Basic Principles of Recall

Association

Our brain makes associations. It connects things to each other. It is good at that. We have subconscious processes which observe and catalogue and associate. We call it learning. And we can learn to learn better. The natural subconscious process is one reason that we can learn quickly. It is also how we quickly develop phobias and can just as quickly remove them. It is how we get confused if we don't harness this ability.

We have the ability to build on what we already know and make it easy to learn stuff.

When we make the process of association a conscious act, that we start to take control of our 'memory' process.

Memory

Memory = Storage + Recall

Don't think of 'memory' as a thing. Think of it as a process or set of natural processes which we consciously harness.

Remember To Remember

The more we use our 'memory' processes, the better they get. The more we rely on our 'memory' processes the better 'memory' we will have.

Rather than approaching situations passively. We actively engage with them and will be able to recall more.