• Concentrate:
    • Do one thing at a time.
      • Exceptional work is always associated with periods of deep concentration.
    • Have a clear purpose on what you want to learn about.
      • What does it matter?
      • How is it applicable to my life? How can I apply it?
      • How can it help me achieve my goals?
  • Create and connect:
    • People that learn quickly or have a so-called photographic memory apply their creativity to everything they learn, using the SEE principles.
      • S-Senses: the more senses you engage, the more lively the images become, the more memorable they are
      • E-Exaggeration: exaggerate with humor, make the images illogical, make the learning more fun and easy to memorize
      • E-Energize: give images action, make a movie, like how Disney does with their objects
    • A tip to remember abstract concepts or complex words is to rhyme or break it own to more meaningful concepts. For examples:
      • Tiger in Spanish is Tigre, which sounds like tea grey: imagine a tiger drinking grey tea
      • The capital of Greece is Athens, which sounds like eight hens: imagine them swimming in Greece
    • Long-term memory can be used to trap short-term information.
      • The car method: use your car image (long-term) and store new information on parts of the car (short-term)
      • The body method: use parts of your body to store new information
      • The peg method: use rhyming words to store ordered lists (one-bu, two-shoe, three-tree, four-door, five-hive, six-stick, seven-heaven, eight-gate, nine-vine, ten-hen)
    • Linking thoughts, associating concepts, developing a story line are great ways to create a relationship between the known and unknown and strengthen the memory capacity.
      • Recall, reinforce, compare different features of what you have already known to what you don’t know
  • Continuous use:
    • Have self-discipline to stick the practice/review sessions.
      • Again, have a strong vision and a clear purpose on what you want.
      • Make it part of your DAILY routine.
      • Stop listening to your feelings, just do it whether you feel like it or not.

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