@Cardinal_Richelieu, you might pick up a few more tips from Ultralearning by Scott Young. One of the tips I liked was:
Test yourself for confidence . Push yourself to recall. Self-testing greatly outperforms concept-mapping and review by reading. Jeffrey Karpicke and Janell Blunt. Free recall without prompts or suggestions after a short period of forgetting is best with a target of having success (desirable difficulty). Regular testing of previous material makes it easier to learn new material. (forward-testing effect) Use flash cards, free recall, question book notetaking at a conceptual level, challenges, closed-book concept maps.
Doug