Taking Book Notes (How to Start)

This was a lot of fun Tiago, thank you for allowing me to share my note-taking strategy. PS: If anyone has any questions, ask away!

Quick tip for all the iPhone users. Your camera has now a „scan text“ feature. Just hold your iPhone above a text like you would take a photo of it and a small little button with some lines in it will appear in the bottom corner. You can temporarily snap a picture, highlight the text passage you want and freaking copy it! Then you can paste it into your digital journal for further reference. This made my process so much easier!

Years ago I read "How to read a book", by Mortimer J. Alder - This is very close to his methods. It changed the way I read a book forever because I was brought up to never mark a book... Now I own all of my books :)

Loved this! Never thought about using the covers like that, makes so much sense. // Notes Beginning of the book - Make your own table of contents at the beginning of the book -- Write down what really resonated, and why. - Add date when you started reading the book at the beginning of the book Highlighting - Highlight things on the page when you finished that page, otherwise everything will seem interesting - Add a star to highlights that are very interesting - At the end of the chaper, add highlights/stars to table of contents End of the book - Date finished reading the book - Page 'Actionable Advice" → how I'm going to apply those lessons How/when to make it digital & take action - Let the book sink in for a few days - Go back to the 'Actionable Advice' page & pick 3 things to take action on. -- Taking action on everything can be overwhelming - Put notes in digital system so they're searchable -- Mainly actionable advice, and things with stars

I love the animations and visualizations in these videos. They really enhance and reinforce the discussed topics and aren't superfluous like in lots of other YouTube content.

It's a small detail, but I really appreciate how the guest differentiated 'information' and 'knowledge'. Turning the former into the latter is a process, and the two are not equal.

It's like a supplemental addition to BASB. I love it. Thanks to both of you!

Tiago, I am so glad you are really focusing on the concepts and its implementation across all formats of content, not just digital. There is always this urge of only talking about shiny productivity apps and don't succumb to that! Got your book, you are my new hero! Love from India. 🙂

I love these new habits to build, they will truly help me move forward at a faster, more focused pace. As someome with the attention span and focus of a kitchen cabinet, this is a real eye opener. I usually read about 15 books per month, a the beginning of the year, then seem to dwindle off and find it diffcult to read one or more i the subsequent months. I reall hope this gets me past that hump of losing interest and finding that sweet reading spot.

I think a better approach is to read 1 full chapter and just underline and highlight all the parts then go back and add those to your digital notes for that chapter. Then do it all over again for the next chapter. This I have found for me allows me to essentially meditate and chew on what I just read and I found it sticks better. Also I think writing in the book then having to later transfer it into digital notes is an extra step you don't need.

Like always, each video is a masterpiece. Thank you for the awesome content.

This gave me so much more context as to how i should actually capture and distill, as for the most part it was really difficult for me to realize how much of the text was actually important while i was reading. Thank you so much for this video in particular.

This was such a good video! I hope this made sense to people. Notes are such a powerful tool! Thank you for the message.

I am inspired to always buy PDFs so I can bring them into Noteshelf or Notability. But I like having a separate set of notes.

Excellent book notation video. Many Thanks! My Freshman year English teacher at Villanova Univ. recommended "How to Read a Book" by Mortimer Adler to me. I tell all my tutor clients about its 4 main concepts to efficiently and effectively read any book on any topic. It's my best game-changing "unfair advantage" tip for anyone.

This is so great! I’ve listened to the “Second Brain” book on Audible. Because of my vision issues, I find audiobooks much easier to consume. Any resources, or even tips, on how to best “read” audiobooks and use the principles in this video to apply it to audiobooks? Thanks!

This is awesome! I love this organized approach. 🤩

I'm considering a Kindle Scribe as I have a huge selection of Kindle Books. This video might very well have justified that decision! I have also been experimenting with Apple Pages and converting the documents to Apple Books This makes me feel good about my decision :)

Wonderful video! The tip about using a system until it breaks...is money!!!

How amazing is this technique. So simple yet so good. Will try out immeadiatelly.