How to Remember Anything: The Proven Total Memory Retention System (33 page)

In location 5, see one cup of tea with baking soda floating in it (1 teaspoon baking soda).

In location 6, see three tables with melted butter all over them (three tablespoons of melted butter)

In location 7, see one cup of buttermilk, and beside it one tree with a cup of buttermilk in it (1
1/3
cups buttermilk).

In location 8 see a large egg.

1.
Preheat the oven to 425°F.

Memory technique: in the next room, at location 1, see an
oven
with
rooms
in it! (Oven set at 430°.)

2.
Butter an 8-inch square
baking pan;
set it aside.

Memory technique: in location 2, see an 8-inch square baking pan with butter in it standing on its side. (Butter an 8-inch square
baking pan;
set it aside.)

3.
In a bowl, stir together the flour, cornmeal, sugar,
baking
powder, and baking soda.

Memory technique: in location 3, see a bowl with an electric mixer in it. It is stirring the contents of locations 1 through 5 from the previous room in it. (In a bowl, stir together flour, cornmeal, sugar,
baking
powder, and baking soda.)

4.
In a
small bowl,
stir together butter and buttermilk with an electric mixer at low speed. Beat in egg.

Memory technique: in location 4, see a
small bowl
with an electric mixer in it. It is stirring the butter and buttermilk, then the egg (the contents of locations 6,7, and 8 in the previous room). (In a
small bowl,
stir together butter and buttermilk with an electric mixer at low speed. Beat in egg.)

5.
Mix all ingredients and stir only until combined.

Memory technique: in location 5, see a huge bowl with all the ingredients mixed together.

6.
Pour batter into prepared
pan
and bake for 30 minutes or until golden-brown.

Memory technique: at location 6, see the batter in the prepared
pan
in the oven with a
moose
standing guard outside until it turns golden brown. (Pour batter into prepared
pan
and bake for 30 minutes or until golden-brown.)

8.
Let’s suggest that you eat out often. You may have visited the same restaurants for several years and have been served by the same servers, but you don’t know their names. That may be because, until now, you did not realize that you could. Start today to make a point of remembering the names of your waiters. You will be amazed with your success and even more amazed with the remarkably better service you receive. As an added memory exercise, you may wish to start a mental link of the names of the waiters whose names you learn at each restaurant.

9.
To remember the names and times of TV shows, first make a list of the programs of interest to you for the seven days of the week. Change the name of each day of the week to an audionym.

Monday becomes
moon
Tuesday becomes
tooth
Wednesday becomes
wedding
Thursday becomes
thirsty
(glass of water)
Friday becomes
fried egg
Saturday becomes
Saturn
(the planet)
Sunday becomes
sun

Use seven rooms—one for each day of the week—and see each of the seven audionyms at the ceiling of each of the seven rooms.

You can then mentally store nine programs for each of the seven days of the week:

a.
Change the name of the first program to an audionym and see it in location in the appropriate room.

b.
Convert the number of the channel to a Code Word and link it to the audionym for the name of the program.

c.
Convert the time of the program to a Code Word and link it to the Code Word for the channel.

Repeat a, b, and c, for the time and channel of any program on any day of the week.

10.
To know the number of calories in food items, make a list of ten foods. Visualize each food item. There is no need to create an audionym for the food items because they are objects you can see.

Look up the caloric content of each item. Change the number of calories in each food item to a Code Word using the Number Code. Associate the Code Word (illogically) with the food item.

After you learn the number of calories in the ten food items, repeat the process with ten more foods at a time. It is quite easy to learn the number of calories in any number of foods.

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Key Word Dictionary: 1,000 Key Words

On the following pages are 1,000 Key Words. The Key Words are used to
remember the numbers 0 through 999. There is no need to memorize the Code Words. Just use this dictionary when you need to remember any number between 0 and 999.