Use the Progressive Summarization technique to distill notes
Instructions
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Capture your notes.
Extract a few essential passages from the source you’re reading. -
Bold the most important parts of your captured notes.
Read the selected text, then bold a few paragraphs or sentences you consider crucial such as keywords and phrases. -
Highlight the most important parts from the bolded text.
Look at what you bolded, and then highlight what stands out as the most important in that text. -
Create your summary.
Read what you bolded and highlighted, then write a summary in your own words. Keep it short; a few points is enough.
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