Memories are stored as connections. A fact with no links to anything is nearly impossible to find again. A fact hooked to something you already know gets found through the hook. That's basic memory science, and it's why examples and stories stick when definitions don't. Evidence: decent
New colleague called Martin? Picture him with the Martin you went to school with. Crude, and it works.
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Learning it
Coffee after, not before
Want a fact to stick? Have the coffee right after you learn it.
no timeEvidence: worth trying
Learning it
Learn it last thing before lights out
The thing you need to remember goes in the final fifteen minutes before sleep. Not the phone.
15 minEvidence: decent
Learning it
Make it about you
Before you try to remember something, ask "when has this happened to me?" and answer in one sentence.
no timeEvidence: solid