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

by Kevin Horsley

The SEE Principle S—Senses: There are only five ways to get anything into your brain, and those are through your senses: sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste. Your senses help you mentally recreate your world. If you learn to engage your senses, you will use more of your brain and improve your memory. Think of a horse. See it in your mind. Touch it, smell it, and hear it. You didn’t see the letters H-O-R-S-E in your mind; you saw a multisensory picture of what the word represents. Your senses make mind movies real and memorable. Use them! E—Exaggeration: Throughout this book, we will use images to represent concepts that we’d like to remember. But not just any images—exaggerated, sometimes silly, and sometimes nonsensical mind pictures. Which is easier to remember: a strawberry that is normal size, or one the size of a house? An elephant, or an elephant wearing a pink bikini? Make your mental images larger or smaller than life. The more you exaggerate the image you’re using to help you remember a concept, the easier it will be to recall later on. Exaggerate with humor; tickle your mind. There is no scientific evidence that learning must be serious. Make your images illogical. Have fun; create some exaggerated images to improve your memory. E—Energize: Give your mental pictures action. Would you rather watch a movie of your holiday or a slide show? What creates more feeling in your imagination: a horse standing still or a horse that is running and moving? Make your mental ...

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