The Major System (also called the phonetic number system or phonetic mnemonic system) is a mnemonic technique used to help you remember numbers and number sequences. In my opinion, it is the strongest and easiest system to use for all types of numbers. It works by converting numbers first into consonant sounds, then into words …
The Count System is one of the easiest mnemonic techniques to help you remember numbers. You simply turn a series of numbers into a phrase. Each word in the phrase is composed of a word that has a specific number of letters. For example, the phrase “a rolling stone gathers no moss” maps out to …
In order to remember something, you first need to make it memorable. You need to picture it in your mind’s eye and it needs to be so unusual that it is hard to forget. Image that your are a world class animator working for the Walt Disney Company. Your job is to “cartoonize” the world …
In 1984, after graduating from the totally tubular (an 80’s expression) Camelback High School in Phoenix, Arizona, I decided to enroll in the nearest and cheapest institution of higher learning, which in my case was Phoenix Community College. While I don’t remember much of what I learned during my first year of college, I do …
