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Sönke Ahrens – How to take smart notes: One simple technique to boost writing, learning and thinking – for students, academics and nonfiction book writers Sönke Ahrens How to take smart notes: One simple technique to boost writing, learning and thinking – for students, academics and nonfiction book writers book

The way people choose their keywords shows clearly if they think like an archivist or a writer. Do they wonder where to store a note or how to retrieve it? The archivist asks: Which keyword is the most fitting? A writer asks: In which circumstances will I want to stumble upon this note, even if I forget about it? It is a crucial difference.

Sönke Ahrens, How to take smart notes: One simple technique to boost writing, learning and thinking – for students, academics and nonfiction book writers, Scotts Valley, CA, 2017, p. 118