{"id":128134,"date":"2020-07-31T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/?p=128134"},"modified":"2021-03-16T17:01:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T23:01:46","slug":"simple-trick-improve-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/simple-trick-improve-memory","title":{"rendered":"Train Your Brain to Retain: A Quick &#038; Simple Trick to Improve Your Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Want to improve your memory? Here&#8217;s an easy, effective, and somewhat unlikely tip that really works: Read\u2014a lot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read a lot<\/a>, but don&#8217;t just read for getting the information in your head. If you don&#8217;t like reading, then listen to an audiobook or<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">listen to a podcast<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But in other words, consume media. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EqI3ixuswGA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Media, I believe, changes identity more than anything else. Media changes how you think. If you want to become vegan, just go watch a couple of vegan documentaries. You\u2019ll probably become vegan because you\u2019ll be like, \u201cWell, yeah.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/2015-11-13-7-real-estate-books-beginner-investors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 Absolute Must-Read Real Estate Books for Beginning Investors (Updated for 2020!)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It changes your mind when you consume media. That&#8217;s why there&#8217;s a lot of talk about parents letting their kids watch R-rated movies. It changes their mindset, like the way our minds operate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So, consume a massive amount of media about whatever it is you&#8217;re trying to do. Do this if you want to be a real estate investor, especially if you&#8217;re new.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And quick tip for you guys: I read this study once that talked about the best way to remember something that you read. You&#8217;ve probably heard the story before, we remember 10% of what we read, 20% of what we blah, blah, blah\u2026 and we remember most of what we teach. That&#8217;s often what is said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But there&#8217;s actually one higher than that. There&#8217;s one thing that helps you retain information better than almost anything else while you read, so here&#8217;s a tip: <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Read as if you are going to teach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/girl-reading-book.jpg\" alt=\"self-help, self-development, real estate investing advice, reading, books, how-to\" width=\"702\" height=\"336\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/girl-reading-book.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/girl-reading-book-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/fiction-books-entrepreneur-read\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7 Fiction Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As you&#8217;re reading, assume you have to communicate this knowledge on a podcast later on that day. And if you have that mindset, like the study that was done, that was the number one best way to retain information\u2014assume that later on, you&#8217;re going to have to teach it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This is one of the reasons I think that I read a lot and I remember almost everything I read. It&#8217;s because I just subconsciously believe every single thing I read, I\u2019m going to have to tell somebody later on a podcast or on a webinar or in an interview.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/webinars\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-91217 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"85\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-01-300x36.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>What media have you consumed that changed the way you think?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Share your recommendations in the comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to both consume more media and remember what you learn with this simple strategy to make you a better reader and listener.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":710,"featured_media":121930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-development"],"acf":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/710"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}