Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive (Mental Mastery, #1)

by Kevin Horsley

When you hear people discussing IQ you will also immediately know (remember) that IQ only tests three intelligences—the head intelligences.

The body method was originally invented by the ancient Greeks. You can use it to remember information for exams, work, shopping, or any list of items.

Just make sure you connect the body part and the information in a humorous way

the “peg method” of memory.

The “shape peg” method was developed in 1651 by Henry Herdson, who linked numbers to objects shaped like the digits.

The “rhyming peg” method was introduced two centuries later by John Sambrook in 1879. These methods are very simple

In the rhyming pegs method, the pegs act like clothes pegs or clothespins:

You always need your long-term memory to assist your short-term memory.

Really see each link picture in your mind and make it clear. You should now know these emotions forward, backward, and in random order.

The rhyming peg method can be extended by finding additional words that rhyme with the number, e.g.: one—bun, gun, sun. With this

the shape system, converts numbers into concrete shapes.

Whatever you think about, that’s what you remember. Memory is the residue of thought. —Daniel T. Willingham

the most effective of all the memory systems.

This method uses the same process as the car and body lists, but this time we will use places or markers in a location, on a journey, or on a route to store information.

Place each item you are trying to remember on one of the marked locations.

12 keys that you can focus on each day to be more successful and fulfilled in your life. He calls these keys the “daily dozen”

Unfortunately, rote learning and constant repetition are frustrating and can create an aversion to learning.

if you use your own environment, because you are more aware of the order of the places. Review the list backward and you will notice that it will all still be there. Doing this makes the images even clearer for your memory.

Since we remember what we think about, it is always easier to remember something that you experienced

Make sure to choose places you know well, that have significance for you, and that have lots of variety.

It’s like having crib notes or a teleprompter inside your head: The journey is like the paper and the images are like the ink. Your imagination can attach any information to a familiar journey.

We learn only by association. Learning connects new information to old information; it doesn’t happen any other way.

There is no such thing as a good or bad memory for names, there is only good or bad strategy.

We are all brilliant at names if we are motivated enough to hold on to them.

If you hear the name, repeat it back to the person; this will improve your recall. If you don’t hear the name, ask the person to say it again. If it is a difficult name, ask them to spell it, too.

We are normally so worried about being interesting that we forget to be interested.

Create

Create an image for the name

working memory doesn’t store information.

have to really think about the name to remember it because we only remember what we think about.

you only have 20 seconds to think about their name and make an association. If you don’t do anything with the nam...

any name can be given meaning and turned into a picture.

Connect

Comparison Connection

connect the person to a name that you already know.

Next, compare the two people in

Just compare the two faces in your mind and you will remember them. You can cement the memory even more by imagining the person with two heads—their own, and that of the person you already know with the same name. I

Face Connection

Meeting Location Connection

Continuous Use

you have to continue using it. Talk about their name. If it is a foreign name ask the person what it means. How do they spell it?

This method twists the numbers into shapes so that they form letters, then turns the letters into words.

Turning information into art grabs your attention;

every word is a picture drawn with letters.

Any art can help you remember more.

The whole process is about creative remembering and becoming more associated and personally involved with the information.

By looking, linking, and locking in the image you will make the memory link stronger and easier to recall.

Here is a great way to clear up confusion between homophones:

He has a pear in his ear. The pair of shoes is flying through the air.

Turn key information that you need for your life into a picture so that you will be able to see it easily in your mind’s eye.