How to Memorize Fast and Easily | How to remember things easily

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

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[@timmahduud]

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[@TheHeyhOi]

How do I use this thing to remeber medical facts in a systematic way that doesnt take too much time ? For example during reading of a book. With anatomy it is super effective but with microbiology i lost my hope ..

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

+TheHeyhOi Thanks for the comment. I don't have a medical background, although I do know friends in the medical field who take advantage of the technique I presented in this video. What is it about microbiology that makes it difficult, as compared to anatomy? Can you give me an example of something you need to memorize?

[@TheHeyhOi]

The problem is the quantity and the complexity of the material and the time you have .... For example you have a 500 page book with lets say 5 fact on each page - that needs a lot of creativity and word to organize and make a system with words that are abstract and similar to each other ... and you have another 3-4 subject to study .. I do not really remember Microbiology but I struggle with pharmacology ... for example en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenergic_receptor where you scroll down and find a table of subtypes of the adrenergic receptors where are they located , mechanism , agonists and antagonist ... If you can transform that table into an easy and exciting thing to learn with your loci system in a reasonable time you will be my MVP!

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

+TheHeyhO Well if I were to memorize that I would create 30 rooms but I wouldn't label them from 1-30. I would make room 11-15 Receptors, 21-25 Agonist potency order, 31-35 Selected action of agonist... 61-65 Antagonists. This way I can just look at the first digit of the room, and know what category it is. And then I would just make a bunch stories in each room. A chart like that would take me a good hour or two to memorize since I am not familiar with more than half of the stuff.

[@entrpn]

I think the first step is being patient enough to watch the whole video.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

This was only the basics. Some audio books on this subject are hours long.

[@entrpn]

I was just kidding. Great video!

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Thanks. Just curious if your name refers to the Walking Tree Creatures from Lord of the Rings? I spent 15 minutes looking for a free royalty picture one, to represent the number 3. I had to settle for a butterfly.

[@entrpn]

Yeah kindof. This also: www.reddit.com/r/ents/

[@HacBe]

Positively Brainwashed hello I was wondering if you might share your list of digits from 0-999? that would be so helpful ty. and btw. could you also give us references to further sources for more indepth informations on this topic? very appreciated..

[@VictorFoote01]

Moon walking with Einstein got me into this topic. One of the best books I ever read. Awesome video brother! I think it's great that you know this :)

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Definitely a great introductory book. My dad got me into this, although he never took advantage of location. But he did have a peg list of 100. And thanks for the support man

[@NevinMacDonald]

Finished "Moonwalking with Einstien" this year, great book. Any other books you would recommend for memory improvement? Love the video.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

+Nevin MacDonald, you can also read Harry Loryane's book online docs.google.com/file/d/0B70SBgtqVzJyZjRidTNsMC1WTVE/edit

[@johnmcghee3963]

Same

[@colbeytracy3815]

Holy crap dude you've changed my life

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Well I started this channel to change the world. This is the type of comment that gives me the energy to keep making videos like this. Thank you

[@colbeytracy3815]

Anytime!!! Don't stop please! SUBBED FOR LIFE

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Then you also have a new friend for life 👍

[@thepepperlanders]

Explanation of how to memorize lyrics, speeches, and poetry deserve far more time to a video like this.

[@Bobby_101]

Researching memory for 5 days, taking notes on everything. Then the fifth day I come across this video, and all the info I was fishing for 5 days now is presented in this one video.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Glad it helped you :)

[@francisangelinagarcia7634]

this was hands down the best memorization technique video I have ever seen in my life. You just got a lifelong subscriber!

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

9 Months of making these videos, this is probably one the most motivating comments for me to keep making videos. Thanks so much! 😃

[@markdickerson1289]

The ideas in this video were taken from Barbara Oakley's "A Mind for Numbers". Oakley has a free class on Coursera based on her book. Don't forget to support the original source!

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

+mark Dickerson I've never heard of Barbara Oakley. Most of this video came from personal experience with some basics from Dominic O'Brien who I mentioned.

[@bianoh2o]

One of the best video I ever seen about memorization. Bunch of thanks!!!

[@TheEzuri]

Actually very well made. Thanks man. Ive watched couple of videos about memory techniques and this one was the best.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

You're very welcome!

[@raycomfort8526]

Keep up the good work. This a very helpful technique I wish I had back when I was at school.

[@amusingarpan2671]

hey Aaron Tupaz!!I'm happy to see you doing so well!! Appreciate it lots.I wish you all the best of luck! Please go ahead! I love your channel.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Hey Super Ally, thanks for the support! I remember everyone whose supported my channel in someway from the beginning. Glad you're back on KZbin.

[@GoToSleep_Mike]

Why this video doesn't have millions of views yet.

[@user-hd6de2kb1r]

I wonder, too

[@fatihakhan4381]

everybody talks about memory tricks. but noone shows how to memorize even 1 paragraph. it would be great. i dont need to memorize items or cards. what i need to remember is that being spoken around me.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Can you be more specific? 6:27 is what I use to memorize paragraphs and speeches.

[@rickjames1240]

Everybody+tricks. But no one+ paragraph. This is part of what you wrote divided into a manageably memorable chunk of information. Try it out. Tell me how it works. You could try it with what's written below. Do you want to ace that test? Want to learn a new language? Or perhaps your tired of forgetting names and faces?

[@divyendrapp]

Bro i can learn full books using these techniques, what you have to do is practice these tricks

[@GamerScruffy]

I have to acknowledge the amount of work, you put in your videos. , keep up the good work !

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

You are the person human being to acknowledge that since I started 8 months ago. Means a lot.

[@M3rinian]

This was really helpful, thanks mate.

[@riclima910]

Hey, a tip, create CC to your videos. It's more easy to understand for people like me (from Brazil)

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

I plan to. I do it for my most popular videos, and this one is going big. Thanks for this comment. It takes me an hour to put CC, and it's nice to know if people find them useful. I understand I talk fast and people from other countries might not be able to understand.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Just for you, I finished the CC :)

[@AirElegant]

Best memorizing video i ever watched💖

[@romiagua2746]

É sempre assim, você pensa mais e com isso pode fazer mais associados e com isso você consegue se lembrar de tudo. 👍👌

[@JeffTheHokie]

Using pegs for data seems Rube-Goldbergish. I use number pegs (rhyme or major system) rather than loci for list position, but for number data I just free-form the major system. With a little practice the numbers-into-words system becomes automatic. For example the frequency emitted by cesium 133 (used to define the second) is 9192631770. When I saw that number, I immediately thought "butt pinch meat cakes". Going through PAO pegs you would have to have to picture Betty performing Bono's action on Jimmy's object, and somehow link it to Doug performing Kiss's (the band) action.

[@AhmedKhaled-zf7cj]

How can i study chemistry and microbiology with this technique ?

[@balajiKM]

Awesome content.. many techniques in a single video.. thanks a lot :)

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Thanks for the feedback, glad you you enjoyed it

[@RobbySaudiArabiaYoga]

Yours is brilliant one. You appeared to be genuine by crediting other contents. I would love to have your list of 1000 characters. I am totally in films world however, you got me inspired to widen my vision. Thank You Sir. Appreciate your efforts and brilliant Demo.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

I appreciate the feedback. Unfortunately, most of my 1000 characters in my list would have no meaning to people except me. Although a lot of it are the birthdays of famous people and celebrities.

[@thuythai7183]

Oh it is...Woahhhh. This is what i need. Thanks for your knowledge. And be positively

[@CoiledBooties]

I have recently started training for pharmacy work and have to memorise the uses, names, side effects and interactions of each medication! Do you have any advice?

[@hip-hopman6636]

Great video but remembering where you parked your car you can imagine more positive thing😀

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Everyone's own mind works differently. For me, destruction is more memorable 😃

[@rakeshrani924]

I am also using these tricks, but to read the whole book in one glance is difficult for me please make a video for this... It's urgent and my request...

[@shinyitem8952]

I came across this topic through moonwalking with Einstein. Now I was wondering what book I should read next to start to learn these techniques. My goal is to study more effectively. Is your awesome video already enough to learn this techniques or do I need to read a book? And what book would you recommend? There are so many out there and at the moment I want to buy How to remembering everything but not sure if it teaches good strategies.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

I read moon walking with Einstein. The author was an amateur compared to the greats, but great book nonetheless. Honestly, this video is already a combination summary of almost every memory book I've read plus my own experience. If you understand the concepts of this video, it should be more than enough to study effectively. You may even create your own techniques

[@picashlio3361]

For the peg list I'd use the first 100 or so Pokemon. They're characters that are easy to recall, already associated with numbers, and their unique abilities or traits can be their actions. Plus because the world of Pokemon is ever expanding you can add more pegs if needed. And my parents told me memorizing the Pokedex was useless.🤣

[@blindship5792]

i love this idea!!!!

[@Delizsieg]

Hi I'm very bad at remembering movies, what I read, and what happened at a point in life. I will use the above methods to improve myself. Anything that wasn't in the video to help me? Thanks.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Well the video was more of an an introduction, but it should help in all those areas you mentioned. I didn't share a lot of the advanced stuff as it would have overwhelmed some people. I recommend you read more on the topic. There's a free book my harry lorayne out in the internet. docs.google.com/file/d/0B70SBgtqVzJyZjRidTNsMC1WTVE/edit If you have any specific question on the technique, feel free to ask

[@alcanceextraordinario9935]

tks from Brazil

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

You're welcome from Canada

[@nerd3350]

One of the most useful videos ever but not recognised

[@INsAN3sKiiLz]

Love this video... wait what video?

[@alexanderjohansen1081]

Awesome video! Is there any way you could post a higher resolution copy of your peg list for some inspiration? And what are some cool things to practice with in your experience?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Unfortunately I created a visual copy of my peg list 6 years ago using my old laptop and the only remaining copies of them are from my phone. And most of Peg List would have no meaning to you .And if you're simply practicing, I recommend trying to memorize long strings of digits and random shopping lists.

[@HacBe]

hey there your videos are awesone. Thus, it's not as professional but therefore even more informative. So keep going. And btw could you tell me or make a video about how to remember figures and structures maybe 20 figures of 20 different shapes which all have maybe 1 or 2 segments painted black while the rest stays white? Thank you very much

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it. I would really need to see these 20 figures or some examples. It's hard to visualize what they look like and for me to come up with a system based on your little description.

[@ckellingc]

hm... since I'm an old school pokemon gen 1 player, I might use pokemon 1-99 as my numbers and attacks as my verb. each advancing evolution gets a stronger attack (ember, flamethrower, fire blast. water gun, surf, hydro pump). this is a great video! thanks for the tips!

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Yup, if I had to recreate my list of 1000, that's something I would have considered. I think I only use about 20 Pokemons in mine..

[@ankitsharma-fn7nb]

It was really nice ! bro it would be helpful if u can share numbers and its related item for memorizing fast.

[@karenkay2773]

Love your video. I forget everything!

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Thanks Karen!

[@codelaghien]

Awesome, thanks 👍😍

[@24galia]

Hello. Great video! Why did you stop creating videos?

[@EaglewolfMagic]

SUPER valuable inforation! thank you !

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Thanks for commenting, and glad you found it valuable 👍

[@mongamonga1477]

1. Association 2. Get 5 senses involved 3. Chunking 4.

[@thuythai7183]

Do u continue to do video in this chanel, i hope u say yes. And can you answer my question:"can i use one palace as my house to learn anything?" Thanks

[@thuythai7183]

How to make it into longterm mem??

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

@@thuythai7183 I plan to continue when I find time. Hopefully soon. And generally, places you use for short term memory should be different than places for long term memory. You can simply copy and paste. Also I recommend multiple places for short term memory so you have enough time to forget the images there.

[@xcsx6602]

This is a million dollar video!!

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Thanks appreciate the feedback 😃

[@coro3136]

Wow! thank you you! you are a genius!

[@fatihakhan4381]

i watched all video. You wont believe me but i've used memory palace since i was a child without realizing it's a method. i can remember everything visually. The problem is i cant remember words and sometimes speeches contain a lot of complex or abstract materials which is hard to visualize. For example i want to memorize 5 minutes long educational youtube video and it has lots of content (feelings, thoughts, academic terms) not just items .And i was wondering someone really able to do this.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Yes it's possible to memorize long youtube videos, lectures or anything. You need a big enough loci palace. You need to set markers using the peg system throughout your palace to indicate what part talks about what. For example, if you want to remember that at 30 seconds of the video, it talked about Pizza. Then picture your character representing 30 eating a pizza. If you want to know that at 5:30 the topic is about monkeys, picture your character representing 530 acting like a monkey. With practice you can learn to change any verb, or abstract information into something visual.

[@rickjames1240]

I+video. You+me, But+child-without+method. I+visually. The problem+words- and sometimes speeches+materials- which+visualize. This is the first 51 words you wrote divided into first a last words of sentences or clauses. So it's 19/51 words or about 37%. With this you can fill in the blanks pretty well and highlight things you don't remember. At least for most of these sentences I can fill in the blanks and looking away I remembered most of it-not verbatim but it works. I just made up this method about 10 minutes ago, but it does seem more effective than just memorizing everything in full which is what I've tried before. I'm not sure how this compares to memory palace techniques and such, but maybe for shorter things to memorize it might be more efficient. Hope this helps. Another thing to note, though probably obvious, is that you should try recalling everything without the "training wheels" once you have a decent grasp on it. If you try this tell me how it works.

[@fatihakhan4381]

@@rickjames1240 Are are you kidding me... ive been following the exact same method over a year as you mentioned. :) ive memorized lots of things through this initial and final words method. i wrote many documents for using this approach to memorize lines. But couldnt apply it momory palace yet.

[@rickjames1240]

@@fatihakhan4381 Nice :) I've been getting pretty excited about it myself.

[@fatihakhan4381]

@Rick James and also i tried this one and have a message there pleace check it out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWnOkKWEiamdgK8 writing down initial letters of each word. But there are some difficulties of these methods. the most important one is when you try to memorize text or topic with initial letters method or initial and final words method repeatedly you will most likely to lose the meaning of the sentence.

[@rosamacario7463]

Hola! I am trying to use the techniques you used in this video to learn Katchiquel a Mayan language for work. In the video you used a picture of a car with meat as the wheels for the spanish word, "carne". A brilliant example. But do you have any tips if the you can't really connect the sound of the words to a specif thing? For example, good afternoon in Katchiquel is, "xqkaq'q'" and good night, ""xqkaq'q' "". These words are very complcated for a native english speaker like myself and I cannot seem to make connections to the letters so I can remember them. I wanted to know what you would suggest. Thanks!

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

It's definitely much trickier for your case. I would just choose words or names as close as possible, or the first thing you think about for every syllable. Then associate it with the meaning of the word

[@jessiepoirier8962]

But what if I forget this technique? 😄 Jk, great video!

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

This is the one technique you can't for get 😊 And thanks!

[@IHeArTrOcK20]

If anyone understood the house technique and breaking up rooms, can you please explain it to me? Like what the heck? How do u store things in an intangible place broken up by some random method? Pls help

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Hello. It's not broken down randomly. It's broken down in a way that you can logically navigate. For example, your room could be number 1. The room beside your room could be 2. The room beside that could be number 3. Then the stairs beside that could be 4. It's your choice to decide what is number 1 and how to break it down. And you can store as many objects in each room.

[@IHeArTrOcK20]

Positively Brainwashed Positively Brainwashed I get the pegging and stuff but how is storing in rooms supposed to help? It just seems like it adds another layer of stuff I have to remember. Like 1 is my room and I store a number in there. Okay. Why would I store it in my room vs just remembering the number with the # system I make? Just seems like it adds another layer of info to remember. Unless it means things are stored in order with first chunk being in room 1, so you remember their chronological order as well? Is that right?

[@pratiktakale6585]

Hello great ideas but I did not find it useful in studies, how can we do it. Will you please make video on the same

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Just turn what you study into visual pictures following the rules I explained, then store them in a location that helps you remember the subject. If you're studying complicated things, the more creative your story you store should be

[@pratiktakale6585]

@@PositivelyBrainwashed I am not studying complicated material rather I am studying huge number of data ( from General Awareness)

[@MyArtWorld]

This was so helpful!! You are a genius!!!

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Thanks for the feedback, appreciate the compliment :)

[@MyArtWorld]

Positively Brainwashed no problem 😊

[@teabuttercup]

I really like your video this will help me out a lot

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Thanks Tasha, appreciate your feedback

[@sidhantsood5373]

Hey, I hope it's not too late to comment. What do you suggest for people whose recalling memory sucks? Also, why does one "remember" a deck of cards? Each deck has the same amount of cards

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Well first I would ask exactly why isn't your memory that great? Do you have a disorder? Or you simply have not practiced any of the methods I discussed in this video? Also, I'm talking about memorizing the sequence of individual shuffled cards.

[@sidhantsood5373]

Positively Brainwashed nvm, I've practised and I've improved a bit, so I'm gonna practise more to make it better, thanks for the reply anyway.

[@yasrabdulqadr9072]

please help me ,i want to iprove my brain but how ? i want to know more information about brain ????

[@computergeek9786]

+Positively Brainwashed I really liked your video! I noticed that you replied to a different comment with a book that gave instructions on the peg system of memory and also for faces and stuff. What other books do you recommend for things like the memory palace and other techniques. The video goes over more than is covered in that one book. Thank you!

[@mirshadham]

This is awesome. I would like to learn same. Please help me if possible for you. Thanks.

[@rakeshrani924]

Very effective video.. 🙏

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jwest9155]

“And never lose your keys again!” *pats pockets* ...dammit

[@blahblah-js5ux]

GREAT ADVICE

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Glad it was helpful :)

[@Myownbs]

I arrowed a horde jumping red cross, moving the rabbit to the lion side, mario shows blue pants under the rock. I just forgot what I was to remember!!!

[@prachandkhatri8019]

Good

[@Whippee]

memorizing but more complex

[@Acherus29A]

This sounds interesting, but the only big problem I see is that you're trying to remember WAY more data than the original information, (characters acting in locations), so wouldn't it be harder to remember more information than the original data? It sounds like reverse compression, but if it works for others I might give it a shot

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

No, because it's taking advantage of certain parts of our brain that for the most of us, is naturally superior. Don't think of it as quantity rather than quality. The first time you're able to remember 40 numbers forwards and backwards in under a minute, you'll understand what I mean.

[@JeremyTaylorNZ]

This is what occurs to me too. And so much presumes you already have remembered intimately something else. What kind of person already knows all the league of legends characters or pokemon and their actions? :-o And as for using a place you know intimately - I routinely lose things in my own house and discover things in drawers I never knew I had - if I lose things I put in my real house, how on earth am I going to remember imaginary things I "put" in there? Plus, there literally exists no house ever that you can get from one room to any other without having to go through others. How do you remember "19" while ignoring rooms 2, 3, 5, and 7 that you needed to pass through in order to get from 1 to 9? 'Think about how much you remember about all the places/rooms you've been in!' Well, actually, I hardly remember any of that sort of thing. Just places I've lived in: I couldn't tell you much about them, despite all the time I was in them. Couldn't tell you the wall colours, unless I actually painted the walls myself. Couldn't tell you what the carpet colour was. Complicated by personal items and furniture following me around, which just befuddles the memories. Despite spending years of my life in five places of education from kindergarten to university, I could hardly tell you anything about those places other than patches here and there. Thinking about university or the buildings I have worked in, the routine that I was in also meant that I went to the same locations over and over and there exists a majority of the place that I simply never visited/saw/became familiar with. Most of the time I was in those places I had way more important things to put my thoughts to rather than memorising the wall linings, seating arrangements, upholstery colours, carpeting, ceiling texture or lighting. Plus, many of the places that I have become somewhat familiar with, eg work, doesn't lend itself well to remembering details because the businesses buy everything in bulk and everything looks exactly the same! Same desks, same PCs, no personal items to speak of, and plenty of other portable equipment that comes and goes and can't be used for distinguishing one cell from another. Making a place up? You're leaving something out of that discussion, because I can't think how you would manage to invent an imaginary place with any significant distinguishing details and keep those imaginary details straight in your head on the off chance you one day need to stuff something in that room. Nor does this methodology described help me with actual real practical problems, like remembering the names of people I meet in a particular place - lets say 8 of them are elderly white women with grey hair and glasses. Maybe if I was a portrait artist my eye might be trained to notice particular details about their faces that might make it easier for me to differentiate between them, but to me they all look like elderly white women with grey hair and glasses! 'People remember funny, weird, violent, or sexual things.' Really? I forget jokes as easily as anything else. Coming up with weird stuff is great if you're Terry Pratchett, but if you aren't? And seriously - violent or sexual things? Lets see, violent: punch, stab, shoot... um... already I'm running out of useful violent acts to use as recall tools. Ditto sexual activity. Imagining people naked? Unless you've actually seen them naked and have had that artist's eye for detail... for me, that is just using my brain to imagine something that isn't actually like that and so now all I'm remembering is stuff I've invented in my head and remind me how is that helping me remember actual useful stuff, again? Remember FBICBSIBMIRS - wow, how neat that that just happened to split up into 4 readily recognisable three-letter-acronyms! Now lets remember: -?[2`7[7Q$WknBU=r$6$]b+v+!NQ/+h'aD3Sv,55 - chunking that isn't so easy, is it. Donald Trump in the room holding cupid's arrow? I thought the noun was Cupid, and the verb was shooting an arrow? Now the noun is just Cupid's Arrow? Is there any consistency to this thinking at all? Carne=meat, so you remembered that by thinking of a car in a school cafeteria (inside because female) with a birdsnest on the hood and meat wheels... like, why? Why the cafeteria - because food? What about male food words, where are you going to put them? Why the birdsnest? How is that detail not going to get you confusing carne with birds, or eggs, or birdsnests? Why are the WHEELS meat? Why on earth are you sticking a car in there at all, because carne has nothing to do with cars, but you're now going to associate the word with cars? How on earth is that better than simply remembering that carne = meat? Then you "simply" used other locations for other languages... what? So, if you are learning Amharic, and you want to remember the word for meat (ስጋ), you remember a car with meat wheels and a birdsnest on the bonnet sitting on a park bench in the park? How does that help you remember how to recognise, write, and pronounce ስጋ? And now what has the car with meat wheels got to do with anything? Copy/paste mental pictures to a different location? Come on. What? That's not how memory works. OK, I can see how you can use the memorised pegs and stupid stories to do parlour tricks like memorise cards or pi, but I'm to be convinced that anyone actually uses this stuff for real life applications. Can they really be sitting there continually making up stupid little stories about santa claus and James Bond and Donald Trump naked in car with meat wheels turning left at the gas station and jumping a lion over a queen cuddling a rabbit and still have anything meaningful and sane in their brain? OK, lets try and memorise a poem! Robert Burns To A Mouse. Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie... OK, maybe two words in there that are recognisable. Wee... OK, I'm thinking we are gonna have a story with something weeing. Sleekit... um. Ok. Chunking. Slee... Kit. OK, not enough. Let's converty SLEE to numbers! lets see, S is the ummm... 19th letter, L is 12, E is 5. Sooo... Captain America holding Dr Who's sonic screwdriver and Anne of Green Gables plaiting her red hair. With a kit. Not sure what sort of kit yet, maybe an soldier's kit, or a first aid kit, or a tool kit. Cow'rin! Cool! now we've got an actual cow to weave in. Rin... man, I'm gonna have this 48 line poem memorised in no time!

[@JeffTheHokie]

I use a different approach. I free-form the major system no pegs needed at all to convert numbers into words. Takes 10 minutes to learn the basics and a little practice for it to become automatic. 1=t (and similar sounds d and th), 2-n, 3-m, 4-r, 5=L, 6=j (and similar sounds sh,ch and soft g), 7=k (and hard G, hard C), 8=f (and similar v), 9=p(and B), 0=Z (and s and soft c). You go by sound, not by spelling. These are only consonants. Vowels and the consonants w,h,and y (why) can go anywhere without changing the value. For instance if you wanted to remember 96213036563 (random keyboard hits) you get "bitchin' time, Smash will jam" (took me all of 2 seconds). If I wanted to recall those numbers I just think of a concert by the fictional band Smash. As far as pegs go I use them for lists or structure in the same way that he uses palace locations, but for remembering numbers themselves I just use the major system directly. When I see 2 I automatically think "n". When I see a longer number, I immediately start threading words through it. When I memorized the periodic table for example, my pegword for 76 is "Coach", so I pictured Ozzy Osbourne as a coach to remember that osmium is the 76th element, and I pictured him tapping a cartoonish fish to remember the mass 190.23 (19023=taps Nemo). If I wanted to remember a phone number, I wouldn't need a peg at all.

[@sandeshraut7622]

Sir, can you please tell me how to memorize whole paragraph by memory palace.

[@imperialtower]

3 principles for memories: - association - location - imagination

[@zacharyrobinson7229]

any ideas on strategies for memorizing history events and dates?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

History dates and events are very similar to how to memorize birthdays, except you might just need more numbers. You can simply just imagine the event and add some story to it. For example, I recall World War 2 ended on 1945, September 2nd cuz I imagine Keanu Reeves(Guy from the Matrix and his B-day is September 2nd) sliding from a slide coming from the sky during D-Day (A slide is a 45 degree angle), and he's killing all the Nazis.

[@zacharyrobinson7229]

Positively Brainwashed wow thanks for the quick reply and good advice!

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Your welcome, and anytime 👍

[@ghostcodesgroup1628]

I could really use this make better passwords

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Absolutely, and I don't feel comfortable writing down my passwords. The only way to get my password is by brainwashing or by reading my thoughts

[@redscorpiongame]

I'd love to learn medicine this way, but I really don't know where to start from haha. There are too many detailes

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

I have a handful of medical friends who study using many of the techniques discussed in this video.

[@amp22929]

i watched the videos, browse comment section for 3 minutes, then realized that I already forgot what were the techniques in the videos

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Well you can always replay it. The video serves as an introduction to the technique. If you really forget things that quickly, then that's only more of a reason to learn some memory hacks.

[@Adam-xl4sd]

It works OMG!

[@alexanderirwin5535]

how about chinese for remembering the sounds and sign ?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

I spent a few months studying Mandarin. This method is very useful for speaking Chinese. For Mandarin there's only 5 different tones. You can simply assign a number to each tone. Signs is a little bit more different, but being creative and taking advantage of association and imagination will definitely help.

[@1989acha]

hi positively brainwashed did you print out the characters you chosed for your list of the numbers?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

No, I just wrote them on a basic word doc. I once put them all in an exel file with pictures, but that got lost in my old computer unfortunately

[@briyay1632]

the video begins at 1:17 or close to that your welcome

[@mayankagarwalcs]

Your videos look gorgeous .. can I ask how do you create them ?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

+mayank aggarwal Thanks.This vidéo was created using Videoscribe and Screenflow. With my latest videos I used only Screenflow as Videoscribe has limitations.

[@prashishere]

Awesome

[@riadbenosmane1113]

I use them in my studies and I got very good Mark's

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Awesome :)

[@philg4678]

Can you add daily short exercises to improve memory like for learning mandarin?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

I am not a machine :)

[@neerajpal7307]

Nice sir

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Thanks! :)

[@marknowrans7499]

Can I use this technique to memorize how to solve Rubix cubes?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

As a matter of fact you can! I've done this in past. You just need to look up the formulas to solve them and associate the different ways to rotate a cube to your peg list. There's one basic formula that solves any given cube, but it's not the most optimal way

[@marknowrans7499]

Haha thanks, I have a cube at home that has never been solved.

[@MadMadsGamer]

While watching your videos I have started wondering about the ending of each of them. Which principle do you build the "A", "B", "C" or "D" choice upon? I mean, I know that it increases likelihood of interaction if you give the viewers a choice rather than giving them the option not to do it, but I never understood the reasoning behind the "D" choice, which is always something bad or hurtful towards you. Is it just for fun or is there some psychological principle behind it?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

I admire you for trying to break down the psychology behind my endings, which I actually have a very high view to subscribe ratio due to it. The idea behind D which makes fun of myself gives the impression that I'm not needy and it's not a big deal if you don't choose A,B, or C. I understand some get turned off by this cuz I sometimes take it too far, but most find it funny. Another reason I use this ending is to increase watch time for my videos as most people who are already subscribed to a channel will quit as soon as they see the same ending each time. Keeping option D) a mystery increases the chance they'll finish the video On a side note, this multiple choice with D) being something like, "Tell me to jump off a bridge" has given high success rate when asking a girl on a date 😊

[@MadMadsGamer]

Ahha, that makes sense! Yea, I noticed that you do have a really high ratio and I was wondering if the ending had something to do with it. Your second tactic is also working, I do catch myself watching it all so I can see what you came up with this time, although it's usually to see the visuals which you edit in, like the water. I'm not saying it's a bad idea as it's clearly working and I could see myself doing something similar if I was making videos. However, when I first saw it, it did give me that "Like = 1 Prayer, Ignore = Worship the devil" kinda vibe. It made me feel as though I'm only losing since I have already subscribed to your channel. It made me feel slightly manipulated and as though I was put in a losing situation without any hope to win. I suppose that might be what you're trying to do to new viewers, so maybe this is just a win. I might just take the "D" option a little too seriously haha. Anyways, from a channel growth optimization point of view, I think it's an excellent ending. I like it a lot, well done.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Really appreciate you breaking down your thought process on all this, especially to a psychology nerd like me. I really hope you don't feel like I'm manipulating you. To me there's a big difference between manipulation and persuasion. If I genuinely believe I'm creating a win-win situation, like the info I provide in my channel, then I would consider it persuasion. If I'm getting you to do something I know does not serve your best interest and solely for selfish reasons, than that's manipulation.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Oh another reason why making D) violent which I think you sort of picked up, is that anyone who has a conscience wouldn't pick D), so they'll have to pick A), B) or C). It's almost like not allowing no for an answer.

[@MadMadsGamer]

Although I have no credentials in the field, I love psychology too, that's why I was wondering about it. I see the distinction that you're making between persuasion and manipulation. For me, I only want to subscribe to you on KZbin and that's it. Everything else is a hassle and not worth my time and would only bother me. That might be why I feel as though it was manipulation. But as you said, you genuinely believe that it's a win-win situation (I hope) so you feel as though it's persuasion. I suppose it's just a matter of perspective and opinion in this case. I feel as though everyone is always extra critical when it comes to doing social media favors though. I'm sure you have heard that the word "because" is a really strong word and really drives motivation and can persuade people to do many things. In your current ending, you say "If you like this video, then choose one of the following". But why should I? I think if you could structure your ending in such a way that you would be able to say "Because that will help you get more of my videos" or "Because that would make me happy" or something, I think you could get even more of a response. As you just wrote, making the option D violent leaves the viewer with no choice but A B and C. I think that's the main reason I felt manipulated. If you throw in the word "because" I feel as though there would be some more meaningful reason behind my action and I would feel less manipulated.

[@themughalsiblings2050]

Fun fact: an important religious practice for Muslims is to memorise the Quraan!

[@user-hf7ps7li9b]

can you give us link to dawnload the list

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

My list is personal, meaning most of the objects and their number would mean nothing to you. So I suggest you take the time to make your own. 100 is usually more than enough for most people.

[@markdickerson1289]

Didn't these ideas "Chunking" and "Memory Palace" come from Barbara Oakley's "A Mind for Numbers" book? Where's the credit to her work?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

+mark Dickerson I've never heard of Barbara Oakley. Most of this video came from 10 years of personal experience with some basics from Dominic O'Brien who I mentioned.

[@pratiktakale6585]

Major problem is reviewing it as per schedule

[@RidicAcidic]

I have pretty good memory.

[@GrreamRiperr]

I dont understand the part how do you memorize a deck of cards, you link every number to a character and then what?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

You would do same thing as you would to memorize numbers. So if the 8 of Hearts was a snow man, and the Ace of Spades was James Bond, and they happened to be the first 2 cards, I would image a snowman shooting something in my first room.

[@FreeRadicalslifestyle]

This such a hard thing for me to do I struggle with short term recall into long term memory. I had a parasite on my brain called the rat lungworm which did a lot of damage that included profound hearing loss...not that I am using it as an excuse as I recognize the neuroplasticity of the brain yet it always is a challenge for me. Regards Russell

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Sorry to hear about that. But I hope there's some take aways from this video that's able to bypass the damage by the parasite. Many people who have poor short term to long term memories are able to hack their brain and transfer things to longer term using these techniques. It uses the spatial part of your brain, which hopefully still functions properly for you.

[@mjt11860]

@The Free Radicals, wow! that sounds nasty. how did u contract it? i wonder if hyperbaric oxygen therapy (hbot) would help. it's expensive, but has helped stroke victims & even those suffering from cte (from football, etc). it could help regenerate brain cells. i would ask an integrative M.D.

[@hazaratali5128]

In interview or exams many things get fails...

[@imleilani1314]

I NEED TO REMEMBER WHOLE FRENCH PHRASES WORD BY WORD HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

You'll need to come up with your own system to remember grammar. Now if you really want to use this technique, I would store just key words in your phrases and hopefully it triggers the rest of the phrase. If it doesn't, then store more as needed.

[@emtiazhasan1342]

How to remind long paragraphs??

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

You take the key words or ideas in the paragraph and apply the method

[@madisonshamstercare8369]

We need to memorize it and it sucks we have the worst thatcher

[@attackfly3028]

How can this be applied to Japanese Kanji?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Well I have experience with Mandarin Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana. You just need to create stories about how the kanji looks like and link it to the meaning and pronunciation. Like to me Japanese word looks like an axe, so I just picture someone swinging their axe during the evening, in the city where I store all my japanese words.

[@attackfly3028]

Positively Brainwashed Ok I see how that could work. Thank you very much, and also for the video too

[@Martin_zen1985]

3,000 of pi. How many route do you use?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

1 route, 300 stations, storing 10 digits in each station.

[@Martin_zen1985]

@@PositivelyBrainwashed OMG 😱. Station with many positions objects?

[@fatimarahima]

how can i learn the time table

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Create a lot of rooms. If you want to remember that 19 * 24 = 455, go to your 19th room and picture your 24th character interacting with your image for 455.

[@kenshin5670]

This was great, been searching for "tricks to memorizing music" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Yiyevi Ponevi Approach - (should be on google have a look ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my buddy got excellent results with it.

[@tracymiller1149]

Dude, if you can memorize a deck of cards in less than 40 seconds you need to start participating in memory competitions.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

I used to. But 40 seconds is not very good compared to the pros.

[@AberBraham]

I don't understand the whole room thing, anyone care to explain?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Hey thanks for commenting. What part do you not understand? You divide any place that you're familiar with, like your home, school or work into sections, and then number them from 1 to however long you want. You then visualize whatever it is you want to remember in this rooms. And when it's time to recall them, you simply just have to imagine walking around from one room to the next.

[@MagesAndMischief]

Do you have suggestions on where to start from ground zero? I have tried to do mind palace techniques in the past, but my brain isn't great at visualizing things and it got difficult to progress and ended up dropping it. Sounds like based on this video it might be best to start with a short peg list and then progress from there and work on location later, but not sure :D Thanks! Good video, hope it takes off!

[@AberBraham]

Positively Brainwashed Alright, so what you're saying is that these "rooms" in the "house", you basically stash the items you want to remember in the room so when you picture yourself back in that room, you'll be able to recall that memory in the future. Is that right?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

+Matt T Sorry missed your comment (It doesn't notify me if your don't a +Positively Brainwashed). Do you have trouble closing your eyes and visualizing walking/flying around your home, school. or work? A Peg List on it's own will help for sure, but the real magic is when you store things using your spatial memory.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

+Abraham Daniels Correct. But try to make the the items or people you stash there interact with the environment if possible. So if you're stashing something in your bathroom, then image the item is getting flushed down your toilet, or someone is taking a crap on it.

[@Gabriel-xy2dj]

did you say you memorized the first 3 thousand digits of PI?

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Forwards and backwards. I could even tell you what the Xth digit was. But this was a decade ago. I just know the 1st 300 now

[@christopherellis2663]

I have never used these, and yet have extensive data recall.

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

Some people are just naturals

[@Jach199]

I don't really understand what you mean by putting them in a room 🤔 maybe I'm just not getting the meaning behind what you say

[@PositivelyBrainwashed]

A room, like your bedroom or your kitchen. Imagine the object or person you're trying to memorize on your bed

[@willianpessoa7788]

i use to solve rubiks cube blindfolded