Make Useful Notes. Start With Clear Goals.
A framework for taking smart notes. From Make Useful Notes.
“What is my goal?” was my first question. And I found a lot of answers or better to say a lot of ideas for the future. But a list of ideas isn’t a clear goal. John Doerr the author of “Measure what matters”[38], the famous book about goal-setting, helped me to sort my ideas with his amazing TED talk: „Why the secret to success is setting the right goals“[39].
My personal wish to set a goal for this year is to fully understand the principles of using a Zettelkasten.
Knowing my “why” [40], I want a book written about “Taking Useful Notes.” Framing the work of writing as a learning problem and use it for teaching will improve my effectivity of learning.
What are your wishes and objectives? Writing a weekly newsletter, a blog post or preparing a business presentation? Or do you want start with your master thesis?
My Zettelkasten hint: Use templates and tagging to organize your goal related notes. But first, read more about these principles in the next chapters.
[38] John, Doerr. Measure What Matters: OKRs: The Simple Idea That Drives 10x Growth. Portfolio Penguin, 2018.
[39] Why the Secret to Success Is Setting the Right Goals | John Doerr | TED, 2018. Why the secret to success is setting the right goals | John Doerr | TED — YouTube
[40] Sinek, Simon. Start with Why. Penguin Books Ltd, 2011. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27279072M/Start_with_Why.
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