Pay attention This is delinilely the top when taking notes When you pay attention determining the iunpoetant notes you should record is easy When you pay attention your listening skills liourish This the key towards taking all notes that will help get you through every assignment every project and every test Find a note-taking method that right for you As mentioned earlier taking notes takes a lot of skill One such skill is the ability to find a method or technique on note-taking Which you are cornfortable with Just like in singing dancing writing and other skill-based talents you need to develop your own style so you can increase the rate you are going or your speed as you go You should also develop system of cracking codes regarding symbols and abbreviation them It is perfecrly fine to use symbols and shortcuts What ‘s not is that even you cannot read or understand them If there are words or phrases in your notes that you do not understand well, make sure to look them up afterwards Again only those notes that are easily understand readable and intelligible can pass as good notes The rest are junks