Improving your memory. 6

[Grenage]

There are quite a few people here who seem to have a very good memory, does anyone have any tips or exercises on improving it? Mine is absolutely terrible.

Not so much 'party trick' memory feats, but rather storing and recalling things, in our day to day lives.

I Just hope I remember to check the thread for replies. /wink

Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[mjldba]

What was the qustion?

 

[Grenage]

I don't really remember myself...

Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[flapeyre]

Mnemonics.

(Now, if I could just remember thatword...)

Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas.

 

[Olaf Doschke]

I'm not very organized. For example I really don't like todo lists or calendars for appointments, neither as paper nor in their electronic form. I feel not relieved from the burden to remember all this things, but rather fell enslaved by them.

I have the impression, that becauseI don't write things down or enter them to the computer, I can remember appointments or tasks better on my own. I also dislike the planning involved, I want to do things, not plan to do them.

On the other side: Perhaps this is just my impression, because I don't get reminded, that I did forget them, as there is no written down evidence.

I'm getting to the age, where I should use such things.

Bye, Olaf.

 

[jebenson]

I find that taking 10 seconds to visualize the things I want to remember really helps. So much of the time, things are just "in one ear and out the other", taking the time to actually pay attention, even as little as 10 seconds, can be a big help.

Take names for example. I am *terrible* with names, but I have found that if when I meet someone I take 10 seconds to say to myself, "This is John Doe. John Doe is this guy's name. When I meet hem again, I'll say 'Hello John Doe!" I do a much better job actually remembering John's name.

No tricks, just slowing down a bit and paying more attention.



I used to rock and roll every night and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find 30 minutes a week in which to get funky. - Homer Simpson

Arrrr, mateys! Ye needs ta be preparin' yerselves fer Talk Like a Pirate Day!

 

[traingamer]

My long-retired neighbor prided herself on her use of mnemonic devices to remember names. Once a year she attended her husband's Navy reunion. She related the story of how she walked right up to a person she'd met the the year before and asked, "How are you, Mr. Cigar?"
[hide]"That's Muriel", he replied.[/hide]

Greg
"Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." - Winston Churchill

 

[SantaMufasa]

Grenage,

I have used with great success the techniques of Harry Lorayne. The book I started with was How to Develop a Super-Power Memory, available via this link from Amazon.

Here are other books memory-building books available on Amazon, authored by Harry Lorayne.

Let us know if any of these work for you, if you remember. <grin>

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]

 

[kjv1611]

Santa,

Those books do look like they could do very well. And the reviews seem to be almost 100% good. And for the prices of the used ones, it's hard to at least consider them.

Now, I just have to remember to read the book if I buy it.


--

"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me

 

[Grenage]

Ah, thank you; I shall take a look a those books. Much appreciated!

Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[SantaMufasa]

And for the prices of the used ones, it's hard to at least consider them.

Huh? did you mean, "It's hard not to at least consider them?"

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]

 

[kjv1611]

Um, yeah. I guess I FORGOT the "not".




--

"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me

 

[kjv1611]

Oh, and have a pinky one for the info on the memory books.

--

"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me

 

[philhege]

Can someone tell me again what this thread was about?

 

[traingamer]

My long-retired neighbor prided herself on her use of mnemonic devices to remember names.



Greg
"Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." - Winston Churchill

 

[sbrews]

flapeyre (Programmer) 3 May 07 10:07
Mnemonics.

(Now, if I could just remember thatword...)

Many years ago, I worked on a project that had lots of acronyms and abbreviations. There were so many that we all decided we were suffering from mnemonic plague

 

[flapeyre]

mnemonic plague

Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas.

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
Then there was this old joke:

Two elderly couples were enjoying friendly conversation when one of the men asked the other,” Fred, how was the memory clinic you went to last month?" "Outstanding," Fred replied. "They taught us all the latest psychological techniques: visualization, association, etc. It was great." "That's great! And what was the name of the clinic?" Fred went blank. He thought and thought, but couldn't remember. Then a smile broke across his face and he
asked, "What do you call that flower with the long stem and thorns?"
"You mean a rose?"
"Yes, that's it!" He turned to his wife, "Rose, what was the name of
that memory clinic?"

To Paraphrase:"The Help you get is proportional to the Help you give.."

 

[pinkgecko]

Just had this one happen to me the other day:

I have a one month old nepew named Walker. Whenever I hear that name, I think of "Walker, Texas Ranger" - so I've been calling the baby "Chuck" (Norris). When my father in law called the other day and asked me the baby's name, for the life of me, I could only remember "Chuck."

[blue]Never listen to your customers. They were dumb enough to buy your product, so they have no credibility. - Dogbert[/blue]

 

[SantaMufasa]

Pink that reminds me of how I try to help people remember my name. When we are introduced, I tell them, "I'm Dave Hunt, like 'Hunt's Ketchup'."

So, the other day, I had an acquaintance introduce me to another person as "Dave Heinz".

So much for mnemonics.

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]