The Memory Mastery Blog

There is no such thing as a poor memory, only a trained and an untrained one. This isn't some new idea, it was used thousands of years ago, back in ancient Rome senators used these techniques to memorize their speeches. Lucious Scipio used this to memorize the names of every person in Rome alive in his time. And Seneca got so proficient with the system I'm about to teach you he could memorize two thousand words by just hearing them once. The main goal of this program of course isn't to teach to to do memory tricks or to help you to cheat when you play poker, you will be able to, but it isn't the main focus. The main focus of this program is to make your life easier. You will be able to remember names, shopping lists, phone number without any hassle. If you have a poor memory don't worry you will be considered to have an amazing memory in no time.

I don't believe anyone with an untrained memory can memorize 20 unassociated items. Before going into it you need to know that your trained memory will be based on mental images, they will be easily recalled if they are made as ridiculous as you can. Not only that but you need to imagine feeling, smelling even tasting the image.

So here is your challenge. Memorize these 20 objects in order, forwards and backwards: carpet, paper, bottle, bed, fish, chair, window, phone, cigarette, nail, typewriter, shoe, microphone, pen, tv, plate, donut , car, tea pot, brick.

It may seem hard, but you will see it's child play using the link method.

The first word is carpet, just imagine a carpet that is in your house.

The second word is paper, now imagine your carpet is made out of paper, when you step on it it crinkles.

The third word is bottle, imagine trying to drink water from a bottle that is made out of paper as soon as you try lifting it up all the water goes out of the sides.

The forth word is bed. Imagine sleeping on a bed made out of plastic bottles, some of them seem to be open and they get water on you when you as you lay on them.

The fifth word is fish. Imagine sleeping on a bed made out of fish. It's very slimy and smelly.

The sixth word is chair. Imagine a giant fish is sat down on your chair, as you try to get close it slaps you with it's tail.

The seventh word is window. Imagine grabbing the chair you are sitting on and throwing it out of the window.

The eight word is phone. Imagine looking out of the window and suddenly the window starts ringing and the glass turns into a display.

The ninth word is cigarette. Imagine lighting your phone on fire on one end and smoking it like a cigarette.

The tenth word is nail. Imagine trying to use cigarettes instead of nails when you are hanging a picture on the wall.

The eleventh word is typewriter. Imagine a typewriter with keys made out of sharp nails. Typing on it is very painful and bloody.

The twelveth word is shoe. Imagine wearing typewriters for shoes.

The thirteenth word is microphone. Imagine singing karaoke using an old smelly shoe instead of a microphone.

The fourteenth word is pen. Imagine holding a big microphone like a pen as you try to write on a piece of paper with it.

The fifteenth word is TV. Imagine you sit down on your couch to watch netflix, but on your wall there is a giant pen instead of a TV.

The sixteenth word is plate. Imagine eating dinner on a TV monitor.

The seventeenth word is donut, imagine biting into a donut and realizing it's made out of ceramic like a plate, it's very crunchy.

The eighteenth word is car. Imagine driving on the highway on a giant donut, it's very soft and tasty.

The nineteenth word is coffee pot. Imagine holding a coffee pot while driving, as you press on the brakes piping hot coffee spills on your lap.

The twentieth word is brick. Imagine a wall made out of coffee pots.

Not lets test how much you've remembered.

The first word is carpet. Write it down on a piece of paper or in a text document on your computer and write down the other 19 words in order. If you want to take it up a notch try writing them down backwards starting with brick.

If you are serious about improving your memory I recommend you check out this memory course.