Self Help Technique to Organize What Your Read in Your Mind For Memory
Posted by HarrySircofski, under Self ImprovementIf you are like me or if you are a student there is no doubt you do a ton of reading. Yet, did you know that most folks only retain about 20% of what they read. Let’s put this another way, most people forget over 80% of the things that they read. With poor statistics like that one has to ask why bother reading and why put information into text books and make students in college read it all?
Well, no matter what you do, if you are going to spend time reading, then you need to make sure you imprint the most important information to memory. Further, wouldn’t it be nice to learn how to read faster and still remember more? Sure it would but first you need to learn to be more systematic in how you read, how you scan and how you organize these thoughts you have while reading.
Memorization by association is far easier than memorization by rote memorization techniques, which is pretty much how our educational system has been set up in the past. Did you know that the average American reads about the same speed as humans did some 100-years ago? It’s true, and that is a scary thought considering how much more we need to read these days to get a degree, do a job or stay on top of things.
Interestingly enough the faster you read the more you have to concentrate on what you are doing, this increased concentration improves your ability to remember. It helps you fully engage in the activity. When reading non-fiction, it pays to stop and think after each chapter and consider how all that information relates with other things you know about. By doing this you commit this information to memorization by association.
Then once completed with the thinking, re-scan the chapters and repeat this process. Then scan the next chapter, think about it then read it. After reading it think about it, then repeat. Now re-read this article, as there will be a test on it tomorrow; just kidding.
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