Podcast mentioned: Inspirational Living
If you have time, I suggest listening to the Podcast here before reading this podcast note.
The podcast was adapted from the book, Secrets of Mental Supremacy by W. R. C. Latson.
The value of any person to themselves and to the world at large, depends in great degree upon their memory — upon your ability to recall and to use at any desired moment the recollection of what you have seen, heard, experienced, or thought. Memory is really the stock in trade of our mental life. Our perceptions bring to us a vast mass of experiences — things that we have seen, heard, touched, tasted, and smelled — our thoughts and experiences. But these things are valuable only when they are held in the memory. For, unless they are remembered they cannot be used.
Inspirational Living Podcast Excerpt
The mind is like potter’s clay, it is easily molded. 2-3 months will often be sufficient to transform a weak memory into a powerful one.
We remember the things that interest us the most.
A rule to develop a powerful memory:
Study the object you wish to remember in all its aspects: phases, peculiarities, relations, etc . Keep other thoughts out of your mind. Make the object* a part of yourself, and you will never forget it.
*anything: fact, figure, idea, principle, or plan, etc.
Tips on how we can apply this:
- When walking down the street with window shops, don’t stop to look closely. Take one glance at it and pass on. Then ask yourself what you saw in the window. If practical, have a pad and pencil then write down each article as you remember it. -Invented by magician Robert Houdin.
- Every night, make it a rule to review in detail the events of the day. – Invented by Edward Thurlow (Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain)
- Take some interesting book such as a historical work or some attractive novel. Read a paragraph to yourself slowly and carefully. Then close the book and repeat out loud the substance of the section of what you have just read. Don’t attempt to repeat it word for word. Simply give the sense as you remember. After your first attempt, read the paragraph again and make a second effort to recall and express its general meaning. When you have learned the paragraph fairly well, move on to the next. – Invented by Statesman Henry Clay
- A variation is to write out the recollection of the paragraph, page, chapter.
This all seems hard work but it will grow to be interesting and your memory will improve.
Reflection
I tried these tips a couple of weeks ago and it sure was difficult especially about recalling the events of the day. But I guess if something is worth it, hard work must be the main ingredient. I feel inspired once again. I want to have good memory and be a good steward of this brain that God has so graciously given us. I hope I encouraged you to do the same!
Share your thoughts in the comments below and see you next Thursday for Podcast notes!
*** Podcast notes is a section in my blog wherein I record my personal notes with the sole purpose of sharing the lessons I’ve learned and with the hope to encourage readers to listen to the said podcast mentioned above. I do not take authority for the information provided in the article unless otherwise stated.
Life With Rachel 