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Review your notes
So, you have already learned the information you need and you 
took the notes. Now it is time to train your memory and creat-
ing associations. Regular revision (once or twice a week) will 
transfer the acquired knowledge from short-term to long-term 
memory, or, in other words, will reinforce it in your memory. 
It is also worth revising material the day after you read it. 
As we already discussed, your brain will process new informa-
tion overnight, and in the morning you will see it in a new light 
and be able to understand it more clearly.
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Summarize key findings
After you read the material, find its most important points. 
Underline the most useful sentences or write down the key 
findings in your own words. This way you will filter out any 
“junk” and determine what has the highest priority and most 
use for you in the text. You can reuse such summaries later 
on as high-quality material for revision.
Teach other people
Teach your colleagues and family what you have learned. 
It is impossible to explain to others something that you have 
yet to understand fully yourself. Thus, if you successfully 
explained the topic and the other person even benefited from 
your information, this means you have completely mastered 
it. Write blog posts on your topic, make educational videos 
or create infographics for work purposes. All of this promotes 
a better understanding of the information.
Create a bank of associations
Thinking is not always a conscious process. Our memory 
largely depends on subconscious reactions as well. These 
reactions can be caused by different triggers, the strongest and 
most effective of which are associations. Even back at school, 
we were taught that we should find a vivid association if we are 
having trouble remembering something. Why not try the same 
method at work?
There are many ways to develop associative thinking, the most 
helpful of which is reading. You can read:
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history books;
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biographies of successful people;
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Wikipedia.
The more you expand your horizons, the easier it is to find 
appropriate associations for any subject or topic. Therefore, 
it makes remembering new information easier as well.