While some of us are born genius, most of us desire to be a genius (but only few of us are actually trying to be a genius). This post is not for those that can remember faces, names, directions, and other information easily. Rather, it is for you, my friend, who forgets things easily. These ten tricks will help you remember more stuffs, cure forgetfulness, pass your tests, and be a genius.

10 ways to keep things in memory

1. Chunking Technique
Also called grouping. It is the technique used in writing the numbers on the debit card: 1234 5678 9101 1121. Chunking means grouping items by finding patterns and organizing them accordingly. So, if you want to remember that phone number, birthdays, or account number: group them.

2. Mnemonic Devices
This trick is very common. And you must have used it at one time or the other. Remember ROYGBIV? The arrangement of the rainbow colours – Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. Mnemonics refers to using patterns, letters, or ideas to aid memory. Using acronyms and mnemonics can help you remember the order of things.

3. Visual Memory
Human memory is rooted in visual memory, that’s why most geniuses have photographic memory. Paint a picture of whatever you want to remember – dates, names, etc. Connecting a visual to whatever you want to memorise makes a stronger impression on your brain.

4. Make it Musical and Rhyme
Ever wondered why we hardly forget songs? Give a rhythm to it, and it will stick like your favourite song.

5. Repetition
Repetition aids retention. Practice makes perfect. As simple as ABC! Continuous reading or recitation reinforces an information into the long term memory. I know the phone number o of my parents by heart because I dial their numbers very often.

6. Write It Out
Repetition is a key and works even better when written down. The faintest pencil is sharper than the smartest brain. Information written down can never be forgotten. Write it out, before long, you will know it by heart.

7. Associate what you’re trying to learn with what you already know
There is nothing new under the sun. There is an association between what you are trying to learn and what you already know, link them. I always remember my friend’s birthday because we went to the same school, her birth month is August – I’m 5th and she’s 31st, and she’s my friend. The more connections you have to information, the more likely you are to remember it.

8. Read Out Loud (ROL!)
When you read in silence (or in your head) you use only your sense of vision. But when you ROL, you engage two senses – vision and hearing, thus, helping to engrain the info into your head.

9. Get Enough Sleep
If you want your brain to work well, give it enough rest. Research shows that sleep triggers changes in the brain that solidify memories by improving brain cell connections. The brain needs sleep to make a memory stick.

10. Eat Well
70% of the food you consume is used by the brain. You don’t have to finish a buffet to eat well; follow simple principles like eating breakfast, eating fruits, etc.


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Eat well, get enough sleep,

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