How to Take Smart Notes - Book on a Page

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🚀 Cohort 5 starts on August 19. 📔 We will be summarizing Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse into a book-on-a-page

In this video, I provide a summary of Sönke Ahren's book, How to Take Smart Notes.

The book on a page was created with the Obsidian-Excalidraw plugin.

Timestamps
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00:00 Intro
00:10 It all started with a ...
00:32 Richard Feynman and external scaffolding
02:13 Niklas Luhman
04:08 Slips from Lunhman's slip-box
05:36 Notes are shipping containers of ideas
07:51 At a glance - The status quo in writing
08:43 At a glance - Zettelkasten
09:53 At a glance - Comparing the two approaches
15:25 Detailed process walkthrough
16:06 Be very selective
17:32 Permanent notes and literature notes
18:30 How permanent notes are organized
21:30 ZK is not a personal WIKI
23:26 Overview notes and Summary notes
25:04 The emergent approach
27:03 Project notes
27:50 By-products and parallel production lines
29:56 Common pitfalls
31:20 Read for understanding
32:40 Write your notes in response to existing ones
33:53 Develop ideas
35:19 Compare and contrast with the Double-Bubble Map
36:28 Think outside the brain
37:36 Ask questions
38:28 Study = Research
41:43 Manage your mental resources
42:30 Attention
43:51 Short-term memory
48:24 Motivation
50:18 Compounding interest
51:00 FLOW: Let the work carry you forward
52:42 Getting started
53:39 Closing remarks

How to
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If you'd like to create a similar book on a page summary, check out these videos:

How to create a sketch-note summary of a book with Excalidraw + Obsidian + Progressive Summarization

Part 2 Behind the Scenes 1/2: Note highlights and initial sketches. Creating the BASB Book on a Page

Part 3 Behind the Scenes 2/2: Creating the final book on a page for Building a Second Brain

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Attributions
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[obscurus]

You are one of the few people on the PKM side of youtube that actually knows what he is talking about. Constantly making useful software and offering new insights. Thank you.

[rodking]

Wonderful review and presentation of the Zettelkasten (Notecard) system. Thanks for sharing.

[nestor-]

Thank you, I love the way you explain things and how you present the content in a graphical and organized way.

[pauleta]

Men, best explanation on the internet! Congratulations. The only thing I am really missing is to see real examples of the differente note types or of a real example of a more filled slip-box.

[geronimo]

I cannot emphasize enough how helpful and brilliantly made this piece of … artwork is. - In terms of the topic itself, the visualisation, the summary and all the small pieces of HowTo. - Thanks so much for sharing- this is very inspiring!

[ksoonsoon]

Zsolt, I know it is likely you went through this effort and process primarily for yourself and may have created it regardless, but I just wanted to say thank you for your work. I just finished watching the interview with you and Nicole where you discussed Escalidraw and Excalbrain, among other things including your one-page summary of smart notes. I had this video already earmarked to come back to at a later date, but that interview lit a fire under me to do it sooner than later. Please keep those one page book reviews coming. They are outstanding in so many ways. Even if the only value was just in a book review they would be terrific, but integrating them with all the functionality of Excalidraw makes them not only more unique and valuable, but teaches us so much more about how we can use the tool in ways that benefit us. Thank you for that and please keep all the good work coming. You are such a valuable resource to the obsidian community. It is a joy integrating with a community that builds tools of value that actually make my life the lives of others better.

[HealthyLivng]

Thank you for making and sharing this!!! 😁🤗

[timothygutierrez]

53:40 I found this overview helpful. Thank you. I plan to show this to my writing students instead of the usual brainstorming lesson.

[cedargrace]

This presentation was so helpful for me. The visuals really helped me to grasp the concept and technique.

[ThomasSchlesinger]

Very good overview about the key points of the book. Thank you very much for this video and for the drawing!

[starkxz]

Thank you. This book is the first on my list once finishing the setup of my vault.

[directorserge]

Amazing information! Thank you very much. I actively practice Zettlekasten and your video helped me to summarize and structure my understanding of it even more. Thanks again for your efforts in making this video.

[ympeng]

This is awesome, you clearly explained this book with fantastic visuals

[laszlopetergyarmati]

Zsolt, really useful video. Clear and concise. Must have been tremendous work to make the visuals. Thanks!

[yohankoo]

Thank you for the detailed explanation.

[jagadish_das]

Thank you so much for the deep and clear explanation! 5th day making notes )))

[hamdimohammedtaha]

Thank you so much for this video.Your explanation is really good.

[Vex-dE]

Hey man. These and all your videos are great. Some of the best content out there. 💯 It would be amazing if you did David Allens Getting things done as a single page. I’d definitely rewatch couple times. 😎

[DariusNmN]

Thank you for sharing such a well thought through book summary. Excellent.

[ADarkDreamer]

Excellent work. This video is a great reference for me even though I've read the book already.