They can be written in any way and are easy to use. This is the optimal size for my purposes. I use physical index cards 4.1″x5.8″ (DIN A6). Be inspired by others, adopt ideas if they are good but don’t be afraid to adapt the system to your needs. The only goal is to make it work for you. In the very beginning, it’s important to understand that there is no right or wrong. Niklas Luhmann (German sociologist and inventor of the Zettelkasten) You can’t think without writing at least not in a sophisticated, connectable way. These have the advantage of being able to be easily sorted and grouped as needed. Instead of a bound book, they use paper index cards. Modern authors like Robert Greene and Ryan Holiday also swear by it for a good reason. Other authors and thinkers such as Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Edison also used commonplace book. Marcus Aurelius had one, which later became the source of Meditations. Some famous authors have used commonplace book. Later, the essence of knowledge was written down in the commonplace book to be permanently stored. Already in the Middle Ages, people wrote marginalia, i.e., notes in the margin of the page. The notecard system has a long tradition and is derived from the commonplace book. Valuable notes are a basis for better decisions, give inspiration in hard times, and share new knowledge. If you save your notes systematically, you will build a library of wisdom that you can always refer back to. The only way to keep knowledge is to write it down precisely. You can use the best sources, but if you don’t have access to the knowledge to apply it, you are like Sisyphus, who has to start over and over again because his previous work is worth nothing. It doesn’t get you anywhere reading books, listening to podcasts, and communicating with others if you can’t store the knowledge permanently.
Our memory is fleeting, and we forget most of what we study. Unfortunately, we cannot keep everything.
#THE NOTECARD FULL#
They belonged to a continuous effort to make sense of things, for the world was full of signs: you could read your way through it and by keeping an account of your readings, you made a book of your own, one stamped with your personality. Reading and writing were therefore inseparable activities. This way, you create your own library that you can use to make decisions or getting inspiration. You can write individual knowledge units on notecards and keep them. © Robert MoszczynskiĪ notecard system is a system for storing and organizing knowledge. The author’s notes on the topic of economics.
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