How to Memorize a Speech Word for Word | Jim Kwik

welcome back quick brain so what we're going to do in this lesson so I'm going to share with you some tips on how to memorize word for word information now I want you to think about it what kinds of information where do you need to remember things word for word where would that be valuable as I work with actors they need to remember things word for word verbatim Ted speakers often want to present word for word verbatim scripture Proverbs word for word poetry word for word so think about something where you want to present something word for word like maybe a sales script maybe you're creating videos presentations and you want to stick to a script this is the technique that I would use and actually it's not one technique it's multiple tips so in this lesson I'm going to share with you the tips for remembering things word for word so let's go through this I'm going to alliterate this as many of you know I use acronyms I like to have everything spelled out use the same letter they're all mnemonic devices right so as I'm teaching memory we're doing memory at the same time it's kind of very meta I'm teaching you how to remember and I'm teaching in a way where hopefully you do remember it also as well so you you have this amazing meta learning skill so I'm going to give you a bunch of R's let's make it a bunch of ours and I want you if your imagination is going somewhere think about the R's like what stands for r that will help you to remember things word for word and you can play this game with me all right so in no particular order so the first R for remembering things word for word is you need to read it because often the things that you want to learn word for word they're written down and so it requires you to read now reading is interesting because reading is a skill it's a skill that you're not born with you're not born with the ability to read you weren't born and just went into the waiting room and just started reading magazines right it's an ability a capability that you're taught and when's the last time you took a class though called reading how old were you six seven years old now let me ask you a question has the difficulty and the demand increase since you were six or seven of course a little bit or a lot a whole lot yet how we read it is it fair to say that we read it the same way as last time we were taught and trained one quick tip is when you're reading something use a visual Pacer if you can a visual Pacer I believe that your your visual focus it controls your mental focus like where your eyes go is where your mind goes right and when you're underlining the words or not touching the page or touching the screen but if you're using a pen a highlighter your finger a mouse on a computer it actually helps to improve your focus while you're reading and also not only that it Paces your reading speed and so if you're underlining the words you actually improve your reading speed about 25 to 50 percent but not only are you saving time it actually improves your focus because you're focusing on the words you're not back skipping and regressing how you often do without a visual Pacer and because you have better focus you also have better what you have better understanding better comprehension so the first tip is to read it and reading using a visual Pacer you're just underlining the word because where your finger goes is where your eyes are going to go where your eyes are going to go is where your mind goes okay your second quick tip for remembering things word for word is to reflect after you've read the material whatever happens to be if it happens to be Proverbs if it happens to be a sales script or maybe you're a Broadway actor or maybe you're in some film for school after you read it I want you to reflect on it because it's not just about regurgitating words there are meaning behind the words right there's meaning behind the words so I want you to pause and just reflect on the meaning of what you're reading actors do this all the time right they go within they read the script and then they pause and they think about and reflect on the motivation of the character right what is this character experiencing at this time what drives him or her to do what they're doing so as you're reflecting on it you're not just the words because it's it could be difficult to remember words if they don't have any meaning behind it so the second tip after you read is you reflect reflect on what you just read and come up with the meaning and the motivation behind it the next tip for remembering words verbatim or a script verbatim or uh Proverbs again or something you want to do like poetry is after you read and you reflect on what you just read the third R I'm going to give you is you want to write and uh that's r-i-t-e I know it's supposed to spell with a W but we want to make them all ours right and what are you going to write you're going to write down the things that you want to remember and here's what I propose that you don't type this out that you actually hand write this out something about handwriting notes or handwriting what you want to say makes it more ingrained in your learning in your nervous system so I'm going to ask you to write and you can write what you want to say and also write down what you just reflected on so what are you writing you're writing the things that you read and you're also writing on your reflections of this character or the meaning behind the words what is your interpretation so you're not just reflecting on it you're capturing it by what by writing about it the fourth tip is repetition repetition and you've been doing this your whole life right repetition is the mother of memory and specifically I want you to practice spaced repetition that when you space your learning out and you repeat repetition you repeat it over maybe an hour later or a day later maybe do it a few days later a week later it helps you to transfer that information from short-term memory into your long-term memory better than just repetition throughout the day spreading it out over time and that's the power of repetition so it does take a little little time but if you're doing everything else it's going to take a lot less time it's smart repetition the fifth quick tip and that starts with an R to help you remember your lines word for word so I'm going to talk about running your lines run your lines in our quick reading program in order to help build comprehension we talk about the power of relating relating talking about this to somebody else we do this when you teach somebody else and so you want to run your lines and so what does that mean it means you role play this imagine this that you're not only reading it and reflecting on it and writing down your Reflections but you're going to role play this out and that means you're going to get into character whatever that character is for you if you're if you happen to be acting or if it's not an external for entertainment purposes what character do you want to access inside of yourself and run those lines it helps maybe to have a buddy to do that with to run lines with as often actors have where they could run lines or if you're in sales you practice role-playing that you are the sales person and that person is the prospect or that person is the client or the customer so you run those lines with somebody else because when you have to explain this to somebody else it puts you on the spot right where you have to be able to perform as opposed to you just wrote repeating it on your own so that number five is running your lines another word for that is role play another word for that is relating it to somebody else because you could do it for yourself to yourself right repeating into yourself and repeat it to somebody else so you run those lines with a partner the sixth way the six are are resources resources meaning yes you're gonna read and you're going to reflect and you're gonna write and you're gonna use repetition right and you're going to run your lines and you're going to role play all these R's right there are some resources that you could use to actually amplify and support your process there are apps that do this also as well so if you can't run your lines with somebody else there's an app for example called rehearsal and you can run your lines using technology or you could record your voice into an app or a technology a resource like this and it can serve as another person and so you can imagine that but there are a number of different resources that you could discover that could help you to be able to remember your lines better one of them and I'm not vested in this is an app again called rehearsal number seven on this list is Rise I want you to rise up in fact right now stand up rise up rise because when you use your body you're going to remember things better we know that through research it suggests that when somebody's took on an elliptical or they're going for a brisk walk and they're listening to a program maybe you listen to our podcast as you're going for a walk or as you're exercising on a treadmill you're listening to Limitless audiobook you're going to retain that information and understand it better so I call it rising up get out of your chair you rise and you use more your physicality because as we talked about in language learning when we memorize the numbers like in Japanese we used our body and as our body moves our brain grooves and you access different parts of your nervous system when you move your body so as best as you can move your body as you're learning this you could even enunciate things with your physicality also as well so number seven is rise rise out of your chair when you need to memorize and get your physicality involved the eighth brain tip is this reform reform what does it mean to reform something when you're reforming something you're changing it like transform you're changing it and so what are you transforming what are you reforming here what I want you to do it's not just the words words are one thing you're remembering things word for word but it's not just what you're saying it's how you're saying it so what I'm going to suggest when I'm helping actors memorize scripts and they could have 40 pages of script for a movie right is practice your lines and also reform them try to change the voice in your head a little bit or if you're saying it out loud say it in a different voice use an accent or use say it as if you're a Mickey Mouse so if you were to say those same lines on the quote or the scripture or the comedy the jokes whatever it is you're doing word for word reform the tonality the tempo the volume of the of the language the words that you're saying the voice that you're using because that's very powerful too because we talked about physicality because that's part of communication and the words you're using but it's not just what you say it's also how you're saying it your brain really loves novelty and that's when you get that dopamine Spike and when you're learning to your motivation centers when you make something different and you change your voice or use an accent you change the timber the tempo the volume the tonality of the voice then it becomes more memorable so you could switch take some of your favorite characters or your favorite personalities and say the same words but do it in a different voice either in your head or even better out loud okay so that's reform number nine the ninth quick tip for remembering things word for word is ration ration what does it mean to ration something what does it mean you're collecting these things but you also kind of Chunk them together right you're rationing it so that you're doing it in bite-sized pieces and one of the best ways to learn something faster is to break it down right inch by inch it's a cinch yard by yard it's too hard so if you have pages of script or scripture or or jokes or lots of quotes or you want to memorize a speech verbatim then it helps to break it down and that's what I call ration you're chunking and we know that when you break things down into smaller bite-sized pieces you take advantage of a principle in Psychology called Primacy and another one called recency so the reason why you don't want to study for five or six hours and pull all-nighters is Primacy says you tend to remember something in the beginning recency says you tend to remember stuff at the end but there's a big dip in the middle but if you take breaks every 25 minutes what happens you create more beginnings and more ends and so you pick up a lot of remembrance you don't forget as much you actually remember more by taking breaks well the same thing applies when you need to study this material and remember things word for word so if you ration you take it into chunks you do it line by line or you do it by time you're going to remember a whole lot more so always break things down into bite-sized pieces either by the length of the content or by the time and then you take a five minute break and then you can return your 10th quick tip for remembering lines and words verbatim is to record is to record what does that mean one of the best ways to learn something is to record your own voice into let's say a voice recorder or in to your phone and you give your speech or you give your comedy set or you talk about the Proverbs in your voice recorder and then once you record it what do you do you listen to it you listen to it when you're cleaning your home you can listen to it on the back in the background when you're exercising you can listen to it when you're falling asleep which often people remember a lot more when not while you're asleep but going to sleep when you're doing your morning routine that we talk about on the morning routine on how to boost your memory you could be listening to that in the background so something you can do to remember things verbatim record your own voice and play it throughout the day okay your 11th quick tip the next R to help you learn things verbatim is rouse Rouse like a rouse what does it mean to Rouse something it means you're being stimulated right especially by the environment by people or things in your environment and it's interesting because the environment actually gets linked to our memory it actually arouses us so there was a study where they took individuals and submerged them under water they gave them breathing apparatuses and they had them memorize or try to memorize lists of words exactly what we've done in this program and then they take them out of the water and they test them and then they put them back under the water and then they test them in which environment do you think people remember the most underwater where they originally learned it and they learned from this that the environment gets tagged and coded with the information and that's very interesting in fact that water aroused the memory now how do you apply this how can you utilize this arousal what I would suggest is if you have to perform first of all try studying and memorizing in the environment you need to perform in so if it happens to be a play and you're in an auditorium ideally you're rehearsing and you're remembering and studying on that stage if you want to remember things that that you're going to be tested to it helps to study in that classroom does that make sense it's kind of like you're studying underwater and then you'll be tested under water right if you're giving a set at a comedy club ideally do the practice there also as well because the fragrances the smoke the whatever is in the environment it will get tagged to that information now you're saying Jim that's not always possible you know I need to perform a sales script and but I'm going to be going to a client's office and I don't have access to to do my studying in that office well you could take the environment with you do you know out of all of your senses which one Rouses or arouses the most memory out of all five of them which one would you think is the closest it's your olfactory it's your sense of smell and you know this is there a smell of a food or a fragrance that could just bring back memories for you of course you could smell something and take you back to when you're a teenager you could smell a food and you can remember these childhood thoughts right because that information tagged to that smell or that emotion becomes what Unforgettable so if you can't study in the environment that you're in then bring the environment with you what if when you were studying the things that you want verbatim or anything foreign language phrases what if you studied it and you had a certain smell but a unique smell maybe it's a bubble gum or a lip balm or an essential oil they're certain actually essential oils that actually will help you to remember better it'll stimulate your focus and your memory as well but when you're studying something and you have that perfume where you have that cologne on that you don't usually wear and you need to perform that comedy set or you're going to be tested verbatim then wear that same fragrance and you'll find that that will help you to tap in to more of your memories and finally the 12th quick tip is to relax if you want to remember things verbatim stress the biggest obstacle is stress stress will shrink your mind it'll put you in fight or flight right which might be good for physical activity but it's not really good to study if you are nervous for giving that speech or you're scared to go on stage for that comedy club presentation or to be able to give that valedictorian speech or that toast at a wedding that nervousness will actually make you forget because you create cortisol and adrenaline and that Rush is not the best to have focus on it's not the best to be able to perform and recall and retrieve the information that you know is inside of you and so stress put you in fight or flight not great for the fulfilling work that you need when you need to be able to be at your best so do anything you can to be able to relax to take the edge off I always love meditation I always love things like deep diaphragmic breathing I like things like visualization where I could visualize and practice rehearsed inside my mind success because you don't want to practice failing in your mind because you're just rehearsing that also as well so you need to have some kind of perspective and relax so those are your 12 different things you could do and what can you apply this to so many different things including again language learning right what if you took those words and you you did translations but you used again Mickey Mouse's voice in that it'll make you more memorable because of making more novel and I'm making more playful and interesting for you what if you did this and looked at something that you want to remember and and reflected on it you know that's one of the reasons why people can learn languages better because maybe they are really interested in that culture and it gives them a reflection or maybe they're falling in love with somebody you know who speaks that language and there's a level of meaning reflection and motivation and drive behind it so play with this and what I want you to do is in the comments continue to share pick one of these new six or seven strategies and how are you going to use this and remember share your wins share your joy stories and support each other along the way because together we are Limitless I'll see you in our next lesson thank you

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Length: 21min 46sec (1306 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 08 2023