We forget up to 90 percent of what we learn within a week. But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can beat the forgetting curve and make your learning stick—for good.

Forgetting is not our memory failing on us as much as it is our memory being optimized. And here is where we meet the wonderfully counter-intuitive concept of the forgetting curve.

This comes from 19th century German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus, whose "forgetting curve" showed how most people forget the details of new information quite rapidly, but this tapers off over time.

You forget things over time. We all do. But if you need to retain information for a test or presentation, you can be the Forgetting Curve with spaced repetition and engaged learning.

So, why am I bringing up the Forgetting Curve when we're knee deep into busy season? Because now is when we're heavily involved with client demands, processes, tax returns, document collection, etc.

So, why am I bringing up the Forgetting Curve when we're knee deep into busy season? Because now is when we're heavily involved with client demands, processes, tax returns, document collection, etc.

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