How to Remember Anything: The Proven Total Memory Retention System (29 page)

11.
At location 11, see a
new yacht (New York)
with a gigantic
fife
(17
88
) on it!

12.
At location 12, see
northern carolers (North Carolina)
holding a gigantic
fob
(17
89
)!

13.
At location 13, see a
road (Rhode Island)
with a gigantic
bus
(17
90
) on it!

14.
At location 14, see a
fur mountie (Vermont)
holding a gigantic
bat
(17
91
)!

15.
At location 15, see
King Tut (Kentucky)
holding a gigantic
bone
(17
92
)!

16.
At location 16, see a gigantic
tennis ball (Tennessee)
with a
beach
(17
96
) on it!

17.
At location 17, see an
old hide (Ohio)
with a
sumo wrestler
(18
03
) on it!

18.
At location 18, see a gigantic pile of
lace (Louisiana
) with a gigantic
tuna
(18
12
) on it!

19.
At location 19, see an
Indian (Indiana)
holding a gigantic
dish
(18
16
)!

20s Room

20.
At location 20, see
Miss America (Mississippi)
holding a gigantic
tack
(18
17
)!

21.
At location 21, see an
eel (Illinois)
holding a gigantic
TV
(18
18
)!

22.
At location 22, see an
album (Alabama)
with a gigantic
top
(18
19
) on it!

23.
At location 23, see a
mane (Maine)
with a gigantic
nose
(18
20
) on it!

24.
At location 24, see a
moose (Missouri)
with a
net
(18
21
) on it!

25.
At location 25, see a gigantic
ark (Arkansas)
with a gigantic
match
(18
36
) in it!

26.
At location 26, see a
machine gun (Michigan)
with a
mug
(18
37
) coining out of it!

27.
At location 27, see a
flower (Florida)
with a
reel
(18
45
) on it!

28.
At location 28, see a gigantic
tack (Texas)
with a
reel
(18
45
) on it! 29

29.
. At location 29, see a gigantic
eye (Iowa)
with a
roach
(18
46
) on it!

30s Room

30.
At location 30, see a gigantic bottle of
whiskey (Wisconsin)
with a
roof
(18
48
) over it!

31.
At location 31, see a gigantic
calendar (California)
with
lace
(18
50
) around it!

32.
At location 32, see a gigantic
minnow (Minnesota)
with a
loaf
(18
58
) on it!

33.
At location 33, see an
organ (Oregon)
with a gigantic
lip
(18
59
) on it! 34

34.
. At location 34, see a gigantic
can (Kansas)
with a
sheet
(18
61
) over it!

35.
At location 35, see a gigantic
Western hat (West Virginia) with jam
(18
63
) all over it!

36.
At location 36, see a
new father (Nevada)
holding a gigantic
cherry
(18
64
) instead of a baby!

37.
At location 37, see a gigantic
new brass key (Nebraska)
with
chalk
(18
67
) on it!

38.
At location 38, see a gigantic
collar (Colorado)
with
cash
(18
76
) in it!

39.
At location 39, see a
north day coat
(parka)
(North Dakota)
with a gigantic
fob
(18
89
) on it!

40s Room

40.
At location 40, see a
south day coat
(swimsuit)
(South Dakota)
with a gigantic
fob
(18
89
) on it!

41.
At location 41, see a
mountain (Montana)
with a gigantic
fob
(18
89
) on it!

42.
At location 42, see a
washing machine (Washington)
with a gigantic
fob
(18
89
) on it!

43.
At location 43, see an
eye doctor (Idaho)
holding a
bus
(18
90
)!

44.
At location 44, see a
wire O (Wyoming)
with a gigantic
bus
(18
90
) driving through it!

45.
At location 45, see a
U doll (Utah)
holding a gigantic
peach
(18
96
)!

46.
At location 46, see an
oak tree (Oklahoma)
with a gigantic
sock
(19
07
) on it!

47.
At location 47, see a gigantic
new mixer (New Mexico)
with a
tuna
(19
12
) on it!

48.
At location 48, see gigantic
arrows (Arizona)
with a
tuna
(19
12
) riding on them!

49.
At location 49, see an
owl with a lasso (Alaska).
The
owl
is lassoing a huge
Lab
(Labrador retriever) (19
59
)!

50s Room

50.
At location 50, see a gigantic container of
Hawaiian Punch (Hawaii)
with a
Lab
(Labrador retriever) (19
59
) in it!

If you completed this exercise, you will be able to think of any state and know the numbered sequence in which it entered the Union, as well as its year of entry. This exercise provides an opportunity to practice five of the steps taught in this book: the numbered Cube, the audionym, association, the Number Code, and the Link. Even if you are not interested in the specific information, this system can be used for countless applications.

HOW TO REMEMBER PLAYING CARDS

Every playing card can be changed to a Code Word that is a picture you can
see. The first consonant of the Code Word represents the number of the card (ace through ten) or the name of the card,
j
(
j
ack),
q
(
q
ueen). The second consonant represents the name of the suit,
c
(
c
lub),
r
(hea
r
t),
d
(
d
iamond),
s
(
s
pade). Think of the word
cards
to recall the suits in the same sequence.

For the first ten cards in each suit (ace through ten), we’ll convert the numbers one through zero to consonants, using the Number Code. These consonants will be used as the first consonant of each Code Word for the first ten cards in each suit as shown below. The second consonant will represent the suit as shown below.

After you know the Code Words for all fifty-two cards, mentally review them by suit (all the clubs, then all the hearts, and so on) in sequence. For efficiency, always review the suits in the same order (
c
lubs, hea
r
ts,
d
iamonds,
sp
ades), using the word
cards
to help you remember the sequence.

To practice remembering which cards have been played (or not played) in a game, when you see a card, quickly change it to its Code Word, then change the picture in some dramatic way (usually by imagining it broken or destroyed).

It is easy to review all the Code Words in sequence in a suit and immediately recall if you had changed it in some manner. If it was changed, the card was played. If it was not changed, the card was not played. As an illustration, we’ll use the suit of hearts. Look below at each Card Being Played and What to Do. Remember what is done to each object: