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Understanding Memory
E
mbarking on memory training without
having an objective is like going on a
journey without a destination. Identify the
areas in your life where you would benefit
from a more powerful memory. Focusing on
them will give you the incentive to learn.
Creating a positive cycle
Using your memory makes it stronger;
once you have confidence in your
memory, you use it more.
Why Improve
Your Memory?
Learning through practice
Practicing memory-training techniques
will improve your performance, as with
any other skill—such as piano playing.
BOOSTING CONFIDENCE
A lack of confidence in your memory
paralyzes it and locks information inside it.
With training, you will become confident in
your ability to recall information quickly and
accurately. The improvement is self-generating:
the more you use your memory in the correct
way, the better it performs; the better memory
performs, the more you use it. You will then
notice not only your confidence but also your
social skills improving, as you find yourself
accurately and easily remembering people’s
names and the details of their lives.
Use
memory
Strengthen
memory
Perform
better
REALIZING YOUR
MEMORY’S POTENTIAL
Your memory can be trained, just like any other
human faculty. With the correct techniques, you
can teach your memory to do anything you choose.
You can improve it by training and practice in
exactly the same way as you do when you learn
to play a musical instrument or to speak a foreign
language. Memory-training techniques work—
simply because they develop the natural
ability of your brain.
PERFORMING MORE
EFFICIENTLY AT WORK
Improving your memory increases your efficiency
at work. For example, you will spend less time
looking up facts and checking appointments.
Having complete and accurate information at
your fingertips speeds up problem-solving and
decision-making, and remembering the names
of colleagues, clients, and customers makes for
better working and customer relationships.
Why Improve Your Memory?
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IMPROVING STUDY SKILLS
Memory training cannot help you to understand
new information better, but it will enable you to
store it and recall it correctly. This improves your
chances of recalling information quickly and
accurately in an exam. So you will actually enjoy
testing your skills in the exam, as well as studying
for it, rather than finding it tedious and painful—
and you will be rewarded with a better result.
Employee practices
memory skills, masters
new program—and also
improves personal skills
Employee fails to
master new skill, and is
moved off the team
Manager tells
employee she is
letting her team
down by not
learning a new
computer program
Manager notices
overall improvement
and promotes employee
to team leader
Keeping up to date at work
A manager points out to an employee
her need to master a new technique.
Her success or failure depends on her
willingness to improve her memory.
•
Confidence in your memory
will improve your social skills.
•
Exam performance can be
improved by memory training.
•
Remembering the names
and details of colleagues helps
to build rapport.
At a Glance
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