Look for what is missing and what is redundant. Look through the connections and collect all the relevant notes on this topic (most of the relevant notes will already be in partial order), copy them onto your “desktop” and bring them in order. Your topic is now based on what you have, not based on an unfounded idea about what the literature you are about to read might provide. Build upon what you have.Īfter a while, you will have developed ideas far enough to decide on a topic to write about. Just follow your interest and always take the path that promises the most insight. Take more notes, develop ideas further and see where things will take you. Read more to challenge and strengthen your arguments and change and develop your arguments according to the new information you are learning about. See what is there, what is missing and what questions arise. Making sure you will be able to find this note later by either linking to it from your index or by making a link to it on a note that you use as an entry point to a discussion or topic and is itself linked to the index.ĭevelop your topics, questions and research projects bottom up from within the system. Look to which note the new one directly relates or, if it does not relate directly to any other note yet, just file it behind the last one.
SMART NOTES TAKING MANUAL
Now add your new permanent notes to the slip-box by: Filing each one behind one or more related notes (with a program, you can put one note “behind” multiple notes if you use pen and paper like Luhmann, you have to decide where it fits best and add manual links to the other notes). Does the new information contradict, correct, support or add to what you already have (in the slip-box or on your mind)? Can you combine ideas to generate something new? What questions are triggered by them? The idea is not to collect, but to develop ideas, arguments and discussions. This can soon be done by looking into the slipbox – it only contains what interests you anyway.
Go through the notes you made in step one or two (ideally once a day and before you forget what you meant) and think about how they relate to what is relevant for your own research, thinking or interests. Make literature notes (Write down what you don’t want to forget or think you might use in your own thinking or writing.) Multitasking gives you the illusion of being more productive
Having been praised about something may make you feel you have a reputation to maintain, and therefore make you less likely to be creative and take risks Topics are dangerous: they seem simple, but end up overcomplicating things and don't allow for easy connections between information Take notes while thinking 'where would I want to run into this' rather than what topic does this belong to
Realising how little time we have (to learn and do things) can help with being more grateful and productive Properly refining your task helps with getting it doneĭividing notes into topics quickly becomes overly complicated, and reduces the chances of new connections being formed The ease at which you can complete work is very much dependent on the preparatory work you've done on the topic beforehand The myth of the blank page - it is infinitely easier to connect existing information
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