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The benefits of a bedtime routine
How to improve your sleep quality
How to create a relaxing sleep environment
Works for: marketing, manufacturing or service industry for product design and quality defect prevention.
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A nonlinear system of note-taking that resembles a tree and root structure: ideas stem from one major concept and are connected by lines (or “branches”).
Pros: works well for visual learners; is tool for analytical-thinkers, because it outlines connections.
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The goal is to jot down your thoughts as quickly as possible. Format is kept to a minimum: every new thought is written on a new line.
Pros: Is like free writing for notes.
Cons: lack organization and notes can be hard to understand.
Works for: meeti...
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A continuum of dates and events.
However, timelines need not be limited to two-dimensions. Timelines can be multidimensional (i.e., date, relevant event, another event).
Work for: recording history or biography, but they can also be used to compare and contrast similar...
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Usually comprise overlapping circle that represent sets. A set includes items that all share a specific characteristic.
Although there is no limit to the number of sets you compare, complicated Venn diagrams can be difficult to interpret
Works for: comparing and contras...
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Represented by individual steps that start from a problem and lead to a solution.
Each step is denoted by a different kind of shape which symbolizes whether the note requires action or decision. Unlike the timeline, a flow chart can veer in multiple directions, leading to different ...
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Is a linear method of taking notes that proceeds down the page, using indentation or bullets to denote major and minor points.
Pros: it records content relationship in a way that is easy to review.
Cons: difficult to go back and edit information written in this sy...
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Instead of taking notes in full sentences, you record only keywords and place them in a chain that maps the thought process, written on a web-like grid, starting in the 1 o’clock position and working clockwise.
Pros: allows you to take notes in “real time”.
Cons:...
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Different types of information demand different styles of note-taking. There are lots of reasons to take notes: to retain information, to capture ideas, to problem solve or brainstorm, to visualize complex systems or concepts etc.
But what works for outlining a blog post might not work so ...
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