What is a Research Notebook?

Your future is gloomy and your life is confused because you are using the wrong notebook and the wrong way to take notes. From now on, use a checkered notebook, follow the path of air, rain, and umbrella, start a new way of taking notes, and start a new life model. ^[1]

Smart man with checkered notebook

This is a book that teaches readers how to organize brain ideas by taking notes. ^[1]

Takahashi Masashi, Chairman of Creative Management Inc., formerly

"Preface" A checkered notebook used by McKinsey consultants and admissions students of Dongda University

"After using the checkered notebook, my ability has improved!"

The voice of checkered notebook users 018

"Reading" guidelines for different readers

Smart Man With A Checkered Notebook Chapter 1

If you want to change your life, change your notebook!

A notebook that brightens the mind VS. a notebook that impedes ability

Things I Can't Learn in Schools and Companies 004

Re-examine "notebooks that impede ability" before using shorthand, shorthand, and logical thinking 006

Not choosing a notebook will bring you a lasting negative impact 009

Checkered notebook can change you 014

Smart Man With A Checkered Notebook Chapter 2

Secrets of a "McKinsey Notebook" that McKinsey consultants must use

Changing the "frame" with a checkered notebook = smarter mind 020

McKinsey's "McKinsey Notebook" and BCG Checkered Notebook 025

Large square notebook used by Daiichi Kenichi 028

"Golden Trisection" 030 practiced by the world's top elites

Consultant of a foreign management consulting firm uses a checkered notebook "horizontal" 038

A4 notebook is fundamental 041

Color used "Controlled within three" 045

Mark "Title" 048 like a newspaper

Tip: The secret to completing a PPT in "zero" seconds:

PPT production work outsourcing 055

Checkered notebook + comfortable writing pen, so you have great motivation when taking notes 056

Ultimate Notebook Tips = "10000 Sheets Rule" 060

Make your mind smarter

Basic principles and methods of use 063

Three Rules for Notebooks That Make Your Mind Smarter 064

Guidelines for Using Smart Notebooks That Make Your Minds Smarter 065

Seven functions of checkered notebooks that make "beautiful notebooks" 066

Three simple steps! "Checkered Notebooks That Make Your Mind Smarter" 068

Smart Man With A Checkered Notebook Chapter 3

The foundation of life! See through the "learning notebook"

Three little-known notebook features 070

See through the "learning notebook": first do not copy the book 073

Creating "Unforgettable Memories" with "One Second Blank" 076

Using the "two-page one-theme" approach to study notebook 079

Those who can control the "central region" can control learning 082

"He who is good at discovery can make progress", is this true? 084

The decisive factor in storytelling "discovery" is "logical connectives" 086

In the "Summary Summary Area" on the right side of the notebook, write "Key Points" to solve the problem 091

Harvard education programs focus more on "understanding" 093

Consciously summarize when taking notes 095

Checkered notebook usage example 1 "Learning Notebook" 099

Tips: Humans need to evolve the notebook three times in their lifetime. Notebook evolution theory from the age of 13100

Smart Man With A Checkered Notebook Chapter 4

Work notebooks are "knowledgeable" notebooks

Adults use notebooks to "abandon" 102

The 30-year-old who is still at work is suffering from a "metabolic notebook" 104

The secret of a working notebook is "finishing" 109

Strategic consultant's notebook is also "strategic" 112

Tip: Why use a blue pen? Associate Professor of the University of British Columbia claims "blue is good for creativity, red is good for accuracy" 115

Using a square notebook to improve "questioning power = inquiry power" 116

Let the square notebook help you become a "questionist" 119

"Three minutes to confirm the argument" can change your career 121

Smart Man Uses Checkered Notebook Chapter 5

Fun "Proposal Notebooks" that can be useful weapons for a lifetime

The ultimate goal of notebooks is "Proposal Notebooks" 128

Exercise logic in the brain in a "gym" in a checkered notebook 130

Outstanding foreign consultants stress "Fact" 134

Differentiating "facts" and "opinions" with different colors 138

Add proper nouns, numerals, verbs 141

Toyota, McKinsey's "five whys" need three tools to master 144

What does the area of action for foreign consultants to implement? 147

Everything just to get a message 150

Checkered notebook usage example 2 "Working Notebook" 153

All information is organized using the "golden trisection" 154

Tip: The secret to making a PPT as beautiful as a foreign consultant

The impact of "think-cell" 158

Taking the gaming notebook to the next level 159

"Three points" of gaming notebook 160

The notebook in your hand will determine your future 172

Concluding remarks: a notebook to help you achieve your dreams 174