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Gender:Female Country:Egypt Wish you could learn faster? Whether youre learning Spanish, a new
instrument, or a new sport, we could all benefit from accelerated learning. But the problem is, theres
only so much time in the day. The key to accelerated learning is not just putting in more hours, but
maximizing the effectiveness of the time spent learning. The Bucket And Water Analogy Lets say you
were to fill up a bucket with water. Most buckets should not have any problem retaining the water
inside, until it starts overflowing at the top. But in reality, this isnt how our brains function. In fact,
most of the information that enters our brain leaks out eventually. Instead of looking at our brains
memory as a bucket that retains everything, we should treat it for what it is: a leaking bucket. While
the leaky bucket analogy may sound like a negative connotation, its perfectly normal. Unless you were
born with a photographic memory, our brains werent designed to remember every fact, information,
or experience that we go through in our lives. How To Remember 90% Of Everything You Learn The
development of the Learning Pyramid in the 1960s widely attributed to the NTL Institute in Bethel,
Maine outlined how humans learn. As research shows, it turns out that humans remember: 5% of what
they learn when theyve learned from a lecture (i.e. university/college lectures) 10% of what they
learn when theyve learned from reading (i.e. books, articles) 20% of what they learn from audio-visual
(i.e. apps, videos) 30% of what they learn when they see a demonstration 50% of what they learn when
engaged in a group discussion. 75% of what they learn when they practice what they learned. 90% of
what they learn when they use immediately (or teach others) Yet how do most of us learn? Books,
classroom lectures, videos non-interactive learning methods that results in 80-95% of information
going in one ear and leaking out the other. The point here is that instead of forcing our brains on how
to remember more information with passive methods, we should focus our time, energy, and
resources on participatory methods that have proven to deliver more effective results, in less time.
This means that: If you want to learn how to speak a foreign language, you should focus on speaking
with native speakers and gain immediate feedback (instead of mobile apps) If you want to get in shape,
you should work with a personal fitness trainer (instead of watching Youtube workout videos) If you
want to learn a new instrument, hire a local music teacher in your city Ultimately, it comes down to
this Time Or Money? How many times have you heard someone say, I dont have time to do X Im
certainly guilty of this myself, as Ive made excuse after excuse about the lack of time I have in my
life. But time is the greatest equalizer of all. No matter who we are, where we are in the world, or
how much we strive for efficiency, there are only 24 hours in each day. Every single minute is unique,
and once its gone, it can never be regained, unlike money. You May Delay, But Time Will Not.
Benjamin Franklin So if we all have 24 hours in a day, how do we explain the success stories of young
millionaires that started from nothing, or a full-time student going from beginner to conversation
fluency in Spanish after just 3.5 months? They learned how to maximize for effectiveness instead of
only efficiency. Lets say person A spent one hour learning a language and retained 90% of what they
learned. And person B spent nine hours learning and retained 10% of what they learned. Doing simple
math, person B spent 9x more time learning than person A, only to retain the same amount of
information (A: 1 * 0.9 = B: 9 * 0.1). While the exact numbers can be debated, the lesson is clear. The
way to have more time is not to go for small wins, like watching 5-minute YouTube tutorials instead of

15-minutes, but to go for big wins, like choosing the most effective method from the beginning. Or
constantly relying on free alternatives, when investing in a premium solution can shave off months, if
not years, worth of struggles, mistakes, and most importantly, time. Its making the most out of the
limited time we have by focusing on solutions that deliver the most impact, and saying no to everything
else. The ability to retain more knowledge in an age of infinite access to information and countless
distractions is a powerful skill to achieve any goal we have faster. By learning how to remember more
information everyday, we can spend less time re-learning old knowledge, and focus on acquiring new
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