Learning How to Learn | Time Management | Note-taking skills

 Hello folks! We had the second session about Learning How to Learn, Time Management and Note-taking skills in the YetGen Orientation Program with Dear Murat Yalnızoğlu. 

We identified the ways to gaining a competence, which are motivation, information (background knowledge) and intelligence. One of the key competences for the 21st century is effective communication. In order to be an effective communicator; we have to listen actively, ask proper questions, tell a story, explain solutions, have good presentation skills, give and receive feedback.

Later on, we distinguished the differences between competence and intelligence. While competences can be acquired and improved at any age, intelligences are innate cognitive and mental capacity. Here is a chart of multiple intelligences:

https://www.simplypsychology.org/multiple-intelligences.html

People are born with all the multiple intelligences; yet, while some are improved, some are rasped according to their life experiences. 

As stated before, motivation is the key in order to gain a competence. We have to be aware of our mindset, our strengths and weaknesses. There are two different types of mindset, which are fixed and growth mindset: 


Receiving and giving feedback plays a crucial role for personal growth. You can CLICK HERE to read my post about the importance of feedback. We should always have the growth mindset, know how to learn and what works the best for themselves since each person has an individual method to learn. The cycle of learning is capturing the data, analyzing, storage, and improving the data/creating a product by making use of it. There are various ways to keep the data, note-taking is one of the most effective one. Now, I'll share some techniques with you. 

1) Cornell Method:
"The Cornell Note Taking method discourages the use of long sentences. It is about short notes that you write down in the right-hand column using recognizable abbreviations and symbols. Prior to the note taking, draw up a list of abbreviations and expressions. This makes the note-taking process even easier. Write down important concepts, ideas, persons, formulas and graphs in the right-hand column."
2) Mindmap
"Mind Mapping is a powerful note-taking method. Mind Maps not only highlight important facts, but also show the overall structure of a subject and the relative importance of individual parts of it. They are great when you need to think creatively, and can help you to make new connections between ideas. This is useful when you have problems to solve and you want to do brainstorming."

Now, I'll share some online tools for note-taking:
  • Evernote / MS OneNote / Google Keep
  • Notion / Miro / Obsidian : Online websites that you can use for note-taking. Miro is great for planning collaboratively with the team. It allows you to work on different templates and methods.
  • Mindmeister : You can create online mindmaps. It is great for brainstorming or problemsolving.
We should transfer the information we organize in our brains to a place; therefore, notetaking is a great way for personal productivity. In order to be successful, wealthy and content with life, we should develop a proactive viewpoint, which requires taking responsibility/initiatves and improving regardless of external factors. Otherwise; we would have a reaktive viewpoint and make do with what the life offers us.
In order to learn and increase productivity;
- note whatever arouses interest in you,
- decide on your next action, 
- divide them into categories and organize
- set reminders,
- create a regular system for reviewing what you have learned.
Here are some tools to help you get your things done:
  • Reminders / Calendar 
  • Trello / Asana / Notion (they are professional note-taking tools)
  • Todoist / Meistertask / Google Keep (useful for creating to-do lists)
We cannot control what we cannot evaluate. We ought to evaluate our each step. One way to achieve this is journaling. I highly suggest you to keep a journal for habit tracking and organization. I'll share another tool that I have been using recently. It is DayOne mobile app for IOS. You can create to-do lists, add pictures and notes in the app. One thing I really enjoy is that it offers templates that you can use.


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