How to remember everything you learn/read.

I recently just finished reading one of the best books I’ve ever read. But, unfortunately, if you were to ask me right now (3 days later) what exactly this book taught me, I couldn't tell you much.
Of course, there are some people who can read a book once and retain every single piece of information in that book perfectly.

But, for many of us, the majority of information we read in a book is easily forgotten.

This is what’s known as the “forgetting curve,” which is steepest during the first 24 hours after you learn something.

Exactly how much you forget in the first 24 hours is different for each person, but unless you review the information you just learned, much of it will slip out of your brain after the first day, with more slipping out in the days after, leaving you with just a fraction of what you originally learned. This is interesting because when we read a book, we feel like we’re retaining what we’re reading.

|The information is flowing in, we’re understanding it, it’s all piecing together, but it actually doesn’t stick in our heads unless we put effort into it and concentrate and engage in certain strategies that will help us remember what we actually read|

One strategy that will help you remember what you read is what's known as The SuperMemo Model.

In the book “The Decision Book,” Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschappeler say,
"Imagine that you are learning Chinese. You have learned a word and memorized it. Without practice, over time it will become increasingly difficult to remember. The amount of time it takes for you to forget it completely can be calculated, and ideally you should be reminded of the word precisely when you are in the process of forgetting it. The more often you are reminded of the word, the longer you will remember it for. This learning programme is called The SuperMemo Model

So how do you apply The SuperMemo Model to your life? Well after you learn something, you should ideally refresh your memory of it at the following intervals: 1, 10, 30 and 60 days afterwards. Remember, information only gets reinforced the more you recall it. So if you don't occasionally review what you’ve learned, you have a good chance of easily forgetting it

|By using the The SuperMemo Model, you can easily retain any piece of information you read in a book|