Sönke Ahrens – How to Take Smart Notes with Obsidian

The practical guide to taking smart notes digitally

This course guides you through applying the principles of the zettelkasten using the versatile Obsidian app. It is designed for writers and thinkers of all sorts: authors, researchers, students, and anyone managing extensive information. The course offers a comprehensive approach to enhancing your digital note-taking process. Take a look at the curriculum to get an idea of what you’ll learn.

What You’ll Learn:

Setting Up Your Digital Zettelkasten:

• Install Obsidian and essential add-ons for optimal functionality.
• Integrate the reference manager Zotero into your workflow (if needed).

Mastering the basics:

• Explore Obsidian’s core features and customize it into your zettelkasten.
• Learn how to capture fleeting, permanent, and literature notes.

Connecting Ideas and Boosting Creativity:

• Understand how to link, tag, and interconnect notes to facilitate insights.
• Complexify your thinking by forming meaningful connections.

Navigating Challenges and Avoiding Pitfalls:

• Benefit from tried-and-tested solutions to common problems.
• Anticipate pitfalls that may arise years down the road and proactively address them.

Creating Meaningful Content:

• Streamline your information flow towards output
• Turn consumption habits into creation habits

Course Approach:

• Video-Based Learning: Work through the course at your own pace.
• Coaching-Style Explanations: Understand not only the “how” but also the “why” behind each technique.
• Expert Guidance: Profit from decades of experience and insights from hundreds of coaching sessions.

Included:

• 90 + topic specific video lectures
• Preconfigured Obsidian vault
• Downloadable transcripts
• Free access to future updates
• Free access to the community
• 14-Day Money Back Guarantee

Feedback That Matters. Results That Count.

“Excellent course with valuable and time-saving advice for setting up and improving my note-taking and idea work.“
(Trond Kristiansen, Advisor e-health)

“This is the approach that I have been searching for for years to get my ideas explicit and to really benefit from the books that I read.“
(Mahmoud, Chief Audit Executive)

“I learned more about note-taking in the past 2 days than I had in a long time. His […] course beats even his book” 
(Sebastian Kamilli, Compound Learning Expert)

“As an academic who juggles multiple topics at a time, I really benefit from a workflow integrating Zotero and Obsidian. It helps me to stay on top of my writing projects and helps to foster creativity in my research.”
(Scientist)

“This course is what I have been looking for for years“
(S. Mahesh, Investor and Filmmaker)

“Thank you very much for the excellent, clearly structured course. I no longer just collect material until I am overwhelmed by chaos (and procrastinate), but have above all understood the thought process behind the Zettelkasten, which is now helping me move forward.”
(M.D. Cultural Entrepreneur)

​”This course provides a framework that invites ongoing reflection and practice. It respects thinking and encourages it. It is dense in the best sense: layered, deliberate, and intellectually generative. I expect to revisit it often, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in deepening and developing their thinking.“
(F. Aguirre, Master Student)