Reddit reviews The Sketchnote Handbook: the illustrated guide to visual note taking

A professor of mine recommended Sketchnotes and it helped me a lot.

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I've found I remember things better since I draw pictures instead of word for word details. Bullet points are great but if the PowerPoint/lecture will be available online then sketching is so much better, at least for me.

It really depends on who you are (and what your firm's IT policies are). I think paper and pen are the best. There is something about the physical action of writing that I always find helpful to learning new things.

I personally now use evernote & todoist and their respective browser plugins to keep on-top of such things, but this means you need the permission of IT, I certainly didn't have the right as a grad, I couldn't even run macros.

I find though that you can never go wrong with a notebook and pencil/pen in a new role. If anything it provides a perception that you are organised and serious about listening. I still generally keep a ruled notebook around, I start each new day by dating a new page. I find it a great tool for looking back at your month and seeing your progress especially when you feel you aren't going anywhere.

Here are 2 books I found useful, 1 related one not directly:

• The Sketchnote Handbook
  
• The Rules of Work

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Helped me tremendously.