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Happy new year, my man. I've finished your playlist and I feel very optimistic about the tools you presented. Great ideas, many possibilities, and, more importantly, ways to make it all work. Thanks!

I literally finish your "Mastering Obsidian" series yesterday after one week of intensive use. The natural step for me was to search for Zettelkasten books and references. I couldn't believe when I saw the notification of this video being uploaded exactly when needed. As a teacher myself, I can confidently share that you are an excellent disseminator. Thank you for the smart & hard work.

This was an excellent video. Short and to the point.

Thanks so much for this video as well as all the rest of them! You've really helped me get started with the whole Obsidian/Zettelkasten journey, so thank you, thank you for creating all the content you do!

This video appeared just at the right time I am contemplating with my literature and references notes. Can I hope that you will made a walkthrough video how you turn your reference notes into literature notes and then into a permanent notes??? I can't wait for it 😊

Really valuable again - thanks a lot! :-) I tend to use "literatur notes" also for a starting point to make meaning for me - like not only making a permanent note of the concept, but also making me think like: "How can I apply this to my life?" - "What does that remind me of?" - "How do I feel about this and why?" - "Is this in alignement or in contradiction with what I already know and how?" - stuff like that. So that I can get meaning out of what I consumed - and then created.

Really great clear video!

I just wanted to say thanks Sergio - I've just discovered Obsidian as well as the Zettelkasten method, and it's what I've been looking for all this time. This video in particular has helped me to apply practically. One question: What's the best way to (1) surface / connect multiple permanent notes and (2) establish some form of hierarchy when you have information with varying granularity? (eg. A broad concept / philosophy vs its practical applications vs context-specific implications)

Such a concise and insightful breakdown with the mix of conceptual teaching and showcasing your own personal practices to help others get started with their own zettelkasten notes. I'm going to add it to my email course until I document my own workflow 😅

Such a high quality and helpful video. Thank you!

Hey, thanks for this great video! I am curious, how do you delete or clean out previous reference notes? The ReadWise references is piling up to a huge, overwhelming list of notes, and i was curious if you had thoughts on managing those? Thanks again.

Great video! is there any way you can share the template you use for your literature notes?

Thank you, I really appreciate your work. I have been using the same approach for literature notes in emacs' org-mode and when I switched to Obsidian I found one thing that made it a bit better (for me) - instead a link to block of text with quote I use collapsed callout with embedded block of text. That helps me to lookup the original without leaving literature note.

Where is the link to how to create the template for literature note and the other documentation like chapters within the book? thank you!

Hi Sergio! Excellent video as always. Keep up the great work!

Do you have your obsidian templates automated? Eg the chapters layout in your literature note?

Good stuff Been doing a lot of Obsidian research lately.

Hey Sergio, love your vids. I can't help notice that in this video your using a light theme. I like this one cam you let me know which one it is?

"...one of such tools is Obsidian, which I've been using for nearly three years. But if you use something else, that's fine, as long as you can link to different notes. Also, bear in mind that this is just the way I do it. It's not the only way, and it might not even be the best way. Because the best way is whatever works for you." Liked, Subscribed

Thank you for this helpful video. What plugin are you using to make your YAML metadata have a notion-like appearance?

Are you able to make a video on the process you use to create “reference notes”. I like the concept but I’m not sure on how to go about applying it myself.

Great video as always. You mentioned that you want your permanent notes to be short and have one idea, which what I have been trying to do myself but can not seem to make it work. For example I am learning about deep learning right now, so I have a deep learning note which I find impossible to shorten, since it explains what deep learning is and expands on it by mentioning concepts, algorithms and else. How would you go about making shorter and more concise notes?

Hi Sergio. In 8:58, what do you mean by "have at least one link in each permanent note"? What links are you referring to? Can you elaborate more on this? Thank you for your useful note-taking system.

What theme are you using

Working through your Mastering Obsidian videos and it's been incredibly useful so far! Thanks for making it easier to jump into my PKM journey. I tried finding the template that you provided in your video on Automating folders but the site is not working. Is there a different page I should be looking at?

Could you tell me which fonts you're using??

3:06 How do you hide the "Properties" header bar?

The only thing I struggle with Zettelkasten is writing short and concise notes. For example, if I have some critiques about a technique for doing X, I'll create a note called "Critiques on Doing X with Y". Most often then not I'll write up to 10 points with through explanation on why I think the way I think. I try to break them up but simply can't find a way I feel satisfied...

Great video! If I may ask, what plug-in are you using to get those notion like page properties? Like at 3:12 ?

How to quickly transfer paper highlights to Obsidian ?

I have so much to say I don't know where should I start.. First of all, as someone who's seen every video on your channel and many of them, multiple times, this one stands out significantly in terms of production and quality. Your energy was GREAT, I felt a lot of confidence in your words and its clear you know what you're talking about. Great work!!! Regarding your point here - I had neglected my previous 3 years PKM system (I also started with Obsidian 3 years ago) and your previous video (regarding Reader/Readwise) was the final piece I needed to reconstruct my PKM system. I also use Todoist (and now also mymind) to quick capture, mymind for "bookmarking the world", Todoist for making ideas into actionable items DURING capturing (I also have a sophisticated scheme there that helps with that), and now with all of my highlights synced YESTERDAY I have decided to move forward and attempt create content online and have started thinking about publishing content I make using EXACTLY the method you mention, having the idea built step by step naturally over time so when I get to content-making, I already have many pieces of the work ready and linked for me to focus on. You made my day. P.S Beeper is a game changer 🤯

Thanku, this is a great system. Is there a way to write hand written notes in readwise reader while i'm highlighting that will sync in obsidian?

What a valuable content in 10 mins! However I have a question though. If I read and highlight it on a physical book, do I have to rewrite the highlighted content and then summarize? Or what would be your suggestion? Thanks 😊

The video is great, tho I have a question. What are the guidelines that you follow in order to include/not include reference notes in your vault? I am asking this from a noise/clutter management perspective. For example: I use readwise (and readwise reader) but if I were to include all of the highlights from everything I read within my vault my own notes would be overwhelmed by a huge number of reference notes that have little value to my thought. what is your take on this? You do just import everything you highlight or have some selection criteria (only books or something like that). Keep up the great content!

Imo your best video to date!

Привет! Спасибо за контент, на тебя ссылались блогеры из наших регионов. Интересно было послушать!

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 📝 Introducción al concepto de "Smart Notes" - Los "Smart Notes" son notas que van más allá de la simple copia de información y se convierten en ideas propias. 01:09 🗂️ Notas fugaces y de referencia - Las notas fugaces son capturas rápidas de pensamientos que suelen eliminarse. - Las notas de referencia capturan pensamientos de otras personas, como citas directas de libros o artículos. 02:46 📚 Notas literarias - Las notas literarias son interpretaciones personales de las notas de referencia. - Deben estar en tus propias palabras y reflejar lo que has comprendido del autor. 05:47 🧠 Notas permanentes - Las notas permanentes son conceptos e ideas independientes de su contexto original. - Deben ser claras, concisas y enlazarse con otras notas para generar conexiones y nuevas ideas. 09:16 📝 Escribir trabajo publicado - La etapa final implica usar las notas permanentes para crear trabajos publicados, como libros o artículos. - El proceso de tomar notas y crear conexiones enriquece la mente y mejora la habilidad de expresarse. 06:01 🌟 Beneficios de este enfoque - Comprensión y conexión de ideas a lo largo del tiempo. - Mejora en la habilidad de pensamiento y expresión. - Preparación para la creación de contenido publicado. Made with HARPA AI

Hey just discovered your channel! Just wondering, do you do this full time?

What is the free alternative to Readwise that Sergio mentions?

What keyboard you got mate?

Where's the most appropriate place/tag to put in late night deep conversations?

If you do the 60 day trial with Readwise, do you still get lifetime access to the $7.99 price?

how to create title, created, last modified fields in 3:13

Do you give each permanent note its own code, like Luhman did?

Saying that highlighting takes "no effort" is too extreme of a view. Yes it's significantly less effort and return, but consider the alternative of not highlighting anything, or not even reading, _that_ is "no effort". I feel like the use of extremes here is divisive and could be instead frame as a positive to encourage people to take the next step in their note taking efforts.

I think that this system would be to complicated (for me) and I would worry that I’d spend to much time inside the notes app tending to my notes instead of writing my own things

Its probably very effective once you are in, but it seems hard to learn

Hi, non english native speaker: 1. What means takeaway as a concept? I tried to relate with reading and get nothing.

Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰

Emacs org-mode is superior tbh, and extensible through packages. Whilst obsidian isn't FOSS.

Are you Brazillian?

Permanent notes sound pretty useless if they’re “directed towards an audience ignorant of the thoughts behind the text” aka out of context.

I recommend putting Zettelkasten method into the title, because I searched for it on the other day, but did not find your video, however you clearly describe the method in fact in a good way. I stumbled upon your video by chance days after I searched for the topic :) Otherwise, great video!

hi, you pronounce Mihály like saying the words "me" and "hi" Csíkszentmihályi is kinda like "cheek sent me hi e"