The No-Fail Flashcard Technique Update

Posted under Goals and Goal Setting, Lifehacks, Mind

How would you like to be able to memorize virtually anything fast and with very little effort?

I covered a great way a few years back in my post The No-Fail Flashcard technique. Basically, the trick to this method is to put only one question and one answer on each card and to review the cards several times a day.

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I have taught this method to both of my kids. But tonight my son asked me a great question. He wanted to know how you can know when to make a card. In other words, what topics are important for making a flashcard and which ones aren’t?

I ask myself 1 simple question as I am studying:

Did I know this particular factoid before reading, hearing or seeing it right now?

Now I have to be honest with my answer. But if the answer is “no”. Then I make a flash card. Honesty can become difficult on a detailed and complex subject; when you have a stack of 50 index cards already.

But stick with honesty, that’s how you’ll get detailed facts and subjects under your belt. ;)