@bill7713
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.
@aakashailajan
“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 🙂✌🏼
@pallavibanerjee244
“You are better off starting imperfectly than being paralysed by the hope or delusion of perfection” Loved this statement and it hit deep
@heatherlynn2845
“You’re better off starting imperfectly than being paralyzed by the hope or delusion of perfection.” I love that!
@hermes_logios
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.
@marcusatm
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.
@user-mh4ms2kl4j
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.
@sima.m07
The key to remembering anything is BEING PRESENT IN EVERY MOMENT. When you are present, the memories create themselves organically.
@Slam_24
As any university student knows, using Holiday's technique is definitely the most effective route but by far the longest. I tried his technique a year ago in university, and it worked great. By the mid-semester test, I nailed it - a 50% increase in grade from all previous tests for my courses. However, come the end of semester test, not only was I unprepared but my knowledge and notes were five whole weeks behind. Obviously this is a skill worth practicing, but just be aware that it's not easy to develop straight away. I still find myself over-highlighting and taking too many notes because almost every sentence has value. A 30 page anthropology reading quickly turns into a 3 hour expedition, and there goes my day. It's far better to accept prior to reading that, when time is on your shoulder, you won't remember everything. I'd say that it's more about reading less books but with more intention. There's often more knowledge to be learnt in a single book than the knowledge gained by reading 100 books without intention.
@amzzeyy
9:58 - 10:04 BEST QUOTE🌟 “You’re better off starting imperfectly, than being paralyzed by the hope or the delusion of perfection” --Ryan Holiday
@FaizaKhan-jk4yt
"You better off starting imperfectly than being paralyzed by the hope or delusion of perfection" got me!
@MrGraemeb2022
'It's better to start off imperfectly rather than be paralysed by the hope or delusion of perfection'. Thank you Ryan.
@shinobi9813
What works for me is to learn or study with the intention of teaching it later on. This gives the brain a real life application to memorize it better.
@agasheee
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🥰
@lightzikso
The fact that I have been doing this system without anyone telling me about it and I just created it myself as a 15 year old and seeing Ryan talking about it makes me feel creative for creating it by myself in the first place.
@melinaisminikarantonis8477
Hope i remember this video
@1WhoConquers
When I was younger, I devoured pretty much every work of fiction I could get my hands on. Fantasy, sci-fi, action adventure, westerns, whodunnit, romance, it was all good. As I got older, the idea of escapism held less and less appeal, and I got more into non-fiction. Hard core stuff like computer programming textbooks and history, but also self-help. Reading non-fiction is a VERY different experience, and to really benefit from it, I found I had to approach it with a different attitude. As in, expect to learn something. But more than that. Whether for real or just in my head, what really helped was diving into the book with the expectation that I'm going to be teaching this stuff. Whether it's a class, a book of my own, or even just a YouTube video about the book doing a review or a synopsis, bottom line is, I'm not just reading it for me. Two tools/techniques that have proved to be an incredible resource in that regard... (1) Mind Mapping, and (2) Photoreading. Plenty of content about Mindmapping already so I won't dive into it here, but basically it's doing an outline, but with pictures and doddles as much as words, and connected not in a structured way we're taught in school, but more like a neural network. You know, how your brain actually works. This really gets the mental juices flowing. Photoreading, when you just look into it lightly, almost seems like an esoteric occult-like how is this even possible technique, and that's part of why it's probably not gotten as much attention as mindmapping. But regardless of that, the useful technique that can be learned here is the preparation. Unlike fiction where you want to be surprised and entertained, with non-fiction it's a good idea to do a thorough preview of what you're about to read. Thoroughly examine and meditate on the table of contents, scan the index and glossary if there is one, do a quick page flip and get an overview of the contents of each chapter before you dive in and read the thing word-for-word. Train your brain on what to expect before you take the deep plunge and bury your nose in the pages.
@Samfolay
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.
@shivamprakash4262
Hey I remember the same thing, my father told me once about his friend who was a professor at a university and has an enormous library of cards he has more than 10k or so categorised under different topics, and whenever he has to prepare for a lecture or any public event he just takes the cards he needs with him it has all kind of stuff written in like quotes short stories diagrams of ideas with the name of books to which that idea originally belongs to and he told my father that he never had to refer to thick books again in his life as all the knowledge he gathered throughout his life is in those cards, which are his most prized possession. he did not categories them by books but by general topics.
@mattdavella