The faintest ink is better than the best memory

Productive people keep better notes, we've learned, since notetaking allows us to continually improve our understanding of the world, for just as "successful students continue to improve their mastery of the concepts from previous chapters and courses as they move toward the more advanced material on the horizon; successful people regularly focus on the core purpose of their profession or life."

Or, as a Chinese proverb says, "The faintest ink is better than the best memory."

via Fast Company's appreciation of Marie Curie at Tumblr