Jim Kwik Episodes

Kwik Brain Episode 19: Speed Study Secrets (Not Taught In School)

STOP DOING 1. Do not multitask. 2. Eliminate distractions 3. Stop cramming. Take breaks between study session and sleep enough. 4. Akraisia or acracy, is described as a lack of self-control or the state of acting against one's better judgment. Do not act against yourself. Stick with behavior and commitments.   START DOING 1. Active recall Don't re-read texts and chapters. Recall and recite all you remember. Recognizing happens when re reading. Focus on recollection and quiz yourself. 2. Spaced repetition.  Intervals, review an hour later, a day later, a week later.  3. Use sense of smell. Study in room where you'll take the exam. You can take the environment with you. Scent can help with that, must be unique. Pepper mint rosemary. 4. Listen to music Baroque music it's 60 beats for minute music, alpha state. 7 Sharpen the saw.