Use Mnemonics

When you're using an acronym or image to recall something, you're using a mnemonic. 

Example: The hall of fame includes abbreviations — Roy G. Biv for the colors of the spectrum ( Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet) — and rhyming, like "in 1492, Columbus sailed the o...

1. Highlight everything you want to remember.

2. Use your desktop browser to visit your Kindle Notes page (this is easier than trying to view and edit on the device itself).

3. Browse through your highlights, delete what you no longer need, and add notes to the ones you really like.

Emotions don’t actually last very long. It’s in the nature of emotions to be intense but fleeting:

• If you feel upset emotionally, notice what the dominant emotion you’re feeling is.
• Rate the intensity of that emotion on a scale from 1 to 10.
• Set a timer on your p...