Velcro memory

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I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

Nice thought from Made to Stick (I blogged it earlier here).

Your brain hosts a truly staggering number of loops. The more hooks an idea has the better it will cling to memory. Your childhood home has a gazillion hooks in your brain. Your credit card number has one, if it’s lucky.

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