I will do no less than convince them of the benefits of note-taking and, through various methods, arrive at the end of this article at the pinnacle of 21st-century knowledge management: digital notes. Everyone is familiar with traditional note-taking. You sit and diligently scribble what you've learned in a spiral notebook. You take exams on the material, and on rare occasions, you simply find the lectures interesting. The result is irrelevant: apart from flipping through dusty notebooks when you move, you never see your notes again. ...

Carol S. Dweck, professor of psychology at Stanford University, examines human motivation. In her work, she has discovered that we can differentiate people based on their attitudes. She theorizes that there are two different attitudes: a growth mindseta fixed mindsetCarol Dweck has explored the differences between fixed and growth mindsets and their impact on our lives in different fields (sport, career, learning, relationships, education), so we can apply the lessons of her theory to all areas of life. ...

Friends who identified with the above sentiment suggested that I should try meditation. I had a strong sense of protest. I have doubts about anything oriental/spiritual, so I researched meditation first. It turned out that I didn't need to decorate my room with Buddha statues to meditate, nor did I need to move to a monastery. I just download an app on my phone and the fun begins. A little research and I discovered that ...

However, the rule is not only applicable for time management, as it is based on a much broader phenomenon. The sensation, also known as the 80/20 rule, is attributed to the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto. Pareto observed that the distribution of things was unequal, for example in Italy 80% of the wealth was owned by 20% of the population. The Pareto PrincipleAccording to the Pareto principle, 80% of the outcomes are often caused by 20% of the activities.Following the principle, we find that in our ten-item to-do list, only two actions are useful to us. We can use the lessons learned to prioritize our tasks, plan our day or week, but also reward our staff, do marketing, develop websites, and many other things. ...

You have one day until your exam and you haven't even opened your 200-page textbook. One or two mysterious comments from your teacher let you know approximately what questions to expect, but you don't know where to start studying. Finally, you skim through the whole book, write out the concepts and memorize as much as you have time and energy for. You're left with only a few definitions, but you hope you pull out a good batch. ...

I am no different. I have one or two tasks that I have been gritting my teeth on for a long time, even though I used to do them without any special prompting. As these tasks are closely linked to my goals, I have started to try different tactics to regain my motivation. There is a popular misconception about motivation that it comes from passively watching motivational movies and videos, reading inspirational books, binge-reading some uplifting quotes. ...

Notion is a hard-to-categorize, all-in-one platform that can be used to create databases, knowledge repositories, to-do lists, productivity systems, and countless other problem-solving interfaces. Notion was a big discovery for me in 2020, it has replaced a lot of the note-taking and project management apps I used to use and has taken my personal knowledge management to a whole new level. Notion is like a Microsoft Word crossed with Excel, with a touch of Asana added and the whole thing turned into a Trello spreadsheet app at the touch of a button. ...

For a long time, I considered note-taking a necessary evil. For me, notes were a sketchy record of lessons, a source of study, and a means to a single end: a grade. These notes ended up in the bin at the end of the semester. I read about subjects that interested me alongside formal education. The list of books I read on marketing, self-improvement, productivity, personal finance, and mindfulness grew steadily. ...

As early as the first half of the 1900s, Carl Jung described his thoughts on defining personality types, which included the concepts of extraversion and introversion. I'm introverted. For a long time, I saw this as a negative trait, but I had to realize I was wrong. One is not better than than the other. Being introverted or extroverted are just the endpoints of a scale. Both personality traits have advantages and disadvantages. By knowing where we fall on this scale, we can consciously work in areas that we are less happy with while making decisions in line with our strengths. ...

The label “banned book” could also be seen as a good marketing tactic, but unfortunately, this is still not the case. While the promise of forbidden knowledge undeniably has a stimulating effect on reading, throughout history writers have been silenced because of the ideas behind their stories, and today in the spirit of political correctness. This is not the forbidden knowledge referred to in many click-bait articles. Yet I wondered when I got my girlfriend reading a book that is still banned in China these days. ...