Very good tips! I like the concept of "spinning" notes to fit your point of view. Not to mention your ADD remark - the multi-tasker in me agrees wholeheartedly.
I have definitely found this to be true. Partly in attempt to avoid being pigeonholed into dead-end "female" positions, I long resisted doing anything "secretarial". Then I found myself in a market where the only opportunity for working in my field (computer science) was taking notes at engineering meetings. I ended up being the manager because I was responsible for all of the documentation in that company for the next four years.
I also discovered three things:
First, there is always a need for someone who can (and will) take notes. There is almost never competition for this because it is unglamorous and "boring".
Second, if you are the one writing history, you get to decide what events (and prevailing point of view) gets remembered.
Finally, taking notes makes it possible to keep an ADD-impaired mind "on track" for a much longer period than it would be capable of without this activity.
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Amy-
Very good tips! I like the concept of "spinning" notes to fit your point of view. Not to mention your ADD remark - the multi-tasker in me agrees wholeheartedly.
Jon
I have definitely found this to be true. Partly in attempt to avoid being pigeonholed into dead-end "female" positions, I long resisted doing anything "secretarial". Then I found myself in a market where the only opportunity for working in my field (computer science) was taking notes at engineering meetings. I ended up being the manager because I was responsible for all of the documentation in that company for the next four years.
I also discovered three things:
First, there is always a need for someone who can (and will) take notes. There is almost never competition for this because it is unglamorous and "boring".
Second, if you are the one writing history, you get to decide what events (and prevailing point of view) gets remembered.
Finally, taking notes makes it possible to keep an ADD-impaired mind "on track" for a much longer period than it would be capable of without this activity.
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