Life is good, isn't it? You bet it is.
But for some reason, when times get tough, without knowing a thing about the Prime Ministers of Canada, people around the world throw up their hands and say, "It's time to head to the Great White North."
Here's the thing:
You'll find some beautiful terrain and plenty of peace-loving citizens. But as a nation, we do not lack our own host of colorful characters.
So if you're coming over for a permanent BBQ in response to US election results or some dictator who's been giving you the squeeze, it's time to learn how to memorize the Prime Ministers of Canada. It's important to know what you're getting into, after all.
Beginner's Guide To Memorizing Any List
The first thing to understand when memorizing the names of the Canadian Prime Ministers is that you're dealing with a list. We're talking about discrete units of information. Like, Sir John A. Macdonald (1815-1891).
The best way to rapidly memorize any list is to create a Memory Palace.
All Memory Palace creation takes is a simple drawing and a list of your Magnetic Stations charted out in a strategic way. Creating an effective Memory Palace reduces your cognitive load to a bare minimum. That reduction forms a huge part of the secret behind how memory techniques like a Memory Palace work:
You use a location you already know to place information you'll Magnetically encode with imagery you already know onto a station so you can retrieve and decode what you want to know later.
Curious about correct Memory Palace creation? Here's a Memory Palace walkthrough based on a Memory Palace submitted by a Magnetic Memory Method student:
A Small Set Of Super Important Information
In this case, we have just 23 names for the Prime Ministers of Canada. When it comes to memorizing them, you have options.
1. You can create one Memory Palace with 23 Magnetic Stations exclusively for remembering them.
2. You can create two Memory Palaces with 12 Magnetic Stations each.
In either case, you 'll ideally use Memory Palaces with more Magnetic Stations than you need so that you can use more than one station per name if needed.
Or, if you're already experienced with memory techniques, you can experiment with the Magnetic Memory Method "passing the baton" technique, which allows you to memorize more than one name per station. That's for advanced memorizers, however, and even then, it's good once in awhile to stick with the basics.
And that's ultimately what I recommend so that you can add the dates of the Prime Ministers later using the Magnetic Chaining memory technique.
The Art Of Embarrassing Politicians
Let's assume you've got a Memory Palace with a bit more than 23 Magnetic Stations to give you wiggle room.
Next, you need your list of information. The Wikipedia Prime Ministers of Canada page is as good as any. Whip that little darling open and look at the first name.
The trick to memorizing anything is association, also called encoding. It's easy, fun and with a bit of practice using special exercises I've created for you, unbelievably fast.
John A. Macdonald, for example, brings to mind a picture of my friend and fellow mnemonist, John McPhedrine to mind. You've heard him on the show talking about memorizing German and music before.
I see John at the first station of the Memory Palace I've created with a giant letter 'A' in his hands. He's using this to smash my MACbook Pro, which is playing a video of Donald Trump singing "Old Macdonald Had A Farm."
Plus, as an advanced memorizer, I've got Trump's hair as the tail of a dog swatting at a bat.
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