Memory Exercises : Memory Exercises – How to Easily Remember Numbers

Published May 28, 2019

If you have been looking for effective memory exercises, then there are a couple of quick and easy techniques to improve memory that you can use right away. This article describes how to remember numbers, using the ‘Power of Association’.

The Power of Association
Most memory exercises and techniques are based on ‘associating’ or linking what you want to remember with something you already know. A powerful memory is one that is created around a strong emotion, personal meaning or image.

For example, it is easy to remember all the events surrounding the time when you fell in love, because of the strong emotions you felt at the time, and because it was so meaningful to you.

In the same way, it is also easy to remember unusual things, events and bright colours because they ‘stand out’ from the more ordinary things we come across in our lives.

So the best memory exercises harness the power of association, making it much easier to remember things such as numbers.

Memory Exercise No. 1 – Remembering Your PIN.
This is a good memory exercise to try because you can choose you own PIN. It also works for any short number with only a few digits; for example, a security code.

Firstly, pick a number that is personally significant to you, but no one else could guess. It could be the date you shot a hole-in-one on the golf course – 14 March – which you could write as 1403. In most cases that association may be enough to remember your PIN.

Just to make sure, create a powerful image to link the card with your chosen PIN. For example, imagine yourself buying a new set of golf clubs using a giant credit card with the number ‘1403’, written across it.

Remember that the strength of this memory exercise lies in finding a number and image that means something to YOU.

Memory Exercise No. 2 – Remembering Phone Numbers
You may find that you want to remember a longer number, such as a phone number. Once again, the key to this memory exercise is to find something that is memorable to you.

Let’s say that your dentist has the following 8 digit phone number that you want to remember: 65494327.

The first step is to break it down into groups of numbers that will be easier to remember. Four digits is good for each group. The number given above would then break down into 6549 4328.

The second step is to replace each of these two numbers with a short sentence or phrase related to the dentist in some way.

To do this, replace each digit of each number with a word which has the same number of letters. That is, the digit ‘6’ would be replaced with a word with 6 letters.

For example, you could write the first part of the Dentist’s phone number as “Repair Teeth Soon Dentician!”, and the second part as “Sore Gum No Pleasure!”

So there you have it – 2 memory exercises you can use straight away to improve your memory skills. Remember, the more fun you have with this, the more enjoyable your practice will be and the faster your memory will improve!

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