Great question! In my view, hyperthymesia might sound cool, but it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Remembering everything takes a lot of energy, and it shows that the brain isn’t doing a great job of sorting out what really matters. Plus, it can make people mentally rigid, which is a problem when you need to think on your feet and be flexible. Scott Small’s book Forgetting dives into this, explaining how forgetting is actually super important for thinking clearly and staying mentally sharp. Sometimes, forgetting stuff is what helps us focus on what really counts.

Thanks for the question.Verbatim memorisation can be helpful in situations like a stage musical, singing, theatre, or acting where large chunks of words must be recalled and order is important. In my opinion, I think verbatim memory works best when tied to meaningful structures and achored around meaningful cues (e.g., images, places, people that you're already familiar with and emotionally connected to). Schemas-mental models that help us organise information-play a key role. Just like how we remember song lyrics through rhythm and beat (e.g., the alphabet song), each part acts as a cue for the next. The method of loci taps into this by placing information within a vivid, familiar mental map. The key to building an effective memory palace is making the locations and imagery as meaningful and engaging as possible. You've also got the usual stuff that i've covered in other sections of my channel e.g., strategies such as elaborative rehearsal, spaced practice, interleaving, and retrieval practice help reinforce learning and make it stick. If I get some time, I'll try to make a video on this in the near future.

@@powerfullearninghub thanks for answering- looking forward to that video.

Thanks for sharing @JoshFoster-l7t There seems to be a lot of redundancy built into the SMART(er) acronyms and I think it’s mainly because it’s more “memeable” when put into a catchy manner. But this doesn’t mean that it’s the most helpful. Edwin Locke’s work on goal setting is key here - his work shows the most benefit comes from being “specific and difficult”, “controllable”, and then summarizes this with “challenging yet attainable”. But what does this mean? He and his colleagues then break down goals into outcome and process related goals, and this is where higher levels of specificity, such as written goals, come into play. Specific in this context means setting down a process of actionable steps that will help you achieve your outcome. We all want to get an A+ or 100% on the test, to get the job, to win the race, but it’s the steps that we take in advance of that will determine who achieves this goal. This is often distinguished as learning “mastery” goals vs. achievement goals in educational literature. This is where the lions share of power comes from in goal setting. The rest is simply icing on the cake. Also note that goal setting is not to be confused with motivation. If you’re interested in that, I would also recommend checking out one of my colleagues’ work, Richard Ryan, on self determination theory. I’ll try to cover this topic of motivation in a future video.

Thanks! They’re excellent suggestions. I own both of these books. Let me know if you’d like me to do a book review and summary of each of them. I’d be happy to.

@@powerfullearninghub Yes, please go ahead I am happy to hear it. A few things I have observed based on most self-help books whether it be financial help like the intelligent investor or books recommended by Warren Buffett or science of learning like Make it stick or Uncommon Sense they don't offer tailored solution. They show how these rich and smart people got rich or became "successful" but most of them don't allow any tailored system approach that it will work 99% of the time and what tailored approach I can take that will help me or you? I don't see it in most books it's all same structure and wonderful discussion but there is no accountability, no actions to take can provide concrete solutions, approaches and skill developing and going past the foundation knowledge. What are your thoughts on that? There are videos out there disproving the retrieval practice and spatial repetition or pomodoro technique as it doesn't allow people mastery for a skill as well. But what I found out is that they are nothing more than clickbait titles/thumbnails trying to get more views.

@@powerfullearninghub Yes, please go ahead I am happy to hear it. A few things I have observed based on most self-help books whether it be financial help like the intelligent investor or books recommended by Warren Buffett or science of learning like Make it stick or Uncommon Sense they don't offer tailored solution. They show how these rich and smart people got rich or became "successful" but most of them don't allow any tailored system approach that it will work 99% of the time and what tailored approach I can take that will help me or you? I don't see it in most books it's all same structure and wonderful discussion but there is no accountability, no actions to take can provide concrete solutions, approaches and skill developing and going past the foundation knowledge. What are your thoughts on that? There are videos out there disproving the retrieval practice and spatial repetition or pomodoro technique as it doesn't allow people mastery for a skill as well. You may disagree with me.

@@powerfullearninghubHi I just finished listening to the book, was wondering what chapters do you think are the most importance that u think?

@@satchrules101 If you're referring to the book in this comment thread (Powerful Teaching) I would say Chapter 5, Engage Students with Feedback-Driven Metacognition because highlights the importance of the teacher in helping their students to self-regulate their learning. If you're referring to Make It Stick, then my personal favourite is Chapter 2, To Learn, Retrieve. It's a really nice entry into the efortful and active role required by the learner to get the most out of their study and shows how simple - but often difficult - strategies can have massive benefits to our learning over time.

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