Imagine how much better you’d remember stuff if you even put a couple of these methods into place.
Here’s what I’d do: I’d choose ONE of those methods (the one you like the most and which suits your personality the best), and I’d commit to doing that method religiously, every day for a week.
That should give you enough time to see if that particular method does you any good — AND it will build a great habit of it for you.
… then I’d pick a second method the second week, and add that as a new habit and do that religiously as well for the second week. (Obviously, if one method doesn’t work for you, just stop doing it.)
Speaking of systematically building your memory, here’s a very systematic course on how to do some easy yet amazing memorization feats! CLICK HERE TO GET ACCESS.
A typical Western diet with lots of delicious fats isn’t just harming you in the long term — giving you diabetes, obesity and heart failure.
No, your diet is also taking a toll on your memory. Right now.
Researchers at Oxford University have found that fatty foods takes a n almost immediate toll on short-term memory . A study of 32 rats who were trained to remember a maze, showed that rats given fatty foods for a few of days after the training, started making errors when traversing it.
Studies on rats are always interesting and may give us indications of what happens in humans, but Dr Andrew Murray, who led the work at Oxford, says that preliminary human data seems to indicate the same connection — fatty foods lead to a decline in short-term memory.
“It’s nothing short of a high-fat hangover,” said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal, that published the study.
So no matter what you want to excel at, remember to also keep your body in shape. Your powers of memory, focus and attention will surely benefit.
Take care (of yourself),
Sten
P.S. To train your brain for a great memory and sharp focus, sign up for my free memory course.
You don’t know how many emails I get from people who are really stressed out…
* they need to remember volumes upon volumes of books for their exams
* they need to memorize hundreds of facts for a job
* they need to know all the ways to configure some technical device
They are all stressing out, and they want me to fix their memory. Double-quick. When they write me, their test is usually tomorrow.
Now when your test is tomorrow, and you don’t know everything you’re supposed to, it is too late to try to learn everything. Instead, it is time to make the best of the situation.
The irony here is that there is that these people are actually ruining it for themselves… Making the situation far worse than it has to be…
…Because the stress these people are feeling, is actually taking everything to a whole new level of bad.
One thing that is sure to kill your capability of storing anything in your brain for long-term usage is stress. In those situations, the best you can do is stress down. Take it easy. Now, if your exam is tomorrow, or your job review is up tomorrow, there really isn’t time to learn a whole new memory system and then plug all the facts into that system.
That’s not the solution at this point. You don’t need even more stuff to try to cram into your brain.
The very best thing you can do for yourself at this time, is to focus on the main points of what you’re trying to learn, the key points. In many good text books, you will find them summed up in the chapter headings!
If you’re running out of time, think to yourself that the stuff you already know is the most important.
That’s why you noticed it in the first place!
Yes, What You Already Know Is The Most Important!
If there is time, you can add some pieces of knowledge to the pieces you already have. But don’t start reading everything, trying to learn it all. It simply won’t happen. You’ll just make yourself more stressed again. It is better to learn 5 things perfectly, than learn one hundred not at all.
Now don’t cram into the night. Get the sleep you need, and then go, confident that you know a fair few things, and that the rest are probably not all that important.
You have to know when to let go, when it is time to say to yourself “I’ve done everything I can, now it is no longer in my hands.” And then read the questions carefully, and answer them as best you can.
But What If I Don’t Know The Most Important Things?
If you have been studying throughout the semester, or you have been doing that job for a while, you undoubtedly will know most important facts. On any test you can be unlucky and get obscure questions, and that’s okay. If you didn’t start preparing early, now is not the time to try to learn everything. This isn’t a plan to help you get all A’s, it’s a plan to keep your sanity and do the best you can with the limited resources (time) you have. Accept that the time for doing a perfect job of this task has past, and that the goal now is to do the best possible.
This Sucks, I Want To Do Better Next Time
If that is true, then after you have finished your exams, then you can look into memory systems, and how to increase your memory. One of the best resources I know for this is William Walker Atkinson’s “Memory, How to Develop, Train and Use It”. That particular book is good for learning how to remember things for a long time, and not just remembering them, but understanding them. That’s why I mention it so often. If you’re studying at university, for example, rote learning isn’t going to do you much good. There simply is too much information. You need to really understand what you’re learning, and you need to be able to apply the knowledge, and your understanding of it. You need to internalize it in ways just knowing facts by heart never will.
But first, stress down. Relax. You’ll be fine. I’m cheering for you!
That is the shortest way to sum up what went through my mind after seeing this brief video and reading this very valuable, captivating and unique article by Brian Vaszily, known as the “intense experience” success expert.
I’ll just say it outright:
If you are striving to achieve success in anything – building a business, advancing your career, improving your health and fitness, becoming wealthy, finding deep satisfaction in your relationships – you simply cannot afford to miss this powerful article and video.
As one of my valued subscribers, you know I am committed to providing you the best tools and insights that can help you achieve the success and happiness you know should be yours (and if you can envision it, you are absolutely right: it should and will be yours.)
Well my friend, this remarkable little video and article (called “The Nine Intense Experiences of Remarkably Successful People”) provides you profound, highly beneficial and spot-on insights that will enable you to do just that … in an enjoyable and engaging way.
Watch the brief video, read through the amazing article – pay special attention to the “3 Big Secrets” – and then try the little experience in the end.
I believe you’ll find this is unlike anything you’ve encountered before, and the secrets you’ll encounter here really are a perfect complement to my program and the things I’ve recommended here before.
(Please also take note: Brian will be doing a follow-up to this article and video, and as I got a sneak-peek at some of that, believe me, you will definitely want to check that out as well!)
I could go on and on about the insights in this article and video, it really is that exciting, useful and unique, but why do that when you can just check it all out for yourself:
P.S. Pay close attention to what Brian says about “The Hamster Wheel Life,” and don’t miss the three big secrets and trying that experience in the end for yourself.
