Comments on: How to Learn Without Memorizing

By: Frank Latimore

Frank Latimore — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:22:46 +0000

This will help me a lot. Thank you very much.

By: shakhina yasmin

shakhina yasmin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:41:06 +0000

very very helpful. i need to know more.

By: arvind

arvind — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:52:06 +0000

this is simply superb

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:56:32 +0000

Great post! thank you very much sir!

By: Sami gansah

Sami gansah — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:26:46 +0000

I like the seventy persent rule. Goes well with me.

By: Rae Ann

Rae Ann — Sat, 07 May 2011 20:50:47 +0000

Hey no sweat, this helps to open new ideas up. Up and away we go to a world of discovery.

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By: Shriram

Shriram — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:18:13 +0000

Hi
Thanks a lot. It was very helpful. I am a mild spastic with a learning difficulty. I was switching between fields due to difficulty in remembering things that I learn. I tried Yoga & Meditation but in vain. I tried out techniques mentioned in other websites but they were not very helpful. Your instructions are clear. Good work !! Keep it up.

Regards
Shriram

By: Suyog B. Patil

Suyog B. Patil — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:17:28 +0000

i enjoyed it, but i will try the above things and get results first.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:22:24 +0000

Useful article thanks!

I would add one more idea that isn’t exactly a learning technique, but connects learning to using the information learned. I call it percolation.

Many people have observed that during sleep, the days thoughts/experiences get organized and filed away in some systematic way. I suspect this is why people who suffer from sleep deprivation get so crazy, since they miss the opportunity for the brain to make sense of itself.

Anyway, my corollary to the sleep process is a routine that I try to follow at least several mornings a week. That is to do wakeful percolation. I simple lay down in a quiet, comfortable, dark space for 10-20 minutes and just relax. I’m not one to meditate, but probably would work even better if you have that background. For me, it allows all those thoughts that got filed away during sleep to come back out and to then cross reference each other and blam – new idea or insight.

Sometimes I try to direct what topic I aim towards, but more often I just wait for “stuff” to come to me. This is a much more passive process than the suggestions above, but I think would dovetail nicely. The usefulness of the insights I’ve gained during these quiet moments can’t be overstated. I think because the rest of my time is so hectic, this process helps with integrating the input overload that is daily life for most of us.