Getting selected for a Govt job in India is a huge achievement. No wonder, some applicants start preparing for them even before they complete their 10th class.
That’s why utilizing your memory to remember the vast amount of information in 5-10 books (apart from remembering the GK) becomes critical and time-saving… esp when you add those cute cat videos demanding our constant attention:
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So here are the five proven methods to remember what you study for govt exams.
Create Exact Study Hours for Peak Productivity
Every student is unique and so are their peak productivity hours. While some of us are morning people and other wake up at night. All that is great until you start procrastinating or delaying your study time.
So create a schedule and be religious about devoting that time only toward study. This will help your mind develop a stronger focus, no matter what’s going on around you.
Of course, this doesn’t mean you become rigid – life happens and guess what? You can put a buffer time in your schedule for those unseen urgent events also.
A plastic brain needs nourishment and oxygen.
Yoga is proven to boost memory
“Rest is best before the test.” Do you know that 80% of our brain is built from fat cells? Good food and good sleep helps our brain create new neural connections which help us to connect different concepts and remember more.
In a study on the impact of yoga, it was found that yoga improved speed and accuracy on memory tests. You can perform some light yoga or diaphragmatic breathing as well.
Repetition through stories
We remember stories
If you repeat something hundereds of times chances are you’re going to remember it even in your sleep. BUT this means you must have a lot of revision-time. Actually, you don’t need to pick up the whole book and go through every single line to revise.
Once you turn the concept into an emotional story — you’re going to remember it for a long time. Plus, going through the story is SO MUCH FUN. Once you create power stories then you can go through that story in your mind and remember the topic.
HOWEVER there’s one condition – the story should be exaggerated, emotional, and something out of the ordinary. If it has ordinary events – we forget. So create stories of car crashes and animals talking, and repeat that to remember.
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Create for Retention
Jim Kwik, a renowned memory expert, emphasizes the importance of creation over consumption for learning. He says,
“The brain doesn’t learn through consumption, it learns through creation.”
Writing is basically clarifying your thoughts. If you’re thoughts are clear or if you don’t know about a topic — you can’t write about it. Try this.
However, when you’re confident about your topic – when you’ve done sufficient learning and research then you can write a book on it – right? Moreover, when you write you build a muscle memory which helps you during the exams to think quickly and be fast.
Collaboration for growth
Humans are social animals. We thrive in groups. This gives us accountability to do the work. And one of the benefits of studying in a group is that it boosts learning through discussions.
Group learning is a memorable experience
When you discuss a topic you think about it in different ways. How you understand the topic comes out in front for everyone – and you get instant feedback. And improving our learning. This makes the group learning an experience — and we rarely forget an experience.
“Feedback is the breakfast of superheroes”
Jim Kwik
