This is the last session of this little series of developing a knowledge work practice with Nori.

Background: Nori wrote an article on leaving her Zettelkasten for good. The quality of her reflection led to my decision to contact her with the offer for a couple of coaching sessions. After two coaching sessions (watch the first recording here), she overhauled her system of knowledge work for which she wrote an article to reflect on our coaching and what is next for her.

Before the recording, we developed a session plan. The session revolved around two goals:

1. Reviewing her system and assessing if each step will deliver the outcome Nori is aiming for.
2. Moving beyond note-taking. The core question that Nori posed was: “What does it actually mean to make an idea your own?”

We used two sample notes as material. But it was an open session, so we covered a wider range of topics. I am very happy with this session, since Nori left the session with clarity and momentum. As a coach, a heuristic for a good session is that if the coachee doesn’t feel exhausted entirely directly after the session, but feels a delayed dip in energy. It is a sign that there was a good session flow and allowed us to stretch beyond our limits in a good way. Like any good training session for anything, mental or physical, you should feel engaged and elevated during the session, which masks fatigue for a while.

This is our session. Have fun and depth:

Happy atomic note-making, Nori – and the rest of you, too.