"Super Bullet Points" by Mikito Sugino

The second book I read over the New Year holidays was
"Super Bullet Points"

Techniques for simply organizing what you are thinking and what you want to convey

It organizes the basics in an easy-to-understand way, and
the concrete examples are also easy to grasp

"Super Bullet Points" by Mikito Sugino

I like this kind of assertive tone, too!
It makes me nervous, wondering if I am doing it right (laughs)

There are three key points

1. Structuring

2. Storytelling (creating a narrative)

3. Messaging (resonating with the other person's heart and prompting action)

Conveying the essence of the message and leading the other person to take action,
this is the foundation of communication

If I break down the elements a little more and try to structure them with bullet points...

• Structuring

  • Grouping → Aligning levels

  • (Hierarchical structuring → Adding labels) *Though this isn't explicitly stated here

  • No ending with nouns → Expressing change with subjects and verbs

  • Distinguishing between explanations of "situations" and "intentions" or "proposals"

• Storytelling (Story-fication)

  • Hook: What the other person wants to know or is curious about -> Get them into a listening posture

  • Use specific examples and proper nouns to make realistic scenes come to mind

  • Not XX, but □□ (Emphasize important parts by contrasting and negating)

  • Focus on what is important (the courage to cut away the branches and leaves, not being too obsessed with MECE)

• Messaging (Resonate with the other person's heart and prompt action)

  • Convey conclusions and true intentions specifically

  • (To avoid becoming general theory or abstract)

Personally, I think this part is the most important.

• Hierarchical structuring (Write important things at the top level)

• Abstract, general theory -> Use concrete words (such as proper nouns)

• Simplification (Drop the branches and leaves)

Emphasize important things

The purpose of turning plain text into bullet points is to
hierarchically structure it andmake the important parts understandable in an instant.

Even if you use bullet points, if the levels are inconsistent, the order lacks consistency, and
in the end, you don't know what the important points are, then it's completely useless.

What axis should you use to divide it?

For example,

• "Status Report" and "Future Plans"

• "Problematic Events" and "Countermeasures" (Policy)

• Meeting "Points of Discussion" and "Conclusions"

Group them into important units such as,
and create headings.

If you can make it so that the content is mostly understood just by looking at the headings,
that is Very Good!

Extensive online articles

There are many articles by the author on Diamond Online!
A lot of the book's essence is published there.

Just by reading these, you can gain immediately usable know-how.

If you are interested, please check out the book as well!

Table of Contents

Fellow noter oryousan's summary (reference)

Article I introduced previously

This article was written by
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