Free How to Remember Anything: The Proven Total Memory Retention System by Dean Vaughn

use of time I might otherwise waste. If you were to keep track, you would be amazed to discover how many of your valuable moments are spent waiting for things to happen: for public transportation, for people to see you at appointments, and so on. By practicing memory exercises, you can effectively turn waiting rooms into classrooms.
    With a trained memory, you will even begin to look forward to those times you may once have dreaded. I like to go through such mental gymnastics while traveling. In addition to the practical value of the mental exercise, I find it very relaxing while driving or on an airplane.
    There is probably no better confidence-builder among memory students than to demonstrate their ability to recall a long-digit number. If I were your memory doctor I would prescribe at least a forty-digit number every day for the rest of your life. It will build your self-confidence. The practice will increase your memory efficiency and, therefore, your memory power, and help you to stay mentally alert for a lifetime! In addition, the long-digit number exercise will sharpen your concentration skills. You cannot accurately recall different forty-digit numbers every day without, at the same time, improving your ability to concentrate. The exercise will also enhance your self-image and consistently improve your memory abilities. Both will enable you to gain the respect of others.
    Before you can rapidly store a long-digit number just by hearing it, it is necessary to know the Key Words for the numbers 00 through 99. This is because you store the numbers two digits at a time. Assuming that you do not yet know all of the Key Words, I will tell you in advance which two-digit numbers I am going to use for this sample exercise.
    Since this is your first experience with the long-digit number, I will give you only twenty digits to remember. That sounds like an ambitious first step, but soon you will see how simple it really is.
    To perform this memory feat, all you need is the Cube and the Key Words. You won’t even need the numbered locations—just the sequence of the numbered locations.
    Let’s suggest that you already know the Key Words for the following two-digit numbers:
     
     
 53 l i m  e
 21 n e t 
 14 t i r  e
 32 m oo n 
 22 n u n 
 10 t oe s 
 40 r o s  e
 52 l io n 
 25 n ai l 
 20 n o s  e
    Practice these two-digit numbers until you are certain that you know the Key Words and can see an object for each of them.

    Please do not continue until you know the Key Words for these two-digit numbers.
    When you are demonstrating a multidigit number, always have the person or persons give you the number in sets of two. You should always ask them to allow you to control the speed by waiting for you to repeat the number before they give you another set.
    For this demonstration, use your Units room or the room in which you are now located. Also, always start with the ceiling location so that you can store ten sets of numbers (twenty digits) in each room.
    Visualize the ceiling of the room. Look up at it right now. You should be looking at or visualizing the ceiling.
    The first number is 21 . For 21, think 2-1, N-T, n e t . See a gigantic n e t hanging from the ceiling.
    As soon as you see a clear mental image of the net at the ceiling, mentally see the next location (the back left corner), and wait for the next number.
    The next number is 32 . Think 3-2, M-N, m oo n . See the moon rolling through the back left corner! It is crushing everything in its way! See it! Hear it! Look out! Moon!
    After I mentally store a two-digit number I always review the previous location to confirm what I put there. Then I review the present location by seeing what I put there. Then, I look at the next location and wait for the next number.
    Do that now. Look up at the ceiling and see the n e t . This will be the last time you will look at the ceiling and see the n e t while you are learning the number.
    Next, review the back left