IMPROVING MEMORY

IMPROVING MEMORY

A good memory is a great asset, and one that can always be developed. Even the most amazing memory experts rely on acquired techniques to perform their feats. Follow similar approaches, and you will never forget what you need to remember.

TESTING MEMORY

People often complain that their memory is failing., but recall is affected by factors., including stress and fatigue, that do not reflect intellectual capability. Try a simple test. Can you, for example, remember a list of ten items in the correct order after one read-through? If you cannot, do not despair. A little training will show that you memory power can accomplish this and many more complex tasks.

REMEMBERING LISTS AND NUMBERS

To help you remember a list, try composing a story that includes all the items. The more outlandish it is, the better; for example: "A men needs aspirin for a bad headache after drinking too much wine which cost too much money. He makes a note in his pad never to do it again, and starts eating oranges as a cure. One of the oranges flowers and turns into a tree, which is pulped to make a book. The book contains a recipe for cooking cold sausages with soap powder to make pet food. " you will now remember the list perfectly. 

To remember numbers more easily, substitute word associations for the digits, for example using simple rhymes: 1=Sun, 2=Shoe, 3= Tree , and so on.

then you can compose your own numerical associations. Any list of object, ideas, people, points in a speech, or numbers can be fixed in the memory by association with your ten "number words".

USING ASSOCIATION

Being able to remember what you want or need is very valuable. You do not have to leave it to your natural power. association is the key to effective memorizing, and by using it delivering a 30-minute speech without notes. Association involves linking what you are trying to remember with other things, such as rhymes. Mnemonics are also a form of association, such as "Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred and ninety two"

STORING INFORMATION

Devise a filing system to suit your needs and make sure that it is efficient - you should be able to locate items easily whenever you need to recall them.

AIDING YOUR MEMORY

There is not reason to burden your head with searching your memory when a computer, filing system, or notebook can do the job perfectly well. You should also keep a large number of reference sites, either on the Internet or your bookshelves. The computer makes all these tasks much easier. But it is up to you to take practical steps to record these "memories"

KEEPING RECORDS

Write down as soon as possible your notes on an interview, something you have read, the name of a new contact, or information you have been given, and file it away.