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How to Remember Important Dates and Numbers
I have been finishing up the memory techniques chapter from my book so memory has been in my mind a lot lately (no pun intended). I therefore wanted to share with you a quick and powerful technique for remembering date and numbers: An easy way to remember numbers is to make a sentence with the […]
Post Tagged with accelerated learning, brain-based learning, personal development, successful study habitsImmediately Improve Your Memory
In my last blog post, I asked you to do a simple memory test: see how many words (out of a list of 20) you can memorize in 41 seconds. If you haven’t read that post yet and taken the memory test, please click here and take the test before reading any further. Did you […]
Post Tagged with accelerated learning, brain-based learning, personal development, successful study habitsMemory Test Anyone?
The first two steps of accelerated learning involve preparing our state (mental, emotional, and physical) for learning and then acquiring the skills and knowledge using a variety of research-based learning techniques. After that, the next step of accelerated learning is making sure that the information we just learned gets stored into our long-term memory. After […]
Post Tagged with accelerated learning, brain-based learning, successful study habitsManage Your Physical and Mental Energy
As a student, one of the most important skills you can have, one that will help you succeed in school and in life, is the ability to manage your physical and mental energy. Managing your energy is all about being aware of how you are feeling both physically and mentally. Have you ever tried to […]
Post Tagged with accelerated learning, brain-based learning, life skills, preparing to learn, successful study habitsBelieve in Yourself
Do you want to know one of the keys to dramatically increasing you chances of achieving any goal or quickly learning any new skill? Of course you do, who wouldn’t. Well, here it is. One of the keys to succeeding in anything is simply the belief that you can and will succeed. To paraphrase a […]
Post Tagged with accelerated learning, brain-based learning, life skills, personal development, successful study habitsThe 5 Steps of Accelerated Learning
Although I have had this blog for almost nine months now, I just realized that I have never specifically outlined the steps of accelerated learning in any of my previous posts. Well, now is the time to change that. Presented below is a brief summary of each of the five steps of accelerated learning. 1) […]
Post Tagged with accelerated learning, brain-based learning, successful study habits5 Simple Techniques to Double Your Reading Speed
The average adult reads about 250 words per minute. This is much slower than most people are capable of reading. Using a few simple but effective techniques, it is possible to increase your reading speed to 500 words per minute or faster. The five techniques presented below will allow you to double your reading speed […]
Post Tagged with accelerated learning, brain-based learning, life skills, successful study habitsThe Four Laws of Learning
Since final exams (or Final Celebrations as I like to call them) are next week, it seems like a perfect time for a brief post on learning and the factors that affect our ability to both learn and remember. As you study for exams, you will probably notice that you have learned some subjects much […]
Post Tagged with accelerated learning, brain-based learning, successful study habitsVAK Learning Strategies
In my last post, I discussed the three primary learning styles: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. If you haven’t read it yet, please take a minute to read it so you know which of the three learning styles is your preferred style. As I mentioned previously, you can not control how material is presented to you […]
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