To Remember

Has this ever happened while driving in your car? You turn on the radio, and hear a few seconds of the Beatles’ song “Michelle”. Instantly, you start singing “Michelle, ma belle”, as you happily hum the song’s lyrics. This is amazing since you probably never read this song’s lyrics. Then you study a book for hours. Just minutes after finishing, you have trouble remembering the author’s name and the book’s title. Why can’t we remember the things that matter as effortlessly as we can remember the song lyrics to “Michelle” ? You can! This lesson will teach you a strategy for instantly locking in information. Information that is directly linked to your success.

The Information-age: Challenge and Opportunity

Succeeding in today’s information-dependant global economy is directly linked to your ability to read and remember information. In his book on marketing, famed Harvard Business School Professor, Dr. Phillip Kotter, has stated, "a company's chief asset may well be its intellectual capital." In other words, the thinking power of an enterprise is the one thing that no one else can possess! More simply, your ability to earn is directly correlated with your ability to learn. Scientific American recently published statistics that directly linked poverty to the inability to read.

More words are published each week than in all of human history through the year 1800. Yet the average person reads only about 200 words per minute while retaining only about 10% of the information in their long term memory. The gap between our ability to read and retain information is widening. Just look at the frightening educational statistics this problem is causing:

· 41% of 17 year old cannot compute with decimals, simple fractions, and percents, or do basic geometry.

· 9 of 10 Fortune 1000 CEOS believe illiteracy is a problem and costs $225 billion per year

Fortunately there is a solution. More has been learned about the human brain and how it functions in the past 10 years, than in all previous human history. By using brain-based learning strategies, you can reap the rewards that are associated with greater understanding. Let’s learn one of these secrets together.

Unleashing Your Natural Genius

Do you know the primary function of your brain? Your brain’s primary function is to detect patterns that lead to survival. It locks important patterns into memory by putting them into a context. Let’s learn how to place items into a context so you can instantly memorize them. Let’s begin with a simple exercise. I will give you a list of 10 items to memorize without telling you how to accomplish this. This will assess how your current memory strategy is working. Then I’ll teach you a simple strategy to unleash your natural genius that will instantly lock in all 10 items. Ready? Memorize the following ten items without writing them down in less than 3 minutes:

Pencil	Pepsi®
Socks	Notes
Wheelbarrow	Octopus
Door	Cat
Starfish	Fingers

Well, how did you do? If, you are like most people you remembered the first or last few items on the list. The middle items probably completely disappeared from your memory. Now let’s learn how to effortlessly lock all of these items into your memory. Can you count to 10? Good, because we are going to use the contextual meanings of theses numbers to lock these items into your memory.

Step 1

Doesn’t a pencil look a lot like the number 1? Associate the pencil with the number one. Picture it. Visualize it in your mind’s eye. When I say one, you respond with pencil. Ready….One, and the answer is pencil.

Step 2

How many socks do you wear? Two. The number two stands for socks. When I say two, you respond with socks. Two, and the answer is socks. What is one? One is pencil. And two? Two is socks.

Step 3

How many wheels are on a wheelbarrow? Three. Three stands for wheelbarrow. When I say three, you respond with wheelbarrow. Ready. Three. Your answer is wheelbarrow. What is one? One is pencil. What is two? Two is socks. What is three? Three is wheelbarrow. Very good. See how easily your brain is locking in the information using contextual clues! Let’s continue.

Step 4

A door is shaped like a rectangle with four sides. Picture it. Four stands for door. When I say four, you respond with door. Four, and your answer is door. What is three? Three is wheelbarrow. Two? Two is socks. One? One is pencil. You just recalled your list backwards!

Step 5

A starfish has five arms. When I say five, you respond with starfish. Five, and the answer is starfish. Three? Three is wheelbarrow. One? One is pencil. Four? Four is door. You are doing great. Even though the answers are now out of order! If you made any mistakes go to the beginning and start again until you get every item correct.

Step 6

How many cans of Pepsi® are in a six pack? Six. When I say six, you respond with Pepsi®. Six, and the answer is Pepsi®. One? One is pencil. Four? Four is door. Terrific!

Step 7

How many notes are in a musical scale? Seven. When I say seven, you say notes. Seven, and the answer is notes. Six. Six is Pepsi®. Five. Five is starfish. Four. Four is door. Three. Three is wheelbarrow. Two. Two is socks. Finally, one. One is pencil.

Step 8

How many arms does an octopus have? Eight. When I say eight, you say octopus. Eight, and the answer is octopus. Four. Four is door. Five. Five is starfish. Three. Three is wheelbarrow. Notice how your brain is searching for the picture that links the contextual information into your memory. This is a very powerful memory strategy.

Step 9

How many lives does a cat have? Nine. When I say nine, you say cat. Nine, and the answer is cat. One. One is Pencil. Two. Two is socks. Three. Three is wheelbarrow. Four. Four is door. Five. Five is starfish. Six. Six is Pepsi®. Seven. Seven is notes. Eight. Eight is octopus. Nine. Nine is cat. Just one more item to learn on your list!

Step 10

How many fingers do you have? Ten. When I say ten, you say fingers. Ten, and the answer is fingers. Now, get a piece of paper and quickly write down all ten items. How did you do? If you made any mistakes repeat this drill till you get all of the answers correct.

Putting Your Memory Power to Work

Have you ever heard of the book, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People?” If so, then what are the 7 habits? Most people, even those who have read the book, can’t answer the question. What use is information if you can’t remember it? Here is a example of using contextual clues to lock in key information. The first habit in Covey’s book is “be proactive”. Picture the capital letter B as a barbell that just struck you in the head. Ouch! When you picture your head, what are you remembering? The letter B. The letter B that reminds you to “Be proactive”. See how easy that was.

The 7^th habit in the book is “sharpen your saw”. Its author, Covey, tells an interesting anecdote about the importance of sharpening one’s saw. He describes an individual who has been trying to saw a tree for many hours, with very little success. He tells the man, “why don’t you stop and sharpen you saw blade?"

The man sharply responds, “ look how little I’ve accomplished in all these hours. I don’t have time to stop and sharpen my sword.”

What about you? If you don’t have time to learn and retain information the first time, when will you find the time in the future to get it right? How many expensive mistakes have you made in past year due to missed or forgotten information? More importantly, what are you doing to prevent more expensive mistakes in the future? Are you ready to sharpen your saw? Then I can help you! I have developed the accelerated learning tools you need to sharpen your brain’s learning power. Click on the accompanying link now to get my powerful brain sharpening tools that are risk free! You have a total satisfaction guarantee they will sharpen your brain’s learning ability or return them for a full refund. Plus, I am offering an amazingly low online price that you can get by clicking on my accompanying link.

To Remember, or Not To Remember. That is the Question!