Atomic Note-Taking
A practical system for capturing ideas, making connections and developing original thinking — one note at a time.
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Keep the ideas that matter.
Discover relationships between ideas.
Turn what you read into what you know.
Turn connected thinking into something of your own.
More than note-taking
It's easy to collect quotes, highlights and bookmarks. The real value begins when you put ideas into your own words, connect them to what you already know and use them to form new perspectives.
Stop collecting information you never use. Discover a practical approach to capturing ideas, connecting what you learn and developing original thinking.
“The book, while fantastic for giving me the conceptual understanding of the Zettelkasten method, I felt lacked examples to properly understand it.”
The method
Capture. Express. Connect. Develop. Create.
Fleeting notes
Capture highlights, ideas and questions as you read, watch or listen.
Fleeting notes
Fleeting notes are quick, temporary notes to capture thoughts, ideas, book highlights, quotes, etc
Literature notes
Rewrite one idea per note in your own words.
Motioning
Motioning is where we feel progress towards a goal but take no action.
Permanent notes
Link each note to what you already know in your slip box.
Motioning
See also: [[Motioning triggered by our brain]]
Maps of Content
Organise clusters of notes to see the shape of your thinking.
Map of Content
By seeing all the notes for a topic in one Map of Content, you can rearrange them so they make logical sense.
Publishing
Turn connected notes into articles, videos and original work.
Writing a blog article
I personally like to use my questions as a guide to create blog articles.
Every example is quoted from the book: pp.85, 109, 124 and 134.
Inside the book
Explore the principles and practice of building a connected body of ideas, one note at a time.
266 pages · PDF & ePub
Understand what knowledge management means, the range of note-taking techniques and where Zettelkasten fits.
An overview of the method and its two components, the system and the workflow.
Real examples of applying the method in various situations.
Get the most out of it, applied in a variety of ways.
The best questions from hundreds received on YouTube and the community.
How to think about AI in your note-taking.
What to look for in a note-taking app.
Opening the book…
The companion course
Watch the method in action across 104 video lessons in 9 sections.
Included in the Complete Package.
Readers
“I love how you've laid out the atomicity raison d'être so clearly, while delineating the workflow step by step, with some nice examples! … Brilliant. You have a gift for teaching this.”
“Loved your Atomic Note-Taking book. It was so much clearer, and more useful than anything I've seen before on the subject of ZettelKasten. … Your software-agnostic approach is just what was needed.”
“I am almost done with your book and I can say, it is amazing. … You used a language which is easy to understand … Your examples are great and they gave me very good advice on how to use the Zettelkasten Method.”
Benjamin HeilProject Manager“At the end of reading the book, I can say that I have a clear understanding of what fleeting note (a raw capture of the source material), literature note (your understanding of the source material) and finally permanent note (your understanding of the topic in general) are.”
“I'm really impressed with how easy it is to grasp. The book presents the information in a clear and straightforward way, and everything is even clearer with examples.”
“I read your book and I am loving it. Like your YouTube you just explain what you are thinking and doing and it seems that's connecting (mostly) the way my brain works.”
“Now that I have been reading it and I liked your material I have decided to buy the complete pack in which you include both the ebook, the course and the Obsidian vault.”
“Currently I am reading your book the second time on my kindle. Congratulations! Your book is structured and designed how a book should in my opinion.”
“I recently purchased your book just this month, it's worth it and i love it!”
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FAQ
Yes. Part 1 starts from the basics of knowledge management and explains where Zettelkasten fits, before the method is introduced step by step with worked examples.
No. The method works in any note-taking app. The examples use Obsidian, and the Complete Package includes an Obsidian vault, but you don't need Obsidian to follow along.
The Ebook is the 266-page book in PDF and ePub. The Complete Package adds the video course and the Obsidian vault. You pay once, and you get lifetime access to the book and course.
Instantly. After checkout your purchase appears in your library, where you can download the PDF and ePub and watch the course. Lemon Squeezy also emails you a receipt.
Yes. Everything is yours to keep, with lifetime access to the book and course, so you can read and watch whenever suits you.
Not from stock: the printed edition has sold out. We can print a copy on demand, but it is much more expensive than the ebook. If you would still like one, email hello@atomicworkflows.com and we'll let you know the price.
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