What if I have trouble remembering details because that’s my personality? Major insight … or major copout?

Stop “memorizing”! Instead, think. Thinking is much more fun, and it actually works.

Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking With Einstein, learns a language with spaced repetition.

You’d think it would be easy to set aside a mere half hour each day for thinking. Nope. Not so far. But the problem isn’t the time. For me, even setting aside five minutes would be tough. Which only shows how much I need to think every day.

Should you try to learn the verses perfectly? Yes. Because perfection is easier than “almost”.

“Knowledge used does not need to be remembered; practice forms habits and habits make memory unnecessary…”