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—John Keats
Day 15, how time flies! Shall we?
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Today's Prompt:
Write a short script with sound effects.
Regina's 15 minute creative writing:
P1: Oh, Hello. Welcome. Today we are going to talk about the Forgetting curve.
P2: (door creaks open) What the fuck is the Forgetting curve?
P1: (Scream) Jesus Christ you scared the fucking shit out of me. I forgot you were there.
P2: Ah ha! You took a Forgetting Turd! (fart noise)
P1: The Forgetting CURVE, jackass.
P2: What the fuck is the Forgetting curve? Wait. Oh my God. I’m having the craziest déjà vu.
P1: …. (wind blows, or crickets) Anyway – the forgetting curve was discovered/studied by what’s his face. He ran studies on himself and found that information he learned he retained for a very limited amount of time. He forgot x% after X time, x% over X time and X% over x time.
P2: Forgot what?
P1: What – whatever he was trying to remember. I don’t know.
P2: did you Forget?
P1: ….crickets… Anyway… so once he realized that this was a consistent pattern, he looked for a way overcome this steep curve of forgetting.
P2: Forgetting what?
P1: ANYTHING! Fuck off!
P2: Fine. Touchy.
P1: Crickets… ANYWAY… He looked for a way to shift this forgetting pattern and he found this: (image) if he did nothing to reinforce, practice or review the information, he had forgotten 90% of it by… But he found that if he reviewed even part of it within x time and repeated the process every x he could maintain up to x% of what he learned.
How might you apply this? In business, when you are training or teaching your employees, peers or coworkers something, remember that they will forget X% of it within X days of the training session UNLESS they do something with the information, skill or ability. Small reminders, practices or engagements make a big difference. Consider ways you could create a consistent patter of follow up and reinforcement. Bonus points if it breaks the learnings into little pieces and builds upon each previous reminder. Opportunities and supported practices are also very important – and can be vital with skill based learning. Practice makes permanent – but it also builds ability and capacity before you can hone skill. Let things be messy first before you worry about them getting it right. Messy means they are willing to try and being willing is more important to success than any amount of training.
When it comes to your own learning -
P2: I want a line.
P1: (scream) Fuck a duck! I forgot you were there again. What? What? What do you want?
P2: A line. I’ve just been sitting here for FOR-EV-ER. I want to get some laughs or some attention or some shit.
P1: FINE! Do something entertaining for the people.
P2: tries to juggle, spins a pillow on his hand, or does something else ridiculous and rather mundane: Ta-da!
P1: (sighs – Face palm) Fucksake…. ANYWAY – to wrap up this pile of shit – to apply your knowledge of the forgetting curve to yourself, make an continuity plan for anything you actually WANT to learn. How will you apply your knowledge? How will you practice? How will you review? And how will you make the process easy and achievable so you actually do it?
That’s it for today folks – that’s the forgetting principle – and how to use knowing about it to your advantage.
Try it out and let us know how it goes in the comments below.
As always, references and resources in the description.
P2: You’re going to say it aren’t you?
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P2: I’m going to throw this pie at you if you say it.
P1: Remember to Like and Subscribe (gets hit in the face by a pie)
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Snow White and the Wicked Curse: Chapter 1
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Snow White and the Wicked Queen: Chapter 1
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Snow White and the Seven Thieves: Chapter 3
Snow White and the Poisoned Apple: The Final Chapter
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