How to Take Great Notes (And Remember What You Read)

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If you want to take great book notes and remember what you read, then I recommend trying out this method. This method centers around creating outlines as if you were going to teach the material to a beginner. I used this when I was teaching undergraduates, but it also works well when I'm taking book notes for my own use.


While filming, I was told that this was very similar to the Feynman method. Here's a video that explains that method:    • How to Learn Faster with the Feynman ...   (There are a lot of similarities.)

Citation about writing by hand (link to a PDF): citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf…

Apps mentioned were Roam Research (roamresearch.com/) and Obisidian (obsidian.md/). I use Roam because I have time left on my subscription, but Obsidian is just as good (if not better) and is free.


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0:00 Take Notes Like You're Going to Teach
0:45 If You Can Teach It, You Understand It
1:25 Annotation
4:26 Exporting and Outlining
6:38 The Omni-Outline (Or Lesson Plan)