The Secret Strategy of Memory.

If you can improve only ONE aspect of your memory …..

This Is the One!

Pay Attention.

It isn’t always easy but here’s how you can.

Strategies to improve your ability to pay attention.

• Will yourself to remember; it takes a conscious effort but say to yourself:  focus, focus, focus!
• Take an interest in what you want to remember – anything that doesn’t interest you or arouse your emotions will probably not be remembered
• Be aware of your environment – do you find some noise in the background helps you to concentrate, or do you need complete quiet. Make the changes you need.
• Practise concentration – focus your attention on selected information and fight against becoming distracted.
• Consider your personality – are you anxious, stressed, with your mind racing with thoughts and distractions? If you are, work to develop an open-mind and an optimistic attitude because these will aid you as you create important memory traces.
• Take pleasure in what you are doing because you are much more likely to concentrate on something you are enjoying
• Develop an energetic, motivated approach – e.g. looking forward to achieving a goal, or succeeding, or bringing about your personal growth in memory skills.
• Be curious – the more curious you are about life in general, the more your attention is stimulated.
• Be aware of your emotions. When the information you have selected has an emotional content for you, then this enhances attention.
• Remember! It takes around seven seconds of processing to commit information to your long-term memory. Give yourself time and avoid multi-tasking as much as possible.

See – none of these are hard to do. All they take is awareness on your part and determination to change your approach to remembering. After the age of 50, a more active process is involved if you are to amaze others with your superb memory.

For other important information on sharpening your memory, look at these: Nine Secrets of a Sharp Brain and Keep that Boomer Brain Growing.

Dr. Allison Lamont
Phd, MA, MNZAC, MNZPsS

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