The Quirky Method Helps You Remember Longer

It doesn’t take a “super intelligence” to have a genius memory. By applying the right technique, you will be able to memorize a lot more, according to Nelson Dellis, the USA Memory Champion.

Nelson Dellis has four times the USA Memory Champion and Grandmaster of Memory championships. Some of his outstanding achievements are being able to memorize 10 thousand digits after the decimal point Pi. He can also memorize the order of each card in 9 randomly shuffled decks and a list of hundreds of names after hearing them once.

However, Dellis says with a little bit of pain, everyone can improve their memory abilities. Here are 5 steps to help you remember most of the information you need.

Start with impressive images

We’ll start with a fairly simple task: memorizing the 7 wonders of the world. In order to remember them, Dellis recommends transforming each place into simple, memorable images.

Some landmarks will have clearer images. For example, the Great Wall of China, you can remember it is a wall. With Petra, you can attach it to the picture of a pet.