3 TIPS FOR A BETTER MEMORY

by Nadeem Akhtar on Monday, 14 March 2011 at 05:43

1. PAY ATTENTION
You cant retrieve information that doent !o into your memory in the firt "#ace $ it #ike earchin! for a fi#e you
never aved% &f you 'ant to remember omethin!, make a "oint of noticin! it%
Example
(ant to remember 'here you "arked the car in the mu#ti)tory car)"ark* Make a de#iberate "oint of noticin! the
#ocation +,ed 45, or 'hatever- and even te##in! youre#f .&ve "arked at ,ed 45/%
Cletus memory tip
0ake a "hoto of the .,ed 45/ "y#on 'ith your camera "hone% And dont #eave the "hone in the car :)-

!. "AN# IT ON A "OO$
Mnemonic ytem are !reat for or!ani1in! your memorie for eaier retrieva#% 0he idea i to #ink ne' information
you 'ant to remember to e2itin! tuff you a#ready kno' 'e##%
Example
3ay you 'ant to remember 5 item to "ick u" at the ho": a ma!a1ine, tooth"ate, choco#ate, an i4od cae and
coffee bean% &f it a "ath you kno' 'e##, you cou#d chooe #andmark a#on! the 'ay: the entrance to the #ane, the
tunne#, the ova#, traffic #i!ht and the retaurant% No' you 5ut #ink the ne' item you 'ant to remember to the
a#ready 'e## kno'n #andmark% 6e creative and 700 to he#" your memory%

Visualize:
A hu!e "i#e of ma!a1ine b#ockin! the #ane entrance
A choir of buker bruhin! their teeth for money in the tunne#
8hoco#ate bar 5o!!in! around the ova#
Muic b#arin! out of the traffic #i!ht
8offee bean "i##in! out of the 'indo' and door of the retaurant%
+0ry it $ it rea##y 'ork9-

Cletus memory tip
3o doe a #it% 3he## out for ome "ot)it and ave them to do 'ork%

3. P%AY IT A#AIN& SAME
,e"etition tren!then the neura# "ath'ay and thi he#" et a memory% Menta# reheara# i a !reat 'ay to
etab#ih thoe "ath'ay%
Example
(ant to remember omeone name 'hen youre introduced* ,e"eat the name a#oud immediate#y +8harmed, &m
ure, Mr Arfeen 0ano#i-, then re"eat it menta##y after a fe' econd, then after a fe' minute and then "erha"
after a ha#f)hour%
Cletus memory tip
7r you cou#d 5ut ak the dude 'hat hi name 'a a!ain%