I learned a system for remembering everything

Huge thanks to Ryan Holiday for taking the time to chat! I’d def recommend adding Courage Is Calling to the top of your reading list! 👍 amzn.to/3K207XF

“Imperfect Action is better than Perfect Inaction” Most important takeaway is to just get started, make it a regular habit, and you will discover what works for you well, whether it be highlighting stuff, keep a journal, or just re reading those books again 🙂✌🏼

Great video: 1. Read a book. Analog is better than digital. 2. Don’t be scared to take notes in the book, Highlight, book mark. You’ll have to build a system. 3. When you’re done, go through all the notes that stood out to you and write them on flash cards. 4. Digest the information, think of ways to use it. 5. Enjoy the process!! Take your time. 6. ORGANIZE ALL YOUR NOTES. File them in separate boxes.

I learned a fast way to improve my memory of books in college. Instead of highlighting phrases, sentences or paragraphs I would highlight only one word in an important section. The key was to highlight a word that would make me question why I had underlined that word. For example, in the sentence "Studies show aspirin use to be associated with reduced risk for a number of cancers including prostate, pancreatic, and rectal" (Source: "Surviving Cancer Covid-19 & Disease, The Repurposed Drug Revolution" by Justus R. Hope, M.D.) I would highlight one word like "risk" so that when I scan through the book later my curiosity makes me ask "What's this about risk?", or I might underline "aspirin" so that when I see it later I think "What's this about aspirin?" This way I can quickly reinforce the key points by scanning the book several times until I can recall all the important points.

“You are better off starting imperfectly than being paralysed by the hope or delusion of perfection” Loved this statement and it hit deep

I feel like this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson fits perfectly here: “I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so they have made me.”

When you want to retain what you learn while you're learning: 1.) Take conscious time in taking down key notes you want to remember. 2.) When done, Review your notes, revise when necessary. 3.) Apply what you have learned in the real world (In this case, its the organizing and categorizing into a box). 4.) Repeat. You get better at it and can develop a system that suits better for you.

Hope i remember this video

When I was a kid I was to be able to read any book and summarize almost everything in it. My teacher ask me to summarize all the points we read yesterday for a student who missed class. Almost word for word I said everything that happened and finished exactly where we left off, my teacher accidently blurted out you so smart. I laughed because I though see was over exaggerating but turns out to be very hard for most adults to do this . After a decade of tik- tok I find myself finding it hard to remember what I did this morning let alone a book I read I month ago. I'm hoping after a social media detox I get my brain back to that exact point.

The guy remembers all that stuff because he is probably telling people those quotes day in and day out. That's his life. You remember stuff you talk about and think about all the time.

Memory is derivative of necessity. It's similar to learning a language (either your first or a foreign language) -- we don't learn by passively absorbing what others say, but by feeling a need to speak in a way that's understood by others. Same with retaining information in books. Memory is created not when you passively receive some idea, but when you feel a need to explain it to someone else. Read every book as though you intend to be able to teach the same ideas to others.

I’m 19 and I honestly feel like a dunbass due to the fact that I can’t simply remember anything I read

I’m trying to learn this because I can’t have conversations with people because my mines always empty. I feel like I have no knowledge I forget things as soon as they’re said to me, there’s something wrong with my brain. .

I'm a law student and personally, I don't take notes when the teacher is talking or when I'm reading a book. I highlight important stuff from the book from time to time but I realized that the more I take notes by writing or by highlighting, the more my brain relies on "I can just look back at my notes later" or "I'll just look back at what I highlighted". However, when I just listen to the teacher or when I just read it and try to absorb it and/or on its own without the seasonings of taking note, I "force" my brain to retain the information until it becomes a habit. Does anyone else do this?

"You better off starting imperfectly than being paralyzed by the hope or delusion of perfection" got me!

Really good video 😊

Elon Musk at the end of the video

I used to also think I have forgotten everything I have read from the self-improvement books, but then I realized that my brain have kept them and is using the informations that I need according to the situations I go through in life, so yes if someone asks me what did you learn from a specific book I cannot tell them, but I know that my brain retains and uses the information from the books in my life🥰

My favourite is the Feynman technique, named after the physicist Richard Feynman. To summarise, when you come across a quote you like, close your eyes for 30 seconds and try to recall what you've just read as many times you can. You'll find that you may not be able to recall every single word accurately but you'll get the gist of what the author was saying.

My adhd means I will have detailed recall for thinks I’m hyper focused on. But if I’m not interested in it, it will be gone almost as soon as I’ve read it.