The Productivity Sketchbook #8: Atomic Sketchnotes

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• One of the best ways I've found to begin practicing visual notetaking is by creating single idea Sketchnotes.
• Instead of trying to fill an entire page with notes, you focus on capturing a single idea on an index card or in a pocket notebook.
• I use the app GoodNotes on my iPad for Sketchnoting. I created a dotted index card sized template to make single idea Sketchnotes, or Atomic Sketchnotes. I've got a growing collection of them.
• Here's a closer look at a few of them:
  • Benefits of a Physical Notebook
    • Set up the way I like
    • No internet connection required
    • Fast (no load time); Always on and ready
    • No monthly fee
    • Future proof data format
    • Safe and secure
    • Can use any notebook and pen I want
    • Can build tools the way I want to
  • Don't think outside the box until you've used what's inside it
  • You write Sketchnote to learn what you think
  • How to Talk to Anyone with Ease and Confidence
    • Know the conversation intention
    • Approach with a smile
    • Conversation sparks
      • "Wow! That's interesting!"
    • End by asking about the future and wish them luck
  • Productivity is like pizza
    • Lots of different kinds of pizza
    • Lost of ways to approach productivity
    • Same ingredients, different tastes
• If you're wanting to start practicing visual notetaking, but are struggling to do so, give Atomic Sketchnotes a try. Capturing single ideas simplifies visual notetaking and helps to make it less intimidating.
• If you'd like to learn more about Atomic Sketchnotes, check out the video from the YouTube channel, Verbal to Visual below.
  • https://youtu.be/U2BzcsV_rD0