Do You Have a Dashboard for Your Thoughts? (Obsidian Tutorial)

Summary

Dieses Video skizziert das Konzept des 'Ace'-Systems, das die Organisation von Gedanken und Wissen durch Verknüpfungen von Notizen in einer digitalen Umgebung wie Obsidian fördert. Es betont die Bedeutung von Links zur Entwicklung von Ideen und zur Erinnerung sowie zur Schaffung inspirierter Arbeit. Das Video führt durch die verschiedenen Komponenten des Systems, wie Atlas, Kalender und Bemühungen, und zeigt, wie sie zusammenarbeiten, um ein zuverlässiges und einheitliches System für das Orientieren des Geistes zu bieten. Es präsentiert auch das ARC-Framework, ein Werkzeug zur Unterstützung des kreativen Prozesses und zur Verwaltung von Ideen über Zeit und Raum hinweg.

Takeaways

• 📁 Die traditionelle Methode, Ideen zu organisieren, nutzt Ordner, um Dateien zu gruppieren.
• 🔗 Durch Verknüpfung von Notizen kann man Ideen entwickeln, lernen, sich erinnern und inspirierende Arbeiten schaffen.
• 🧠 Der ARC-Framework (Add, Relate, Communicate) fördert die Kreativität und hilft, Ideen im Fluss zu halten.
• 🌐 Der Begriff 'Idealersaum' bezieht sich auf die Gesamtheit der Ideen und Informationen, die man sammelt und verarbeitet.
• 📈 Übermäßiges Sammeln von Informationen kann den kreativen Prozess behindern und die Zeit für das eigentliche Schaffen verringern.
• 🔗 Durch das Verknüpfen von Ideen wird der 'messy middle', also der Prozess des Zusammenfügens von Ideen, erleichtert.
• 💡 'Sparks' sind kleine Ideen, die in Notizen oder Karten erfasst und später weiterentwickelt werden können.
• 🗓️ Das Kalender-Tool hilft, Gedanken und Ereignisse im Zusammenhang mit der Zeit zu organisieren und auf diese zurückzugreifen.
• 📚 Die Bibliothek und die Quellenkarte sind Werkzeuge, um Quellen und Informationen systematisch zu klassifizieren und zu verwalten.
• 🏃‍♂️ 'Anstrengungen' bezieht sich auf die Aktionen und Projekte, die man plant und ausführt, um seine Ideen in die Realität umzusetzen.

Q & A

Was ist das Hauptthema des Video-Skripts?

Das Hauptthema des Video-Skripts ist die Verwendung von Ace (Atlas, Calendar, Efforts) in der Heimnotiz, um das Denken durch Verknüpfung von Notizen zu verbessern und Ideen zu entwickeln.

Wie hilft das Verknüpfen von Notizen beim Lernen und Denken?

Das Verknüpfen von Notizen hilft beim Lernen und Denken, indem es eine natürlichere und effizientere Methode bietet, Informationen zu organisieren und zu durchdringen, ähnlich wie das Gehirn funktioniert.

Was ist der Unterschied zwischen der Verwendung von Ordnern und Links in Ace?

Ordner in Ace werden verwendet, um Notizen physisch zu organisieren, während Links das Denken durch Verknüpfung von Notizen unterstützen und es ermöglichen, Ideen und Wissen über verschiedene Notizen hinweg zu verbinden.

Was ist der ARC-Framework und wie kann es verwendet werden?

Das ARC-Framework ist ein Werkzeug, das Energie für Ideen gibt und hilft, Ideen über Zeit und Raum hinweg zu managen. Es beinhaltet das Hinzufügen, Verknüpfen und Kommunizieren von Ideen, um den kreativen Prozess zu unterstützen.

Wie kann man Notizen in der Heimnotiz von Obsidian effektiv organisieren?

In der Heimnotiz von Obsidian können Notizen durch das Hinzufügen von Links zu anderen Notizen und durch die Nutzung von Suchvorgängen und Plugin-Funktionen wie Excalibrain organisiert werden.

Was bedeuten die Abkürzungen A, C und E in Ace?

In Ace steht A für Atlas (Wissensmanagement), C für Calendar (Zeitmanagement) und E für Efforts (Handlungsmanagement).

Wie kann man übermäßiges Sammeln von Informationen vermeiden, um den kreativen Prozess nicht zu behindern?

Um übermäßiges Sammeln zu vermeiden, sollte man sich auf das Verknüpfen und Entwickeln von Ideen konzentrieren anstatt sich mit zu viel Information zu überladen, die den kreativen Prozess einschränken kann.

Was sind die vier Intensitäten von Anstrengungen, die im Skript erwähnt werden?

Die vier Intensitäten von Anstrengungen, die im Skript erwähnt werden, beziehen sich auf die verschiedenen Arten von Aufgaben oder Projekten, die man im Rahmen von Efforts in Ace behandeln kann, einschließlich klarer und durchführbarer sowie unklarer und mehrdeutiger Anstrengungen.

Wie kann man tägliche Notizen in Obsidian effizient nutzen?

Tägliche Notizen in Obsidian können durch die Verwendung von Shortcuts wie Command D oder Control D auf Mac bzw. Windows genutzt werden, um schnell neue tägliche Notizen zu erstellen und Ideen oder Ereignisse des Tages zu erfassen.

Was sind die Vorteile des Verwendens von Links im Vergleich zu Ordnern in der Informationsorganisation?

Links ermöglichen eine flexiblere und dynamischere Informationsorganisation als Ordner, da sie es einfacher machen, zwischen verschiedenen Ideen und Notizen zu navigieren und neue Verbindungen herzustellen, was zu einer besseren Ideenentwicklung führt.

Outlines

00:00

🔗 Die Macht von Verknüpfungen in der digitalen Welt

Dieser Absatz betont die Bedeutung von Verknüpfungen im digitalen Zeitalter und wie sie unser Denken fördern können. Es wird erklärt, dass Verknüpfungen eine natürlichere und effektivere Methode zum Lernen, Merken und Ideen entwickeln sind. Der Absatz stellt das Konzept von Ace (Atlas, Calendar, Efforts) vor, das eine vereinheitlichte Methode bietet, um unsere Gedanken mithilfe von Verknüpfungen zu organisieren. Es wird auch auf die Vorteile von Verknüpfungen hingewiesen, wie sie es ermöglichen, Ideen schneller und kreativer zu entwickeln und zu kommunizieren.

05:02

🌐 Einführung in das Heimnotizbuch und das ARC-Framework

Der zweite Absatz führt das Heimnotizbuch als zentralen Ort für die Organisation von Wissen und Ideen ein. Es wird beschrieben, wie das Heimnotizbuch als Startplatz und Orientierungspunkt für das Denken dient. Der ARC-Framework wird als Werkzeug vorgestellt, das es ermöglicht, Ideen zu aktivieren und den Fluss von Ideen über Zeit und Raum zu beherrschen. Der Absatz bietet einen Einblick in die Verwendung von Verknüpfungen, um Ideen zu erweitern und zu kommunizieren, und wie dies zu einer lebensverändernden Erfahrung für viele Menschen führt.

10:04

📚 Die Bedeutung von Quellen und das Management von Wissen

In diesem Abschnitt wird die Notwendigkeit, Quellen und Informationen effektiv zu verwalten, hervorgehoben. Es wird erklärt, wie man Quellen in das Ideenuniversum integriert, um Ideen weiterzuentwickeln und zu kommunizieren. Es wird auch auf die Herausforderungen eingegangen, die mit dem Übersammeln von Informationen einhergehen, und wie man eine ausgewogenere Methode finden kann, um Ideen zu generieren und zu kommunizieren. Der Absatz betont die Bedeutung von Quellen für die Kreativität und das Wissensmanagement.

15:05

🗓️ Die Verwendung des Kalenders für die Orientierung im Zeitlichen

Der vierte Absatz konzentriert sich auf die Verwendung des Kalenders als Werkzeug zur Orientierung im Zeitlichen. Es wird gezeigt, wie der Kalender verwendet werden kann, um tägliche Notizen, Logs und Journale zu erstellen, um Gedanken und Ideen zu organisieren und zu archivieren. Es wird auch auf die Fähigkeit des Kalenders hingewiesen, um im Rückblick auf das Vergangene zu reflektieren und auf die Zukunft zu planen, was zu einer tieferen Verständnis der Zeit und ihrer Auswirkungen auf unser Denken führt.

20:06

⏳ Die vier Intensitäten von Bemühungen und die Verwaltung von Projekten

Der letzte Absatz thematisiert die vier Intensitäten von Bemühungen und wie man sie effektiv verwalten kann. Es wird auf die Herausforderungen eingegangen, die mit der Verwaltung von Projekten und Ideen im Rahmen des GTD-Konzepts (Getting Things Done) verbunden sind, und wie man diese Herausforderungen mithilfe von Ace (Atlas, Calendar, Efforts) bewältigen kann. Der Absatz schließt mit einer Aufforderung, das nächste Video zu besuchen, um tiefer in das Thema einzusteigen.

Keywords

💡Ace

Ace steht in diesem Kontext für 'Atlas, Calendar, Efforts' und repräsentiert ein System zur Orientierung des Denkens. Es ist ein zentrales Konzept des Videos, das eine zuverlässige und einheitliche Methode bietet, um die verschiedenen Aspekte des Wissens und der Aufgaben zu organisieren. Im Video wird gezeigt, wie Ace in der Heimnotiz verwendet wird, um den Überblick über das Wissen und die Aktivitäten zu gewinnen.

💡Links

Im Video wird betont, dass das Verknüpfen von Ideen durch Links eine der effektivsten Methoden ist, um zu lernen, sich zu erinnern und kreativ zu denken. Links werden als ein Mittel dargestellt, um die Verbindung zwischen verschiedenen Gedanken und Informationen herzustellen, was dem natürlichen Arbeitsweise unseres Gehirns entspricht und somit das Denken und die Kreativität fördert.

💡Idealer Vers

Der 'Idealer Vers' ist ein Konzept, das eine visuelle und interaktive Darstellung der Verbindungen zwischen Ideen und Informationen sein soll. Es wird im Video als ein Werkzeug eingeführt, das es ermöglicht, Gedanken und Notizen in einem kohärenten und durchsuchbaren System zu organisieren, was das Navigieren und die Entwicklung von Ideen erleichtert.

💡Atlas

Der Begriff 'Atlas' ist ein Teil des Ace-Systems und bezieht sich auf die Struktur oder den Rahmen, in dem Informationen und Ideen abgelegt werden. Im Video wird gezeigt, wie der Atlas genutzt wird, um das Wissen zu organisieren und schnell Zugriff auf wichtige Ressourcen zu erhalten, indem er als zentraler Knotenpunkt für das Verständnis und die Orientierung im Wissensbereich dient.

💡Notizen

Notizen sind ein wesentliches Element im Video, um Gedanken, Ideen und Informationen aufzuzeichnen und zu organisieren. Sie werden als lebendige Einheiten betrachtet, die miteinander verbunden und entwickelt werden können, um ein tieferes Verständnis und mehr Wert für die persönliche und berufliche Entwicklung zu schaffen.

💡Verknüpfungen

Verknüpfungen sind im Kontext des Videos eine Metapher für die Beziehungen zwischen verschiedenen Ideen und Informationen. Sie werden als Schlüsselelement für das Verständnis und die Entwicklung von Gedanken betrachtet, da sie es ermöglichen, neue Verbindungen herzustellen und so das Denken und die Kreativität zu erweitern.

💡Kommunikation

Kommunikation wird im Video als ein Ziel der Verarbeitung und Verknüpfung von Ideen dargestellt. Es geht darum, wie man seine Gedanken und Erkenntnisse mit anderen teilt, um Wert zu schaffen und seinen Einfluss in der Welt zu vergrößern. Dies kann durch verschiedene Formen der Kommunikation, wie das Schreiben von Artikeln, das Teilen von Ideen oder das Diskutieren von Konzepten, erreicht werden.

💡Kalender

Der 'Kalender' ist ein weiteres Element des Ace-Systems und bezieht sich auf die Verwendung von Zeit als ein organisatorisches Werkzeug. Im Video wird er verwendet, um die Aktivitäten und Ereignisse im Laufe der Zeit zu planen, zu organisieren und zu reflektieren, was es ermöglicht, den Fluss der Zeit effektiv zu nutzen und die Produktivität zu steigern.

💡Quellen

Quellen sind im Video als die Grundlage für das Aufbauen von Wissen und Ideen dargestellt. Sie können Bücher, Artikel, Interviews oder andere Informationsquellen sein, die als Inspiration und Fundament für das Denken und die Kreativität dienen. Im Video wird gezeigt, wie man Quellen effizient verwaltet und in das System der Ideenverarbeitung integriert.

💡ARC-Framework

Das ARC-Framework ist ein spezifisches Modell, das im Video vorgestellt wird, um den kreativen Prozess zu unterstützen. Es steht für 'Add, Relate, Communicate' und beschreibt die Phasen des Hinzufügen neuer Ideen, der Verknüpfung mit bestehenden Wissen und der Kommunikation dieser Ideen. Es wird als ein Werkzeug verwendet, um den Fluss der Ideen zu steuern und die Kreativität zu maximieren.

Highlights

在数字时代，我们只有几种方式来建立思想之间的关系。

我们介绍了Ace框架，并讲解了如何定制Ace文件夹结构。

本课程将探讨Ace框架在链接笔记方面的应用，这是学习和记忆的最快方式。

Ace代表Atlas, Calendar, Efforts，它为我们的思想提供了一个可靠和统一的系统。

通过链接，我们可以更快、更有创造性地工作，这是我们大脑自然工作的方式。

我们将展示如何在IdeaVerse的家笔记中使用Ace。

家笔记是你的启动台和基地，可以在瞬间定位你的思想。

我们将探索一个名为The Arc Framework的框架，它可以增强你的创造力。

The Arc Framework通过将新想法与已知想法联系起来，赋予想法能量。

我们讨论了如何避免过度收集信息，以免挤压你的创造力核心。

我们将展示如何通过中间的混乱阶段，将想法联系起来，为沟通做准备。

我们介绍了如何使用ADD功能来捕捉新的想法，并将其组织起来。

我们将探讨如何通过链接来关联和沟通你的想法，而不是仅仅依赖文件夹。

我们将介绍如何使用Excalibrain插件来增强你的笔记之间的链接。

我们讨论了如何在图书馆中组织和分类你的知识。

我们介绍了如何通过人员地图来跟踪你生活中的人。

我们探讨了如何管理你的信息源，并将其整合到你的IdeaVerse中。

我们将讨论日历在捕捉日常想法和日志中的作用。

我们介绍了如何使用日历来规划和回顾你的时间和生活。

最后，我们将探讨Efforts部分，以及如何管理你的行动和项目。

Transcripts

in the digital age there are only a few

ways to make relationships between ideas

forever we've only had folders to lump a

bunch of different files kind of close

to each other and that worked in the

last lesson we introduced Ace and we

covered how you can customize the ace

folder framework but if the last lesson

was about Ace for folders this lesson is

about Ace for links linking your

thinking by linking your notes is the

funnest and fastest way to learn and

remember as well as to develop ideas and

create inspired work this is why it's so

compelling of an idea to unify how we

think with folders which we've had for

ages with how we think with links which

is actually how our brain naturally

works anyways and this is the promise of

Ace and again a stands for Atlas

calendar efforts it gives us a reliable

and unified system for orienting the

Mind want to see how you can use Ace in

your home note well let's go and welcome

to the home note of the ideaverse what

you'll notice here is that we have Atlas

calendar and efforts which of course

matches Atlas calendar and efforts

folders over here and links are going to

be over here so let's see how we do if

we just get rid of folders so we can

actually have more fun make more

connections be able to work faster and

more creatively over here with links and

to start we're going to eventually twirl

down Atlas

but first what is home it is your launch

pad and home base

that's here that's home and it can

Orient your mind in moments that's the

power now first when we want to orient

our mind around knowledge where do we

usually go

that's right we're going to go to the

atlas so let's twirl it down now and

whoa this is cool so this is some 1970s

art this is not mid-journey this these

are the artists who beat AI by over 50

years we're about to jump into a really

cool framework called The Arc framework

and then we're going to check out the

library people and sources Maps some of

this other stuff you'll just have to

check out on your own now before I click

on ADD I want to show you something not

included in the idea verse for obsidian

and that is something that we cover in

the big Workshop that we do that is the

arc framework this is a framework that

can Empower you to reclaim the core of

your creative process

and master the flow of your ideas across

time and space that seems like a

mouthful think of it this way the arc

framework gives energy to your ideas if

you want to learn more about how to

masterfully work with ideas to learn

faster remember more and make it

meaningful inspired work check out the

workshop Link in the description below

over a thousand students from over 66

countries from companies like apple and

Nike have enrolled and experienced

life-changing breakthroughs in their

personal and professional lives okay I

just want to show you a couple diagrams

because then it will make sense when we

go into the basic version that I have

provided you in the ideavers for

obsidian so we have some diagrams in

general all we're doing here is moving

ideas from adding them relating them

going from the new to relating it to the

known and then we're going to

communicate our own ideas add relate

communicate add the new ideas connect to

the known ideas communicate your ideas

there you have it the arc framework now

it's simple but we can add complexity to

it because it actually ties into one of

the very first things that I shared

which is called idea emergence and this

is where we have a bunch of tiny Atomic

ideas and we can see how they can start

to connect and they build into greater

things and those things make it very

easy to to communicate your value in the

world

let's keep going

now when we look at that there's kind of

this inner idea verse which is where

we're spending most of our time but

there is a broader idea of verse just

keep that in mind the world the

environment around you does affect your

ideas and your idea of verse now where

we get into trouble real fast here is

that we over collect and when we over

collect the core of your creative

process it gets squished I I could rail

about this for hours I will spare you

the time now the problem here though is

that when we are capturing and clipping

and doing everything that Evernote

trained us to do well at we are simply

over collecting which means by default

we have less time for creating creating

is both more fun and is where we create

more value for us and everyone around us

so let's figure out how we can move from

here to something more balanced how do

we do that we have to open up that

middle space the messy middle

relating ideas to each other building

off of those ideas getting them ready so

we can communicate them even if we don't

think we're communicating to anyone I

assure you you're communicating to

Future you

now let's eat go even further you can

break this down you have Sparks that

come in those can be notes those notes

can be put in maps the map can also Spur

new notes and through that we can tell

stories and that's the arc process if we

want to look at Eminem's Arc we can look

at his surroundings relationships his

home we can see how he used his notes

actual yellow notepad notes that he

called stacking ammo and how that led to

his Communications his way of expressing

himself in the world around him

pretty cool and then of course we go

into more depth with The Arc framework

and the link in your thinking Workshop

let's close this and get into it so what

do you have at your fingertips right now

add at any point you can hit command n

or control n on Windows and it's going

to open a new note new spark so cool

right now but oh I have to go to a

meeting I have to go sorry uh let me

just close this for now how am I ever

going to find it again that's what add

solves so whoa look at this new spark so

cool

so automatically we've set up a system

where everything that you add all the

Sparks that you might capture go to a

single place organized by how long

they've been alive think of notes as

living things when you do that it's

going to make a lot more sense why we're

connecting them to each other

all right so where how is this even

working I'm not going to go into too

much detail but this would be a great

time to look at the folders and see how

this unified system works if we troll

down the add folder the plus icon you'll

see that's where these new notes go

here's the one I just created new spark

so cool

so how about we click on

what is an ideaverse

and this will give you some context into

this thing we've been talking about and

I have an assignment for you I ask if

you can pause the video right now try to

get this done hit command M start typing

ideas hit enter and you've just moved

this note from the add folder to the

atlas under ideas

now if you're on Windows Ctrl M so let

me see what that would look like right

now I'm going to hit command M start

typing ideas hit enter

and boom it's gone

and that's out of AD and it's into the

atlas notes and I put it in ideas if

that's too much structure for you just

throw it in notes and then don't don't

have to worry about it again but we

don't need the folders you can see how

they relate to the links it's a

beautiful thing and just so we keep this

the way it was I can easily move that

that note back into the add folder okay

great

let's close that and continue on to

relate and while we're in relate let's

go ahead and close the folders these the

folders get in the way half of the time

the other half the time they can help

organize but for the most part they get

in the way the more that we can spend

with links the better we're going to be

with relating ideas and therefore

creating value and valuable

Communications

so I have two helpful save searches here

for you to go with and this looks at any

tag that has note

boat or note develop so we won't go into

the details but what this allows me to

do is at any time I can tell future me

some of the ideas I want to continue

either connecting to other boats out

there in the lonely and big wide open

ocean

or I can start to develop ideas further

so great example of this is maybe I'm

like ah I've been wanting to develop

this note it's here let me start

developing it and let's see what I have

let's see what I've told myself where I

can easily kind of sink my teeth back

into it and see what I want to do with

this

let's go ahead and go back and we can

just simply finish by going to

communicate

now if I didn't want to go back to the

home note it turns out that I've not

only have up here in the properties but

I've also added something else called

related and I've already set up so this

can work for you in one of the I think

it's the most downloaded obsidian plugin

called excalibrain by jolt vizian this

is a little bit of a detour but it's

only like 30 seconds it's really cool so

let me go ahead and open up

excalib there it is excalibrain let's

click on this okay

all right now I'm going to drag it over

to the right and now let's jump back

into relate where we were and what I

want you to see here

is that we have a little map and so

under the properties I've made it and

this will work for you straight out of

the box if I have related over here it's

going to go off to the left like it's a

it's a sideways relationship it's not a

hierarchical thing right so

above though up is where we have the

home note and it looks like because of

how these things link we also have the

thinking map and relate is right there

so this is pretty cool if I go ahead and

click on ADD we can see a similar sort

of arrangement where these three seem to

all be related but not in a hierarchical

fashion and then we have the whole note

right above if you find that cool you'll

definitely love to dig into that more it

can be a distraction but it can also

lead to Great insights and allow you to

fly around your ideaverse at really

blazing and enjoyable speeds okay now

just to finish this off communicate I

just gave you a few things here you can

look at how I'm tracking some

Communications in this idea verse for

obsidian example closing this out let's

move forward I might just not want to

work with ideas when I'm in the atlas I

might just want to generally work with

kind of longer term knowledge yes

knowledge and ideas almost the same

thing this is more active this is more

of a creative I'm creating something

even if it's not a creative field even

if I have a report that's due I can

manage it this way but there are other

forms of knowledge so let's dive into

the library starting out you will not

need the library you can avoid it

so we're just going to fly through this

quickly there is a link in your thinking

classification system it's based on

universal classification systems that

already exist cutter Dewey and the

universal decimal classification systems

all I did was tweak the first two for

Knowledge Management and personal

management the rest is basically the

same this is the only time really I

think you'll see me use numbers and I

encourage you not to use any more

numbers this is just kind of using an

existing system I'm not going to go into

decimal points or any nonsense like that

because it's going to become outdated

faster than we think and the utility of

it unless you're a librarian or your job

is about classifying information it will

not be important for you okay so let's

close this and we can see very quickly

how I'm kind of organizing my high level

Maps you know you can think of these as

notes mainly about other notes Gathering

the links of my other notes you can see

Knowledge Management personal management

philosophy spirituality and you can go

through this on your own time

pretty cool it's one way for us to keep

track of how we move through the

information

but you can also get lost in it so let's

instead go to the people map depending

on what you're doing you may want to

track people these could be people in in

your world friends and family or they

can be long passed away prominent people

that's the example that I have for you

here you can see that if I click on a

note like this one mihai chick sent me

hi we can see that he has to tag people

and I've also for dates

given his dates that he's been alive

what's cool about that is then we can

sort by that over here

and we can see who maybe was born the

same year wow how cool is that it's like

two people I admire so much being born

the same day

because of this exact situation it

sparked a new idea called the five

decade rule we won't go over it now but

that is the power of linking your

thinking and looking at your information

in interesting ways you can't help but

generate new insights and those insights

can go on to inform your world view and

how you communicate with everyone around

you now to finish the atlas reminder we

are in the home note we're using Ace in

the home note we're almost into calendar

let's go into the sources map now many

of us if you grew up on Evernote if you

spent a lot of time capturing and

collecting things you might be wondering

well how should I manage my sources

there's no one-size-fits all if you are

clipping like a wild person you probably

want to do most of your clipping in a

different place sometimes it's called a

read it later app other times it's

called an anti-library when I know

there's something I want to work with

that's when I'll make a separate note

and make sure it goes into the ideaverse

that's when I can connect it to other

notes and ideas and start to develop and

cultivate the ideas around it that's

what takes a book printed on dead trees

often from dead people and makes it into

something that is alive where you're

actually communicating with them and you

can make all sorts of new insights that

are your own thoughts so what I do here

is just there are a few books that

you'll notice in ideaverse repsidian

and we have a little search that can

pull these up easily I also have a movie

example let's collapse these

we have other things that you can play

with and then just all sources so this

is just looking at the sources folder

okay so this whole awesome Ace headspace

what's happening here under Atlas

we go into notes and I've just thrown

all sources into this simple folder

called sources I don't need to organize

it any further if you want to you can

but I don't need to

so what's so neat about that is this is

where sources is and because it is a

place I go to from time to time I threw

a link to it on my customized home note

will you throw a link to your sources

map on your home note hmm

yeah that's right you customize your

home note we cover that in the workshop

we make sure this is working for you

your use case is your profession

your interest your hobby your passion

okay let's close that now when we want

to orient our mind around time where do

we usually go

that's right the calendar so let's go

ahead and twirl this down before I do we

can collapse the folder we will not need

that for now we can do all this in the

home note Ace in the home note a lovely

thing so let's twirl this down and the

question hey what's on your mind so if

you want to capture a journal a thought

a spark a log for the day go ahead and

along with me if you're on a Mac hit

command D if you're on Windows hit Ctrl

D it'll open up a very simple daily note

with a couple suggestions you can just

immediately delete this stuff and do

whatever you need to in a daily note

um when you're done with the daily note

you can close it you can work from it

for the day whatever works for you

now a lot of people love their daily

note and I find it great when I need to

dump those fast thoughts and sometimes

I'll build a whole daily game plan from

there

but just as often I want to capture

something specific so then I'll go to

logs and I have an example for you a

couple examples actually I've included

idea log and the newsletter so let's go

into the idea log these are my personal

ideas so basically from an entire year I

took my actual ideas that I captured in

this log

and I'm sharing them with you below so

you can kind of see what they look like

you can see how they connect to outside

URLs and also internal notes now there

are probably just about half the ideas I

had to redact the other half but it

still will give you an understanding of

how low-tech an ideal log can be so for

example

here's one before Enlightenment

Enlightenment have Sparks make remarks

after Enlightenment have Sparks make

remarks and that's built off of like

probably a Zen saying of before

Enlightenment was it a chop wood carry

water after chop wood carry water okay

you get the idea so I have an idea and

then I just want to capture it here uh

please go through this and just get a

sense of kind of how easy it can be to

to capture ideas consider whale sounds

to work too it can be anything but it's

in context to time so I can be recall I

can recall oh wow that was yeah why was

I thinking then yeah yeah and that and

that and then I'm off to the races to

accomplish whatever it is in my personal

or professional life

okay that is the idea log now sometimes

I go to the calendar because I want to

zoom out and I want to plan and review

so with this in mind what does that look

like I'm just giving you some general

ideas of what you can do you can plan

your year you can give it a theme you

can see for this year my theme is the

year of the level up we just wanna we've

been trailblazing in in the world of of

Knowledge Management and it's really

time to kind of lay instead of

trailblaze all the way to lay some

Foundation some infrastructure along the

way so far we've been okay with that but

um there's still work to be done I also

like to do a yearly reflection and when

I'm reflecting I don't know about you

but I can't help but start game planning

the next year so there's a there are

notes for that you'll see none of these

are linked but you could just very

easily highlight and then hit bracket

bracket and now we have a link with a

note ready to be made I can go ahead and

click on this but I don't want to so

I'll just delete that and we're back

over here and I'll delete those brackets

you get the idea and to finish let's

learn more generally about time travel

so let's go over to a note called

calendar and what I want you to know

here is that there are all sorts of

things that we can do with the linear

movement that we call time it's great to

organize and remember stuff you can use

it in multiple ways you can read through

this faster than I can say it out loud

but you can track down old notes by time

you can be reminded of Distant Memories

even emotionally transport back to an

echo of past you whoa now practically

you can rapidly capture an idea or a

spark you can quickly take your meeting

notes even log things that you care

about tracking creatively you can

Journal get your thoughts out or free

write to unstick your mind productively

you can plan your actions for the day

goals for the week or even intentions

for the year and Beyond and reflectively

you can review past notes compile

previous thoughts and synthesize all

these old notes into new insights and

Consolidated wisdom

notes allow you to time travel it's how

present you can receive messages from

past you and send messages to Future you

whoa but you might be wondering where do

all these calendar notes live in the

folders right so if we expand all the

folders and we look at calendar right

here guess what the new note that we

just made

it's right here and the logs are right

here that is Ace both in the folders and

in our notes specifically the home note

here Ace and Ace a unified system for

you for a lifetime whoa and finally when

we want to orient our mind around

actions where do we usually go

that's right efforts that's why I can't

wait to cover the last part of Ace

efforts and specifically the four

intensities of efforts we will also

cover where projects in this whole GTD

getting things done mindset where that

actually fails us and they do fail us

when it comes to working with ideas then

I'll showcase a simple and intuitive way

to manage all the efforts in your life

whether they are the type that are clear

and actionable or equally as important

fuzzy and ambiguous so when you're ready

click here to jump to the next lesson

and we'll see you in the next one