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A newsletter for lifelong learners looking to improve their processing, retention and recall of everything they learn.

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Ray Blakney

How Cortisol and Serotonin Actually Shape Your Learning

Your brain chemistry shapes learning

Ray Blakney

The Rewards That Actually Work for Adult Learners

Aug 9, 2026

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9 min read

The Rewards That Actually Work for Adult Learners

Non-material rewards that stick

Ray Blakney

Aug 7, 2026

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8 min read

The 72-Hour Reset

What actually happens to your brain when you disconnect

Ray Blakney

How to Actually Build a Learning System That Sticks

Aug 6, 2026

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9 min read

How to Actually Build a Learning System That Sticks

Level up your memory system

Ray Blakney

How Sleep Turns Your Brain Into a Learning Machine

Aug 5, 2026

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4 min read

How Sleep Turns Your Brain Into a Learning Machine

Why your best study hack might be a nap

Ray Blakney

Aug 4, 2026

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5 min read

Sweet Treats & Study Sessions

Your brain runs on cookies

Ray Blakney

Aug 4, 2026

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9 min read

The Reset Ritual

How to make your study space work session after session

Ray Blakney

Aug 3, 2026

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9 min read

Focus Under Fire

How to study when you can't control your environment

Ray Blakney

The Long Game: How to Protect Your Cognitive Function for the Decades Ahead

Aug 1, 2026

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9 min read

The Long Game: How to Protect Your Cognitive Function for the Decades Ahead

Protect your brain starting now

Ray Blakney

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How Cortisol and Serotonin Actually Shape Your Learning

The Rewards That Actually Work for Adult Learners

The 72-Hour Reset

How to Actually Build a Learning System That Sticks

How Sleep Turns Your Brain Into a Learning Machine

Sweet Treats & Study Sessions

The Reset Ritual

Focus Under Fire

The Long Game: How to Protect Your Cognitive Function for the Decades Ahead

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