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Memory foundationsLearn how to remember anything

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The Baker Paradox

A baker A man named Matt Baker

The memory palace

A room as a memory palace

How to remember anything

1. Summarise - deconstruct what you want to learn and summarise it

2. Picture - convert the summary into a picture

3. Link - link the picture to your peg in your memory palace

Example

Concept to remember Picture(s) Peg Memory

Heading tags<h1><h2><h3><h4><h5><h6>

Heading = A talking head (with no body) with 6 eyes,

counting from 1 - 6Lamp A talking head (with no body)

with 6 eyes, counting from 1 - 6 stuck on top of your lamp

How to design your own memory palace

The memory palace

My flat Office 1Office 2 Office 3

My parent’s house

My grandparent’s house Journey to work The gym

My old flat Legal officeHR office New York office

My parent’s house

A holiday apartment

Journey to work The gym

My friend’s flat Office 1Office 2

Video game My laptop My rucksack

My grocery store Train station 1My local

market

Train station 2My

grandparent’s house

My partner’s parents house

My partner’s house

My grandparent’s

houseJourney to train station

My parent’s house My old gym Journey to

workJourney to

airport

My flat Office 1Office 2 Office 3

My parent’s house

My grandparent’s

houseJourney to

work The gym

The memory palace

A room as a memory palace

Further reading

How to build a memory palace - http://mt.artofmemory.com/wiki/How_to_Build_a_Memory_Palace#First_Location

Moonwalking with Einstein, Joshua Foer

You can have an amazing memory, Dominic O’Brien