by Jamie Miles | Apr 15, 2021 | Articles & Guides
These example Highlight, Question and Answer (HQ&A) Notes are a companion to the third article in our Honest Notes note-taking series, A Technique for Taking More Creative Notes: Up, Down, and Across. The other articles in our Honest Notes note-taking series are:...
by Jamie Miles | Apr 14, 2021 | Articles & Guides
At a glance Adopt the Up, Down, and Across technique for composing more creative HQ&A Notes, develop your thinking skills, and retain more of what you’ve read. Read a portion of our HQ&A Notes on Bill Gates’ 2021 book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, to...
by Jamie Miles | Mar 18, 2021 | Articles & Guides
At a glance Become aware of how digital note-taking promotes shallow thinking when reading physical non-fiction books, so you can approach your reading more thoughtfully and joyously. You’ll also find you can understand, retain and apply what you’re...
by Jamie Miles | Mar 3, 2021 | Articles & Guides
At a glance In a nutshell: As you stumble across valuable information, save it (Highlight) along with a question for which you see the passage as the answer (Question). Then write a compressed version of that passage expressed in your own words (Answer). Highlight,...
by Jamie Miles | Feb 17, 2021 | Articles & Guides
At a glance Based on the reader question: Exams always make me incredibly nervous because I’m always unsure if what I’ve been revising is actually going to come up. Do you have any advice on how to overcome this? And could you add some hints on how to get...
by Jamie Miles | Jan 26, 2021 | Articles & Guides
At a glance Based on the reader question: Doing things from home has made me an awful procrastinator. Some times I just start at the ceiling and then I panic because I’ve left everything until the deadline. How can I kick this bad habit? – Kyle, USA Motivate...
