We all have the notion that we should take good notes from the class. But some have the misconception that good notes refer to writing everything that the teacher says in the class, or everything that is shown in the slides. But this is not true!

Writing notes is important for us to understand which topics were covered and what important facts were discussed. But by writing everything that a teacher speaks in a class, we actually waste more of our time than we actually use it. Let’s see how.

When we focus on writing, we put least percentage of concentration on understanding the concept. Let’s put it this way. When we understand and write in class at the same time, we are dividing our concentration into two parts: listening and writing. By listening, we can understand the concept of the subject. By writing, we can remember which parts were taught. So it is more important for us to understand what was taught in class. Hence, what we need to do is we need to put more percentage of your concentration into listening and least into writing.

So how do we do it?

We should take notes in the form of points. Like we add bullet headings in a presentation. This actually helps a lot. It helps us write the most important parts of the whole lecture and it also saves time while writing and gives us more time to listen.

The more we understand, the more our brain is exercised. And the more our brain is exercised, the more critical thinking our brain can do. And that is the whole purpose of our education. We must be able to think of innovative ideas so that we can nurture our education. And spending more time writing will not allow us to spend so much time in thinking, since we are more consumed into just hearing and writing, with least interest in understanding.

So, it we want our brain to be better at work and for us to shine in our education, start learning to store information more in your brain than your notebook. Because you will ultimately carry your brain everywhere, not your notebook.

Our brain has so much storage capacity that we can’t fill it up in a lifetime. So, we don’t have to worry about using up space. Let’s just listen and understand.

And yeah, take short and crisp notes that help you to revive the information in your head.

Apply this, and you will se a huge change in your thinking capacity.