Post-processing

At the end of a productive span of time, such as a team meeting or reading an article, spending a few minutes processing what happened can make the time investment 10x more valuable.

For example, after I read a book or an impactful article, I spend some time to pull out the highlights so I can make use of them later. Sometimes I put pieces in to Anki to memorize, some I share with my team, and most all of them end up in Roam Research for later use ( like I show with books here).

After a church service, I have a pretty solid process that I go through to convert those quick notes into something that will bring ongoing value to my system ( this quick video shows more).

For meetings, it can matter even more. If it’s a proper business meeting, I hope you have a good process for that already. Generally someone is assigned to take notes, and every meeting should end with clear takeaways for every attendee.

Casual Meetings

But what about more casual meetings? I was on a recent call with some of my altMBA friends, and I noticed that a lot of great resources were being shared. I scribbled some quick notes about them as we went, and then shared them with the group after the call. It wasn’t a big deal, but taking the time to process them made the value of those suggestions much higher.