My continued project: The Entrepreneur's Journal

Okay, so a while back I wanted a place to take notes on all the business, tax, marketing, and web books I read. I decided a simple composition notebook would do, and I started taking it everywhere with me. I recorded the following items in it:

• Notes from any educational books related to entreprenuership that I read. Anything about business or anything that seemed remotely useful for later use I wrote down.
• I kept it with me when I went to go hear speakers, seminars, or classes. I took notes off of what they were saying, as well as obtaining contact information in order to network and connect later.
• Wrote down ideas that could be further expanded into later.
• If there was a task during the day that I needed to do, such as brainstorming or writing a list of documents a proposal needed, or even just compiling a quick task list for a project, I wrote it in there.
• I brought it with me to client meetings to take notes, create action statement, and write down any ideas for products or services that came to mind while in this meeting.

I numbered every page, only wrote on the right side (which keeps the pages neat and easy to navigate), and used symbols or letters at the top of the page in order to mark that page for ideas, contacts, network opportuniy, or a task.

I have recently finished my first, and when I get time I am going to create a table of contents for it with word, and hopefully take advantage of the notes ASAP. Otherwise, when I write things down it gives me the opportunity to learn things faster and remember things easier.

Hopefully I can find a way to standardize it and find a great way to track the notes and make them easy to retrieve. I'll keep you posted!