Value of an external thinking</li><li>Superiority of emerging approach</li></ol>

Main Takeaways

<ul><li>The process of writing is actually the process of thinking, not something that goes after figuring out what content to create.</li><li>When you highlight a text, you're not writing, you are copying. Try to distill down its ideas instead.</li></ul>

Writing is Thinking

<ul><li>Zettelkasten system: link your notes together and keep them organised. </li><li>Without an external thinking system that relates each note to another one, it's difficult to see your ideas come together and help you create other ideas.</li></ul>

The Value of an External System

<ol><li>Fleeting notes: random ideas to follow up.</li><li>Literature notes: notes you write as you read something.</li><li>Permanent notes: the things you want to own from your fleeting and literature notes.</li></ol>

The External System (3 Steps)

If you are pursuing multiple interests you are growing your thinking but on multiple directions. You should level up your work as you are distilling your thoughts keeping them together.

The Superiority of an Emergent Approach

My in-depth review of How to Take Smart Notes by author Sönke Ahrens. This book has transformed my learning, thinking, and work and I think I can help anyone who reads it become the best version on themselves. Get my free newsletter: https://pages.mikegastin.com/ytlst How to Take Smart Notes on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3oIbXtR 00:00 - Introduction: How to Take Smart Notes 00:56 - Why Should You Care? 01:22 - The Book's Structure 01:51 - Three Main Takeaways 02:11 - Writing is Thinking 03:57 - The Value of an External System 08:50 - The Superiority of an Emergent Approach 10:38 - My Experience with this System 12:15 - What I Liked 12:33 - What I Didn't Like 13:28 - Why You Should Read It ------ FREE NEWSLETTER https://pages.mikegastin.com/ytlst PODCAST The Currency - https://www.mikegastin.com/thecurrency  SOCIAL & WEB Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeGastin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikegastin/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gastinmike/ Website: https://www.mikegastin.com ------

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00:00 - Introduction: How to Take Smart Notes
00:56 - Why Should You Care?
01:22 - The Book's Structure
01:51 - Three Main Takeaways
02:11 - Writing is Thinking
03:57 - The Value of an External System
08:50 - The Superiority of an Emergent Approach
10:38 - My Experience with this System
12:15 - What I Liked
12:33  - What I Didn't Like
13:28 - Why You Should Read It


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How To Take Smart Notes

Main Takeaways

Writing is Thinking

The Value of an External System

The External System (3 Steps)

The Superiority of an Emergent Approach

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