Braingle iconBraingleAug 14, 2026 ~1 min source read

Notebook

It guarantees that the idea cannot be lost, and it gives you a way to come up with new ideas via the technique of elaborating on old ideas. Any interesting idea that you have or you hear about should be recorded in your notebook.

Notebook

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It guarantees that the idea cannot be lost, and it gives you a way to come up with new ideas via the technique of elaborating on old ideas.

Any interesting idea that you have or you hear about should be recorded in your notebook.

You could use your PDA or computer to keep notes, or you could designate different notebooks or different sections for different topics.

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It guarantees that the idea cannot be lost, and it gives you a way to come up with new ideas via the technique of elaborating on old ideas. Any interesting idea that you have or you hear about should be recorded in your notebook. You could use your PDA or computer to keep notes, or you could designate different notebooks or different sections for different topics.

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  • Your notebooks will be a great resource to go back to when you need some interesting ideas for a current project.
  • Thomas Edison had over 3,000 notebooks documenting his career, so you better get started!

Details worth keeping

Get a good notebook and start writing down all of your ideas. If you can, try to organize your notes by topic. You could use notecards and file them in appropriate categories.

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