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Soft Skills: How to take notes


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Notes extend our memories and enhance our focus. But before building a note-taking system, or taking notes, one should be clear of the purpose of notes.


Decide whether to optimise for review or retrieval practice.

  • For docs you don’t plan to study extensively, the review is the obvious choice.
  • For texts you need to master perfectly, the Question Book Method (for theory) or flashcards (for details) saves time.

  • When you want to take notes to read them for pleasure afterwards, highlighting and marginalia could be more suited. But if rediscovery is your desire, a structured system, such as an index of the critical ideas, maybe better.

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