How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking

Book Level : Intermediate.Book introduced Niklas Luhmann, and the secret of his success in writing so many books by him. 58 by him, and 6 by his colleagues after his death from him slip-box notes. A hidden gem from Germany.The crux of the book, the slip-box, is explained in details in first few chapters. Remaining are all additional notes explaining how it works and why it works.It inspired me enough to transform my notes, let's hope I follow through.

Good book, is helpful

Good

The book is great because it is simple but still extremely effective. It just makes a lot of sense. And the author does acknowledge that starting this system art the end of a project is not as helpful as starting it at the beginning of college life.

Nothing great! Frankly, there's little to no new insight to be gained from the book. The sections aren't structured for easy understanding. If you are looking for advice on starting your PKM system, you can take a chance. Keep your expectations low!

This book could be a 5 star if the author had given the explanation of the method too. But, wait a minute, wasn’t the whole book about discovering. Maybe, a 5 star, once i discover my own tool.

Writing doesn't scale on the supply side for writers. What I mean is if you are writing there are only so many words you can type out without ruining the quality of your writings. If your writing is all noise and no insights you are just not doing anything useful.This book might be the answer to how to write more with high-quality insights baked in. Highly recommend it.

Ahrens Sonke expertly explains the slip box method Zettelkasten and deftly guides us how to use it , why it works and wat we need to understand to get benefitted by this simple and powerful method.