- Read one note and add the question, FOR WHAT REASON?
- If you can think of no reason, just go on to read the next card.
- When you think of a reason, mark a large X after the FOR WHAT REASON question.
- After you mark a large X on a note, set that card aside.
- Stack your notes as you mark them with a large X.
- Read each note and ask, FOR WHAT REASON?
- Mark a large X when you think of a REASON.
- Set the card aside in a stack of cards that have an X next to REASON.
- In the next step you will choose a few REASONS and write them on your note cards.
Your REASONS: • must make sense • must be true • must not be silly.