title: The Memory Book
author/editor: Harry Lorayne
reviewed by: Anonymous
THE MEMORY BOOK
By Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas, this book teaches you how to recall numbers, shopping lists, names, appointments and many other useful data.
One tactic is to improve your memory through association. For example, it's easy to find Italy on a map because you associate Italy with a shape of a high-heeled boot.
Now, if you have to remember things in sequence, the link system should be used. To illustrate this idea, assume you have to remember these four items in sequence: egg, mailbox, earring, pickle.
All you have to do is to picture absurd images to associate the items together. A bizarre picture might be: A egg frying on top of the mailbox. The next silly picture might be: A mail-box wearing an earring . And finally, add the image of an earring piercing a pickle. Now, can you remember the four items in sequence?
Try it! Make a list of ten items and link them together this way. Then see if you can list them in sequence! You'll be able to remember the list backward and forward.
Now you have mastered the power of your memory. There are many other memory tips in this book. The more you practice these hints, the better your memory will be.
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