The mega memory course teaches you to associate things you want to remember with (memory) pegs. These courses cannot be compared to the Photoreading course. Photoreading gives you the skills to select the books you want to read and learn from faster. You can learn the mega memory techniques from a book. (I found it useless cause it took more work remembering the pegs than it took me to remember stuff my own way)
Alex
Plus, check out our Memory Optimizer course. It's different. Plus, its foundation is not the typical peg and link program.
Genius Code can also help with your memory.
The three courses -- PhotoReading, Memory Optimizer, and Genius Code -- are a powerful combination for learning and memory.
You can do the courses in any order. Come back and revisit them as you go on with the others. They play well off each other.
This will get confusing, but bear with me. There's a system called pseudonumerology where you associate letters to different numbers.
0 = s,z
1 = t,d
2 = n
3 = m
4 = r
5 = l
6 = j, ch-sound
7 = k, hard "c" sound
8 = f
9 = p
Using these letters you make peg words, like:
1 = t and d, so a peg word might be "toe"
2 = n, so a peg word might be "know"
3 = m, so a peg word might be "May"
In any case, if you're remembering a list in a specific order like this:
Mary
John
Mike
You can use the peg words to help create unusual situations to help you remember the order. For example:
Mary with a big painful throbbing sore "Toe"
John holding lots of encyclopedias, because he "knows" a lot"
Mike might be on a float with the big words "May Day" on it.
This seems silly for a list of three things, but on a longer list, it makes more sense. It's not necessarily the only use of peg words, but it's an example. Using the pseudonumerology system, I was able to memorize 1,000 digits of pi in two lazy afternoons.
Yes, it takes a little while to learn peg words, but it does pay off afterwards (in a "you can remember certain lists of things better" kind of way, anyway...you'd be surprised how little this matters, though I have been able to memorize SKU numbers for cashier work and phone numbers pretty easily).
For a taste of pseudonumerology, go to: http://www.pseudonumerology.com
Some people don't dig it, but I like it just fine. This is also a good site: http://www.premiumhealth.com/memory/
Mnemonics can be an interesting hobby, and isn't too bad of a thing to learn. I notice that when I use mnemonics to help memorize names (something I'm REALLY bad at) I will always remember, whereas if I don't, I'll forget it in a couple hours.
-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com
Thing is when you start using a simple memory peg system (the one Ramon suggested is good cause its so quickly and personally adaptable)... you start remembering more without systems.
Alex
Definately agree. The thing is, even if you get really really good with a memory system, you're probably just better off writing whatever it is down and "remembering" to take that list with you...and yes, just writing it down helps you remember it.
I tried the room technique you mentioned, and I agree, it's horrible. The example given to me when I read about it was for a speech, where you associate rooms in your house to parts of your speech, in chronological order. It worked, but to be honest, it was just as effective as memorizing the stupid thing line by line over and over again.
I have a pretty good visual memory, but having a list in front of me seems more practical than thinking of visual images in my head one by one.
As I said, memorizing things isn't as helpful as one might think. I use mnemonics to memorize phone numbers, SKU's, and facts for tests. Other than that, I just write it down.
-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com
No matter what technique you apply to remember something it helps to pay attention and notice what you are doing while your are putting it into your memory. Like if you're in the habit of not putting your keys in the same spot or are about to put them down where they don't belong, you need to say to yourself something like I just put my keys on the dining table.
If your studying/memorising stuff, notice the time, the smells, how hot or cold it is... even if you think something like boy it sure is a nice day out there today I could be flying a kite and here I am studying/memorising algebra (or whatever). Come to a test you have an emotional anchor to recall that helps to bring back the stuff you were studying. It adds leverage to your memory techniques and it something more to help remember the imaginary walk through the rooms.
Alex