Monday, December 22, 2008
Memory Is Important
When someone wonders if I remember such and such an event or so-and-so, if the answer is no one of my favorite response is to smile and acknowledge that no, I don’t. Then I explain that I have a brilliant memory – it’s just awfully short.
The truth is, memory is the key to many things. If we don’t remember things, we are hopelessly lost and are placed in a confinement of sorts. However, there are some things you can do effective immediately that will improve your memory substantially. Douglas Hermann, in his book, Super Memory, points out that practice alone can improve “global” memory and substantially boost retrieval ability in certain areas of life. He says when you practice specific memory tasks, you can produce spectacular results.
Dr Hermann says that most people who attempt to learn a long string of numbers read to them normally will remember about seven of the numbers correctly. However, he says that after practicing for several momths, many people can remember forty, fifty, sixty or even as many as eighty numbers in a string. The only problem is that it does require some work and a commitment to the objective.
He points out that most people normally can recall about a third of what they know. However, after a month of daily practicing to recall specific bits of information, they can dramatically improve, whether it’s remembering a geographical location, a historical fact, or a personal event that took place many years earlier. This proves that if we do have a “poor memory,” it’s probably caused by an untrained or lazy memory. Work on that memory. You will have more fun, be more effective, more productive in the process.kAkA.hUnTeR
The greatest fulfillment in improving ourselves comes in our empowerment to more effectively reach out and help others.
spoke at : 12/22/2008 09:04:00 AM