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30 Days to a better man
memorize. In this way, I get visual stimulation by reading and auditory
stimulation from the reading aloud. And writing things down is one of
the best ways to remember things. These three things done simultaneously
produce a trifecta of memorizing power.
And of course, repetition crams the info into your brain. If I’m having
trouble memorizing a particular piece of information, I’ll keep repeating
the process until I’ve got it down.
I’ve been doing this for years and it has always helped me remember
those pesky details I’ve needed to know for school or other things.
Caveat: I don’t completely abandon other memorizing techniques while
doing this. I often incorporate them in the process when I see they would
work. For example, something else I’ll do is a technique that was used by
those memorization gurus, the ancient Greeks. The Greeks are the originators
of mnemonic devices (from “mnemonikos” which is itself derived
from Mnemosyne, the name of the Goddess of Memory). Orators faced
the daunting task of memorizing long speeches and employed the “method
of loci” in order to do so. They would picture a house and place “objects”
(words they wanted to remember from the speech or poem) in different
rooms in the imaginary house. Then, to remember the speech, they would
“walk” through the house picking up each “object” as they went.
Today’s Task:
Memorize “If” by Rudyard Kipling
Exercising your memorization muscles is clearly beneficial, but many men
are totally out of practice or have never tried. So today we’re going to start
working out those muscles, starting with one of the manliest poems ever
written – “If ” by Rudyard Kipling. It’s a poem that every man should have
thoroughly lodged in his head, ready to conjure up whenever he’s feeling
down.
It’s not too short, but it’s not too long either. I think memorizing it is
doable in the next day or two. Go to it!
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