
Tips for Retaining Vital Information, from a Memory Champion
For a National Memory Champion, retention is about making new information meaningful and sensory by tying random ideas to concrete, visible items.

For a National Memory Champion, retention is about making new information meaningful and sensory by tying random ideas to concrete, visible items.


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