Another year has come and gone. I hope everyone has done something life-changing in the past year, but most people are probably in the same situation as the previous years.

In this article, I wanted to share a few insights into starting a business and developing the right mindset for change and success. The easiest thing for most people to do is to keep going what they’ve been doing, so here are a few tips and ideas that you can implement to help you become more successful this year.

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In the late 1800’s, Hermann Ebbinghaus conducted a memory experiment on himself to see if he could learn faster by learning a lot of new information in one sitting or if learning through multiple shorter sessions was more efficient.

He created 2,300 nonsense syllables and he tested his ability to remember these syllables by trying to learn some of them in shorter sessions over a longer period of time.

In his tests, he experimented with two methods. The first method was to conduct fewer, but longer learning sessions to memorize the syllables and the second method was to use shorter learning sessions that were spaced out over a longer period of time.

Ebbinghaus discovered that he was able to memorize syllables more effectively when he used shorter learning sessions over a longer time frame. This practice became known as distributed learning or distributed practice.

Later research studies confirmed that people could learn and master skills more effectively by applying distributed learning rather than trying to practice a new skill too much in a short period of time.

Are you trying to master a new skill?

Whether you are trying to learn how to play a new instrument, learning a new language or trying to get better at marketing your business, applying the concept of distributed practice can help. Let’s take a closer look at why it works and a few examples.

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