Visualization, memory, reading and research skills
For more than a decade, keytostudy has been my only blog. Now, I am about to launch two separate product lines. Here is why. Autobiographical perspective When I started writing for the keytostudy blog, I was simply providing my advice to students that needed it. Later the most effective pieces of advice were formalized into …
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As you probably know, I live in Israel. If you do not live under a rock, you probably also know about the war in my country. I wanted to share some insights regarding resilience, productivity, and leadership. Normalization of “crazy” People often ask me to “stay safe”. I do not fully know what it means. …
Most of the visualizations we use to remember things are atomic. By atomic I mean that you cannot divide the visualization without ruining it, and connections to other visualizations are not as strongs connections within the visualization. Such visualizations are not a part of a story, and require complex mental structures. Beginners almost never use …
Working from home and home studying is becoming more common. Many remote workers and students may pick up a few modern home workspace ideas and create a dedicated area that helps them get inspired and stay focused rather than hauling a laptop between the couch or the kitchen table. A dedicated workspace is essential …
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Our memory and thinking are deeply associative. Associations are critical for creativity. However, there is no clear recipe for creating associations. Instead, I suggest several options you can mix and match. If you want to improve your memory using special and new methods based on an ancient memory technique, you should take my memory masterclass. …
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Applying for a grant can be the best way for any person, small business owners, professionals, or organizations to get extra funding for their initiatives. Finding the best funding options for eCommerce businesses might be daunting at first, however, it is no secret that there might be tough competition because of the limited money available. …
Speed reading is a technique that aims to increase reading speed without sacrificing comprehension. By utilizing specific strategies, readers can process and comprehend information at a much faster rate. Techniques such as skimming, scanning, and chunking text help readers identify key points and main ideas swiftly. Eliminating subvocalization, the habit of silently pronouncing words, …
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Most of the memorization methods work with long term memory for several hours or days. This is what we train working with memory palaces and mindmaps. Some of the exercises work with short-term and memory: remembering an image of a paragraph or a series of numbers for a few seconds, enough to grasp complex concepts …
Memorizing tables is hard. Fortunately, there are not many people that need to memorize many tables and not many tables that most of us need. There are some adaptations for regular mental structures and some specific memory structures which work best with tables. Please consider the pros and cons of each approach. Tables of contents …
Many of my students try to remember a “marker” of just one word. This is a hard and counterproductive exercise. A word without any context is abstract. Remembering a chunk of multiple words in the same context is actually an easier task. In some sense the “random words” exercise is much harder than remembering actual …
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