How to Memorize Anything by Aditi Singhal, Sudhir Singhal Page B
Authors: Aditi Singhal, Sudhir Singhal
Tags: Self-Help, Meditations
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with another object in some meaningful way, than it is to recall random numbers. Numbers are usually difficult to visualize as well. Number mnemonics can be used to memorize information like addresses, invoice numbers, phone extension etc.
In this method, you have to convert numbers in words to make a phrase that is easy to remember.
For example, your friend’s house number is 134 . To memorize it you have to think of a one-letter word, then a three-letter word, and then a four-letter word. But you have to keep in mind that after putting it together, it should become a phrase. Like:
I
Say
Open
1
3
4
Now if your friend’s name is Ronit, just imagine you are banging the door of his house and saying ‘I Say Open’ . This way you will remember that this phrase is related to Ronit’s address.
You can also use this method to memorize telephone extensions. Example: Your father’s extension number in office is 2625. You can memorize it as.
My
Father
Is
Funny
2
6
2
5
To memorize a big number like the customer Id of your bank account, you can create a phrase.
Let’s assume the number is 2525249. You can memorize it as:
But in the above example, if there is 0 instead of 9, then how will you do it? Can you create a word that has zero letters in it? No. In such a case, you can form a 10-letter word and consider it as a substitute for zero. The new phrase for 2525240 will be:
Suppose an address is a combination of letters and numbers, then you can make phrases that include those letters E.g. an address like: M-5/ A-4: can be remembered as:
M
Tells
A
Joke
M
5
A
4
You can imagine a big letter M is telling a joke to the person whose address you are trying to memorize.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Using the above technique try to remember the following details.
Number
Phrase
Association
Passport
IFSC code of your bank
Besides this, there are some other very unique pegging methods to memorize numbers which we will discuss in the next two chapters.
IMAGE MNEMONICS
It is a well-established fact that our mind easily remembers images. The advantage of imagining is that it provides an easy way of connecting information that is not readily connected otherwise. Using imagery can make learning more fun and interesting. Image mnemonics techniques generally involve two tasks:
Forming mental images
Making association between images.
The techniques that you learnt in the previous chapters like Chain method, PNN and Hide-and-Seek are basically different form of image mnemonics.
Just to remind you about these techniques, let’s take an example. Suppose you want to memorize the currency of Russia that is Ruble.
You can remember it by using the PNN method imagining that
‘ Because of rushing you fell into the rubble’
(Russia: Rush, Ruble: rubble)
When you start applying these techniques in your day-to-day life, you will realize that many a times you are using more than one method to memorize the given information. That is absolutely fine!
Just as in case of a car. You can’t drive it only with a steering or with wheels or with just an oil tank. All these things need to be assembled together for you to drive it. Similarly, you can pick and choose more than one technique to memorize whatever information is required. With practice, you will soon master all these techniques.
Since many children as well as adults also find difficulty in memorizing spellings, spelling mnemonics are discussed in detail in the next chapter separately.
C HAPTER AT A GLANCE
Mnemonics are methods or devices that help in retention of information.
Forms of mnemonics.
Rhyme mnemonics : In this we convert the given information in the form of a poem so that it becomes easy and interesting to memorize.
E.g; In Fourteen-hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
Acronyms: Here first letter from the list of words is taken to form a new word.
E.g; AIDS: A cquired I mmune D eficiency S yndrome
Acrostic: In this, the first letter of
In this method, you have to convert numbers in words to make a phrase that is easy to remember.
For example, your friend’s house number is 134 . To memorize it you have to think of a one-letter word, then a three-letter word, and then a four-letter word. But you have to keep in mind that after putting it together, it should become a phrase. Like:
I
Say
Open
1
3
4
Now if your friend’s name is Ronit, just imagine you are banging the door of his house and saying ‘I Say Open’ . This way you will remember that this phrase is related to Ronit’s address.
You can also use this method to memorize telephone extensions. Example: Your father’s extension number in office is 2625. You can memorize it as.
My
Father
Is
Funny
2
6
2
5
To memorize a big number like the customer Id of your bank account, you can create a phrase.
Let’s assume the number is 2525249. You can memorize it as:
But in the above example, if there is 0 instead of 9, then how will you do it? Can you create a word that has zero letters in it? No. In such a case, you can form a 10-letter word and consider it as a substitute for zero. The new phrase for 2525240 will be:
Suppose an address is a combination of letters and numbers, then you can make phrases that include those letters E.g. an address like: M-5/ A-4: can be remembered as:
M
Tells
A
Joke
M
5
A
4
You can imagine a big letter M is telling a joke to the person whose address you are trying to memorize.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Using the above technique try to remember the following details.
Number
Phrase
Association
Passport
IFSC code of your bank
Besides this, there are some other very unique pegging methods to memorize numbers which we will discuss in the next two chapters.
IMAGE MNEMONICS
It is a well-established fact that our mind easily remembers images. The advantage of imagining is that it provides an easy way of connecting information that is not readily connected otherwise. Using imagery can make learning more fun and interesting. Image mnemonics techniques generally involve two tasks:
Forming mental images
Making association between images.
The techniques that you learnt in the previous chapters like Chain method, PNN and Hide-and-Seek are basically different form of image mnemonics.
Just to remind you about these techniques, let’s take an example. Suppose you want to memorize the currency of Russia that is Ruble.
You can remember it by using the PNN method imagining that
‘ Because of rushing you fell into the rubble’
(Russia: Rush, Ruble: rubble)
When you start applying these techniques in your day-to-day life, you will realize that many a times you are using more than one method to memorize the given information. That is absolutely fine!
Just as in case of a car. You can’t drive it only with a steering or with wheels or with just an oil tank. All these things need to be assembled together for you to drive it. Similarly, you can pick and choose more than one technique to memorize whatever information is required. With practice, you will soon master all these techniques.
Since many children as well as adults also find difficulty in memorizing spellings, spelling mnemonics are discussed in detail in the next chapter separately.
C HAPTER AT A GLANCE
Mnemonics are methods or devices that help in retention of information.
Forms of mnemonics.
Rhyme mnemonics : In this we convert the given information in the form of a poem so that it becomes easy and interesting to memorize.
E.g; In Fourteen-hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
Acronyms: Here first letter from the list of words is taken to form a new word.
E.g; AIDS: A cquired I mmune D eficiency S yndrome
Acrostic: In this, the first letter of
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