I love the SQ4R method for written material: Survey - Scan the material to get the flow of how it is presented Question - Scan the material again and develop questions you’d like to find the answers to Read - self explanatory Recite - read aloud Review - Scan the material again and see if you can answer your original questions and the most important….. Reward - do something you enjoy to recharge your batteries or rest your brain Another incredible paradigm shift that massively increases retention is to imagine that you are going to teach the material to someone else the following day. It really helps you to remember details.