Keys To Increased Intelligence by Alan Tutt http://www.KeysToPower.comIt's back to school season, and many students will be looking for ways to make better grades with less effort. Even those of us who are not enrolled in formal education, are faced with having to learn more now than ever before. Over
years, I have learned many tricks to increasing intelligence and making learning easier. Here is a brief synopsis of what I've learned.
1) Pay attention! Most people don't learn things simply because they are thinking about something else at
time. If you are in class and
professor is giving a lecture, don't spend time writing notes or planning outings. Also, keep note taking to a minimum, since focusing on writing takes your attention away from what you are hearing.
2) Memory works better when you have visual images. Instead of trying to remember words, dates, and facts, try to visualize
information, and even put it into a story format if you can. The mind remembers stories better than dry facts.
3) Another memory trick is to put a lot of contrast into what you are trying to remember. Imagine
information as if it were cartoonish. Make it colorful, imagine it at high-speed, or very, very slowly. Imagine
villain with horns and a tail, or
victor with a sword and wings. Anything to make it different from your normal experiences.
4) Numbers can be remembered as shapes tied together. Take whatever number you need to memorize and imagine each numeral as an object. For instance, a 1 becomes a rocket, or a candle. A 2 becomes a swan, a 3 becomes a pair of open handcuffs, and other numbers take on other shapes. Imagine
various items connected (or in sequence in a mental journey) and you can remember anything. This is
technique used by
world memory champions, so it works.