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How Long Until I Will Be Able to.?

Students love to ask these types of questions, and the answer is always: it depends.

This outline serves as a rough timeline that will apply to the average student. However, every student
arrives to the course with different levels of training, different learning challenges, and different bad habits.
For this reason, different exercises and milestones will take longer for different people.

In each step, we try to provide an indication as to when youll know its time move on, and a suggestion
along the
side of the syllabus as to roughly where you should be week after week. Use your judgement, be
a responsible student, and if you feel you arent doing well at a particular game or exercise, spend more
time on it, rather than forcing yourself to move on. None of these guidelines are set in stone, and you know
best when you feel ready.

You could complete the course in just 6 weeks, or you could take up to 12, but generally speaking:

You should be able to do some very cool memory tricks in 3 weeks

You will have some incredibly powerful memory skills that you can apply to anything in 4 weeks
Youll be speed reading with fairly high comprehension at the end of 7 weeks
Finally, youll be a certified SuperLearner in around 10 weeks (or less)

Its all up to you, where youre starting from, and the amount of work you put in, but above all...

Remember: Learning is Not a Spectator Sport!

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 In the first part of Week 1, we get acquainted, brief you on how things will work, and do some important prep work
to make sure you are set up to succeed in the course. Then, we waste no time, diving deep into the first and most
important part of superlearning ability: understanding and improving your memory.
Should you watch the entire video course in advance? Its not necessary, but it certainly helps.

If youre eager and have the time, its a great idea to go through all of the video lectures and prepare yourself for
what youre about to learn. Then, you can come back and take the training schedule week-by-week. Its very
important not to rush or skip ahead, but having an idea of whats coming and what it all builds up to definitely helps!

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION & SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS

Lecture 1 - About us: how this course came to be
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
Become a SuperLearner Facebook Group - Join the Conversation!
Become a SuperLearner Facebook Fan Page - Show Your Support!
Become a SuperLearner: The Official Book (eBook & Paperback)
Becoming SuperHuman - Spinoff Blog & Podcast w/ Educational Interviews
The Key To Study Skills - Spinoff book on advanced materials by Dr. Lev & Anna
KeyToStudy Blog Spinoff Blog by Dr. Lev - Advanced topics, exercises, & more!
Lecture 2 - Downloading the course resources & overview
Homework:
Download the PDF Syllabus, skim through it, & save it somewhere handy
Download the Bookmarks HTML File & import it into your browser
Suggested: Schedule five to six 60 min sessions/week for the next 10 weeks
Lecture 3 - Progressive overload & what to do if you get frustrated
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
Progressive Overload: Wikipedia
The Pomodoro Technique
Avoiding Headaches
Motivational Materials:
An Interview w/ Memory Champ Nelson Dellis - Becoming SuperHuman
TEDx - Benny Lewis - Fluent in Three Months - Rapid Language Hacking
Teen Speaks Over 20 Languages
How to become a Memory Master: Idriz Zogaj at TEDxGoteborg
Tim Ferriss: Smash fear, learn anything | Video on TED.com
The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
Lecture 4 - Personal Goals & Progress Worksheet
Homework:
Begin the Personal Goals & Progress Worksheet & post it publicly near your desk
Lecture 5 - Diagnostic Worksheet #1: Establish a baseline reading speed and retention
Homework:
Complete Reading Diagnostic Worksheet #1 & save your results
Quiz 1 - Are we on the same page and ready to learn together?

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SECTION 2: UNDERSTANDING YOUR MEMORY (SO THAT YOU CAN IMPROVE IT!)
Lecture 6 - Misconceptions Pre-Quiz I
Lecture 7 - Why we need to improve our memory first
Lecture 8 - How we store information: a very brief explanation
Recommended Supplemental Materials
How Your Brain Works
The Ageing Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Ageing Brain
Malcolm Knowles, Informal adult education, self-direction and andragogy
Short Term Memory
What Your Working Memory Does (and how to give it a tune up)
What are the differences between long term, short term, & working memory?
What is the memory capacity of the human brain?
Peter Doolittle How your working memory makes sense of the world
Lecture 9 - The Importance of Balancing Exercises with Real Life Application
Lecture 10 - Chunking: Navigating the brains natural limitations
Recommended Supplementary Resources
The Magical Number, 72
Improve Your Memory with The Chunking Technique
Chunking (psychology)
How can we enhance working memory?
Lecture 11 - Demonstration: Chunking
Homework:
Practice the STVM Exercise for 10+ minutes, using Chunking
Advanced: Try the 20 Random Word Generator game using only chunking
Lecture 12 - Chunking Worksheet (Bonus Teaser From our MasterClass)
Homework:
Complete the Chunking Worksheet
Lecture 13 - Dual coding & brute force learning
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
Working Memory & Dual coding
Dual coding explained
Quiz 2 - How much do we understand about our memory?
With the first week over, you should have a firm understanding of how memory works, and a good idea of what is
required to dramatically improve it. Though it may feel like you cant actually use any new skills yet, next week youll
have a Karate Kid moment, where you learn how to use this seemingly useless knowledge to do amazing things!

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 In weeks 2 & 3, well dive into the meat of the course - visual memory & markers. Well learn how to apply the
picture superiority effect to learning, and do extensive exercises and practice to develop this all-important skill in
your superlearning toolkit. This foundational skill is hugely critical, so its best to take your time and master it. Its our
opinion that 60-70% of the value of this course lies in the memory techniques, so dont neglect it or rush to get to
speed reading!

SECTION 3: THE INCREDIBLE POWER OF VISUAL MEMORY

Lecture 14 - Misconceptions Pre-Quiz II
Lecture 15 - Why images are the most powerful way to remember & learn
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
An Interview with Harry Lorayne, the Godfather of Modern Mnemonics!
Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do | Video on TED.com
How to Train Your Brain and Boost Your Memory Like a Memory Cham
Moonwalking with Einstein, The Art and Science of Remembering
Picture superiority effect
The art of memory: Daniel Kilov at TEDxMacquarieUniver
Podcast Interview with Your 3 Instructors (Recommended)
Lecture 16 - When & why creativity training may be necessary
Homework:
Creativity 101: The Power of multiple perspectives
Lecture 17 - What types of images come naturally to you?
Quiz 3 - Do we understand how visual memory works?

SECTION 4: MENTAL MARKERS: VISUAL MEMORY MEETS LEARNING

Lecture 18 - How do we apply visual memory to reading?
Lecture 19 - Demonstration: Visualization of words and concepts from text
Lecture 20 - Creating effective markers for better memory
Homework (ok to continue lectures):
The Short Term Memory Checker: 10m/day till you beat Lvl. Max
The Random Images Generator: 10m/day till youre comfortable
Check out this Tag Cloud Generator - it can help you choose markers!
Lecture 21 - Logical & creative markers
Lecture 22 - Trying out your new skills
Homework (ok to continue lectures, but consider pausing 2 days to practice)
Practice creating visual markers for 10m/day until you feel comfortable
Habituate using markers for everyday tasks (meeting people, etc)
Lecture 23 - Linking & chunking markers for better retention
Lecture 24 - Demonstration: Putting it all together with random facts
Lecture 25 - Demonstration: Putting it all together with written texts
Homework:
Practice linking markers for 15m/day until you feel comfortable
Practice linking & memorizing words 10m/day
Complete this weeks section of the Goals & Progress Worksheet
Quiz 4 - How well do we understand markers?
Generally, students train on these exercises for two weeks, and continue to practice them even as they move on to
Weeks 4+. Should you move on? Well, as long as you continue doing the homework, no problem! When you can
easily create visual markers for anything, and you have no problem remembering new information, you can stop
practicing the games above and focus on the homework for weeks 4-5.

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 This week, well put it all together by unlocking the worlds most powerful memory techniques, study habits, and
strategies. All this will prepare you to store the huge amounts of information youll soon be capable of absorbing via
speed reading using orderly, effective systems for long term memory.

While in the past, this section came after the speed reading sections of the course, we eventually decided that it
was too important to be left till the end. Please pay special attention to the Memory Palace and Number
Memorization Systems lectures, as they will reveal the techniques used by every single memory champion and
world record holder to achieve incredible feats of memory.

SECTION 5: SYSTEMS FOR CREATING & MAINTAINING LONG TERM MEMORIES

Lecture 26 - Misconceptions Pre-Quiz III
Lecture 27 - Using Spaced Repetition to Help Us Maintain Memories
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
The Leitner System
Download and configure Anki (Its a must!)
Anki: What it is, how to use it (to learn a language)
An Interview with Peter C. Brown, Author of Make It Stick
An Interview with Ron White, 2X USA Memory Champion
Lecture 28 - Mind Mapping
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
FreeMind Mind-Mapping Software or MindMeister (Cross-Platform)
MindNode for iPhone and iPad or SimpleMind for Android
How to Mind Map: Beginners Guide | Udemy
Learn the Skill of Effective Mind Mapping | Udemy
Lecture 29 - Memory Palaces
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
Anthony Metivier Interview: How to Remember Everything
Moonwalking with Einstein, The Art and Science of Remembering
Dramatically Improve Your Memory with a Memory Palace
Free video series by memory expert Anthony Metivier - Recommended!
List of Anthony Metiviers Books (eBook and Paperback available)
Homework: Create your first memory palace and fill it with your to-do or Grocery list
Lecture 30 - Number memorization systems
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
Remember Any Number With the Major Memory System
How to Train Your Brain and Boost Your Memory Like a Memory Champ
Quiz 5 - Do you know how to maintain your memories long term?

At the conclusion of this week, you should have some experience playing around with Memory Palaces (hopefully
youve built one of your own), Mind Maps (ditto), Major Method, and Spaced Repetition Systems like Anki. By
combining visual markers & memory with these powerful tools, youve already increased your memory and learning
capacity by a factor of 5. Now, youre ready to start applying your skills to reading and speed-reading!

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While you might be eager to begin learning to speed read, theres just one more step; pre-reading - and its a big one.
Pre-reading alone will offer you many of the benefits youre probably looking forward to gaining from speed reading. In
Week 4, we will learn about pre-reading, why its important, and how to do it properly. This means that youll finally start
reaping some of the benefits of SuperLearning in your daily life. Homework is intentionally light this week, to allow you to
tie up any loose ends or difficulties with the homework from weeks 2-4.

SECTION 6: PRE-READING AND PREPARATION

Lecture 31 - Misconceptions Pre-Quiz IV
Lecture 32 - Introducing the SQ3R System
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
SQ3R System
Lecture 33 - Pre-read before you read
Lecture 34 - Creating burning interest: Perspectives, prior knowledge, & W/H questions
Homework: (ok to continue lectures, but keep practicing markers)
Pre-read any material you read. Practice creating questions & curiosity
Continue practicing games from Week 2
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
Creativity & Perspectives
Lecture 35 - Demonstration: Pre-reading
Quiz 6 - Are we all clear on pre-reading?

This week was a light week, because we know you are likely still sharpening your skills on the games from weeks 2 &
3, and possibly still adjusting to the systems taught in Week 4. Week 6 will introduce a lot of new homework and
daily exercises, which means that youll have a lot of daily work to do if you dont master the Week 2-4 exercises
before then. Use this light week to make sure youre ready for the more challenging part of the course next week:
speed reading!

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 With both markers and pre-reading now firmly ingrained in our skill set, we are finally ready to dive into speed
reading. This can be challenging for some, so we take it step-by-step and gradually ease into it over the course of 2
weeks. As always, its important to be responsible with all of your homework, and to rely on the SuperLearner
community if you get stuck.

SECTION 7: READ WITH YOUR EYES, NOT WITH YOUR INNER VOICE
Lecture 36 - How to properly test your comprehension without fooling yourself
Lecture 37 - Diagnostic Worksheet #2: Establish a new reading speed and retention
Homework:
Complete Reading Diagnostic Worksheet #2 & save your results
Lecture 38 - Misconceptions Pre-Quiz V
Lecture 39 - How most people read: subvocalization
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
It takes just 13 milliseconds to recognize an image, scientists discover
Lecture 40 - Saccades: using your eyes as effectively as possible
Homework: (ok to continue lectures, but dont brush over homework or forget it)
Camera Mind Game: 10m/day, alongside others, till comfortable
Lecture 41 - Improving your eye span: wider saccades
Homework: (ok to continue lectures, but dont neglect these exercises)
Schultz Table Exercises: 10m/day. This can replace the 10m/day youre spending
on Short Term Memory Checker only if youve seen improvement
Advanced Schultz Table Exercises: Replace the exercise above with this one only
when the standard exercises become easy for you. (10m/day)
Lecture 42 - Using saccades across various devices and media
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
Readability
Chrome Web Store
Pocket
Instapaper
Lecture 43 - Final thoughts on saccades
Homework:
Level 2 Short Term Memory Game: Replace CameraMind
Check out this article to better understand proper saccade width
Lecture 44 - Demonstration: Saccades in action
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
Multicolumn saccade formatter
Quiz 7 - Do we understand how speed reading works?
Weeks 6 & 7 introduced a lot of new games and even more new skills. This stuff is challenging! Plus, you may still
be perfecting the skills you learned in Weeks 2 & 3. This is why we spaced it out over the course of 2 weeks. You
could have done it quicker, but to avoid frustration, its better that you did not. Furthermore, your homework in
Week 5 wont be too time consuming, so that you can remain focused on the games, skills, and exercises youve
learned so far. In essence, its OK to move on if youre still not very confident at sight reading; its a gradual journey,
and we will give you more techniques and exercises to improve your skills in week 8.

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 You may still be struggling with comprehension while speed reading, and thats ok. As well remind you in this
section, we are using the Progressive Overload training methodology, which means some hard work and soreness
is expected! In Week 8, we will help you read faster and faster, while gradually increasing your comprehension and
marker-creation proportionally.

SECTION 8: LETS SPEED THINGS UP!

Lecture 45 - Speed training with a card
Lecture 46 - Progressive Overload Revisited: Training at the speed you wish to read
Homework: (continue only if youve been diligent with past exercises & improved)
Spreeder software: Try it out, but dont neglect normal reading
Sliding Word utility - a little bit more versatile than Spreeder
Acceleread for iOS
Speed Reader for Android
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
Free Speed Reading Test: You can try one of these to measure progress
Lecture 47 - Speed Tip: Tricking your brain into speeding up
Homework:
Practice this speed tip
Lecture 48 - Managing pauses to create markers while speed reading
Homework:
Practice creating markers at speed by reading any text
Lecture 49 - A Discussion of Marker Density
Lecture 50 - Demonstration: Creating markers while speed reading
Lecture 51 - Text structure and marker hierarchy
Lecture 52 - Training going forward & what to do if you backslide
Homework:
Practice everything youve learned so far until you have it down!
Lecture 53 - Diagnostic Worksheet #3: Establish an after reading speed and retention
Homework:
Complete Reading Diagnostic Worksheet #3 & save your results
Quiz 8 - Do we fully understand speed reading?
After Week 8, you have the knowledge to continue training on your own. If youre not fully able to speed-read yet,
dont worry - it comes with time and can be challenging for some students. Keep practicing, dont get discouraged,
and check out the Facebook group for support from your peers! Youll get it. And once you feel comfortable, you
should complete the third diagnostic worksheet and share your results in the Facebook group!
As long as you keep practicing, you should continue to the next sections. As you become more proficient in speed
reading, youll want to apply tweaks to further enhance your learning efficiency - and thats what the next section is
all about.

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 Becoming a SuperLearner is about more than tricks and techniques - its also a way of life. In this section, we learn
how to design your learning environment, regimen, and life in a way thats conducive to optimal learning.

SECTION 9: GOOD LEARNING HABITS

Lecture 54 - Misconceptions Pre-Quiz VI
Lecture 55 - Sleeping and learning: Why sleep is so crucial
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
How to Supercharge Your Sleep: Nick Littlehales, Elite Sleep Coach
Dr. Kirk Parsley on how to improve your sleep quality
Sleep Drives Metabolite Clearance from the Adult Brain
Russell Foster: Why do we sleep?
Effect of caffeine on memory - Wikipedia
How Long to Nap for the Biggest Brain Benefits
Sleep Hacking: Have More Energy, Spend Less Time in Bed by Scott Britton
Lecture 56 - The proper learning environment
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
Lighting affects students' concentration positively
Studies Show Glucose and Oxygen Help Brain
Improving on the $22 IKEA Desk
Why Sitting is Killing You
Oxygen administration enhances memory formation in healthy young adults
Bright light effects on memory, attention and concentration
Macks Silicone Earplugs (My Favorite!)
Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones
Quiz 9 - Is your environment and lifestyle set up for learning?
By now, youre already a SuperLearner, and you can read without subvocalization & memorize information with ease.
From now on, your task is to learn how to apply your new skills to diverse topics, and do so for the rest of your life!

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 Though not all of these lectures will appeal to every students desires and goals, listen to them in order to understand
how you can apply your superlearning skills to anything and everything. Some of the tools offered here are adaptable
to many different areas.

SECTION 10: APPLYING YOUR NEW SKILLS TO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING

Lecture 57 - Misconceptions Pre-Quiz VII
Lecture 58 - SuperLearning by video or audio
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
MySpeed by Enounce
YouTube HTML5 Trial
Stitcher for Android
Audible.com Audiobooks
Lecture 59 - Tailoring the skills: Learning languages
Recommended Supplementary Materials:
Interview w/ Benny Lewis (Fluent in 3 Months) - Becoming SuperHuman
Interview w/ Gabriel Wyner (Fluent Forever) - Becoming SuperHuman
Fluent in 3 Months Blog
Learn a language fast and efficiently - The Tower of Babelfish
Anki: What it is, how to use it (to learn a language)
Lecture 60 - Tailoring the skills: Never forget a face or a name
Quiz 10 - Can you apply your new skills to things besides reading?
Lecture 61 - Thank You & Congratulations
Become a Speed Demon: Hack Productivity & Automation to Have More Time
Branding You: How to Build Your Multimedia Internet Empire
Creating a Meaningful Life & Developing Habits of Happiness
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