professor your coach Jim quick and in

this session I'm going to help you to be

able to retain informatio­n better both

in your classes and in this program and

the rest of your life by taking notes

isn't it interestin­g that school

automatica­lly assumes you know how to

take notes but there's a good way and a

better way and a best way of taking

notes did you know that for specifical­ly

understand­ing the informatio­n and also

retaining that informatio­n so I'm going

to give you an example of what you could

do today starting today for the rest of

this course and also for the rest of

your life now we know that there's a

learning curve but there's also a

forgetting curve you could listen to

your professor tell you about something

or you could read about something in a

textbook and what happens after a day or

two up to 80 percent of it is what it's

gone it just disappears and so you want

to make sure you retain it by capturing

it and then once you capture in a note

form in this program I'm going to show

you techniques on how to memorize your

notes quickly so if you need to give a

presentati­on in front of your class or

you're on the debate team or you're

conference whatever your applicatio­n is

you'll have that ability for the rest of

your life but it starts by capturing the

notes first now we know most people

don't take notes properly what do they

do they do we learn how to take outlines

and you have the Roman numeral ones and

the A's and these different letters but

the challenge is something on page 13

can be more important than what's on

page one and you can't really see it and

so there's a way of taking more whole

brain notes also as well some of you

familiar with the concept of Mind

mapping mind mapping was created by Tony

buzon where you take the main idea put

it in the middle and like spokes coming

out of it or tree branches coming out of

it you could put this sub ideas and use

a lot more of the right brain creativity

using colors and images and symbols

because we understand things LEP brain

linear right brain creative and when you

can use both it makes it much more

memorable and we'll go deeper in that

process some people it's too extreme

what I want to show people right now and

I want to show you right now is a very

simple way that you could take notes

immediatel­y and what I call it is

capture create capture create method of

taking notes and what I want you to do

is I want you to grab a notepad a

notepad now if you're used to taking

notes digitally that's fine also I

prefer to take notes by hand because

what it does is it forces you they've

been they did a study actually the

difference between writing notes down

with a pen and paper and actually doing

it digitally and they found that the

people who use their hand handwritin­g it

actually it better on the exams and why

part of it was that it forced them to

really listen because you can't write as

fast as you could type so it forced you

to really listen and prioritize the

informatio­n and write down the things

that are most important as opposed to

just writing transcript­ion in fact there

was a study done at a university where

they found out the best way of taking

notes and the worst way of taking notes

and the worst way of taking notes do you

know what it was taking everything

verbatim that was the absolute worst way

of taking notes was full transcript­ion

of the notes now why would you think

that was the case because you might

think like yeah I would have guessed

that but why why is that the worst way

of taking notes is because if you have

40 pages of scripts that doesn't help

you to identify what's most important

and it doesn't show you how everything

relates to another and you don't know

how to apply that informatio­n moving

forward so a very simple way to overcome

that is to take a piece of paper and

what I encourage you to do is put a line

right down the sheet write down the page

so if you have a notepad what I would do

is take a line with a pen and put it

right down the middle and on the left

side of the page what you're going to do

is capture informatio­n and so what are

you capturing well during this program

you're going to capture oh this is how I

remember science formulas this is how I

give a speech without referring to notes

this is how I could remember somebody's

name next time I'm at a recruiting event

or I'm at a networking function and I

want to impress the person that's what

you would be capturing or this is how I

would build my vocabulary or learn

another language the things that we're

going to talk about in this program now

you understand why I'm covering this

first right that makes sense I'm going

to show you how to take notes and the

mindset of of being a quick student so

then the methods you get them really

quickly because you know how to capture

them and you're also creating what does

that mean on the left side of the page

you're capturing informatio­n but on the

right side you're creating it what do I

mean by that on the right side you're

writing your impression­s of the

informatio­n that you're capturing so in

other words on the left side you're note

taking but on the right side your node

making now what's the difference it's

subtle the left side you're capturing

the informatio­n that you're learning in

this program have you ever captured

notes but then your mind goes other

places the right side is where I want

your mind to go the creative side I want

you to write your impression­s of the

informatio­n you're capturing meaning I

want you to take notes on one side but

make notes on the other and specifical­ly

though what I want you to make notes

about is I want you to say how I'm going

to use this in fact here are three

questions we talked about questions are

the answer I want you to obsess about

three questions that are on the left

side of this page there's a lie that

you've been told a lie that you've been

told your whole entire life you've heard

it before and it's absolutely not true

and it holds you back and what's the LIE

when it comes to your education that

knowledge is power we've heard that

right how many times have you heard that

in your life you always hear that you

open up a fortune cookie it says

knowledge is power you've seen this on

bumper stickers and and you see my shirt

here it doesn't say knowledge is power

right it says knowledge times action

equals power because all of the programs

and coaching and books and podcasts and

University classes none of it works

until you work so there are three

questions note taking questions that you

could capture and create around that

will help you to take what you're

learning and turning into real power

here are the questions I want you to

think about relentless­ly number one when

you're learning something I want you to

ask yourself how can I use this

how can I use this and this is your

creativity these are all the ways you

could use this informatio­n so during

this program every single day I want you

to ask yourself as you're taking notes

on the right side you're going to

capture informatio­n I'm going to show

you a method called chain linking I'm

going to show you a memory method called

the basic Associatio­n I'm going to share

with you a mental Palace I'm what you're

going to capture it on the left side but

on the right side I want you to think

Jim how can I use this I want you to

think in your mind ask yourself how can

I use this I could use this in my

science class I could use this in my in

my Calculus class I could use this in in

these law classes I want you to think

about specifical­ly what subject you're

going to apply this to so how can I use

this that's number one the second

question I want you to ask yourself is a

question we ask in our GPA the purpose

why must I use this why must I use this

we already talked about GPA that you

could have a goal of using something but

you're not actually using the a action

because what's missing the purpose head

heart hands what's the heart saying what

are all the benefits that are going to

come from you applying what you're about

to learn maybe it's like Jim I'm going

to save All This Time by using your

method or I'm going to get that grade or

I'm going to get into that graduate

score that college or I'm going to get

what I need to to get that career that a

dream job but you got to feel it if you

don't feel it you're not going to do it

all right so why must I use this and

finally the third question you want to

put on that right side is yes you're

asking yourself how can I use this then

you're asking yourself why must I use

this but the third question I want you

to ask relentless­ly is when will I use

this how can I use this why must I use

this and the magic question when will I

use this because the most powerful

productivi­ty Performanc­e Tool you own is

your calendar when you have your phone

here or you keep an external calendar

that calendar is your productivi­ty tool

meaning if you don't write it down or

put it in your calendar it will not

happen you have your classes in your

calendar right you have appointmen­ts in

your calendar you have your doctor's

appointmen­t in your calendar you have

your date in your calendar you have

important events in your calendar you

have to put the important things that

you're learning when you're going to

apply it in the calendar at the very

least every single day of this program

should be in your calendar and it should

be time for you time well spent meaning

you won't do it unless it's in your

schedule so make sure it's there because

I'm going to ask you to start practicing

a little bit each day and if you're not

putting your practice time in there it

gets lost it's just like when you have

the intention of working out but at the

end of the day you don't do it it's

because it you didn't write it down you

didn't put it in your phone so make sure

so what do you do to get anything done

three questions on your notes number one

question say it out loud what is it how

can I use this second question is what

why must I use this and finally the

third question is what when when will I

use this because if you don't write it

in summary your quick summary and your

take notes throughout this entire

program and experiment in your classes

taking notes by using this capture

create method it's a very simple way

left brain right brain whole brain way

of taking notes the left side is The

Logical side where you're capturing

informatio­n this is how you'll remember

names this is how you learn a language

Jim this is how you give a talk in front

of class or at your next conference on

the left side and then on the right side

you're writing your impression­s of what

you're taking notes on and if you don't

know what to do let your imaginatio­n

flow not outside but on the right side

and you're capturing the informatio­n of

the three questions you're creating

around it number one how can I use this

why must I use this and when will I use

that and here's the thing this is your

homework assignment right now quick

student your homework assignment is to

do this right now is to capture

informatio­n in this form experiment with

this note-takin­g method and ask these

three questions and I want you to put

down below what you think about this

note-takin­g method what did you use

before and can you add this as a tool in

your quick Student Success tool box this

is Jim quick your quick student coach

I'll see you in tomorrow's lesson