ENDA Episode 48→ The time when ENDA learned how important it is to take notes (Part 1)
now I had to keep up with a very fast-paced rhythm: if I wrote for too long, I would miss part of the explanation. If I listened the whole time, I would not have remembered much without the notes.
ENDA Episode 48→ The time when ENDA learned how important it is to take notes (Part 1)
Maybe it was because of my schooling or my square head, but for a while, I did not understand the real meaning of “taking notes”.
I spent much of the time thinking that I could just transcript extracts of what I heard during a class and it worked, for a while.
But then, in college things got even more complicated, the class turned into lectures and now I had to keep up with a very fast-paced rhythm: if I wrote for too long, I would miss part of the explanation. If I listened the whole time, I would not have remembered much without the notes.
Hence I had to adapt:
➡️I had to find ways to synthesize much information in no more than 2 or 3 phrases per note.
➡️I had to start writing questions in the same notes to ponder or to consult in the same class.
➡️I had to learn how to “listen” better. Not just hear what they are explaining, but think about it and develop it through questions.
And with a lot of practice and time, I could take real notes, notes that were not a copy-paste of what I heard, but of what I learned.
One would think that this applies to a school or academic setting, but the truth is taking notes is something essential in this industry.
How? Well, that would be for another episode.
The journey continues…
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