““Some very smart people have devised ingenious ways of dividing up a notes page to get more out of it. One method reserves the main part of the page for your notes from the meeting. In the margin on the right side of the page, jot down any action items you need to follow up on. Create a similar, horizontal region at the bottom of the page, where you can jot down any ideas that occur to you. Bill Gates uses this method of note taking to ensure that no follow-ups or ideas fall through the cracks.””