How to Save the Day, Repeatedly, with a Notebook

Michael A. LaPlante
6 min readMar 19, 2018
“A pencil on top of an open notebook” by Jan Kahánek on Unsplash

You will save the day repeatedly when you simply write down what transpires. Capture what happens and the decisions that were made along the way, especially your own.

You will gain “super powers” of both recollection and observation.

You will become recognized as an authority on the past and how we have arrived at the present.

Practicing this skill is life changing and changes the perception of those around you and about you.

You need to do one simple thing, carry the notebook and use it. A writing utensil is handy as well. You are literally SAVING THE DAY.

Now go ahead and put on your cape and feel good about yourself, by doing this, you are exceptional!

Reasons You Must Use a Notebook

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

Elephants forget, notebooks don’t. If you write in them.

Digital is amazing, though there is no substitute for paper. Period. The ultimate backup. If the computers all go offline one day, the books will…

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Michael A. LaPlante

Je ne sais rien, je suis juste un chat: Admirer of the sublime, aspirant polymath, and juggler of words. Efficiency and self-improvement experimentalist.