How To Take Smart Notes (3 methods no one's talking about)

Опубликовано: 26 Апрель 2026
на канале: Vicky Zhao

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How do you take notes that are actually effective? How to remember what you read? Let's talk about how to take SMART notes, inspired by Sonke Ahrens' book "How to take smart notes".

We'll cover the 3 things that make smart notes smart, and techniques like Q/E/C and the compass of Zettelkasten Thinking to get you started today!

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⚡️Check out Fei's post on the Compass of Zettelkasten Thinking: https://feeei.substack.com/p/the-esse...

⏱ TIME STAMPS ⏱
0:00 Are your notes smart?
01:23 1/ active smart notes
03:14 2/ atomic smart notes
04:37 3/ connected smart notes
05:04 Compass of Zettelkasten Thinking

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