Pay Attention and Take Notes

Taking copious notes prevents you from forgetting things and saves you the time you would spend searching for it again.

Whether you have a notebook handy or an app to capture something digitally, keeping track of quotes, books you've read, phrases and words you like, interesting concepts, a...

• If you read a printed book, highlight important quotes, ideas, or questions. Write the page number on the first blank page.
• If you're reading a Kindle book, use Kindle's "notes" and "highlights" to collect important takeaways.
• Highlight

1. Create a title on top of the page.
2. Start building your ideas index: As you're reading, list the topics and ideas that seem to be important and reoccurring. Use short sentences. Use one idea per line.
3. Record the pages: Unde...