How to Remember Everything You Read (what no one explains)

Summary

Durante años, el creador del video se frustraba al no poder retener lo que estudiaba, hasta que se dio cuenta de que no procesaba la información de manera inteligente. En el video, comparte un método de tres pasos para leer y codificar información de manera efectiva: identificar el significado, categorizar la información y luego relacionarla con otros conocimientos. Además, destaca la importancia de crear mapas mentales para mejorar la retención. También menciona herramientas y recursos útiles, como la newsletter gratuita 'Study Scoop' y la plataforma Cify para estudiar de forma más eficiente.

Takeaways

• 📚 La repetición sin procesamiento inteligente de la información no ayuda a retenerla a largo plazo.
• 🧠 Es importante procesar la información de manera inteligente para que se grabe en la memoria.
• 📩 El video presenta una newsletter gratuita llamada 'Study Scoop' con consejos de estudio y recursos adicionales.
• 🔍 La comprensión de la información debe comenzar con una lectura superficial para entender la estructura general y los términos clave.
• 🔑 Identificar el significado de las palabras y conceptos es el primer paso para comprender un tema.
• 🌳 Categorizar la información en un modelo mental ayuda a retener y recordar la información.
• 🧩 Relacionar la nueva información con conocimientos previos es crucial para reforzar la memoria.
• 📝 Crear mapas mentales puede ser una herramienta poderosa para relacionar y recordar la información.
• 📊 Utilizar herramientas como mapas mentales permite organizar y visualizar la información de manera efectiva.
• ⏳ Invertir tiempo en crear un modelo básico de los temas antes de leer en profundidad facilita el aprendizaje y la retención.

Q & A

¿Cuál era el problema principal en la forma de estudio del orador antes de mejorar su método?

El problema principal era que solo leía la información, tomaba notas y la releía esperando que se memorizara automáticamente, sin procesarla de manera efectiva.

¿Cuáles son los tres pasos exactos que el orador utiliza para procesar la información de manera inteligente?

Los tres pasos son: 1) Identificar el significado de lo que se está leyendo, 2) Categorizar la información para saber cómo encaja en el modelo mental, y 3) Relacionar la información nueva con otros conocimientos previos.

¿Qué recomienda el orador hacer antes de leer detalladamente un texto complejo?

Recomienda hacer una lectura superficial o esquemática del capítulo completo para entender los conceptos básicos, identificar palabras clave y cómo está estructurado el contenido.

¿Qué es el ‘Study Scoop’ mencionado en el video?

‘Study Scoop’ es un boletín informativo gratuito que envía consejos de estudio, guías en PDF, plantillas y recursos para mejorar las habilidades de estudio de manera inteligente.

¿Por qué es importante categorizar la información mientras se lee?

Es importante porque ayuda a que el cerebro reconozca la relevancia de la información y facilita su memorización al integrarla en un modelo mental existente.

¿Qué herramienta menciona el orador como útil para acelerar el procesamiento de la información?

El orador menciona ‘Cify’, una herramienta que puede resumir grandes cantidades de material, crear guías de estudio y generar exámenes de prueba, simulando un tutor personalizado.

¿Cómo utiliza el orador los mapas mentales en su método de estudio?

El orador crea mapas mentales con la información básica y luego relaciona los nuevos conocimientos con esos mapas mentales, lo que facilita la comprensión y retención de la información.

¿Cuáles son los dos métodos principales que usa el orador para relacionar nueva información en su mente?

Los dos métodos son: 1) Pensar en la importancia de lo que se está leyendo y visualizar cómo funciona, y 2) Utilizar mapas mentales preexistentes para conectar rápidamente la nueva información.

¿Qué se recomienda hacer para crear un mapa mental efectivo desde el principio?

Se recomienda realizar una lectura superficial de los temas relacionados, pensar en cómo se conectan y cómo visualmente se pueden representar en un mapa mental con un concepto central.

¿Cuál es la idea principal que el orador quiere transmitir sobre el aprendizaje y la lectura efectiva?

La idea principal es que se necesita un modelo básico del tema para poder conectar la nueva información, lo que facilita el aprendizaje, la comprensión y la retención de manera eficiente.

Outlines

00:00

🧠 Cómo aprender de manera efectiva: Reflexiones sobre métodos de estudio

El autor reflexiona sobre su antiguo método de estudio, que consistía en leer, tomar notas y releer con la esperanza de memorizar la información. Tras años de frustración y análisis de sus técnicas de estudio, el autor identifica que el problema no era la falta de esfuerzo, sino la manera en que procesaba la información. En este video, se propone mostrar un enfoque más inteligente para estudiar, compartiendo tres pasos clave que ha perfeccionado a lo largo de su experiencia académica. Además, invita a los espectadores a unirse a su newsletter gratuita 'Study Scoop' para recibir consejos y recursos adicionales para mejorar sus habilidades de estudio.

05:00

📚 Paso 1: Comprender el significado general de lo que lees

El primer paso en el método de estudio es identificar el significado general del texto antes de profundizar en los detalles. El autor recomienda leer por encima todo el capítulo para familiarizarse con las secciones y los términos clave, y luego buscar el significado de los términos desconocidos. Este enfoque permite construir una base sólida antes de profundizar en el contenido específico, facilitando la comprensión global del tema.

10:02

🔍 Herramientas y técnicas para optimizar el estudio: Introducción a Crify

Antes de pasar al tercer paso, el autor presenta Crify, una herramienta diseñada para hacer el proceso de estudio más eficiente. Crify permite a los estudiantes cargar materiales y generar guías de estudio personalizadas, resúmenes y exámenes simulados. El autor destaca la utilidad de Crify, especialmente para materias como matemáticas, química y física, donde ofrece preguntas similares pero con variables diferentes para mejorar la comprensión y la práctica.

🌳 Paso 3: Relacionar la información con otros conceptos

El tercer paso en el proceso de estudio es relacionar la nueva información con conceptos previamente aprendidos. El autor sugiere utilizar mapas mentales para conectar ideas, lo que facilita la retención y comprensión de los temas. Explica cómo este método le ha ayudado a recordar mejor los temas que ha estudiado y destaca la importancia de crear estos mapas después de una primera lectura superficial del tema. Además, comparte su experiencia personal sobre cómo la creación de mapas mentales le ha permitido integrar y reforzar el conocimiento de manera efectiva y rápida.

Keywords

💡Procesar información

Se refiere a la forma en que el cerebro maneja y organiza el conocimiento adquirido. En el video, se menciona que el problema del estudiante no era la falta de estudio, sino la manera en que procesaba la información. Esto subraya la importancia de abordar el aprendizaje de manera inteligente y estructurada para retener mejor el conocimiento.

💡Aprender en capas

Es un concepto clave que describe cómo el cerebro humano adquiere y entiende la información de manera gradual y progresiva. En el video, se sugiere que el aprendizaje debe comenzar con una comprensión básica antes de profundizar en los detalles. Este enfoque en capas ayuda a construir una base sólida de conocimiento que se puede expandir y consolidar con el tiempo.

💡Mapa mental

Es una herramienta visual utilizada para organizar información de manera estructurada, conectando ideas y conceptos. En el video, se promueve el uso de mapas mentales como una forma efectiva de relacionar nueva información con conocimientos previos, facilitando así la retención y el entendimiento del material de estudio.

💡Curiosidad natural

Hace referencia al interés innato que uno puede sentir hacia ciertos temas o conceptos. En el video, se menciona que, al leer, es beneficioso seguir la curiosidad natural hacia temas que atraen más la atención, lo cual mantiene el interés y facilita el aprendizaje.

💡Categorizar información

Se refiere al proceso de organizar y clasificar los datos para entender cómo encajan en un modelo mental más amplio. En el video, se destaca que después de identificar el significado de lo que se está leyendo, es crucial categorizar la información para que el cerebro pueda recordarla de manera más efectiva.

💡Modelo mental

Es una representación interna que una persona construye para entender y organizar el conocimiento sobre un tema específico. En el video, se menciona la importancia de tener un modelo mental del tema que se está estudiando para poder relacionar y retener mejor la nueva información.

💡Visualización

Es la técnica de crear imágenes mentales para entender y memorizar información. En el video, se sugiere que la visualización puede ser útil para comprender cómo un anticuerpo específico funciona en el cuerpo, aunque no siempre es necesario profundizar en este nivel de detalle cuando se busca capturar la idea general.

💡Primera lectura

Es el proceso inicial de revisar un texto rápidamente para obtener una visión general de su contenido. En el video, se recomienda una primera lectura superficial para familiarizarse con la estructura y los conceptos clave antes de profundizar en los detalles.

💡Relación entre temas

Se refiere a la conexión entre diferentes conceptos o temas dentro de un campo de estudio. En el video, se subraya la importancia de establecer relaciones entre los temas al leer, lo cual ayuda a consolidar el conocimiento y a mejorar la retención de la información.

💡Skimming

Es una técnica de lectura rápida que permite captar las ideas principales de un texto sin leerlo en detalle. En el video, se recomienda practicar el 'skimming' para obtener un panorama general del tema y familiarizarse con los términos y secciones clave antes de profundizar en la lectura.

Highlights

Realizing that rereading notes without processing information is ineffective.

Understanding the importance of processing information in a smart way for better retention.

Introduction to a three-step method for reading and encoding information effectively.

Importance of skimming the entire chapter to understand the layout and key terms before diving into details.

The brain learns in layers; understanding basics first is crucial for deeper comprehension.

Categorizing information helps in fitting it into a mental model, enhancing memory retention.

Relating new information to existing knowledge or mind maps strengthens understanding.

Using mind maps as a powerful tool to connect and remember information.

Creating mind maps after skimming to structure knowledge visually.

Linking specific facts to broader concepts through mind maps accelerates learning.

Emphasizing that relating information quickly to a pre-existing mind map enhances retention.

The significance of a basic model or structure for topics to facilitate learning and retention.

Mind mapping as a core technique for students, particularly in complex subjects like medicine.

Encouraging viewers to subscribe for more content on efficient studying methods.

Final takeaway: Simplified three-step method to identify, categorize, and relate information for effective studying.

Transcripts

for the longest time I used to just read

the information make notes and then keep

rereading it magically hoping that

somehow it would stick in my head and

then when I couldn't remember it later

I'd get annoyed at myself or not

studying hard enough or not repeating

the topics enough or maybe I was just

dumb but the problem wasn't that I

wasn't studying hard enough it was

simply because I was not processing what

I was reading in a smart way and that is

what I'm going to show you how to do in

this video because I know that you're

stuck there too after analyzing the way

I studied for the last six plus years of

education these are the three exact

steps that include every action I take

and every thought that I have while I

read from the second I Lay My Eyes on

the page all the way to getting the

information imprinted in my brain and by

the way if you want to improve this

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way one of the highest yield study

skills that I mentioned in there is

exactly this topic learning how to read

and encode information effectively so

that you remember it forever or at least

for a long time number one identify the

meaning of what you're reading let me

read a bit from my online textbook and

you can see rum arthritis is a chronic

systemic autoimmune disorder

characterized by symmetrical

inflammation of the sinovial joints

leading to Progressive joint destruction

disability and extra articular

manifestations now that's a lot of big

words well most of you be able to

understand this on your first read

probably not so when there's a lot to

read there's a lot to go through what is

the best way to do this I say it in

almost every video and I will say it

again and again until it's stuck in

everyone's heads our brains learn in

layers that is how we understand

information and there is no other way so

if I don't know what those words mean if

I can't don't have a base for any of

this stuff then I will not be able to

remember learn nothing and what this

means is that we need to know what the

basics are first we can't just be

focusing on this sentence by sentence we

need to skim through this entire chapter

right at the start and then while you're

skimming if you don't know the meanings

of the headings or the keywords look

them up because the goal of skimming is

just to figure out what the words mean

and how this entire chapter is laid out

how is it divided what are its sections

what do each of the sections include you

don't need to read everything or

understand it perfectly or dive into the

details just the basics and then after

the schim you can go back to these

sections and start reading again and see

what happens see I'm going to read the

rheumatoid arthritis sentence again

actually um this this first sentence is

useless now that I've skimmed it I know

how everything is laid out what I'm

going to do is I'm going to to go and

start reading about what my mind is

naturally curious with which also keeps

me interested if the disease is boring

all right I'm going to go to the

diagnosis section cuz I'm curious about

that in R arthritis how do you actually

figure it out if you have it look at the

r factor and okay let's look at this

antibody a anti-ccp antibody is one of

the tests you do to check if you have

room th arthritis ra it's more specific

for ra than room th factor is even

though it's legit called room to factor

you see I didn't even have to read that

fully we are now not clueless we've

understood the basics of it in this

moment I've read this I'm not looking at

any of the complex words I don't I don't

know what anti-tnf therapy is whatever

I'm just looking at what I specifically

need to know at this point which is what

this test is and why I need to know it

but as you can see that's not enough

only knowing this fact is not enough you

only know it in isolation what people

naturally do at this point is that they

just try and repeat and memorize this

fact for sin in okay anti-ccp antibody

95% uh specific for room th room th

arthritis better than room th Factor

blah and that's never how it's going

actually stick in so next step two what

I very naturally do at this point is

categorize the information that I'm

looking at to see where this specific

bit about the anti CCP antibody goes in

my head how is it specifically relevant

to this disease as you identify the

meaning of the specific words in this

sentence your second thought should be

very quickly very naturally it should be

how does this fit into my mental model

of the topic because only once you tell

your brain this is relevant you need to

remember this will it actually remember

it and categorizing it in the topic is

the easiest way that I found to do that

so if this topic was a tree which branch

would it be coming off of for rumod

arthritis this obviously would hang off

the investigations branch is the second

test you do is 90 to 95% specific for

ra8 a couple more related facts come

along those with leaves of the branches

nice just keep in mind very basic you

don't think about it too deeply about

exactly where it's fitting in the topic

you just need a basic idea of where to

put it in the topic so that it makes the

next step easier now for the final step

where we solidify it in our head in the

best way possible but before we get into

that final step where everything we're

reading clicks into place a tool that

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use it take advantage and let's get back

to the final part of this method step

three relating the information how can

we relate the information that we

briefly understood into our brain well

there's pretty much two ways that I've

been linking the information in my head

for years now but the second way is more

recent and it's what I've been doing 99%

of the time and it's worked wonders

especially for this stage of your

reading when you're just at the start

the first thing that you could do is

think of the importance of what you're

reading what does this antibody actually

do in the body why is it specific for ra

and then you visualize how it actually

works and why it's increasing with this

disease this is very helpful but at this

stage of reading the topic it is so slow

and my goal isn't to perfectly

understand every aspect of how this

antibod is working right now it's to get

the big picture the general concepts for

me right now as a student clinician I

need to understand how the patient's

journey is working as they're going

through this disease I don't want to be

diving into the details wasting time and

putting my brain power into

understanding how anti CCP antibodies

work it's not saw something that's super

relevant to creating that big picture

and also it's never going to be tested

so what if I told you you could have a

base that you could link this

information to very quickly without

having to fully understand without

having to fully create this visual story

in your head about the antibody what if

you had already created a mind map with

all the basic information of not just

rheumatoid arthritis but septic reactive

and osteoarthritis now think about how

easily this information might stick in

your head because I made this mind map a

few days ago and you can clearly see how

the patient Pathways drawn out anti CCV

is the second step when it comes to

testing for rheum arthritis oh nice in

comparison I don't think osteoarthritis

has these antibody tests you can

diagnose it clinically but in comparison

I remember on my mind map septic

arthritis does have these antibody tests

RF and an that are test and it makes

sense that none of the others Ed this

specific antibody testing because again

remember it was 90 to 995 specific for

rular arthritis did you see what I just

did there obviously saying it out loud

took a lot longer but in seconds I've

linked everything in my head I've linked

the spefic specific piece of knowledge

to a mind map of the basics that I built

like 5 days ago I related this specific

fact this new thing that I've just read

to other topics to other diagnosis tests

of other related diseases and the way

that will stick in my head in this stage

nothing compares to that Nothing

Compares considering how easy that was

now imagine you were linking all of the

topics processes details Etc as you were

reading through them to this initial

mind map imagine how easy it would be

not just to remember the specific fact

but relating it to the everything else

reinforces all the other knowledge on

the Mind map as well and all it takes

are seconds of me just thinking about

okay where would this go on my initial

mind map okay oh this is different or

this is similar from the other things on

there how can I relate it a bit more

it's so quick out of all the topics that

I learned in my third year of medicine

the ones that I remember the best were

the ones that I made mind maps for and

the ones that I continuously refer to

those mind maps back to in my head let's

say you're you're convinced that making

mind maps is the way forward now when do

you create these mind maps in the first

place ideally you do it after you've

skimmed and like primed yourself with

the topic for the very first time while

you're skimming three or so related

diseases reading more about it think

about how they're all related together

how can you work to visually relate them

on your mindmap in a simple in a simple

way what is that one central idea that

one Central image that could be in that

center of the Mind map how can we

connect things off of it and how can we

connect those things as well for the

diseases that I was talking and I

realized that they all affect our joint

in some way or the other so what I did

was I made a drawing of the joint in the

middle of the Mind map like half of it

having like no cartilage half it having

filled with like fluid and and the

macras ETC fully inflamed again it

sounds simple when I say now oh all of

the arthritis diseases are related to

The Joint obviously put the joint in the

middle of the page but it actually

required me to think about it the the

basics and how the diseases worked for

several minutes to skim through the

topics 15 minutes each of them and then

to put a lot of thought into how this

mind map would be structured and the

thing is this is the part that people

get stuck on it's hard to relate the

topics together right at the start when

you have basically no knowledge about

them but this is the best way to learn

while you read in the fastest way as

well so that you don't have to keep

rereading the stuff or get stuck or not

remember anything the overall idea that

I want you to take away from this video

is that you need a basic model of the

topic or all of the Rel the topics

together to then link the new

information that you're reading to if

there was a study hack that I could sell

that is what it would be to actually get

good at creating mind maps because I

know this might just be your

introduction to it you might not have

done much in the past I'm giving you

full steps in this video with a live

version of me actually making the Mind

map from the information never having

looked at it before skimming in front of

you writing the keywords down thinking

of how I'm going to structure everything

in this full video and I go through

three topics by the away in less than 30

minutes anyways I really hope that this

video helps shed some light on how to

actually read and learn while you're

reading cuz I was getting quite a few

comments about it in the last few weeks

hopefully the the idea of encoding I've

simplified it down to three steps

identifying the meaning of it

categorizing it and then relating it I

hope that idea has simplified in your

head and now you can consciously think

about it while you're reading subscribe

spam the comments down below and I will

see you in the next one