Steven Robbins here.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Listener, MyCal, wrote in.

I end up taking notes usually by computer at almost every meeting I go to.

Many times the notes I take are on top of an agenda that's already provided.

How can I improve my note-taking?

Meetings! I just love meetings!

No, no, I don't.

I hate meetings.

At modern meetings, people sit around with their laptops open, dutifully typing in everything

that said.

Although we love to believe the laptops are making us more efficient,

I know in my case it's really just an excuse to have a screen

between me and the rest of the meeting. Taking notes shows your attentive. It helps you learn and it

provides a reference after the meeting. Always make sure you note the to-do items, also called

action items, decisions, and follow-up issues that come up in meetings.

There's nothing more embarrassing than showing up at the Capitol with your zombie army,

insisting that the world bow to your demands, and discovering that someone, that would be you,

forgot to hose down the zombies and make them presentable because you forgot to write down your

action item.

How you take notes makes a big difference.

First of all, do take notes.

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