🌱 Nobody is "bad" at names

I went to 2 events last week and somehow remembered people's names.

Here's your 3 insights in under 3 minutes.

📉 The forgetting curve

Everyone knows the learning curve.

But more useful is the forgetting curve.

Consider what happens after just 20 minutes of learning something new…

We only retain about 60% of it!

🧠 Nobody is bad at names

So how do we fight back against this steep forgetting curve?

Focus on HOW you're storing the information.

For example, everyone says they're "bad" at names.

When really they're just bad at storing that information in a way that's easy to retrieve later. (Ex: associations, saying it out loud, using imagery)

This is partially because of the generation effect which means you remember information better when you generate it.

So when it comes to consuming a newsletter, book, or podcast, I often will pause, and think to myself "how would I explain this to a friend?"

Therefore writing is also a useful tool to sharpen your thinking.

I write a sweet (imo) newsletter every week to a list of dope people who like this sort of stuff. :)

Check out the video I made on this here.

✍️ In your own words

"If you want to learn something for the long run, you have to write it down. If you want to really understand something, you have to translate it into your own words."

— Sönke Ahrens, How to Take Smart Notes

Todo bien,
Mitchell

Ps. roller coaster