Hello everyone.
Have
you ever thought of how can we do things as we are doing them? How do we know
what is right and wrong, good or bad, the right way or the wrong way to deal
with situations? For example: How do we know that we shouldn’t touch the
electric wires? Its because we remember what has been told us. The key to
success and staying alive is our MEMORY. It is ability to remember and use the
information when we need it. I bet most
of you have heard this quote.
The more you learn, the more you
know,
The more you know, the more you forget
The more you forget, the less you know
The more you know, the more you forget
The more you forget, the less you know
I must admit I agree to this
statement. Our memory is not limitless. Scientists say that we use only 10% of
our brain however no one really knows how much can we remember. But what we do
know is that we can always improve our memory.
Memory has been
classified in 5 different sections depending on the importance and the way we
get the information.
If
we learn how to improve all of our senses we could do a lot more. For example: Have
you ever gone out of your room for something and totally forgotten what did you
need? Have you ever tried to read
something fast before tests, and then realize that you can’t remember a thing?
Well luckily for those who agreed to both of these questions I can say that
everyone can improve their memory. And remembering such things as birthdays,
telephone numbers or things to do, will no more be difficult for you.
Hard
to believe but after a short training (a really short) you will notice huge
improvements. If you give a list of 10
items and only 20sec. to look at it an average adult will only remember 7
things mentioned there.
When you will learn the technique I’m
going to talk about, you will be able to easily remember a list of 15 things in
the order you like at the same time.
I have made some experiments with
people from age 12 till 20 to see if it really works so good. All of them had the same list of items and
the same amount of time, and before I reveled the tehnic they could remember
about 7 items. No one could remember all 10.
But after a small training all of them could remember all 10 items
mentioned in the list.
So
the trick to remember a list of things is to imagine them as a story. It is
hard to remember just names, but if they make a connection through a story then
it is easy as a pie.
For example: you have a list of these
items:
- Tire
- Apple
- Car
- Lemonade
- Monkey
- Lamp
So the story could be: A tire was rolling down a hill and hit an
apple tree, the tree was shaking and a yellow car fell off into huge lemonade
pool, and there were a lot of pink noisy monkeys dancing around each holding a
lamp.
So as you see this story makes no
sense and that is good. Because more unbelievable it is the easier it will be
to remember. You can also add some colors and sounds to your story to use all
of your senses. And remember to make it as silly as you can.
This is only one way how to improve
your memory. There are a lot of different ways how to do it, but they need some
training and time. Another way how to train your memory is to try to remember
the last party you where. Try to remember some details and write them down.
What color dresses girls had, what jewelry, who was drinking beer, who had
dirty boots. When you have written it all down just look at photos taken that
day and compare if you remember correct. This also gives good results if you do
it constantly.
So if you think you have bad memory
now you know 2 different ways how to improve it and make it better. I really
hope this information was useful and that is it. \
Thank you for your attention. :)
