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High Intensity Learning: How to Learn Faster and Remember Everything Better

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Learning how to learn and study is the most crucial skill in this fast-changing world of information. It is truly a game-changing skill. The truth is most people don't even know that learning is a skill and can be improved. Yet, we are never taught how to learn even though we use it in almost everything and everywhere in life. If we master this skill, we will not only learn super fast; we will retain almost everything permanently with minimum time and effort. This style of learning is called High-Intensity Learning (HIL). Like High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) in exercise, which gives the maximum benefit of exercise in the least time possible, HIL gives you the ultimate advantage of learning, including rapid speed and permanent retention in the minimum time.

I learned about the science of HIL when I was a second-year medical student. I was just an average student. My learning skills were terrible at that time. I used to learn basic stuff and then forget repeatedly despite multiple repetitions, which prevented me from advancing in medicine. My process of learning at that time wasn't just slow; it was so inefficient. Because of this, I started reading tons of books on how to memorize and learn stuff in just one go, and the crazy thing was when I applied it, it worked. This would skyrocket my life to where it is today, and you can do the same. I have read almost every book and attended every course about learning, memory, and productivity, including the bestselling authors Jim Kwik, Scott Young, Jonathan Levi, Anthony Metivier, Joshua Foer, and Kevin Horsley.

Having the power to Super Learn allows me to maximize my results in the least amount of time possible. In addition, this frees up my time to follow my other passions and dreams like being a YouTuber, developing classes for medical students, and writing my book, and just like me, Learning how to learn will free a lot of your time which will allow you to achieve all your goals and dreams. 

This class is divided into three sections

1. Focus 

We will learn how to Hyper Focus, design our environment to make it effortless, and meditations for increasing the intensity of focus. 

2. Understanding 

We will take a deep dive into what it means to understand, the principles behind understanding, and how we can use it to maximize retention.

3. Remembering 

We will understand how our memory works and how we can use the format of our memory to retain information better.

I will break down the most effective techniques for memorization like Creative visualization, 2X Active Recall, The Major System, The Peg System, Spatial Learning, Speed Reading, Skimming, and Spatial Notes, which will help you retain information forever by reading it once or twice. We will forget the forgetting curve, and there will be no need for revisions for this. 

Syllabus

  • Welcome
  • Class Project
  • Hyper Focus
  • Environmental Design for Focus
  • Generating Motivation for Focus
  • Pleasure and Pain for Motivation
  • The Focus Meditation
  • Overcoming Activation Energy
  • Understanding
  • Feynman Technique
  • First Principles
  • Categorization for Understanding
  • How Our Memory Works
  • The Format of Our Memory
  • High Intensity Learning
  • High Intensity Encoding
  • The Long Term Memory Equation
  • Generating Motivation for Learning
  • Creative Visualization
  • Basic Association
  • Word Substitution
  • Chain Linking
  • Applying Chain Linking #1
  • Applying Chain Linking #2
  • Improving Vocabulary and Learning New Languages
  • Spatial Learning
  • Learning Essays with Spatial Learning
  • Memory Palace
  • The Peg System
  • Creating Your Visual Pegs
  • Creating Your Auditory Pegs
  • The Reverse Peg System
  • The Major System
  • Categorization for Remembering
  • Primacy, Recency and Pomodoro
  • 2X Active Recall
  • Hyper Reading
  • How to Speed Read Without Losing Comprehension
  • How to Take Spatial Notes
  • Conclusion

Taught by

Manik Madaan

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