Hello everyone, this is Helen Huang @ Organizing, based in Beijing, China. In order to better learn and practice the YiXiaoNeng Time Management System, after finished publishing 100 Chinese articles, I decided to continue writing and publishing a daily English article in another 100 days based on the "YeWuBin Time Management 100 Episodes" audio program. Today is the 186th day.
Today's topic is: The Tool That Will Capture Your Sleep Thoughts
There are many apps and programs that record information such as Evernote, which we have talked about, and Notability which is an app the records your handwritten notes. There are many others too.
But my philosophy is this: if you want professional results, you need to use professional tools. If you paid someone to complete something for you, you'd expect a professional result. Your customers would expect the same from you. This is why we should use professional tools.
For example, I am now recording the Ximalaya audio recordings using the Recorder Plus app which is found on both the Apple and Android app stores. I use the Recorder Plus app whenever I need to record audio that covers a long span of time such as a meeting, a lecture or a training seminar. In my opinion, Recorder Plus is professional quality app.
If I want to record something short and simple, I usually just use Evernote. For example, when I want to dictate notes quickly to remind myself of something I'll do this in Evernote. Evernote is a good tool to use if you want to record something short, simple and keep it on a temporary basis. However, for something that you want to store for a long period of time and for longer durations, then I would use a professional app like Recorder Plus.
Let's talk about what Recorder Plus can do for you.
Its core features are:
1. It can auto-pause.
The auto-pause feature stops recording when there is no audio. In other words, the app will automatically stop recording when there is no audio. This is very convenient because you will not have long pauses in between sentences.
By the way, I recommend using your phone instead of a voice recorder device. If you use a handheld voice recorder device, you will have to transfer the information to your phone later. It's much more efficient to use the Recorder Plus app and have the information all in one place. Exporting files from the Recorder Plus app to your phone, iPad or laptop is very easy to do.
Some people use a special pen that can also record audio called a recording pen. I do not recommend using this pen. It's not intelligent and will still record audio when there is silence. You also must remember to turn off the pen when you are finished which many people don't remember to do. Later on, after you've exported the data, you must import it into an audio editing program and then remove all of the unwanted extra silent audio. This can be difficult and very time-consuming. Trust me.
This is why the Recorder Plus app is so convenient. It will automatically stop recording or pause once the sound drops below a certain noise threshold. It also restarts automatically once it detects sound again.
When you go to sleep at night, you can try to record your sleep talk with the Recorder Plus app. Believe it or not, many of us talk in our sleep and it's very insightful to hear what it is you say. When I record my sleep talk, I open the Recorder Plus app on my phone and leave the phone on the bedside before going to sleep. The next morning, I can see a very short record, only a few seconds long and it contains my sleep talk. Give it a try – you'll be amazed at what you say in your sleep.
2. The Recorder Plus has a limited set of editing features.
After recording audio, we can briefly edit, paste, re-record, insert new audio, and record over audio among other things. These special features are only available on the premium version of the app.
As I'm recording these Ximalaya audio lessons, I sometimes need to trim or cut a section of audio out. For example, when I make unnatural pauses, or use the same word too many times, I can easily edit these portions out using the Recorder Plus app. This allows me to make the audio professional which is what I know you as customers want.
If you need software that is even more professional and higher quality, then you can use Adobe Audition. Adobe Audition is more complex and requires a computer to operate. However it is a very highly professional software and it is compatible with the Apple devices.
These two core features of the Recorder Plus app will help you create professional and customer satisfying results.
1. The first feature is that it will auto-pause the recording when no audio is detected and then resume recording when audio is again detected.
2. The second feature is that can be used to conduct basic audio editing assuming you purchase the premium version.
Recording audio allows you to focus on learning while you're there instead of writing things down, organize these notes in files, and then later share that information easily. This is one of the secrets to why Yixiaoneng can conduct so many courses so quickly throughout the year.
Studying something one time is not knowledge. In order to really internalize material, you must learn things over and over again until you have full integration of the material in your mind. Just like a habit. Audio recording will allow you to do this and the Recorder Plus or Adobe Audition apps will allow you to do this.
Do you remember how I said you must share things to become valuable contributors to a network? This is one great way to do that.
That's all sharing today. Thank you being with me together. Have a wonderful day!