Smart Note-Taking Habit | Luhmann's Zettelkasten

Why is it important to take notes? In this video, I talk about how the daily note-taking habit made Niklas Luhmann such a prolific, productive writer.
Luhmann wrote more than 40 books and nearly 700 academic articles in his life. The secret to his productivity is his unique knowledge management system called Zettelkasten.

He made notes every time he read a book or article, and when he was about to write, all he had to do was just went through his notes, put them in a logical order and rewrite it in a coherent way.

This reminds me of the process of building LEGO as well as "mise en place" in cooking.
In LEGO, each brick is like a note. And we use the bricks (notes) to build something bigger (book/article/video).
In cooking, each ingredient is like a note. And we use the ingredients (notes) to cook a meal (book/article/video).
So, trying to write an article without notes is like trying to cook something without enough ingredients. As a result, you experience writer's block.
This is why making notes is important!

Chapters
0:00 Luhmann's Zettelkasten
1:00 Writing as Building Blocks
1:12 Writing as Cooking
2:39 Takeaway
3:50 My Favourite App: Woven

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[pharmacyterms]

Zettakastel method.
Analog

Making evergreen notes.📒📗.
Write down what to understand.
Rewrite then in your words
For example.
Green block are there you can join and make whatever you want.

Best analogy to visualise the process.
Keep you ingredients ready before preparing food.

Going for grocery shop.

1. Research the material what you need.
E.g - chicken+capsicum.

2.Making notes.🍽️🔪
Like measuring, washing, chopping it.

3. Process of writing.
*You take all ingredients and put in recipe order to get the dish ready.
If any ingredients left ... taste get affected.

Research+Notewriting+writing

If you face problem while writing because you don't have enough note taking.

❗Make a habit to take a note daily.
Make evergreen notes.

[SivWUK]

Great metaphors. Following your advice has helped me create content easier. Well done on your first sponsored video.

[TimothyFrancisco]

Shu, the cooking analogy is brilliant. Years ago I had the chance to hang out with Neil Strauss for a day to watch a master writer at work. He spent most the day taking notes! He was constantly on his iPhone phone capturing highlights of anything interesting that came up in conversations. If you every want to know where to eat, ask Neil. He writes down the details of every restaurant and every meal he eats. He would duck out of a room and come back, and often it was writing a tweet about a idea generated from a conversation.

[AhmetKaan]

Loved it again man!!!! Love your videos and content. Keep up this amazing work.! :)

[aaronmcloughlineu]

A very clear video. Thank you. And, thanks for the reference to Woven.

[ahmadridwan]

Taking notes everyday make writing easier.., Thanks, sir.., :)

[longhoang]

Keep up your good work! Your video quality just becomes better and better every day in term of content and editing.

[reiiiiisan]

the analogies made it really comprehensive, great video once again 😄

[lennartlut]

Apart from the great content, I really enjoy your editing style. Did you already publish a video about your editing process?

[fahimsattar]

You are blowing up keep grinding and don’t forget mee hahah💪🏾

[quadrivium]

I’ve read tons of info about Luhmann and even read some of the stuff he wrote in German about his process. I see nothing about “Literature notes” anywhere. Is that something you added for clarification for the general reader?

[whellockroad]

Great stuff, Shu. Thanks. BTW, which app are you using at 2:50?

[EliottMeunier]

Great vidéo thank's ! What is your roam theme ?
He is so beautiful !

[kirk]

Hi Shu, I suddenly remember you mentioned reflection and it seemed the idea come from the book "Great Mental Models". Is it come from one of your video? Thanks

[tfthacker]

Like the concept of Mise en passé - everything prepared to write

[mujtabaalam]

I wonder if Luhmann's notes will ever be translated

[huijessica]

I mean this is good for creative writing, I do it too. However, I'm struggling with writing notes for my classes to make them meaningful. If anyone has any tips, i'd appreciate it!