Seth Godin on how to take good notes https://t.co/5OL4YXRLL7
Facts are important, but facts don’t create learning. Stories do.
A story fits into (and changes) our understanding of the world. Good teachers are storytellers, and storytellers are teachers.
Notes, then, aren’t recitations of facts. They’re story prompts. A good note reminds you of a story that you already understand.
A story fits into (and changes) our understanding of the world. Good teachers are storytellers, and storytellers are teachers.
Notes, then, aren’t recitations of facts. They’re story prompts. A good note reminds you of a story that you already understand.
Seth Godin • Take good notes
Good notes should behave like memory
At its best, a good collection of notes is like a powerful extended memory. It helps us quickly answer questions like, “What did this person tell me?” “What should I remember about this topic?” “What things am I currently working on?” We think tens of thousands of thoughts every single day, and the job of a good
thesephist.com • Incremental Note-Taking | thesephist.com
Once we make a meaningful connection to an idea or fact, it is difficult not to remember it when we think about what it is connected with.