The Forgotten Secrets of Memory Part 2
Part one looked at how are conscious minds in many ways are designed to forget information.
It's a very useful tool so we do not have to deal with tons of irrelevant information about our experiences.
Now thankfully we never forget to forget information and so paradoxically, we remember everything by always remembering to forget...
Anyway, let's look into the second secret of memory and see how that can shed some light on how we can improve our own memory so we can improve whatever results or grades we want to get.
Let's think driving here for a second.
Driving is an incredibly difficult skill to master and requires a huge amount of coordination from both a mental and physical side.
6 gears, 3 pedals for your 2 feet, a mountain of switches on the wheel and you need to know exactly what is in front of you, behind you, beside you and you are expected to know exactly what is in your blind spot, even though you can't see it..
..
And every time you step into and car and head out onto the road, you are putting your own life and the life of others at risk! Study in comparison to driving is incredibly easy and every time you open your maths books there is no real danger of death...
But, over time, driving becomes automatic, doesn't it.
We can hold a conversation and day dream, all the while getting where we want to go.
Driving gives us a true sense of freedom and independence and so we continue with the difficult task of learning to drive because we desire that freedom and control over our lives.
Why does driving become automatic and easy over time? Yup, easy, because we do it often.
The second secret is that we remember information that we use often.
A lethal, complicated and physically demanding task becomes easy because we do it often - and we do it often because we know the freedom and independence it will give us.
And we also ensure we do it right because the idea of wrapping yourself around a lamppost isn't the most attractive thing in the world.
Information that we use often, we will remember.
Studies show that about an hour after learning something new for the first time, we will forget about 50% of it.
During study, one of the easiest ways to learn and remember information is to recall it or use it.
Reading unfortunately does not really help retain the information and in my new EBook I go into how reading can actually train your mind to forget the information you need to remember! So to summarise Our conscious minds are designed to forget information Remember information that we use often.
It's a very useful tool so we do not have to deal with tons of irrelevant information about our experiences.
Now thankfully we never forget to forget information and so paradoxically, we remember everything by always remembering to forget...
Anyway, let's look into the second secret of memory and see how that can shed some light on how we can improve our own memory so we can improve whatever results or grades we want to get.
Let's think driving here for a second.
Driving is an incredibly difficult skill to master and requires a huge amount of coordination from both a mental and physical side.
6 gears, 3 pedals for your 2 feet, a mountain of switches on the wheel and you need to know exactly what is in front of you, behind you, beside you and you are expected to know exactly what is in your blind spot, even though you can't see it..
..
And every time you step into and car and head out onto the road, you are putting your own life and the life of others at risk! Study in comparison to driving is incredibly easy and every time you open your maths books there is no real danger of death...
But, over time, driving becomes automatic, doesn't it.
We can hold a conversation and day dream, all the while getting where we want to go.
Driving gives us a true sense of freedom and independence and so we continue with the difficult task of learning to drive because we desire that freedom and control over our lives.
Why does driving become automatic and easy over time? Yup, easy, because we do it often.
The second secret is that we remember information that we use often.
A lethal, complicated and physically demanding task becomes easy because we do it often - and we do it often because we know the freedom and independence it will give us.
And we also ensure we do it right because the idea of wrapping yourself around a lamppost isn't the most attractive thing in the world.
Information that we use often, we will remember.
Studies show that about an hour after learning something new for the first time, we will forget about 50% of it.
During study, one of the easiest ways to learn and remember information is to recall it or use it.
Reading unfortunately does not really help retain the information and in my new EBook I go into how reading can actually train your mind to forget the information you need to remember! So to summarise Our conscious minds are designed to forget information Remember information that we use often.
