Unlimited Memory. How to Train Your Brain to Learn Faster and Remember More. Nathan Lawton

Write down everything, no matter how trivial it seems. Write them down until you can write no more.

      When you write down everything, you remove the mental clog. You see at one glance all that you have on your mind to deal with and what you have been subconsciously thinking about.

      With that done, you free up your mind to work on your current task without having distracting thoughts. You tell your brain not to worry about it and you will be going back to it later.

      Make it a habit to take some time out every day to relax and let go of everything. Set aside some time to do nothing each day. That way, you can improve the ability to focus on things and ultimately to remember.

      Improve your concentration

      Once you are attentive to the task at hand, the next step to learning something fast is mastering the art of concentration. Concentration is the ability to tune something in and all others out. It enables you to think clearly and as a consequence, to remember more. In the exercise to improve your attention, you will notice that once you were in a relaxed state, you quickly wanted to move on to another thing. Your mind was thinking about something else other than your targeted goal. Your attention is dynamic. It keeps shifting, focusing on one thing every few moments. This is normal because it gives your mind the sense of continuity.

      Try the following exercise:

      – Read the following stream of numbers to yourself.

      – Each time you finish a line, close your eyes and repeat the numbers.

      2 8 4 7 1

      3 8 2 9 4 3

      4 2 5 2 6 3 7

      5 7 4 2 7 2 7 3

      3 1 4 8 4 7 3 6 9 2 6 0 5 2 1 6 0

      – How many numbers can you recall easily?

      If you are like most of us, you will find it easy to remember 5 digits but when it gets longer, you find it almost impossible to remember. Research shows that most people can deal with seven discrete bits of information at a go. You can look at a 7 digit phone number and register it pretty quickly. More than that and you have to write it somewhere.

      To increase your attention span, you can re-organize the data into groups that make sense to you.

      – Take a 13-digit stream of numbers.

      – Divide into 6 digits and 7 digits.

      – Associate the first 6 to an address (or something you relate to).

      – Associate the next 7 to another address.