The Powerful Way to take Notes as A PhD Student

Hi I'm Ben, I did a PhD and survived to tell the tale.
What got me through was my level of organisation and the system I built to collect and process information; it basically felt like a PhD in organisation (it wasn't it was in nanophysics). I wanted to share my note-taking approach as it's something I think about a lot at the moment and still use avidly in my day-to-day life and work.

Link to Protolyst here: www.protolyst.org

Quick stats.
I finished my PhD in 3.5 years.
I wrote 5 papers (and 1 paper that never got published) in 18 months starting ~in year 2 of the PhD.
My final thesis write up took 4 weeks.
My viva (thesis defence) took 1 hour (but I hated it 😅)

Very happy to answer any questions.

Join the Protolyst Community Slack here:
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--A bit about me now---
🚀 I'm the CEO and founder of a company called Spin Up Science (www.spin-up.science). We help scientists turn their discoveries into start up companies to get breakthroughs into the hands of the public.
🧪 I'm the cofounder and director of the Science Angel Syndicate (www.scienceangelsyndicate.com). We invest in great science and great scientists looking to change the world.
📓 I'm the CEO of cofounder of Protolyst. The note-taking and linked knowledge app I mention in this video. Link to Protolyst here: www.protolyst.org
(we just entered BETA! 👋 yes there will be bugs)


0:00 Introduction
1:31 Learning About Knowledge Management
3:50 The Three Principles of Good Note Taking
5:26 How To Take Fleeting Notes
8:23 Introduction to My Knowledge System
10:02 How to Takes Notes from Research Papers
12:35 How to Take Permanent Notes
17:10 Linking Your Knowledge Base
20:42 Using Workflow Tools
21:45 Conclusion!

#gradschool #notetaking #phd #zettlekasten