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How to remember everything valuable you read (including this):
Give me 3 minutes, and I’ll show you 5 proven steps to retain what you read.
So instead of wasting time and losing valuable information,
You can apply the knowledge and become your best self.
Here we go...
So instead of wasting time and losing valuable information,
You can apply the knowledge and become your best self.
Here we go...
1. Build a Second Brain
Imagine a system that captures and organizes your:
• Book notes
• Podcast notes
• Handwritten notes
• Photos
• Etc.
Your entire base of knowledge—always accessible.
Build your Second Brain in Notion, Evernote, etc.
(H/T @ForteLabs)
Imagine a system that captures and organizes your:
• Book notes
• Podcast notes
• Handwritten notes
• Photos
• Etc.
Your entire base of knowledge—always accessible.
Build your Second Brain in Notion, Evernote, etc.
(H/T @ForteLabs)
2. Optimize Your Study Environment
Activate your 5 senses:
👂: Noise-cancelling headphones
👁️: Hide bad triggers (phone)
👃: Use an aromatherapy diffuser (peppermint & lemon promote focus)
👋: Set a cool room temp for alertness
👅: Hydrate; stock healthy snacks
Activate your 5 senses:
👂: Noise-cancelling headphones
👁️: Hide bad triggers (phone)
👃: Use an aromatherapy diffuser (peppermint & lemon promote focus)
👋: Set a cool room temp for alertness
👅: Hydrate; stock healthy snacks
3. Follow the Feynman Technique
Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
His powerful 3-step learning technique:
Step 1
• Choose and study a concept
Step 2
• Teach it to a child
Step 3
• Return to learning
• Fill in knowledge gaps
• Simplify further
Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
His powerful 3-step learning technique:
Step 1
• Choose and study a concept
Step 2
• Teach it to a child
Step 3
• Return to learning
• Fill in knowledge gaps
• Simplify further
Let’s emphasize Step 2 of the Feynman Technique:
‘Teach it to a child.’
Look at the Learning Pyramid below.
It shows the effectiveness of various learning activities.
Transform a low retention activity (reading) to one that sticks (teaching).
‘Teach it to a child.’
Look at the Learning Pyramid below.
It shows the effectiveness of various learning activities.
Transform a low retention activity (reading) to one that sticks (teaching).
4. Use Spaced Repetition
Review material in short, systematic intervals.
You'll integrate more knowledge into your long-term memory.
Try software like Readwise to automate the review—at an optimal cadence for retention.
Example of 60-day review process:
(H/T @farnamstreet)
Review material in short, systematic intervals.
You'll integrate more knowledge into your long-term memory.
Try software like Readwise to automate the review—at an optimal cadence for retention.
Example of 60-day review process:
(H/T @farnamstreet)
More on Readwise:
Readwise stores your digital highlights from Kindle, Twitter threads, & more.
• Receive a daily email that surfaces highlights at an optimal pace for retention
• Quickly search your favorite passages
• Syncs to your Second Brain (Evernote, Notion...)
Readwise stores your digital highlights from Kindle, Twitter threads, & more.
• Receive a daily email that surfaces highlights at an optimal pace for retention
• Quickly search your favorite passages
• Syncs to your Second Brain (Evernote, Notion...)
5. Create a Memory Palace (if needed)
For times when you need to cram and won’t have reference material...
Memory Palace is how a normal guy like Joshua Foer became the US Memory Champion.
He wrote about it in his book, Moonwalking with Einstein.
Here's the mental hack:
For times when you need to cram and won’t have reference material...
Memory Palace is how a normal guy like Joshua Foer became the US Memory Champion.
He wrote about it in his book, Moonwalking with Einstein.
Here's the mental hack:
Our brains are wired to remember images better than words.
So transform words into visual mnemonics:
1. Choose a place you know well
2. Plan the route
3. Have a list of what you want to memorize
4. Place a mental image of each item in your palace
(Image: Shane Cubis, A-Star)
So transform words into visual mnemonics:
1. Choose a place you know well
2. Plan the route
3. Have a list of what you want to memorize
4. Place a mental image of each item in your palace
(Image: Shane Cubis, A-Star)
TL;DR for Remembering Everything You Read
1. Build a Second Brain
2. Activate Your 5 Senses
3. Follow the Feynman Technique
4. Use Spaced Repetition
5. Create a Memory Palace (if needed)
1. Build a Second Brain
2. Activate Your 5 Senses
3. Follow the Feynman Technique
4. Use Spaced Repetition
5. Create a Memory Palace (if needed)
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