2 Tools You Have to Boost Memory
The quickest way you have available to you to remember what you want to remember are the use of images and emotions. Long term memory is created through an emotional charge associated with it. Think about this for a moment, life happens and will continue to happen I assure you as long as you are wearing this earth-suit. It is truly objective until you evoke a specific emotional response to it.
You are making thousands of associations every day with incoming bits of information. Those bits of information that have an emotional charge attached to them are stored in memory. If they happen to be connected to a negative emotion this gives birth to rumination that does not serve the inner peace inside your castle. If they happen to be connected to a positive emotion then it’s party time inside the castle. You are the gate-keeper of your thoughts and your choice of response to the thousands of bits of information coming your way at lightening speed. A very powerful practice to increase your ability to remember what you want is simple: slllllloooooowwwww doooowwwwwn. Expand the gap between what is happening outside of you and your choice of response to it. This is the gap of empowerment in that this space offers you the opportunity to choose the label you place on that particular experience. Our goal of course is to choose labels that support those emotions which fuel perspectives of well-being and confidence.
A simple reality when it comes to memory lies in the brains ability to connect an emotion with a picture. This is how you process life. When you are conscious of this process you can create the response that aligns with the person you are committed to being which of course involves remembering what you want to remember and releasing those things that don’t align with your highest good and the good of all concerned. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we resurrected our God given ability to think about what is good; right; true; beautiful; excellent and praise worth 24/7? Remember the good, release the head trash?
When you have your to-do list pause and create a picture with each task. Once you have created the picture for what you want to remember, imagine what you look like and feel like doing that which you want to remember. For example if you want to remember to call someone, pause and imagine making the call and the emotions you feel making the call. This only takes a minute of your time and will make the link between the emotion and the image. The more you implement this practice to boost your memory the easier it becomes. You are making images and pictures all day long, pause and use this ability to work in your favor and boost your memory.
Want to remember someone’s name? After meeting something first and foremost listen to their name. In your mind imagine someone you know with that name standing with there arm around that person. What happens if the person has a name you have never heard of before? Choose an object that rhymes with their name and imagine them holding that object. For example, I met someone whose name was Reed and I don’t know another Reed, however I grew up in an area that had plenty of reeds growing around our property. I closed my eyes and imagined this person holding a reed in their hand.
We have the ability to create quick anchors with the bits and pieces of information that we want to remember, start practicing this week and watch your memory expand.
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