The adage that knowledge is power rings true as always. Companies are looking for people who are intelligent and able to apply this intelligence to their work. Having a photographic memory is useful here, as the advantages of having the ability to recall every minute detail as if you had the object right in front of your eyes is a skill that cannot be more strongly emphasized.
This is an extremely useful tool to have, and one that is not quite that easy to pick up. If it was, everyone would have it, and where is the advantage in that? However, you too can start on the path to acquire a photographic memory with these 2 simple methods, also known as the visualization and association method. Once you have mastered this, you will find a noticeable improvement in your memory, and you will be halfway there on getting a photographic memory!
Method 1: Associate hard words with easy ones
Ever had a list of foreign mambo jumbo staring up at you from a piece of paper? Worried about the important jargon that is important for that meeting or presentation would slip off your mind? This method will make sure that you will never again have problems in preventing those tough words rolling off the tip of your tongue, making you appear to be the expert on the topic. All this involves is dissecting the word down into similar sounding words that you often come across in everyday life. For example, the word eschew can be broken down into similar sounding words of “a shoe”!
Method 2: Associating hard words with Images
This method can be used in addition to, or as a standalone from method 1. All it needs you to have is creativity, and the ability to group a picture to a word. Using the earlier example of eschew, you
could imagine yourself ducking to avoid a shoe being thrown. This will help you to remember both the word, eschew, and its meaning.
Often times, there is a very simple explanation for our lack of ability in recalling information – we have never been taught about it in the first place. Sure, we’ve heard bits and pieces about it, or seen it on paper, but it did not register into our long term memory. By using these 2 methods, you will be able to impress the information into your mind and you will not have any trouble in recalling the words or information that you need to anymore!
