Anna always says that Jonathan and myself do not provide enough details for our markers. Below is a true conversation between Anna and a student whom we will call KL recorded at Anna’s Skype session. Please notice the following aspects: Use of 5WH questions Importance of prereading Visualize the marker at the end of reading …
How many repetitions for long term retention?
Some students ask how many repetitions are required to memorize something. Long ago I was told that seven repetitions make us remember almost anything. But now I am ready to add some science to it. Basically, I follow the logic of this article. Our neurons are hard-wired to forget something with roughly exponential speed. We …
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Superlearner story: Ron
This is another true superlearner story of a person whom I taught personally. The name is changed, but the facts are mostly true. Ron is an exceptional person. He is a corporate lawyer, intelligent, dedicated and very creative. When he was tested by Anna she asked me to work with him. Usually I work only …
How to be a better student
Recently I started using reddit, answering all those students who look for extra advantage in their classes. Soon I understood that speedreading and memory technique alone will not work. I ended up giving this advise: (1) Be healthy. Eat healthy food, sleep 6-8 hours per day, drink ~3 cups of coffee, meditate/do sport. (2) Be …
Reaching out of your comfort zone
Recently I read this article suggesting that reaching out of your comfort zone has a great potential for exciting magical experiences. This seams to be a profound understanding. When out of comfort zone we feel uneasy and vulnerable. In fact we are ready to work hard and generate creative excuses just to get back into …
Being a superlearner: 8 lifestyle aspects
Being a superlearner is a lifestyle choice. What does it really mean? Below are 8 aspects of what being a superlearner is all about. Search for wisdom. The ultimate goal of superlearner is probably search for wisdom. There is a story that king Solomon got to choose his blessing. While he could choose power or …
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Train yourself like navy seal: visualization and goal setting
Since we learn to master vivid visualization, we can use this wonderful tool for goal setting. This article describes in-depth several goalsetting visualization. Please read it after reading my post – for detailed description of each visualization aspect. And this article describes the science behind why visualization succeeds, read it to get some scientific background. …
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Prereading and reading tactics
We are strong proponents of pre-reading, yet the issue is only briefly mentioned in our course. There is a good reason for it. There is no one good prereading strategy, but several recommended strategies for various scenarios. Instead of discussing various pros and cons I will describe “a day in my life”. My days are …
Retention vs analysis
When we measure retention we measure the amount of details we remember after reading an article. There has been a really great article explaining some strategies to actually learn from an article. Usually learning from what we read is a subject of advanced course, but I think it makes sense to put some of the …
High level visualization: Gaming and mental templates
I am using my own version of loci method I call “high-level visualization”, which is more of a game than a house. I have wrote several articles about this before. Here I address this method from a different angle. The loci method enables accurate memorization of huge amount of information. Most of memory champions use …
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