Tiago Forte on Organising our Knowledge
"For modern, professional notetaking, a note is a “knowledge building block”—a discrete unit of information interpreted through your unique perspective and stored outside your head.
By this definition, a note could include a passage from a book or article that you were inspired by; a photo or image from the web with your annotations; or a bullet-point list of your meandering thoughts on a topic, among many other examples.
A note could include a single quote from a film that really struck you, all the way to thousands of words you saved from an in-depth book.
The length and format don’t matter—if a piece of content has been interpreted through your lens, curated according to your taste, translated into your own words, or drawn from your life experience, and stored in a secure place, then it qualifies as a note.
A knowledge building block is discrete. It stands on its own and has intrinsic value, but knowledge building blocks can also be combined** into something much greater—a report, an argument, a proposal, a story.
Like the LEGO blocks you may have played with as a kid, they can be rapidly searched, retrieved, moved around, assembled, and reassembled into new forms without requiring you to invent anything from scratch.
You need to put in the effort to create a note only once, and then you can just mix and match and try out different combinations until something clicks.
Technology doesn’t just make notetaking more efficient. It transforms the very nature of notes"
(Excerpt adapted from Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte published by Profile Books)
**In a Sales context this can include a Catalogue, a Brochure, a Presentation
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel”
– Socrates
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