Resources

Oddbjørn By – Memo and memory technique

Oddbjørn By

Oddbjørn By's Memo books teach practical memory techniques – methods for remembering names, numbers, course material and languages. Recommended by Jan Sindre on the podcast.

Olav Schewe – Superstudent and Learn Like a Pro

Olav Schewe

Norway's best-selling books on study technique. Schewe went from being an average pupil to a top student at Oxford, and shares the methods that actually work.

Atomic Habits

James Clear

One of the world's best-selling books about habits. The core idea: small, almost imperceptible changes produce large results over time – if you build the systems right.

Why We Sleep

Matthew Walker

Sleep researcher Matthew Walker's bestseller on why sleep matters so much to the brain and the body – and what happens when we do not get enough of it.

Andrew Huberman – Huberman Lab

Andrew Huberman

Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman's body of work on the brain, the body, sleep, focus, motivation and health – a podcast, a free newsletter and practical protocols.

Bryan Johnson – the Blueprint protocol

Bryan Johnson

Bryan Johnson's free and openly published health protocol, in which sleep comes first. Thorough and measurement-driven – and on some points fairly extreme.

The memory palace

A visual memory technique in which you attach information to rooms and places you know well, so the knowledge is easier to retrieve. John Erik used it while studying medicine.

Stolen Focus

Johann Hari

Johann Hari's book on why concentrating has become so hard – and why he believes the causes lie in our surroundings rather than in our willpower.

Hyperfocus

Chris Bailey

Chris Bailey's practical book on how attention works – how you drop into hyperfocus on a single task, and why letting the mind wander matters just as much.

Find your own study technique

There is no single study technique that works for everyone. Try things out and find the method that suits the way you learn.