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Question to start reading
Having a clear question in mind or a topic you're focusing on can make all the difference in helping you to remember and recall information. While this can be as easy as defining a subject to look into beforehand, if time is no object here's how to effectively "hack" your brain into being impressed with the subject matter:
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Read more as much as you can
Warren Buffett, who says he spends 80% of his time reading and writing, attributes a huge amount of his success to a single book: The Intelligent Investor , by his mentor Benjamin Graham. For M...
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Draw from others experience through reading
As author and avid reader Ryan Holiday explains : "Whatever problem you're struggling with is probably addressed in some book somewhere written by someone a lot smarter than you."
Every story has been experienced, recorded, ...
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Reading to teach
Just like a teacher is able to master a subject because they know they'll be teaching it later on, attacking a book with the same level of purpose means you'll be able to recall information a lot quicker.
A recent study in the journal Memory & Cognition
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Benefit of reading
A random sampling of the world's most successful people will show one common trait: a love of reading. Reading is the easiest way to continue the learning process , ...
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Read with intention impress someone
Understanding how to get the most out of your time reading starts with understanding why we remember things at all, and then figuring out the best way to use that information.
Without purpose and intention, the ideas sparked while reading easily slip away. Learning to hold onto them means ...
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Overcome the Dunning-Kruger Effect
- Keep learning and practicing. Instead of assuming you know all there is to know about a subject, keep digging deeper.
- Ask other people how you're doing. Another effective strategy involves asking others for constructive criticism. While it can somet...
How To Create Rooms In a Memory Palace
- Bring to mind a room that you are very familiar with.
- As you walk into the room you’re familiar with, the corner over your left shoulder is number 1. Then, moving clockwise round the room, the next wall is number 2. And so on, so that there are 8 numbers. 9 will be...
Study Less Study Smart
- Break your study time down in to chunks such as 30 minutes and then take a 5 minute break to keep your brain fresh and awake as you are studying.
- Teach what you learn to others. This is one of the big values from study groups.
- Know the difference between recollection and rec...
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