![]() ![]() He was a passionate reader, he spent his leisure time reading philosophy, organization theory & sociology & took notes on them. Niklas Luhmann who worked at the German administration office in the 1960s & went on to become the most productive & revered social scientists of 20th century. ![]() This book is the gap between the two – “ This book aims to fill this gap by showing you how to efficiently turn your thoughts and discoveries into convincing written pieces and build up a treasure of smart and interconnected notes along the way.” They don’t offer much help in innovating the note-taking habit. Most self-help books on writing usually discuss either the psychology of getting the writing done productively or the technicalities of writing. A good note-taking habit solves the problem of facing a blank page. However just as like breathing-which is vital for our life, but we do it constantly, it escapes our attention. Writing is not what follows research or learning, rather it’s the medium of all this work. So what is the solution & why hasn’t much thought been given to this issue? Though it is central to learning, research & intellectual activities, much thought has not been given to “The art of daily note-taking”. What such belief leads to in most cases is deadline panic & to a state of burden in bringing our ideas into a page from scratch. Part of the problem is that we are made to believe that writing starts with a blank page & that “writing has to be difficult”. Yet despite being so essential we find it hard to write & complete/ submit an academy paper/report. Human beings are knowledge workers in one way or the other-Students, academia, author, or a professional. Everybody writes- Writing is an integral part of our life. ![]()
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