No question about learning and memory enters my inbox more often than than "why aren't these memory techniques taught in schools?"
The question reeks of conspiracy.
It creates pictures of entire nations hoping to keep their children in ignorance so they will become mindless slaves working for the state.
But worse than all of that paranoia …
The question is …
Completely Irrelevant!
First off, memory techniques are taught in schools.
I recognize this simple fact even if once upon a time I dropped out without a high school degree (part one of this three-part series) and mercifully figured out what to go back to school for (part two).
How are memory techniques already used in schools?
How about the song we teach children to help them remember the alphabet? Its melody is a memory technique, loud and clear.
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge for music is a memory technique.
We have simple mnemonics for astronomy, art, math, biology, geography and chemistry.
Heck, just search Wikipedia for "list of mnemonics" and you'll find more than you can shake a stick at.
But Are Simple Mnemonics Enough?That's the real question at hand.
Because the problem is that a lot of the images and word play you'll find on that Wikipedia page are useless.
Worse than useless, they create a ton of overwhelm.
Why?
Because they don't come with any understanding. They're not loaded with strategy …
They Have No Method …And that's why the Magnetic Memory Method is such a roaring success.
No, not for everyone. Not everyone wants to learn how to think about memory. Many people want formulas, gimmicks and "systems."
I'm sorry, but that's not reality.
And it's not what we do in the Magnetic Memory Method Family.
Far from it. Instead of pretending that there's some kind of fix all system that will magically improve your memory for all things forever and ever amen …
We Break Memory Techniques Down To The Basics
And once that's done, we understand the how, the why and the what.
So that it doesn't hurt so much to learn. Here's why you feel pain with learning, by the way (thanks to Miklós in the SuperLearner community for bringing it to our attention):
It's even easier to stop the pain than the video suggests.
How so?
By making sure that you understand how to really get results from the techniques by aligning them with your real reasons for learning, remembering and recalling information.
It's often not what it seems.
Because here's the deal …
At the Magnetic Memory Method Headquarters, I strive to achieve just one thing:
Mastery.
Mastery over your memory.
Mastery over your concentration.
Mastery over the rate at which you learn.
Mastery over the pain of forgetfulness.
So That You Never Have To Feel That Pain Again!But it's not going to happen without study.
It's not going to happen without effort.
It's not going to happen without creating and using Memory Palaces.
Above all, it's not going to happen
Published on 8 years, 9 months ago
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