September 23, 2011
The Worst Tips For Remembering Important Details About Things
Remembering information for a test, a speech or a shopping trip, can be difficult or even impossible without the proper tools and tricks. One of the worst ways to remember a lengthy list, like the numbers of an account number or a weekly shopping list is to read the list several times. This is known as memorizing by rote. This may work with something small, like a three digit lotto number, but otherwise, this hardly ever works. It would be better to simply use the written list. Another poor memory tool is saying the information out loud. Auditory memory trick are not nearly as effective as visual tricks. Another tool is linking the information to another well known list. For example, the one is a bun list of ten rhymes encourages the user to visualize one item per rhyme. The mistake is making the visualizations boring, ordinary and easily forgotten. The key to linking devices is to make the pictures as unique, ridiculous and memorable as possible. A thick bulky sweater in a bun that you can’t get one’s mouth around is something one doesn’t see everyday. Without detail and creativity, this device fails. To remember important information, learn the memory tools and tricks that actually work.
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