How to Learn Anything Fast and Remember it

How to learn anything fast and remember it: We live in a time when almost everything is competitive. To remain relevant in what we do, we not only need to acquire new skills and knowledge but to do so at a fast pace. The ability to learn anything fast is an asset to all categories of people: students, workers, business people, sportsmen, and women, etc. This article will provide some suggested ways of learning anything fast.

Note-taking (handwriting)

Writing down what you are learning is a good way to learn fast. The method of writing being advocated here isn’t typing on a laptop or computer desktop, but handwriting. Research has confirmed that there is a strong mental relationship with what we are studying whenever we write. We grasp knowledge faster when we write compared to when we merely listen to what is taught.

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Summary technique

Closely related to the note-taking technique is the summary technique. When you write a summary of whatever information you have received, you learn it faster because it will be easier for you to retain and recall information that has been paraphrased or reframed in your words. We have already said that there is a strong relationship between handwriting information and fast learning. By summarising knowledge acquired, you internalize it faster than you can imagine.

Employ music if necessary.

For some people, learning anything fast without music in the background is an impossibility. They will neither concentrate nor be receptive to the information being offered to them. Such people have reported that by listening to music while learning, they are kept immune to the stress and anxiety associated with learning certain things. Hence, some background music makes them relaxed and confident of their imminent productivity. When this happens, they learn very fast.

Teach others.

If you want to learn anything fast, begin to teach what you already know about that thing. If it’s a skill, get someone or a group of people and begin to teach them what little knowledge you’ve acquired about the skill or subject. The more you do that, the more your mind is structured to acquire more knowledge and attain mastery of the skill/subject. Since you are obligated to pass the knowledge of that skill or subject on to others, you indirectly put yourself under some kind of healthy pressure not just to learn but to learn fast. This is so because human psychology is averse to embarrassment, humiliation or failure to deliver on some expectation, especially from those you are expected to teach.

Intermittent break/rest

The brain functions best after it has been refreshed through breaks. Taking intermittent breaks or what some call study breaks can enable you to learn fast. When your brain is relaxed, your level of concentration is enhanced. So, take some time to either sleep or engage in leisurely activities that can bring relaxation to your brain. Overworking does not only slow down your pace of learning but also your productivity.

Use visual aids.

Some people are visual learners and they tend to learn faster compared to when they are taught using only audio means. Such students respond to visual messages faster than they do to text-only materials. Visual images provoke our cognitive abilities and they are highly effective in ensuring that pieces of information get stored in the brain, especially for a long time. When we incorporate visual learning into what we do, we tend to learn fast.

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