The Most Powerful Way To Remember Everything You Read - Jordan Peterson
Summary
TLDRThe speaker discusses their memory technique, akin to the ancient 'memory castle' method, to prepare for lectures by visualizing a pathway through the central topic, supported by stories and facts. They emphasize the importance of active recall in learning, suggesting students should read, write down what they remember, and associate new knowledge with personal experiences to internalize it. The speaker also advises creating a study schedule to avoid last-minute cramming, highlighting the effectiveness of spaced repetition and active summarization over passive reading.
Takeaways
- 🔍 The speaker does not have a photographic memory and does not organize information by page numbers.
- 🤔 The speaker prepares for a lecture by meditating to identify the central topic and a pathway through the argument.
- 🏰 The speaker uses a 'memory castle' technique to remember points and stories, visualizing them in a known place like a house.
- 📚 The importance of turning what you're learning into images for better memory retention is emphasized.
- 📝 After studying, it's recommended to write down what you've learned to practice remembering, which aids in knowledge retention.
- 💭 The act of recalling information is crucial for remembering and making the material readily available for use.
- 🌟 To improve learning, associate new knowledge with problems you're currently trying to solve, making the information your own.
- 📅 The speaker advises students to create a study plan and use a scheduler to manage their university career effectively.
- 🚫 Cramming for long hours is not effective; instead, study in shorter, more focused sessions with breaks.
- 💤 Studying and then sleeping helps with memory retention more than continuous studying without rest.
- ✍️ Summarizing what you've read without looking at the book is a useful technique for reinforcing memory.
- 🚫 Highlighting in a book is not as useful as actively engaging with the material through reading, closing the book, and summarizing.
Q & A
Does the speaker claim to have a photographic memory?
-No, the speaker explicitly states that they do not have a photographic memory.
How does the speaker prepare for a lecture?
-The speaker sits down for about 20 minutes with eyes closed to determine the central topic and pathway of the lecture, including the main argument and possible branches.
What technique does the speaker compare their memory process to?
-The speaker compares their memory process to the 'memory castle' technique, which involves associating memories with specific locations in a familiar place.
What is the speaker's method for remembering points during a lecture?
-The speaker associates each point with a collection of stories and facts to make the point interesting and memorable.
What advice does the speaker give for effective studying?
-The speaker advises to study, then write down or recall what was learned without looking at the book, as practicing remembering helps to solidify the information.
How does the speaker suggest students should approach their university career?
-The speaker suggests treating the university career like a full-time job, using a scheduler to plan out studying and assignments to avoid last-minute cramming.
Why does the speaker believe cramming is an ineffective way of studying?
-Cramming is ineffective because it requires prolonged periods of concentration that are difficult to maintain, and it does not allow for the beneficial spacing out of study sessions and sleep cycles that aid in memory retention.
What does the speaker suggest is a more effective method than highlighting for studying?
-The speaker suggests that reading, closing the book, and summarizing the material without opening the book is a more effective method than just highlighting.
What is the importance of making knowledge your own according to the speaker?
-Making knowledge your own is important because it changes the structure through which you view the world and alters the way you think, which in turn affects how you converse and engage with the material.
What is the 'plan of attack' the speaker recommends for students?
-The 'plan of attack' involves creating a detailed study schedule, including assignment deadlines, and setting aside specific times for studying to ensure a structured and organized approach to learning.
How does the speaker describe the process of turning knowledge into images for better memory retention?
-The speaker describes the process as imagining a familiar place, like a house, and placing the things to remember at different locations within it, turning the information into images that can be 'walked through' to recall the memories.
Outlines
📚 Memory Techniques and Lecture Preparation
The speaker denies having a photographic memory and describes their process of preparing for lectures. They mention a methodical approach to identify the central topic and pathway of the lecture, akin to the 'memory castle' technique. This involves visualizing a familiar place and associating lecture points with different locations within it. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of practicing recall to solidify memory, suggesting that students should write down what they've learned to reinforce their memory. Additionally, they recommend creating a study plan and using a scheduler to manage university work effectively.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Photographic Memory
💡Lecture Preparation
💡Central Topic
💡Memory Palace
💡Mnemonic Device
💡Studying Techniques
💡Recall
💡Knowledge Internalization
💡Cramming
💡Spaced Repetition
💡Summarizing
Highlights
The speaker does not possess a photographic memory and relies on a methodical approach to prepare for lectures.
A 20-minute meditation session helps to determine the central topic and pathway of a lecture.
The importance of identifying the main question to be addressed in a lecture is emphasized.
A technique similar to the 'memory castle' method is used to organize and remember lecture content.
Transforming information into images and placing them in a familiar location aids memory retention.
The speaker's method of adding and rearranging information in their 'memory castle' is described.
The value of practicing remembering through writing down or recalling information is highlighted.
Associating new knowledge with personal problems can enhance understanding and retention.
The act of recalling information is crucial for embedding it into memory.
Students are advised to create a study plan and use a scheduler for effective learning.
Treating university education like a full-time job increases the likelihood of success.
Cramming for exams is an ineffective study method due to limited concentration spans.
Spacing out study sessions with sleep in between enhances memory retention.
Highlighting is not as effective as summarizing without the book for learning retention.
The recommendation for students to develop a plan of attack for their courses is reiterated.
Using a Google Calendar or similar tool can help in strategizing and managing study time.
The ineffectiveness of prolonged study sessions without breaks is discussed.
Transcripts
would you say you have some kind of a
photographic memory a little bit or no
no no no not at all not at all so all
these books you are you the kind that
you can say page 73 no I don't organize
myself that way usually before a lecture
Al this is the hard part and I can do a
lecture without doing this but it's
better if I do this this is the hard
part I'll sit down for 20 minutes with
my eyes closed and I figure out what the
what the central topic is so there's
always a question what's the question
I'm trying to address in this lecture
and then I'll figure out a pathway
through it it's like okay well here's
the argument here's point one here's
Point 2 here's point three and there's
possible branches off those and then
with each point I usually have a
collection of stories and facts that I
can use to make the point and and to
butress it and to make it interesting
and so it's kind of like this technique
called memory castle that people have
used for centuries to remember things
and so what you do is you you sit and
you you imagine a might be a place that
you know like a lit a geographic place a
house and then you can place place the
things that you remember imagine you
walk through the house you can place the
things that you want to remember at
different locations in the house but you
have to you have to turn what you're
remembering into an image and then you
can walk through the house and and you
can lift things up and find what it is
that you're trying to remember I sort of
do that with this Theory I know the
story and I know its branches and I keep
adding to it and adding to it and
shifting pieces around from time to time
and so that's how I remember things this
is also a very useful hint for studying
like if you're studying it you have to
remember what you want to do is study
and then you want to write down what you
just learned so you read a paragraph you
close the book and you write down what
you remember or you read a chapter and
you close the book and you write down
what you remember or at least you sit
there and you try to remember because
the way you remember is by practicing
remembering okay so if you're reading
and you want to use it in conversation
and you have to think about what you
read you have to put it in your own
words it's off often help to close the
book and write it down or to associate
it with some problem that you're uh
currently trying to solve you have to
take the knowledge and make it your own
and then and then that alters the
structure through which you look at the
world and that changes the way that you
think so that when you have a
conversation the next time that you're
going to have the conversation in a
different way so merely reading isn't
enough you have you have to read and
think and recall and it's the AC of
recalling that produces the remembering
and it's that act of remembering that
puts that material at hand for you one
of the things that I would
recommend that you do as students um in
this course and and maybe in every
course speaking of industriousness is
come up with a plan of attack for the
course and use a scheduler you know if
you treat your University career like a
full-time job you're much more likely to
succeed so for example if you sat down
today or tomorrow for a couple of hours
three hours and you filled in a Google
Calendar whatever you happen to use with
a a strategy for studying and a list of
when all your assignments are due and
all of that and when you're going to sit
down and study then you won't be in a
position where you have to cram for 10
hours a day hopelessly right before you
know an important exam it's also a very
ineffective way of studying by the way I
mean first of all people who cram for 10
hours say they're studying for 10 hours
but they rarely are because well I can't
study for 10 hours I don't have the of
concentration that would enable me to do
that for that prolonged period of time I
can manage about 3 hours of intense
intellectual activity before I'm pretty
done and it's also the case that if you
study and then sleep and then study and
then sleep and then study and then sleep
you space it out then you're much more
likely to remember you're much more
likely to remember if you try to recall
the material and so highlighting in that
sort of thing isn't very useful but
reading closing the book summarizing
what you've read without opening the
damn book that's
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