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Making Notes Is Holding You Back - Do This Instead

  • Stop taking notes altogether
  • Instead, keep going back to the original sources (not your secondary sources)
  • Make your goal to learn the information now, not to create a new resource (your notes) that helps future you learn the information later
  • Kind of mind-blowing, actually, how insightful that difference between learning and creating is
  • Do I want to create and publish? Or do I want to learn?
  • Either is fine, but don’t confuse them

Original video by Tom Watchman:

Why I don’t recommend making your own notes and what to do instead.

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