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