#27 - How to take Smart Notes to Build your Second Brain

If there’s one super power I’ve developed over the past year, it’s taking notes in a way that gets exponentially more powerful over time.

I’ve combined Zettelkasten, How to Take Smart Notes, Second Brain, and Getting Things Done into a method that works for me.

In this episode you’ll learn:

* The Zettelkasten Method popularized by How to Take Smart Notes

* The Second Brain method

* How to combine these two systems with the best features of each

* Some guiding principles to make your note system work for you and focus on learning, being productive, and helping you

My Method

* Inbox

* Captured notes go here to be processed

* Permanent Notes

* Atomic ideas in a single note

* Reference Notes

* Notes in my own words from things I consume, organized by medium

* Projects

* MOCs for projects I am working on.

* MOCs are an index into a project

* Next Actions list - a few tasks that are next or in progress

* Later list - any task or idea I want to do (should do / maybe do list)

* Journal

* Brain dumps organized by date, reviewed for tasks or ideas that get processed

Resources

* How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens

* Getting Started with Zettelkasten

* Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte

* PARA Method

* Getting Things Done by David Allen