031: Taking Notes Effectively (and Retrieving them) in a Digital World

<p class="ql-align-justify">Note-taking has been extremely important in the past. Even today, people still find themselves taking notes to keep track of almost everything. But with the world always evolving, jotting down everything could be time-consuming or worse – keep you more confused as you get buried in a pile of papers! But the onset of the information age has made this a lot easier as various digital tools are openly accessible to be utilized and keep track of your day-to-day activities.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">Frank Buck is a certified Evernote consultant and productivity expert. He started his career in the early 80s when digital fashion was not a trend. He realized it's important to create a single place to handle everything for now – a system that works! Now, he joins the podcast to share more about accomplishing significant goals and understanding your ability to organize your time and surroundings through digital tools.</p><p><br></p><h3>Digital Notes</h3><p><br></p><p class="ql-align-justify">An old quote goes, <em>"If you read the New York Times for a week, you're going to come across as much information as someone in Shakespeare's time came across in their entire life." </em>Information is all around us, but your information is only as good as your ability to put your hands on it when needed. So, to date, with so much that digitally comes to us, it makes sense to keep things digital. The ability to trap that information in notes has always been important. And it will be much easier if you do it digitally because it's so easy to search for later. For example, the computer started as the center of information, but today Google/Microsoft servers took its place. This is because it provides everyone with the accessibility to their information using phones just as easily as they're getting it from the computer. The only caveat is to utilize software that works well from anywhere is important.</p><p><br></p><p class="ql-align-justify">People would like to have the ability to get things in quickly