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I would bet those who are successful have some pretty good reasons for taking notes, while those who are not do it as an end until itself (e.g. "because that's

I would bet those who are successful have some pretty good reasons for taking notes, while those who are not do it as an end until itself (e.g. "because that's what successful people do") Which makes me think there is something not so obvious that accompanies effective note taking.

Kluny 9y ago
For me, it's when I've expended some effort to gain a new piece of knowledge. I'll have to redo the (debugging process/google trail/staring into space thinking real hard) from scratch next time I do it, because it's too intricate to have memorized it. Taking notes about routine everyday stuff is boring and worse than useless, because the notes are full of duplicated information that makes searching slower. I imagine the people who take notes for it's own sake are basically listing everything that they do, whether they gained any new insight or not.