Memorizing a large block of text is incredibly hard, but the folks over on Productivity 501 show a simple method to practice recalling information instead of repeating it, by reducing large chunks of text to just a few letters.

You have a lot of different options for memorizing large streams of text. An old favorite is the memory palace, where you lay out a string of words inside an imaginary palace. The method Productivity 501 talks about is all about reduction.

via Practice Recall, Not Repeating to Memorize Large Blocks of Text.