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Import your ideas in your note-taking system
An optional step is to import your highlights and marginalia into your note-taking system.
Importing these ideas into a note-taking system is a way to create a dialogue between the authors whose work you have read while encouraging the interlinking of ideas.
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Capture key ideas without interrupting your reading flow
Taking notes should not become a tedious process, but it should be made as seamless as possible.
- If you are reading a physical book, write down main ideas or questions in the margins. Try to keep it very short. If you are reading an ebook, highlight the essential par...
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Taking notes requires a balance
It’s easier to take notes when we’re listening to content because our hands are free. But when reading a book, taking notes interrupts our reading flow.
There is a balance between taking too many notes - and reading too slowly- and too few notes which prevent us from capturing enough know...
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Consider why you want to take notes
Before you start taking notes, ask yourself what your goal is.
- Paper versus digital. If your goal is to study the content of a book, paper is better. But if your goal is to be able to reference certain parts of the book easily, an ebook may be better suited.
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Making Your Own Note-Taking System
There are many different apps that are available to us at our disposal and there is always a couple that will work best for you based on your lifestyle and how you choose to handle note-taking.
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Write the key ideas in your own words
- If you're reading a print or hardcover book, write your notes and highlights into a word processor or note-taking app.
- If you're reading a Kindle book, add your notes, then export your notes and highlights. Copy them into a preferred word processor or note-...
The Difference Between Note-Making And Note-Taking
The biggest difference between the two is that the former is easier to forget than the latter.
With note-making, it is easier to understand and remember because of the generation effect - the phenomenon wherein information is better remembered if it is act...
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