We are unable to memorize many things and get bogged down. Lack of storage space? No. They are kept somewhere in the subconscious mind. Only we have not filed them in a systematic manner, claim the experts.
From childhood we have been associating things. For instance a small child sees his father's face to call him papa. The conclusion: we are able to remember pictorial things more than abstract ones.
Let's start with the brain's two parts:
Left Brain Controls Right Brain Rules
Logical thinking Fantasies
Calculation Imagination
Sequencing Color
When both these work in harmony, a genius is born.
There's a small memory test you can perform to check your capabilities before you embark on a memorizing spree. Close your eyes and imagine yourself in your bedroom. Now starting from the wall on your right, try to visualize everything in the room. You know exactly where each and everything is placed. Isn't it incredible? You are so familiar with things that you can remember them blindfolded.
The basic scheme to memorize things in a proper way:
• Association
• Thoughts
• Confidence
• Pictures
• Concentration
• Oddities
• Color
• Sex
• Exaggeration
• Power of senses
How To Develop These Qualities :
Let's begin with association. Pick any ten words at random. Now you can connect them with a story. And then go back into your memory bank and you'll find them in the order you had kept them.
To learn anything we need to learn a language. Similarly to learn a memory language, you need to learn the memory language alphabets, known as codes. There are 100 basic codes. What exactly is this memory code? These are pictures given to numbers 1 to 100. For instance, 1 is for sun, 2 is shoe.
Then there is the Number Rhyme Method. We can adopt pronunciation-rhyming words. For number two we can take shoe or zoo, to whichever we relate better. To remember better visualize two shirts with the imprint of a shoe.
Then you connect certain numbers with images. For the number one looks like a hockey stick. Then you can connect number with quantity. For instance, number 12 can be associated with dozen. And even connect numbers with important years in your life or history.
If things are still tough, then you can relate numbers to specific alphabets. For instance 61 is A. Immediately you relate A to apple and from there to 61.
Now you are on the road to a better memory. So adopt a technique to systematic learning. Take regular breaks. It's a myth that longer learning sessions enhance memorizing power. Relax after every 50 minutes.
Drink lots of water. Keep a glass of water by your side to keep you alert.
Revise the material after 24 hours and do the second revision after seven days. The third revision could even be after three months.
Try and learn the same thing in the place you first learnt it in. It makes it easier to recall.
Concentrate and learn but don't force yourself.
Since you're fully geared to activate your memory pulse, why don't you start right now.
