If you can’t remember what you ate for breakfast, how will you remember what you learned in training last week?
Have you ever paid really close attention to training, a youtube video, a paragraph of text, and then have it magically float out of your brain? Me too. Don’t worry, we aren’t going crazy. Think about it: you may not be able to remember what you ate for breakfast yesterday, but you remember random factoids from elementary school, like multiplication tables and the order of the planets. The things you memorized often stick over the years because they contain one or more of three major elements that make your memories, well, more memorable.
These three things are:
- Repetition
- Imagery
- Patterns
Repetition is the amount of times you’re exposed to an idea. In fact, it takes seven times before an idea really sinks in. Imagery is the emotion and associations you attach to an idea. If you think about it, memories surrounding emotion or specific images always stand out more. Finally, patterns are the way you associate that idea to other ideas, like remembering a process in a specific order. These three elements, especially when combined, create longer lasting memories, especially when it comes to learning new concepts.
We can’t help you remember where you put your keys, but we can help make your training more memorable for your learners. Give us a call.
