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Use the 2–7–30 Rule to Radically Improve Your Memory
This is a column about a helpful trick that will radically improve your memory with minimal effort so you can learn faster. But before I get to the science behind the technique and how it can help you, indulge me for a minute in explaining why I was so thrilled to discover it.
Learning as an adult is hard.
For the past 10 years, I have lived abroad on a small Greek-speaking island. Therefore, I have been trying to learn modern Greek. This, dear reader, has felt roughly like beating my head against a brick wall for a decade.
I’ve gathered advice on how to speed up language learning, hired a tutor, made flashcards, tried apps, and embarrassed myself countless times flubbing my words in front of bemused locals. When my Greek remained passable at best, I consoled myself by reading up on just how hard it is to learn new skills as an adult, particularly new languages.
I am, in short, in desperate need of any method that will help me shove more grammar and vocabulary into my head and help it stay there.
As an entrepreneur, you might not be trying to master past perfect verb declensions. If you are, you have my sympathies. But perhaps you’re trying to learn to code, pass a professional exam, or just retain more of what you read. If so, let me…
