MasterMind Memory Techniques

If you're reading this book, you're probably a person who believes in self improvement and if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything. How right you are! Improving your memory is a matter of applying tools and techniques to get the desired outcome.

Many times, the people around us make judgments about our memory. Men are often accused of being forgetful about "important" facts such as anniversary dates, what their wife or girlfriend wore on their first date or maybe, forgetting to stop by the store on the way home.

In addition, the judgments about us get worse as we grow older. An active mind and an active body are the best ways to combat the effects of age on memory.

People can perceive you in a different light, if they believe that you have superior mental powers. Conversely those same people will perceive you quite negatively if you forget their names or birthdays. In short, having a good memory is an essential asset when getting along with others.

There is a simple trick to employ to convince others that you have a "superior" memory or even a photographic memory. It's called the "Days of the Week" Dates technique.

Announce to everyone that you can tell them what day of the week any given date falls on, during the current calendar year. Then ask them to test you. It's quite easy actually. All it takes is remembering a short sequence of numbers.

The human brain cannot memorize large chunks of information, but it can quite readily digest smaller chunks in groups of 4 to 7. Ever wonder why your Social Security number is broken up into three small chunks of numbers rather than one continuous stream? It's the same thing with phone numbers. Memorizing a ten digit number seems daunting, but most of us can remember a phone number.

And now, on to the technique:

• For the current year, pick the digit that represents the first Sunday of January.
• Write that number down.
• Repeat for each month of the year, in order. This will give you a 12 digit number.
• Remember to break the 12 digit number into 4 chunks of three numbers.
• Memorize the sequence.