Royane Real
Improve Memory With Simple Techniques
By: Steven Gillman
Introductory comments by Royane Real
Author of : “How You Can Be Smarter - Use Your Brain to Learn Faster, Remember Better and Be More Creative”
Would you like to learn some simple techniques to improve memory? If the answer is yes, then keep on reading.
Usually when people want to improve their ability to remember, it’s because of one of two reasons.
One good reason for wanting to improve memory is because you need to remember a lot of information. For example, you may be a student, and perhaps you have some very important exams coming up. Your entire future career may be riding on your ability to memorize an enormous number of facts and concepts and then recall them when needed. You may find it beneficial to learn some specific memory boosting techniques.
The other main reason people want to improve memory is because they have start to notice the sort of memory lapses that come with aging. When people start to notice memory lapses they become terrified that soon their brains won’t be able to remember anything. Aging by itself does not have to mean that your ability to remember disappears, although aging can cause the memory retrieval process to slow down.
As long as your brain is physically healthy, then learning memory enhancement techniques can give a big boost to your ability to recall information. If your brain is starting to experience a decline that is related to factors such as stress, depression, poor circulation or poor nutrition, then it may be harder for you to improve memory.
In addition to learning various memory enhancement techniques, your brain will benefit from getting good nutrition and good rest.
Don’t forget that to improve memory, your brain also needs to be stimulated with learning. Mental exercise is probably just as important as physical exercise to keep your brain working properly.
What is good exercise for the brain?
Do something that really requires a lot of brain power. Don’t settle for just doing something that is passive. Keep looking for new activities and interests you haven’t explored before. This will keep your brain challenged and interested
A brain that is interested in new things will be much better at thinking and remembering than a brain that is bored.
Here is an article by Steve Gillman which will give you some good tips to improve your memory.
( The above introductory comments were provided by Royane Real, author of the popular ebook “How You Can Be Smarter - Use Your Brain to Learn Faster, Remember Better and Be More Creative” )
Feature article:
Improve Memory With Simple Techniques
By: Steven Gillman
Improve memory easily? Yes, there really are some simple techniques, and you can start using them right now. Here are a few to get you started:
1. Tell yourself to remember. When you first learn a person's name, for example, tell yourself, "remember that". This signals your unconscious mind to rank this input higher in importance.
2. Know why you want to remember something. For example, to remember a person, think about how that person will be important to you in the future. If you want to remember facts about something, think about how you will need them someday.
3. Visualize the future. Imagine where you'll see a person next, and anything you notice about them. Use this with the last technique. The additional associations will set the memory more firmly in your brain.
4. Retrace your steps. When you forget something, like where you put your keys, you probably retrace your steps. This works, but try it in your mind, as if you were watching yourself from a distance. This can help keep you from blanking out parts of your route, as you did when you first set the keys down.
5. Plan your memory. When you set down the keys on the chair, see yourself walking in and setting the keys on the chair. You could also quickly imagine someone asking where you put them and you answering "on the chair." You'll remember where they are if you do this.
Improve Memory With Proven "Tricks"
I went to a birthday party as a child. A party contest involved looking at a table covered in 15 various items for a few minutes. Then the things were taken away, and then we each got a piece of paper and a pencil. We had to write down as many items as we could remember. I recalled seven or eight, but one little boy got all 15 items, and won the prize.
Years later I learned how he did it. His father taught him a simple technique that none of us other kids knew. The trick is to tie the items together in an imaginative story. Let's say you want to remember the following things: milk, soap, forks, honey, and flowers.
You create a story, and see it vividly in your head: At the bathroom sink, you reach for the soap, but the soap dish is filled with milk, so you wash your hands with that, then comb honey into your hair with a fork, pick up a bouquet of flowers and smile at yourself in the mirror. Repeat each item to yourself as you review this "movie" in your imagination, and you'll remember all five things, even the next day.
Create Good Memory Habits
Guess what the biggest problem with memory techniques is? Remembering to use them. Seriously, there are many great methods, but if you don't have the habit of using them, you'll forget to when you need them most. With any technique, make a conscious effort to use it until it becomes automatic. That's how to improve memory.
Steve Gillman has been studying brainpower and related topics for years. For more on How To Increase Brain Power, and to get the Brain Power Newsletter and other free gifts, visit: http://www.IncreaseBrainPower.com
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