Hey there, glad you enjoyed it! Tough question, it depends on the genre. Here are some of my all-time favorites: - The stranger, Albert Camus. - Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom. - Steppenwolf, Herman Hesse. - The tunnel, Ernesto Sabato. - A million miles in a thousand years, Donald Miller. Let me know what genres you are into, and I will send more recommendations!!
I really enjoyed stillness is the key, I think it’s part of a series with other 2 books, ego is the enemy and the obstacle is the way. Great books all of them
@@gregoryoruko Good question. People often tend to try find one simple solution to everything when it's about these questions. In fact this situation has a name: silver bullet approach. The thing is, there is no simple one answer to this, I'm sorry. Learning is really complicated. You basically need to research for some while. Trust me sometimes it's going to feel discomfortable and overwhelming, but it's like every other problem in life. Patience and consistency is the key.
@@gregoryoruko Also, I want to mention something else. So you have a problem right now, you want to learn how to learn. An advice I can give is to not rely on 10 minute youtube videos. You actually need to read books. Use both books and youtube, but you can't really master a topic without books. youtube videos are just basically a trailer
very great video Robert :) I used to use a Kindle, read books, highlighted, Readwise synchronisation and everything dropped in Notion. Maybe lazy, maybe actually not interested, I rarely invested time to go through those highlights. I rediscovered reading actual printed books, being able to scroll back, re-read, see the whole context of my highlights. I will also manually insert them in Notion, but this additional layer of review is what it makes so valuable. Glad to see someone else doing this!
You’ve given me some inspiration to be more diligent about taking notes from the books I’m reading and how I should transcribe those notes into my second brain (Apple Notes).
I use Notion to add all my books to the database and append new notes and quotes through the Siri Shortcut to the one I’m currently reading. Every day another Siri Shortcuts Automation will read through all my book pages and get a random book quote to display in a notification. This is my workflow to remember the stuff that resonated with me throughout the reading process.
As an indian biology, chemistry and physics final year high school student, I really have to memorise a lot of information and at the same time practice a lot of conceptual and critical thinking based questions... Also theoretical part consists of the major part in bio and chem, in these two subjects, i really need to remember a lot of information... Is it quite same in USA?! In USA also, do science students need to remember facts, or they just build conceptual clarity and remember nothing?! I'm really stressed and disgusted, that only here probably, we're asked to study this way, I'm feeling demotivated.. although I'm a good students, one of the toppers in class, but I'm really feeling stressed out since last 3-4 weeks...
Hey buddy, thanks for sharing! I am sorry for your struggle; I am not from the USA, so I don't know, but I guess for your kind of major, students do need to memorize facts. The more you come across these facts the easier to remember.
I use Lamy pens, love the swift rollerball. It slides through the pages, great experience. amzn.to/4corYhB Apple pencil 2nd generation for the iPad amzn.to/4ev7XYi
Writing is what I do also. Transferring doesn’t work because my reading is physics and math. Most videos of this type work on soft subject matters. It does not work on any material that is symbolic. All the similar TH-cam videos I’ve seen repeat the same thing, and come up short on symbolic subjects, such as engineering, chemistry, physics and mathematics
I'm reading the Laws of Human Nature right now. I've got a long way to gooo but I'm really enjoying it. And this vid came at the perfect time, I needed these tips. So much in this book I want to remember but probably won't lol. I find that making these changes in the book in real time and journaling on my phone has helped :)
I have the same routine! I can only add that I ALWAYS add a note to the things I wanna highlight (saw this advice in some video and I really like this idea), like, what I had in mind at that moment, maybe some idea how can I use that, my attitude, what I felt, etc. And I try to summarize every chapter or 5-10 pages, depending on the book difficulty, first using my own words, and then I go through my highlights=notes, and add what I've forgotten but wanted to remember, and add some quotes if I think that they are important. And if I'm not lazy that day I reread what I've written, and try to make it as concise as possible, let's be honest no one re-reads 10 pages :D I usually try to make it fit to one or two.
That's such a great advice indeed!! I also do that re-page summarization, although I'm not sure how helpful that is when many of these are now online, and I wonder if it would do anything for the information retention.
@@midnightdreams8136 It definitely helps me, and I took this advice from someone, so there are at least two people who find that helpful :D But only if you actively recall that without peeking into your highlights/notes/book, just dump out everything you remember. It also make me think while reading "What do I wanna remember and write down from these pages/this chapter? How would I say ALL that in 3-4 sentences?"
Thanks for the vid! I’ve gotten in the habit of using Day One so I have a template that says “Book summaries” where I log pretty much the same thing you do. Another reason I really enjoy journaling it is because in a year it’ll just pop back up as a memory and it gives me a nice little refresh. Plus you can always use the search option if you want to access it anytime.
@@nischay7371 I basically create a template. Click your photo on the top right on the app then click create template. You can then setup a template anyway you want. Mine is pretty elementary but it gets the point across. I need it quick for when I’m in a hurry. You can just copy this if you want. I just added it for a reference. Title 📘 • Characters 🧍♂️🧍♀️ • Plot 🗺️ • Favorite part 🥰 • Opinion 🤔 • Rating 👏 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Nice video as usual Robert ! I had started making notes earlier this year, then left it mid way.. this video is a reminder for me that i need to get back to it .. thanks :)
WHen I'm reading a book on my phone, I usually highlight everything and then I use my old SE iphone with not updated ios to list and offload all the quotes and highlights into the mail and then into Notes. Cant move to Notion complete tho but in notion I keep a list of all my books to read) Maybe someone will find my method helpful
Interesting system, and banger video as always, Robert. Will have to give it a go. And I'm all in for writing all over non-fiction books! Why do people think it's weird??
@@RobertCreating doing great! Just finished my final year exams and can FINALLY get around to content creation! I actually kinda like the idea that I'll be able to give my kids the annotated versions of the same books I read. I'd definitely pay for an annotated version of a book by Warren Buffet or smth
Thanks for the video, this was really inspiring and helpful! Btw. any chance we can get a link to your Notion Template? (blank) ☺ Also, optionally, being able to access your template with all the information in there would be also very interesting, although I understand that's probably to remind private. Anyway, many thanks again, this video was awesome! ❤
@@RobertCreating Oh really? Well, that's great news then!! 🥳What's the font though btw.? Also, what formatting did you use for the headers and the text? (i.e. "header 2"..) It somehow looks so much different than when I tried to replicate the look, ahahaha.
Hey there, glad you liked it! I use moft cases www.moft.us/collections/ipad-cases?_gl=1*j4nnhq*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpZWzBhC0ARIsACvjWRMjhXb8w0sRR_JlmvH9g8x4c4HwoI1hQc__36gxF2wa7mVjTf8X2-QaAinGEALw_wcB
Hi Robert love the vid! I understand that you use Notion. I am a casual Evernote user, not sure if you have any comments/experience on using Evernote as a note taker?
Hey there, thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. I’ve never used Evernote but have heard good things about it. I guess Notion is better for me because I use it for everything else
@@dazzleships9 Just because you don’t like everything, he says, doesn’t mean he’s wrong about everything. I’m assuming everyone you don’t like is automatically dumb and has accomplished anything
A lot of people of all stripes found a lot to like in his 12 Principles. But he creates so many straw man arguments with non-existent concepts like “Cultural Marxism” it is difficult to take him seriously. There are better authors to use as a model for learning.
There's nothing original in this world anymore. Even Ali Abdaal himself could've "stolen" ideas from some other creators. We'll never know. "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." - Steven Wright
If you read Ali’s book you will find loads of things from TH-cam and Reddit. Almost all of his stories you would have come across before online. Doesn’t mean it’s less valuable but if you going to make such comments. Buy Ali’s book. It’s a nice read and will keep from making comments like this.
Now I'm curious...what are your favorite books, Robert? Amazing video as always!
Hey there, glad you enjoyed it!
Tough question, it depends on the genre.
Here are some of my all-time favorites:
- The stranger, Albert Camus.
- Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom.
- Steppenwolf, Herman Hesse.
- The tunnel, Ernesto Sabato.
- A million miles in a thousand years, Donald Miller.
Let me know what genres you are into, and I will send more recommendations!!
Do you read Ryan Holiday's books?
I have read them yes!
Awesome! Is there any of his books in your favorite list? @RobertCreating
I really enjoyed stillness is the key, I think it’s part of a series with other 2 books, ego is the enemy and the obstacle is the way. Great books all of them
A simple solution to that problem: Stop focusing on remembering. Start learning. If you don't know how to learn, then learn how to learn.
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@@gregoryoruko Good question. People often tend to try find one simple solution to everything when it's about these questions. In fact this situation has a name: silver bullet approach. The thing is, there is no simple one answer to this, I'm sorry. Learning is really complicated. You basically need to research for some while. Trust me sometimes it's going to feel discomfortable and overwhelming, but it's like every other problem in life. Patience and consistency is the key.
@@gregoryoruko Also, I want to mention something else. So you have a problem right now, you want to learn how to learn. An advice I can give is to not rely on 10 minute youtube videos. You actually need to read books. Use both books and youtube, but you can't really master a topic without books. youtube videos are just basically a trailer
@boomi3 Completely agree!!! You will just find a way that works for you when YOU contemplate about it. 🙌🏽
very great video Robert :) I used to use a Kindle, read books, highlighted, Readwise synchronisation and everything dropped in Notion. Maybe lazy, maybe actually not interested, I rarely invested time to go through those highlights. I rediscovered reading actual printed books, being able to scroll back, re-read, see the whole context of my highlights. I will also manually insert them in Notion, but this additional layer of review is what it makes so valuable. Glad to see someone else doing this!
Hey buddy!! Thanks, yeah I find retaining way more doing things the old way
I do have a photographic memory, I'm just out of film............. ;)
Hahaha
You’ve given me some inspiration to be more diligent about taking notes from the books I’m reading and how I should transcribe those notes into my second brain (Apple Notes).
Glad it was helpful!!
I use Notion to add all my books to the database and append new notes and quotes through the Siri Shortcut to the one I’m currently reading. Every day another Siri Shortcuts Automation will read through all my book pages and get a random book quote to display in a notification. This is my workflow to remember the stuff that resonated with me throughout the reading process.
Wow that's a nifty trick, thanks for sharing!!
great video it helped me a lot thank you big brother
Thank you! Glad it helped 🙌🏻
As an indian biology, chemistry and physics final year high school student, I really have to memorise a lot of information and at the same time practice a lot of conceptual and critical thinking based questions... Also theoretical part consists of the major part in bio and chem, in these two subjects, i really need to remember a lot of information... Is it quite same in USA?! In USA also, do science students need to remember facts, or they just build conceptual clarity and remember nothing?! I'm really stressed and disgusted, that only here probably, we're asked to study this way, I'm feeling demotivated.. although I'm a good students, one of the toppers in class, but I'm really feeling stressed out since last 3-4 weeks...
Hey buddy, thanks for sharing! I am sorry for your struggle; I am not from the USA, so I don't know, but I guess for your kind of major, students do need to memorize facts. The more you come across these facts the easier to remember.
That looks like an awesome pen! What brand is it?
I use Lamy pens, love the swift rollerball. It slides through the pages, great experience. amzn.to/4corYhB
Apple pencil 2nd generation for the iPad amzn.to/4ev7XYi
just write down on a notebook nd transfer that to notion the highlighted one on ce finish reading book.
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Writing is what I do also. Transferring doesn’t work because my reading is physics and math.
Most videos of this type work on soft subject matters. It does not work on any material that is symbolic.
All the similar TH-cam videos I’ve seen repeat the same thing, and come up short on symbolic subjects, such as engineering, chemistry, physics and mathematics
Thanks for sharing ✌️
Here before you reach 500k subscribers in the next 6 months. 🚀
Thanks dude!!
Hi Robert, great video! Is there any way you can share the Notion template you use for taking notes?
Hey there, glad you enjoyed the video. It’s a notion template nothing changed. Reading list under personal
I'm reading the Laws of Human Nature right now. I've got a long way to gooo but I'm really enjoying it. And this vid came at the perfect time, I needed these tips. So much in this book I want to remember but probably won't lol. I find that making these changes in the book in real time and journaling on my phone has helped :)
That's a great read, it's a bit dense yes, notes will definetely help remeber the content!!
I have the same routine! I can only add that I ALWAYS add a note to the things I wanna highlight (saw this advice in some video and I really like this idea), like, what I had in mind at that moment, maybe some idea how can I use that, my attitude, what I felt, etc. And I try to summarize every chapter or 5-10 pages, depending on the book difficulty, first using my own words, and then I go through my highlights=notes, and add what I've forgotten but wanted to remember, and add some quotes if I think that they are important. And if I'm not lazy that day I reread what I've written, and try to make it as concise as possible, let's be honest no one re-reads 10 pages :D I usually try to make it fit to one or two.
That's such a great advice indeed!! I also do that re-page summarization, although I'm not sure how helpful that is when many of these are now online, and I wonder if it would do anything for the information retention.
Hey there! Thanks for sharing, gotta summarize more
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@@midnightdreams8136 It definitely helps me, and I took this advice from someone, so there are at least two people who find that helpful :D But only if you actively recall that without peeking into your highlights/notes/book, just dump out everything you remember. It also make me think while reading "What do I wanna remember and write down from these pages/this chapter? How would I say ALL that in 3-4 sentences?"
Great tip, thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for the vid!
I’ve gotten in the habit of using Day One so I have a template that says “Book summaries” where I log pretty much the same thing you do. Another reason I really enjoy journaling it is because in a year it’ll just pop back up as a memory and it gives me a nice little refresh.
Plus you can always use the search option if you want to access it anytime.
Hey there, glad you liked it! That’s a great feature, will look into it, thanks for sharing
Hey i do use Day One but had never thought i could use for noting from books. How do you have a folder in there !?
@@nischay7371 I basically create a template. Click your photo on the top right on the app then click create template. You can then setup a template anyway you want. Mine is pretty elementary but it gets the point across. I need it quick for when I’m in a hurry. You can just copy this if you want. I just added it for a reference.
Title 📘
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Characters 🧍♂️🧍♀️
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Plot 🗺️
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Favorite part 🥰
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Opinion 🤔
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Rating 👏
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@@LifeAsAThomas Thanks bud, that's so kind of you.
Good info. Thanks for this
Hey there, glad you enjoyed the video.
Another Banger as usual. Love to watch your videos while making the morning coffee. Thanks mate !
Hey there, glad you enjoyed it!!!
ok but why is your kindle basically a tablet 😭 mine is just black and white and definitely cant handle hand written notes or images lol
Hello there, it is an iPad mini 6.
Nathan’s brother?
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Realistic Approach. Thank You.😊
You are welcome!!
“That’s why I don’t have these apps on my iPad. I just use it to read”
Same here! I love using iPad mini for reading.
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Nice video as usual Robert ! I had started making notes earlier this year, then left it mid way.. this video is a reminder for me that i need to get back to it .. thanks :)
Glad it was helpful buddy!!
i thought you were going to be talking about the service Readwise. You're missing out brotha.
I used it before but to remember things I prefer to transfer my notes and highlights manually
WHen I'm reading a book on my phone, I usually highlight everything and then I use my old SE iphone with not updated ios to list and offload all the quotes and highlights into the mail and then into Notes.
Cant move to Notion complete tho but in notion I keep a list of all my books to read)
Maybe someone will find my method helpful
Thanks for sharing bud, seems like a solid system!!
Interesting system, and banger video as always, Robert. Will have to give it a go. And I'm all in for writing all over non-fiction books! Why do people think it's weird??
Thanks Thomas, how are you dude?
Yeah right, I don't know why some people freak out haha, they are just like notebooks
@@RobertCreating doing great! Just finished my final year exams and can FINALLY get around to content creation!
I actually kinda like the idea that I'll be able to give my kids the annotated versions of the same books I read. I'd definitely pay for an annotated version of a book by Warren Buffet or smth
That’s awesome Thomas, congrats!!
@@RobertCreating thanks man!
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Thanks for the video, this was really inspiring and helpful! Btw. any chance we can get a link to your Notion Template? (blank) ☺ Also, optionally, being able to access your template with all the information in there would be also very interesting, although I understand that's probably to remind private. Anyway, many thanks again, this video was awesome! ❤
Hey there, glad you enjoyed the video. It’s a notion template nothing changed. Reading list under personal
@@RobertCreating Oh really? Well, that's great news then!! 🥳What's the font though btw.? Also, what formatting did you use for the headers and the text? (i.e. "header 2"..) It somehow looks so much different than when I tried to replicate the look, ahahaha.
That’s weird! If you want we can jump off n a call and I’ll show you my set up. Email me at robert@robertcreating.com
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How are you Mai!!
Hello 👋🏻
Another great video that teaches me a lot. Small question: what is the brand of your iPad mini case?
Thank you
Hey there, glad you liked it!
I use moft cases www.moft.us/collections/ipad-cases?_gl=1*j4nnhq*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpZWzBhC0ARIsACvjWRMjhXb8w0sRR_JlmvH9g8x4c4HwoI1hQc__36gxF2wa7mVjTf8X2-QaAinGEALw_wcB
Can you start doing book reviews in the future?
I love your content, bro. Thanks for the video.
Hey there, thanks!! Glad you enjoy the content. I need to read more books though haha, but thanks for the suggestion, I will keep it in mind
Yes, please!! I totally second this, especially non-fiction ones! 😍
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Great video! Keep up the good work 💪🏼
Thank you so much!!
Robert, you must try the reMarkable 2 for a week.
Thanks I will check it out
2:32 how are you writing in Kindle app? Kindle app doesnt allow you to take notes!
yes it does, but I use an ipad with the magic pen. Just highlight a word or paragraph, then a window pops up, you can write or type
can you provide the notion page🔗
It’s a notion template. The reading list under personal
By the time i got to the end of the video I forgot what the beginning was about :D, But great tips, Thank you :) will try and implement these.
Glad it was helpful!
what have you put on the wall near your Computer ?
It’s an audio panel for better acoustics
Where are you from? spain? you create cool content, i'm pleased to consume it) you voice is you thing)
Hey there, glad you enjoy the content!! I am from Colombia 🤟🏻
@@RobertCreating wow! Using a moment, I’ve seen so many stereotypes and want to listen from the person living there. Is there lots of coke?😄
nope, we actually hate the coke jokes.
@@RobertCreating Copy that! Took a note
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You lost me at "smart people like Ryan Holiday and Tim Ferris" and then my respect entirely at "Jordan Peterson, the guy who has lots of facts."
hahahha, facts are facts
@@RobertCreating are you familiar with the term “ thought terminating cliche”?
Please enlighten me
@@RobertCreating maybe you should read a little more
Shouldn’t we all?
Hi Robert love the vid!
I understand that you use Notion. I am a casual Evernote user, not sure if you have any comments/experience on using Evernote as a note taker?
Hey there, thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. I’ve never used Evernote but have heard good things about it. I guess Notion is better for me because I use it for everything else
Hola Robert, ¿qué lapicero es el que estás usando en el video?
hola bro!! uso uno de lammy rollerball
Gracias por responder. Tus videos son los mejores! 🖤
Gracias Javier! Me alegra que te gusten
great script!
thanks 🙏🏻
Nice vid bro
thanks!!
Thank you!
You are welcome
New here & subscribed! 🙋🏻♀️…. So thank u for the great advice… look forward to learning more from u
Welcome! glad you enjoy the content
I'll give it a try!
Let me know how it goes!!
This is an amazing video, very well made and very useful. Subscribed.
Glad you liked it!
What brand is your quarter zip?
Lestrange London
Another lovely video, Robert! Thanks for sharing with us!
Have an amazing weekend!
Cheers from Brazil! 🥰
You are welcome buddy!! Thanks for watching, glad you liked the video
@@RobertCreating My pleasure, mate!
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Can you give us your Notion template please?
it's a notion template buddy
Find obsidian and zettlekasten method.
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If you are holding peterson as someone who knows alot, i dont think we have the same definition of wisdom.
He can be controversial, and I don't agree with some of what he says, but the guy has facts.
@@RobertCreatinghe sounds authoritative… but facts? No.
@@dazzleships9
Just because you don’t like everything, he says, doesn’t mean he’s wrong about everything. I’m assuming everyone you don’t like is automatically dumb and has accomplished anything
A lot of people of all stripes found a lot to like in his 12 Principles. But he creates so many straw man arguments with non-existent concepts like “Cultural Marxism” it is difficult to take him seriously. There are better authors to use as a model for learning.
Knowledge and wisdom are not the same. It’s perfectly consistent to say that Peterson has vast knowledge yet is unwise, and vice versa.
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❤️ How are you Cassie?
@@RobertCreating Thanks for asking, Robert. I'm great! I hope you're too. Be safe!
Glad you are!!
Sorry, but aren't you stealing ideas/concepts from Ali Abdaal?
I steal from lots of people 😉
There's nothing original in this world anymore. Even Ali Abdaal himself could've "stolen" ideas from some other creators. We'll never know.
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." - Steven Wright
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If you read Ali’s book you will find loads of things from TH-cam and Reddit. Almost all of his stories you would have come across before online. Doesn’t mean it’s less valuable but if you going to make such comments. Buy Ali’s book. It’s a nice read and will keep from making comments like this.
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