Right now I’m reading a book called How To Develop A Perfect Memory by Dominic O’Brien. I’ve got a very weak memory, so with this book, I’m hoping to be able to keep track of my shopping lists, appointments, birthdays, directions and basically anything that utilizes our brain as a storage area.

I’ve read about 1/4 through, although I haven’t practiced all of the things that I’ve read so far. The premise of the book is basically that your memory can get better with the use of association. Meaning that you can remember things better by associating them with other more memorable things.

Exerpt from happychild.org.uk:

“As you would expect, the book covers a wide range of memory applications from remembering names, speeches and directions to numbers, cards and sporting trivia. But instead of just being a complete memory course, it is the sort of book that you can dip into to solve a particular memory challenge without having to plough through the whole book.

The basics of the O’Brien System are the use of mental journeys and the translation of numbers into memorable images. Once those concepts are mastered the foundations of a perfect memory are very much in place.

The book also makes for an interesting read. If you have ever wondered how people can win at Blackjack by card counting or how you can win good money on quiz machines Dominic’s description of his own experiences is enlightening.”

I think I’m pretty good at visualizing stuffs… so that’ll make it even easier to conjure up memorable things and commit them to memory. Theoretically of course… maybe I won’t even remember about this post in a few days’ time.

Now what was I doing again…