Train Your Brain for Better Memory

Es­tab­lish­ing a con­nec­tion means per­son­al­iza­tion. If you can’t re­mem­ber an­oth­er per­son’s name, you’re go­ing to strug­gle to form a re­la­tion­ship, whether so­cial, busi­ness or oth­er­wise.

No won­der cor­po­ra­tions like Mi­crosoft and Lexus hire Ron White, win­ner of the 2009 USA Mem­o­ry Cham­pi­onship in New York, to con­duct mem­o­ry sem­i­nars. White, who can mem­o­rize a 167-​dig­it num­ber in five min­utes, teach­es clients to quick­ly re­call names and prod­uct in­for­ma­tion.”The hu­man brain is the best com­put­er ev­er made,” says White.

Of course, if White’s brain is a NASA space com­put­er, most of our brains look like aba­cus­es. Many peo­ple leave keys at home, lose IDs, lock them­selves out of cars and for­get to pick up the kids from soc­cer prac­tice — but that doesn’t mean that mem­o­ry can’t be im­proved.
SUC­CESS mag­a­zine, which aims to help its read­ers achieve both per­son­al­ly and pro­fes­sion­al­ly, of­fers these tips to train your mem­o­ry:

Keep your mind ac­tive

The more you in­volve your brain, the more eas­i­ly it will func­tion. Play mem­o­ry games and cross­words to keep your mind sharp.

Make sure you learn the in­for­ma­tion

You can’t re­call what you haven’t learned. Fo­cus when you need to learn some­thing. In­volve all of your sens­es. For ex­am­ple, read out loud what you want to re­mem­ber. Phys­i­cal­ly write it down. Use pic­tures or col­or-​cod­ing in your notes to make a vi­su­al im­pres­sion.

Re­hearse, re­hearse, re­hearse

The more of­ten you use in­for­ma­tion, the bet­ter you’ll re­mem­ber it. If you’re meet­ing some­one for the first time, try us­ing their name sev­er­al times in con­ver­sa­tion. You’ll be more like­ly to re­mem­ber it lat­er.

Take care of your­self

Phys­i­cal health af­fects mem­o­ry. Reg­u­lar ex­er­cise, suf­fi­cient sleep and good stress man­age­ment can help you stay sharp, while smok­ing can con­strict ar­ter­ies that bring oxy­gen to the brain, there­by harm­ing mem­o­ry.

Stay con­fi­dent

Tell your­self that you can’t re­mem­ber any­thing, and you like­ly won’t. Be­lieve in your brain pow­er, and you’ll mem­o­rize names, faces and facts more quick­lythan you think.

Source: New­sUSA