Take abreak..To retain something, you have to pay attention and be deeply engaged, but after awhile, the mind wanders. Take a break evcery 30-60 minutes.
Tune out the Internet. When taking in information online, it's easy to let links and social media distract you. Get a productivity app to block these things when you're engaged.
Ignore mobile interruptions. If yo have trouble disregarding notifications, put your phone in Airplane mode or turn it off.
Link a fact to where you are. To strengthen that link, use your senses. In a coffee shop, tie the name of the person you met to the taste of your latter. In a store, link the price of an item to the song playing in the background..
Link a fact to something in your" memory palace". This is a place you dream up with memorable components--a house full of antiques, an office packed with cartoon characters. You link a fact to each component-a Latin American country each antique, for example. Thanks to our great visual and spatial....
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