7 Principles of Memory

The principles below may be applied to every aspect of your daily life: at home, at school, at work, and in your leisure time. Know that memory definitely involves learning, and both are complimentary activities for better survival and achievement in our modern world.  1.    Learners learn from their behavior. Thus, learner errors should...

Chapter 10 : Other Memory Tools

Just when you thought you already know a lot of memory tools and techniques, we have more in store for you in this chapter. Memory Organization Being disorganized can surely take up a lot of your time, and it can negatively affect your efficiency. Your memory works the same way. Much like folders in a filing cabinet, you can also create mental folders to retain...

Chapter Nine : How to Remember Events

Can you still remember what your breakfast was 3 days ago? Can you recall what your boss announced yesterday regarding the company’s new mission statement?      Don’t panic if things like these escape your memory. You’re not alone. Sometimes, we become too engrossed with a lot of our daily responsibilities that we tend to forget events...

Chapter Eight : How to Remember Places

Different people have different abilities. Some are bestowed with the gift of direction. They are the ones who never forget how to arrive at a place of destination, no matter if they have to go through a labyrinth-like path to get there, and even though they’ve only been to that place once.        However, there are many people...

Chapter Seven : How to Remember Numbers

In almost everything we do, there are numbers involved - telephone numbers, credit card and ATM numbers, zip codes, passwords, calculations, and many others!  Whether you love them or you hate them, numbers are here to stay. In order to cope up with today’s hectic lifestyle, you have to be able to remember a lot of numbers, or you’ll end up getting all...

Chapter Six : How to Remember Names and Faces

You have probably heard a similar statement that says, “The most beautiful word an individual can ever hear is his or her own name being called by another person.” However, this poses a great threat to people who have trouble remembering names, especially those who are frequently attending important business meetings and gatherings. If someone approaches you...

Chapter Five : Memory and Your Senses

Did you know that the impressions received from your five senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell have a significant role in the retention of information in your mind? These are called Memory of Sense Impressions. However, when you come down to a systematic analysis of sense impressions retained in the memory, you’ll find that the majority of such...