"One Liner" Shortcuts for Remembering More

vdmitriyev January 2015
  1. Extra attention to difficult information [go-deeper] [focus-hard]
  2. Visualization improves memory and recall [mind-map] [hand-drawing]
  3. Teach new concepts to another [blog] [oral] [writing] [rephrasing]
  4. Practice learned materials a lot [implement-after-getting-very-deep]
  5. Use memorization techniques [chunking] [aggressive-visualization] [multiple-approach] [mnemonics]
  6. Force yourself to recall [recall] [no-fluency]
  7. Impress, associate, repeat
  8. Accept that remembering more it's a hard work


List of quick memorization techniques

  1. Chunk into 3 to 4 Units [units-can-be-anything]
  2. Write down from memory
  3. Aggressive visualization
  4. Interpret it by multiple approach [think] [write] [draw] [discuss] [sing] [watch] [listen] [act] [visualize] [use-analogy]

Above mentioned techniques are not for the long-term memory. For the "LTM" they should be combined with other "continuously repeating" techniques


Take Notes Properly

3 Step process = (a) read + (b) summarize + (c) list keywords

  • (a) normal read
  • (b) read again and write down key points
  • (c) use summary for keywords list


Links to the resources used

  1. 11 Great Ways to Improve Your Memory
  2. How To Memorize Things Quickly - Tutorial
  3. How To Memorize Things Quicker Than Other People
  4. 4 Strategies For Remembering Everything You Learn
  5. How Can I Best Absorb Information While Reading?
  6. 20 Study Hacks to Improve Your Memory
  7. How To Memorize Things Quickly
  8. How To Take Notes From A Textbook
  9. Learning by Spaced Repetition
  10. Super Memory: Forget about forgetting
  11. Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm

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