How to Memorize Anything by Aditi Singhal, Sudhir Singhal Page A
Authors: Aditi Singhal, Sudhir Singhal
Tags: Self-Help, Meditations
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MEMORIZING A SHOPPING LIST
We all have a habit of making a list of things to buy from a grocery store, but many a times we forget to carry the list along. Or sometimes we forget to carry the tabs or mobile phones in which we have noted down the list in our car or at home. For people with whom this is a common occurrence, the ‘Chain Method’ is a life saviour using which you can easily memorize all the items in just a few minutes.
Given below is a sample shopping list that includes common items. Your list may vary a little but the method to memorize it will be the same.
Toothbrush
Shampoo
Biscuits
Tomatoes
Reebok sports shoes
Pen
Honey
Mobile recharge
Notebook
Popcorn
Let’s try to remember this list using the chain method:
Just imagine yourself standing outside the shop holding a huge toothbrush as tall as you. Now imagine that instead of toothpaste you are putting shampoo on it.
As soon as you try to put it in your mouth, it starts raining and instead of raindrops, biscuits start pouring from the sky.
To cover yourself you run to a nearby tomato field. There you see bright red tomatoes as big as a football. As soon as you pick up the biggest tomato on the field, you find glittering blue Reebok sports shoes under it.
As you start trying to wear one of them, a magic pen emanating a green light pops out from it. You take that pen and start running but suddenly you fall into a big tub. You realize that it is filled with honey . Now imagine yourself totally covered with sticky honey.
You feel dirty and take out your mobile phone from your pocket to call for help. As soon as you try dialling the number, you get a message that there is no balance in your phone. You realize that you were supposed to get your phone recharged .
With a lot of difficulty, you manage to come out and reach a phone booth. There you find a notebook that has big yellow flowers on its cover. You note down your mother’s number on it and give it to a lady operating the phone booth. You request her to dial this number.
Upon seeing your condition, she offers you some popcorn and calls your mother who comes to take you home.
Now after reading the above paragraph, try recalling the list.
I am sure most of you will be able to do it. In case you are not able to visualize the things properly in your mind and are facing difficulty in recalling it, don’t get disheartened. With practice, and by learning other techniques in the coming chapters, I am sure you will be able to improve your visualization and recall.
As I mentioned earlier, each person will have a different list, so you can imagine a chain of events according to your list.
A S M ANY A S Y OU W ANT
You can memorize as long a list as you want; there is no limit to it. You will find no problem doing this, since at one point of time you are making associations between two words only and are visualizing only one image at a time. As we know, the brain has immense potential for remembering images, so it will not get confusing even if you have to memorize a list 50 or 100 words or more. One of our students, made a national record by memorizing 507 words in the same sequence only after listening to them once.
MEMORIZING A LIST OF ‘THINGS -TO-DO’ TODAY
In our day-to-day life, we play so many roles like that of a parent, a son/daughter, a boss, a subordinate, or a friend. While playing those roles we have so many duties and responsibilities to fulfil that it makes our life hectic. One way that we usually follow to plan our day is to make a to-do-list. Now how to remember that?
You might ask why you should try to remember it when you can comfortably write it on a piece of paper and later refer to it throughout the day while doing your chores. Well that’s true, but it’s not always possible to refer to your to-do list in-between every task. Also, the chances of misplacing that piece of paper or diary are very high. It makes much more
MEMORIZING A SHOPPING LIST
We all have a habit of making a list of things to buy from a grocery store, but many a times we forget to carry the list along. Or sometimes we forget to carry the tabs or mobile phones in which we have noted down the list in our car or at home. For people with whom this is a common occurrence, the ‘Chain Method’ is a life saviour using which you can easily memorize all the items in just a few minutes.
Given below is a sample shopping list that includes common items. Your list may vary a little but the method to memorize it will be the same.
Toothbrush
Shampoo
Biscuits
Tomatoes
Reebok sports shoes
Pen
Honey
Mobile recharge
Notebook
Popcorn
Let’s try to remember this list using the chain method:
Just imagine yourself standing outside the shop holding a huge toothbrush as tall as you. Now imagine that instead of toothpaste you are putting shampoo on it.
As soon as you try to put it in your mouth, it starts raining and instead of raindrops, biscuits start pouring from the sky.
To cover yourself you run to a nearby tomato field. There you see bright red tomatoes as big as a football. As soon as you pick up the biggest tomato on the field, you find glittering blue Reebok sports shoes under it.
As you start trying to wear one of them, a magic pen emanating a green light pops out from it. You take that pen and start running but suddenly you fall into a big tub. You realize that it is filled with honey . Now imagine yourself totally covered with sticky honey.
You feel dirty and take out your mobile phone from your pocket to call for help. As soon as you try dialling the number, you get a message that there is no balance in your phone. You realize that you were supposed to get your phone recharged .
With a lot of difficulty, you manage to come out and reach a phone booth. There you find a notebook that has big yellow flowers on its cover. You note down your mother’s number on it and give it to a lady operating the phone booth. You request her to dial this number.
Upon seeing your condition, she offers you some popcorn and calls your mother who comes to take you home.
Now after reading the above paragraph, try recalling the list.
I am sure most of you will be able to do it. In case you are not able to visualize the things properly in your mind and are facing difficulty in recalling it, don’t get disheartened. With practice, and by learning other techniques in the coming chapters, I am sure you will be able to improve your visualization and recall.
As I mentioned earlier, each person will have a different list, so you can imagine a chain of events according to your list.
A S M ANY A S Y OU W ANT
You can memorize as long a list as you want; there is no limit to it. You will find no problem doing this, since at one point of time you are making associations between two words only and are visualizing only one image at a time. As we know, the brain has immense potential for remembering images, so it will not get confusing even if you have to memorize a list 50 or 100 words or more. One of our students, made a national record by memorizing 507 words in the same sequence only after listening to them once.
MEMORIZING A LIST OF ‘THINGS -TO-DO’ TODAY
In our day-to-day life, we play so many roles like that of a parent, a son/daughter, a boss, a subordinate, or a friend. While playing those roles we have so many duties and responsibilities to fulfil that it makes our life hectic. One way that we usually follow to plan our day is to make a to-do-list. Now how to remember that?
You might ask why you should try to remember it when you can comfortably write it on a piece of paper and later refer to it throughout the day while doing your chores. Well that’s true, but it’s not always possible to refer to your to-do list in-between every task. Also, the chances of misplacing that piece of paper or diary are very high. It makes much more
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