“That’s the book that the students secretly passed around!”
Everything You Need to Know About the Ultra-Compressed Memorization Techniques That Work for Every Exam

There is only one formula for passing any exam.
The idea is to compress and memorize only the material that will appear on the exam from the vast amount of material, so that you can find the answer just by looking at the problem.
That is why the "Ultra-compressed memorization technique that ensures you pass the exam in one try" that simplifies the key points and memorizes them efficiently is the best secret to passing the exam.

This book contains all the memorization strategies learned by Lee Hyeong-jae, the "Legend of Sillim-dong," who passed the civil service examination in just one year and passed over 10 exams in a short period of time, including the International CPA, AICPA, and Certified Real Estate Agent exams, dozens of times.
We also introduce memorization techniques for each type of multiple-choice and subjective question, ultra-compressed strategies for selecting only the questions that will appear on the exam, various techniques for easy memorization, and secret techniques for raising your score right before the exam.

This book, which was very popular among test takers because it is guaranteed to be effective even when the focus is short, time is limited, or the amount of material is large, is even more reliable because it contains only methods that the author personally tried and verified while consulting with test takers.


If there's an exam you absolutely must pass, now is the time to open this book!

Even now, countless students' concerns are pouring into the classroom and on YouTube.
The biggest concern among these is the concern about ‘memorization.’
“I’m not good at memorizing.” “After all, you have to memorize things to get good grades on tests.
People like me say things like, “I think I’ll end up failing because I can’t memorize things properly.”
In times like these, I say, “Everyone has different abilities, but you can develop the memorization skills to pass the exam.”
The reason I can say this with such confidence is because I have so much experience.
Anyone can produce different results if they just know how.
--- p.11, from “Passing the exam in one year after finding a memorization technique”

After nearly 20 years of searching for the optimal memorization method for exams, the conclusion I reached was 'hyper-compression'.
Accepting the fact that you cannot memorize everything is the beginning of effective memorization, rather than thinking that you will memorize everything.
The amount of information a person can memorize is limited.
Therefore, the most important thing in memorization is to minimize the amount of memorization and ultimately eliminate the need to memorize anything.
In fact, when I lecture, I reduce the content of about 1,000 pages to less than 20 pages at the end of the exam.
There are many reviews saying that you can get a passing grade just by looking at it.

--- p.11~12, from “Ultra-compressed memorization techniques that achieve maximum efficiency in a short period of time”

The same goes for studying.
It is difficult to understand the details of something you are learning for the first time.
You have to watch it over and over again to remember the details.
So, if you look at the points differently each time you repeat it, you can understand the content more deeply.
You can get a new feeling by repeating the same content in different ways.
The memorization points according to the number of repetitions are as follows.
① 1-3 times: Understanding the overall content
② 4-6 times: Focus on detailed memorization content, keywords, etc.
③ 7 times or more: Look at even the smallest details carefully
If it's a subject you've already studied, so-called basic content, you can take it about twice less.
If you watch it 5 times, you will remember the details, and if you watch it more than that, you will feel quite proficient.
--- p.48~49, from “How many repetitions are needed for memorization?”

In order to clearly understand, you must use a 'memorization technique that can be clearly imprinted in your head'.
Going back to the previous example, in order to memorize that 'positive regulation is a principle prohibition', you should confirm that 'giving up is a principle prohibition' right before the test.
Since ‘giving up is a principle prohibition’, ‘positive’ is ‘a principle prohibition’.
I call this 'pillar driving of memory'.
① The day before the exam, compress the key content so that you can skim through the entire scope.
② Find a time when you can memorize well.
③ The key point is to properly ‘build the pillars of memory’.
This is the basic principle of memorization.

--- p.61~62, from “Even if you see one, make sure to imprint it in your mind”

One of the things that students often worry about is that they study hard and think they know everything, but when it comes to solving problems, they have trouble solving them.
You seem to know it, but when you try to solve a problem, you keep getting it wrong? If so, you don't know it accurately.
In times like these, I need to solve a lot of problems to make sure that what I know is correct.
In particular, memorize it while looking at the options and making sure you can judge each one as true or false.
In short, in the beginning, focus on problem solving.
In the end, you should focus a little more on repetition than problem solving.
Of course, when you first start studying, you won't be able to solve the problems because you don't know anything right away.
Therefore, in the initial learning stage, you should focus on the input called ‘familiarity with the content.’
(1) [First Study Stage] Mastering the Content 8: Problem Solving 2
(syncopation)
(4) [About a month before the exam] Content review 7: Problem solving 3
(5) [One week before the exam] Study the content 10 times: Solve the problems 0 or 9 times: 1
--- p.109~110, from “Problem Solving Methods Needed for Extraction”

Difficult words can be easily memorized by changing them into easier terms.
I call this 'unpacking words'.
Just like untangling a tangled thread, words need to be broken down into simpler meanings to make them easier to memorize.
The previous example is also related to this work.
For example:
(syncopation)
Have you ever heard the term "supplementary budget"? It's a term that appears occasionally in the news (often referred to as "supplementary budget"). A supplementary budget is a budget drawn up when, "after the budget is established," a "reason arises" that requires "a change to the already established budget."
It is difficult to remember with expressions like this.
To use an analogy for the supplementary budget, it's like asking for more money from your parents when you already have an allowance but need it urgently.
If I think about it in this way, connecting it to my own experiences, I can easily remember the content.
If you feel like you're not memorizing it well, definitely make stairs.
The fact that you can't remember difficult terms isn't a problem of ability, but simply because you studied in a setting that was difficult to get into.
Remember that any difficult term can be conquered by creating steps.
--- p.120~124, from “How to Make Stairs”

There is a problem that if you use too many two-letter words, you will not be able to remember the details of the two-letter words at all later on.
So, it is better to avoid using it too much.
In my case, I didn't create acronyms from the beginning, but rather, a month or two before the exam, I created acronyms based on content that I really couldn't memorize.
In conclusion, the two letters end their role as a 'trigger of memory'.
When you have to memorize the order of the Joseon kings, if you think of 'Taejeongtaesemundanse' first, you can remember 'Taejo-Jeongjong-Taejong-Sejong-Munjong-Danjong-Sejo'.
However, the period when King Taejo Yi Seong-gye became king (1392-1398) and his achievements cannot be remembered in a single word.
When you can't remember something in the exam room, think of the first two letters, and if you can remember the related content in succession, that's enough.

--- p.194~195, from “Precautions for Two-letter Memorization Method”