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Jungian Personality Types and How You Remember

What if I have trouble remembering details because that’s my personality? Major insight … or major copout?

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KeepWhatYouLearn.com Will Soon Become HowToRemember.biz

As my memory research changes focus, I’m relaunching this site with a new domain and a new theme. But I’ll still be blogging about the same basic idea: how to remember anything you want.

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Review Bible Chapters With a Review Chart

To review chapters from a long text, I skipped Anki this time around and tried … a paper chart. I can see a whole month’s worth of scheduled reviews at a glance.

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Do Flashcards Work for Languages?

Flashcards are powerful, but if you’re not careful, they can hijack your memory work. A reader asks: should we still use flashcards for learning a language? I answer: Yes, but only sometimes, and carefully.

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The Wrong Way to Memorize a Long List

Got a long list to memorize? Don’t start with memory tricks. Start with letting the list take you to a different world.

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Spanish by Christmas: Learn the IPA for English and Spanish with Anki Flashcard Decks

I’m learning Spanish by Christmas, and the first step is learning the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). First for English, then for Spanish. The best way to learn the IPA? Anki decks.

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I'm Learning Spanish by Christmas

I’ve wanted to learn other languages for as long as I can remember. But wanting doesn’t get you far. Neither does making big Anki vocabulary decks that have critical flaws. But thanks to my recent finds in both language learning and self-motivation, my time has come. I’m learning Spanish by Christmas.

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Learn Languages Like an Opera Singer, With Anki (And More)

Opera singer Gabriel Wyner offers a new, four-part method for learning languages amazingly fast. One of those parts is flashcard review with Anki – but only one.

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How Flashcards Fail: Confessions of a Tired Memory Guy

You can use flashcards and spaced repetition to memorize almost anything – so why did I come to hate my reviews? Explore the dark side of this amazing memory system.

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