Understanding note-taking | Zettelkasten

In this video I'll talk about a Zettelkasten note-taking system, invented by Niklas Luhmann and why it works, so that you can take inspiration from these principles and incorporate them into your own workflow.

OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
2:13 - What is Zettelkasten?
4:01 - Emergent
5:55 - Dynamic
6:23 - Personalized
7:12 - Interlinking
8:29 - Externalization
8:55 - Clarity
10:40 - Investment in future
11:52 - Conclusion

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[SpManos-zeke]

The essence of Zettlekasten at 5:28 “over time the system becomes more structured despite the initial thought it would turn into a confusing hairball of notes.
In a way you don’t ponder which backbone will be the best to organize your knowledge. You allow the information to slowly show you, over time, which backbone would be optimal”

[Leonardo]

"If writing accompanied all of your previous work, you will never be faced with a blank paper ever again." - Artem Kirsanov

[AA-gldr]

You say that if unfamiliar this could appear outrageous but I immediately felt as if this was the system I had been missing.

thank you.

[rockxx]

One of the best explanations of the Zettelkasten Method I've found on YouTube. Thanks, Artem!

[cameronmorrison]

This video is an excellent explanation of how ZK works! Thank you for this !

[russgonnering]

One of the most important videos I have viewed in a LONG time. As a medical educator, I see a huge problem. In Network parlance, we spend so much time on the nodes and so little on the edges. This will be a huge boon to changing that. THANK YOU! Anxious to learn more!

[victorevangelista]

Hello, there, Mr. Artem. I've been browsing about Obsidian and all its hype, which led me to your channel. I watched Obsidian's video first, now this one about Zettelkasten and decided to leave a comment, which I very rarely do, to congratulate you on the quality of your presentations. The edition is nice, but what really turned me on to your presentations were the texts themselves, you manage to speak very clearly and directly, so congrats on your great work, I'm following you now.

[flyingriceball]

This video is great for understanding the practicality of the Zettelkasten system--thank you so much!

[matthewg]

This is the first I'm hearing of the Zettelkasten method. Thank you so much for sharing this! It seems like a method of concept organization that is very consistent with how the mind manages concepts.

[fmj_]

Man, I've been doing some YT-dive in studying techniques since october and I've finnally reached some peace of mind with your videos. They are just amazing: simple, useful and effective. That's it: THANKS!

[ARiverSystem]

Finally started few weeks ago with moving to Obsidian for note taking and your videos have been helpful as a first guidance, thanks! Once you've started using a system like this it's really hard to go back to "simpler" note taking.

[starkxz]

I think that everyone I watched that tried to explain Zettelkasten failed miserably as they tend to start explaining it without any thought out preparation of what it is and what it is not, In other words they lack clarity. Thanks Artem you've got a new subscriber for making the Zettelkasten method so simple and clear to me.

[RichardBrand]

Thank you for this fabulous intro to Zettelkasten - you've struck a perfect (for me) balance between too little info and an overwhelming amount.

[pedrogsribeiro]

I've seen a lot of videos about Zettelkasten. None of them is simpler or essential like ours. Thank you so much.

[jasminnoble]

Thank you so much for this! Your explanation was simple yet thorough. I never considered that the issues I had with note taking and organizing came from trying to applying a top-down method.
I’m excited to apply this!

[SteveDunn]

Possibly the best video on YouTube I've seen in years.

[mohammedalsayed]

that's an amazing video, I love how he explains such abstract concepts so easily, to guarantee your mastery over the system.

[Kyoshiraishi]

I watched few video/articles and this one is the best so far explaining the system and it reminds me why I want to apply it initially. Thank you!

[terrygorry]

Excellent explanation of Zettelkasten. Thank you for sharing.

[vwatts]

Thank you!!!! I Get it!!! I’ve been fascinated with this topic looked at lots of different videos on the subject matter and my biggest take away personally was to just get started!!Collect notes and my thoughts from all the reading g I do as well as thoughts that pop in my head and put them on a card and drop them in the “hopper” aka “box” and overtime those thoughts will come together especially when I’m doing a lot of studying on certain topics. Thank you!