But it’s still be hugely helpful to me and I think I’m in a unique position to explain this method to people. What he taught me was neat, clean and orderly.
If anything, I use a perverted version of a system taught to me by the genius Robert Greene, when I was his research assistant. Now to be clear, this is not “my” notecard system.
It’s responsible for helping me publish three books in three years, (along with other books I’ve had the privilege of contributing to), write countless articles published in newspapers and websites, send out my reading recommendations every month, and make all sorts of other work and personal successes possible. All I can say is that since learning it about 7 years ago, it has totally transformed my process and drastically increased my creative output. After the response to this recent LifeHacker piece, I thought I would explain the system I use to take notes, research books and keep track of anecdotes, stories and info I come across in my work.
