Introduce disfluency

We sift through dozens if not hundreds of pieces of information each day — conversations, articles, news feeds, analytics. What if, after encountering some of the more interesting bits, we jotted down a note or two, or even did a 20 second sketch of what we just saw?

A simple switch in our mode of processing causes us to retain significantly more, and keeping even just a few more of these insights in our memory would facilitate numerous new connections and possibilities.

Ryan Melsom has a PhD in literary studies and has spent over twenty years working in communications, design, and writing. His third book Clickbait: A Seeker’s Guide to Meaning in the Modern World is now available everywhere. For more by Ryan, follow him on Twitter @ryanmelsom, or subscribe to his Facebook page.