Effective Note Taking Technique for Physical and Digital Books Using Microsoft OneNote and PARA
Have you ever felt like you're reading books but not truly capturing their insights? Well, today I'm going to show you a smart way to unlock the full potential of your reading experience. This will also enable you to go back to those learning in futures.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction.
00:42 Topics to Cover.
01:09 Step 1 What Why and How of Capturing the Data?
04:04 Step 2 Finding the Essence from the Highlighted Data.
04:47 Step 3 How to convert the Captured Data into Knowledge Base.
05:35 Step 4 My personal Steps for Digital and Physical Note Capturing.
06:22 Step 5 3 Common Mistakes Of Novice Notetaker.
07:13 Step 6 Demo.
09:45 Conclusion.
10:10 Thank You Note.
1. What Why and How of Capturing the Data.
a. What Data to Capture ?
i. Information become knowledge only when we put it to use.
ii. Innovation and impact don’t happen by accident or chance.
b. Why to Capture ?
i. a. You might read 20-30 books on self-help, finance, productivity etc. and the impact of those reading are short lived and will not be useful if you don’t take any immediate action or not use them in for future projects.
ii. What is the point of knowledge if it doesn’t help anyone or produce anything?
c. How to Capture Data?
i. Does It Inspire Me?
ii. Is It Useful?
1) Sometimes you come across a piece of information that isn’t necessarily inspiring, but you know it might come in handy in the future.
iii. Is It Personal?
1) One of the most valuable kinds of information to keep is personal information — your own thoughts, reflections, memories, and mementos.
iv. Is It Surprising?
1) Surprise is an excellent barometer for information that doesn’t fit neatly into our existing understanding, which means it has the potential to change how we think.
2. Finding the Essence from the Highlighted Data
a. The most important factor in whether your notes can survive that journey into the future is their discoverability — how easy it is to discover what they contain and access the specific points that are most immediately useful.
b. Discoverability is an idea from information science that refers to “the degree to which a piece of content or information can be found in a search of a file, database, or other information system.
3. How to convert the Captured Data into Knowledge Base
a. We will be using Progressive Summarization :It is a simple process of taking the raw notes you’ve captured and organized and distilling them into usable material that can directly inform a current project.
b. The technique is simple: you highlight the main points of a notes using different color
• Critical Information : Orange Color
• Very Important : Green
• Important : Yellow
4. My personal Steps for Digital and Physical Note Capturing.
5. 3 Common Mistakes Of Novice Notetaker
a. Mistake #1: Over - Highlighting
The biggest mistake people make when they start to distill their notes is that they highlight way too much. You may have experienced this pitfall in school, highlighting paragraph after paragraph or entire pages of textbooks in the vain hope that you’d automatically be able to remember everything in yellow for the test.
b. Mistake #2: Highlighting Without a Purpose in Mind
1. The most common question I hear about Progressive Summarization is “When should I be doing this highlighting?” The answer is that you should do it when you’re getting ready to create something.
2. The rule of thumb to follow is that every time you “touch” a note, you should make it a little more discoverable for your future self.
c. Mistake #3: Making Highlighting Difficult
1. Certain passages will move you, pique your attention, make your heart beat faster, or provoke you. Those are clear signals that you’ve found something important, and it’s time to add a highlight.
6. Demo
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