General question about application of information..

[Sam Dray]

Fellow forum members..its been a while. Greetings...

Let's get straight to business. Just to clarify things for easier undetstanding, this is Not a question about "How do you/should I go about applying the information you/I read on the boards and in the articles?"

Rather, it's a question which in some cases (or in most cases..depending on your personal preference) comes before the question in the paragraph above.....


"How do you memorise/commit to memory the information you read on the boards and in the articles?"

I'm not talking about remembering the post or article word for word. I'm talking about remembering or knowing the outline of the post and remembering the bullet points or rules or the story in an article, so that you can "Apply" them during an interaction.

For example: Reading an article (maybe about Conversation) then just walking out the door, does not really help you that much, If you "open a woman" and all that you remember is "I read an article about Conversation, this morning."

It's like reading a newspaper or a book. You know you read it, but if I ask you what you read on page 10, you most likely will not remember.

You know what the article/story/post is about but you did not take note of (or memorise) enough information to remember, which results in you not having enough information to apply (unless you wrote the bullet points..from the article..on your hand, which would be really creepy, because I have no clue how you would explain that to a girl/woman..when you get caught staring at your hand after you ask questions).

Apologies for the long post. I wanted to be as detailed as possible..and explain my question in a way that makes it easier to understand.

Advice and answers would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

"You can not apply information.. If you can not remember the information."

-Sam

 

[Franco]

Sands,

"How do you memorise/commit to memory the information you read on the boards and in the articles?"

Just like they teach you in school, the idea isn't to "memorize" the information in the article; rather, the idea is to understand the main points that are being taught and internalize those ideas. If you understand what the concept of the article is, then it becomes much easier to apply it.

Of course, you may not be able to read an article through one time and apply all of the concepts immediately, but you have to make sure you go out and constantly meet women to attempt to apply those concepts. Just attempting to apply them also helps commit them to memory.

The last tip I can give you is to re-read an article after a day or two if you feel like you aren't able to apply it. Sometimes re-reading an article can help you pick up on a concept that you missed, or it can help you further commit that concept to memory by seeing it again.

Re-reading articles and putting them to use out in the field are the best way to remember and apply the concepts. Just be diligent about it, and you'll find that eventually you're doing things you should be doing without even having to think about it. =)

- Franco

 

[Jaimie Richards]

Hey Sands - as you asked, straight to business.

Two things cross my mind:
1. When reading an article, take a notebook (or make a file on your desktop - as you prefer, but for many people things written down by hand stay longer in head) and write down main ideas discussed in the text. Articles often have summaries, so you can just rewrite important stuff from 'em - like a list of discussed techniques/styles or a list of tips (for example - for texting). This method has often helped me to both learn stuff and kinda sort it out. It also makes revisions of already read articles easier and faster.
2. With such notes, you can choose what you would like to focus on now.

Example: you read a small amount of articles, let's say 2 of 'em - one about conversations and one about openers. In each of them there are some tips - like 10 and 5. Now you make 5 sets consisting of 2 conversation techniques and 1 opener. Each set you practice for 6 days, so you don't have to remember much and you have plenty of time to try it and get experience in it... and after a month, you've done some really good work.

- J.

 

[Sam Dray]

Thanks for the replies..Franco and Jaimie. Those were the type of answers I needed..