How to Take Smart Notes

How to Take Smart Notes

July 11, 2022
  • Outline
    • Introduction
      • 介绍写作的普遍性和重要性，以及面临的困难：写不出来
      • 当下的写作指导书籍从两个方面入手：1. 技术细节 2. 心理辅导
      • 提出观点：写作不是研究、学习等的产出，而是研究的媒介
      • 解决写作难题的重点是在正式写作前做的笔记（功夫在前面），Smart Notes 可以降低写作的难度，以及需要的纪律和自控
      • 1 Everything You Need to Know
        • Good Structure, different from making plans
          1. 1 Good Solutions are Simple – and Unexpected
          • 使用 slip-box，改变日常 routine
          • 类比 [[GTD]]
        • 1.2 The Slip-box
          • [[Niklas Luhmann]]
        • 1.3 The slip-box manual
          • 2 types
            • bibliographical one, which contained the references and brief notes on the content of the literature
            • and the main one in which he collected and generated his ideas, mainly in response to what he read
      • 2 Everything You Need to Do
        • 将写作的任务分解为，笔记，组织初稿，修改初稿
        • 2.1 Writing a paper step by step
            1. Making fleeting notes
            1. Make literature notes
            1. Make permanent notes
            1. add your new permanent notes to the slip-box
            1. Develop your topics, questions and research projects bottom up from within the system.
            1. After a while, you will have developed ideas far enough to decide on a topic to write about.
            1. Turn your notes into a rough draft.
            1. Edit and proofread your manuscript.
      • 3 Everything You Need to Have
        • To have an undistracted brain to think with and a reliable collection of notes to think in is pretty much all we need
        • 3.1 The Tool Box
            1. You need something to capture ideas whenever and wherever they pop into your head.
            1. reference system
            1. The slip-box
            1. The editor
      • 4 A Few Things to Keep in Mind
        • 正确地使用工具
    • The Four Underlying Principles
      • 5 Writing Is the Only Thing That Matters
        • 强调写的重要性，但并不意味着其他可以忽略，只是明白写的重要性，可以改变我们做其他事情的方式
      • 6 Simplicity Is Paramount
        • 集装箱的发展历史
        • old way taking notes similar as shipping before container
        • slip-box like container
        • 三类笔记
          • Fleeting notes, which are only reminders of information, can be written in any kind of way and will end up in the trash within a day or two
          • Permanent notes
          • Project notes, which are only relevant to one particular project. They are kept within a project-specific folder and can be discarded or archived after the project is finished
      • 7 Nobody Ever Starts From Scratch
      • 8 Let the Work Carry You Forward
    • The Six Steps to Successful Writing
      • 9 Separate and Interlocking Tasks
        • 9.1 Give each task your undivided attention
          • 媒介让我们的注意力长度不断降低
        • 9.2 Multitasking is not a good idea
          • 没有人可以多任务工作
          • 长期多任务工作反而会损害多任务的能力
          • 心流，专注一件事情
        • 9.3 Give each task the right kind of attention
        • 9.4 Become an expert instead of a planner
        • 9.5 Get closure
        • 9.6 Reduce the number of decisions
      • 10 Read for Understanding
        • 10.1 Read with a pen in hand
        • 10.2 Keep an open mind
        • 10.3 Get the gist
        • 10.4 Learn to read
        • 10.5 Learn by reading
      • 11 Take Smart Notes
        • 11.1 Make a career one note at a time
        • 11.2 Think outside the brain
        • 11.3 learn by not trying
        • 11.4 Adding permanent notes to the slip-box
      • 12 Develop Ideas
        • 12.1 Develop topics
        • 12.2 Make smart connections
        • 12.3 Compare, Correct and differentiate
        • 12.4 Assemble a toolbox for thinking
        • 12.5 Use the Slip-Box as a creativity machine
        • 12.6 Think inside the box
        • 12.7 Facilitate creativity through restrictions
      • 13 Share Your Insight
        • 13.1 From brainstorming to Slip-Box-Storming
        • 13.2 From top down to bottom up
        • 13.3 Getting things done by following your interests
        • 13.4 Finishing and review
        • 13.5 Becoming an expert by giving up planning
        • 13.6 The actual writing
      • 14 Make It a Habit
    • Afterword
    • Bibliography
    • Index
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