Collection:: [[Nick Milo 7 Days To Linked Thinking]] ## Notes [[Morning pages]] [[Types of notes]] [[Conceptual notes]] [[Declarative notes]] ## Highlights As you think, you are naturally making notes in your mind. They just fade away quickly. Note-making makes your thinking **_visible._** ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hf5qrdzyahwzyb2eg4h4m2rh)) The NoMa Method is about making your thoughts visible—so you can build with them, like LEGO blocks (or like ingredients in the kitchen). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hf5qrv916h4d4xa539ncks4w)) The NoMa Method in Five Steps 1. Notice when you say: ​ **_"That's interesting" ​ ​_** _Then, instead of passively consuming… ​_ 2. _Let's add some connective thinking:_ ​ ​ **_"That reminds me of X because…" ​ ​_** _Now your brain is cooking with gas! ​_ 3. _Let's add some lateral thinking: ​_ **_"It's similar to X because…" ​_** 4. _Let's activate some critical thinking:_ **_​ "It's different to X because…" ​_** 5. _Let's sprinkle in some personal meaning:_ **_​ "It's important because…"_** ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hf5qtpn6a60j6pwnym8zw3w0)) How To Make Notes: Freewriting ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hf5qtxxg9t5z69adxs5djaj5)) Julia Cameron's "Morning Pages" have inspired and guided countless people into writing out 3 pages, by hand, every morning. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hf5r5yrpthr4dppg0h3bbmks)) **Thing Notes** - concepts, ideas, and noun-like things - Thing notes give you cognitive scaffolding. - They give you a place to contain your thoughts about something. **Statement Notes** - opinions and observations about things - Statement Notes should be clear and strongly stated. Why? - Because it forces you to really think about what you’re trying to say. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hf5r7csj2b7zsnqht93ym634)) Statement Notes force you to sharpen and evolve your thinking in rapid succession. If you want to generate more value, try sharpening your statement notes. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hf5r81hzhtjkka1btc0p3zhq)) Thing Notes are sturdy dots—they are cognitive scaffolding—that we build to support the leaps of insights that come from crafting Statement Notes. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hf5rbn2mxwry2f7hmz4r84n8))