The power of relearning

It means accepting that your knowledge of old subjects will decline and that there will be a period of hard effort before they're usable at their previous level.

• Relearning tends to be much faster than initial learning.
• Relearning is a form of s...

At first glance, compounding does not look remarkable. However, looking at compounding in action, you will notice a few things.

Consider, for example, investing in stocks at an average real return of 6.8%. (It is inflation-adjusted.) During the first few years, compounding doesn't real...

Testing yourself, so you have to retrieve the information from memory, works much better than repeatedly reviewing the information, or creating a concept map (mind map).

After the first time learning the material, spend the subsequent studying to recalling the information, solving a problem...