| Have you ever thought of how you're able to | | | | is to give our full attention to every little |
| remember names, things and faces? How about | | | | detail that comes our way or make that every |
| thinking about the way your memory works? | | | | bit of sight, sound, smell, texture and taste |
| Maybe you have but some of you have not | | | | that we encounter. It works perfect since |
| thought about it all. How about this, picture | | | | when we absorb the thought to our memory, we |
| how you're able to recognize some information | | | | have all the details we need and in turn, |
| easily while the rest just wont sink in at | | | | when we retrieve the same information, we |
| all. | | | | have the complete details. Problem solved? |
| | | | Almost. |
| There are times when our memory won't work on | | | | |
| the right places when we need them to work. | | | | In memorization, there are techniques which |
| It is just downright frustrating. And yes, | | | | we can use to help us enhance our thinking |
| our memory lets us down for many instances in | | | | skills. It's also the ideal way how to |
| a year and we don't even know why it happens. | | | | exercise our minds in absorbing and |
| The truth is, our brain doesn't have any | | | | memorizing information. |
| problem in picking up and storing as many | | | | |
| information as it can along the way. The | | | | If you need to memorize numbers for example, |
| problem comes in the retrieving part - when | | | | try grouping them together to numbers you're |
| we need to take a thought from our mind and | | | | familiar with. Let's say the numbers 7 1 0 3 |
| say it out loud or write it down for some | | | | 8 4 5 6 2 4 need your immediate memorization. |
| purpose. | | | | Group them together like this: 78014 365 24 |
| | | | where 78014 is a zip code in TX, 365 is the |
| What we fail to do however, is to realize | | | | number of days in a year and 24 the number of |
| that for each memory we create, at the very | | | | hours in a day. Try a different sequence of |
| moment our mind sinks the information in, we | | | | numbers and clump them together. You'll see |
| do not take the time to study what it is, or | | | | how easy this works for you, and for |
| to observe its characteristics. We then blame | | | | everybody else. |
| our memory for failing us. The answer to this | | | | |