Use This MAJOR Study Secret Every Time You Have To Remember Numbers

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

📌 Mastered the Major System? Ready for the next level? 🚀 If you've found this tutorial helpful and want to take your memory skills even further, check out my video on the 00-99 PAO System next: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZjXh4RqbbuaeZY

[@calisthenicarts312]

Dave Farrow has a variety of numbering systems. The Major method from the Magnetic Memory Method is by far the best!!! I like how you converse it over to the playing card as well

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Yes, I have one of his other systems in the competition guidebook, but didn't want to get off into the weeds on it or even talk about the approach he describes there without asking his permission first. I might learn it one of these days and see how it compares. But the key thing is that our conversation gave me ways that have improved my card memorization and digit memorization overall ever since. Even if you lose at a competition, you win just by getting to hang out and talk shop with the pros.

[@shawnlevy2437]

I used a body list to memorized the Major list. 1 Toe = Ta, Da 2 Knee = N 3 Muscle = M (The part of your leg between your knee and hip) 4 Rear = R (Ya Butt) 5 Love Handles = L (If your young you call this a muffin top) 6 Shoulder = Sh, Ch, 7 Collar = K, G (Your collar bone or just below your neck) 8 Face = F, V 9 Top of head (Think point on top of head ) = P ,B 0 Ceiling = C, S, Z Starting at my toes and saying the numbers out loud. One is toe, 2 is knee, 3 is muscle, 4 is rear... You can touch the body part as you go if you find it helpful. Once you have the numbers pegged to a body part The sounds are almost natural (English Sounds). I found it helpful to say them out loud while working up and down the body list. Each location like this - Face is 8, 8 is face, Face.. FA .. VA .. FA .. VA .. Face. Knee is 2, 2 is knee, Knee .. Na NA Knee. You can do this in you head while waiting in line for coffee. Starting at your toes and working up. Not long before I was able to do this in my head. Ta Da, Na Na, Ma Ma, Ra Ra, La La, Sha Sha, Ca Ca, Fa Va, Pa Ba, Sa Ca. After only a few days you will start to do this almost automatically. 74, Seven Four, 7 Collar, 4 Rear, 7 Ca 4 Ra, Ca Ra ... CAR!! Seventy four is a car. Keep reading and watching Anthony to learn how to make the car specific and memorable.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Yes, I do this too, but in different arrangement, i.e. my toes are 9/b-p because they are at the bottom and 0 for space because outer space is above me. Of course, outer space is also below me and to either side, but that's just the way I wound up doing it.

[@Lucas-mk1gi]

I'm reading your book "Smarter" and it is a great tool to put all this in action. It's serving to organize the info of you're videos to me, so when I read about a topic on the book, I search on your channel for a video on the same topic, then I understand the video much more, since I already read in the book, I am really liking, already used memory palace, but now making my PAO lists and 00-99 PAO list too, it makes really really easier to create images, compared to free association I was doing, I used to make an images for my memory palaces in 5 to 10 minutes when information was more abstract or complex, but now I can create it in a minute or less using the alhpabet and the PAO lists. I'm looking forward to see my improvements with the 00-99 PAO.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Thanks for reading SMARTER and glad these videos help supplement your progress. Anything you'd like to see covered moving forward?

[@robjfulton]

Major Bowski - first time I've heard about him. I certainly want to get into Visualization mastery too! another great masterclass

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Major B seems like he must have been quite the fellow! Visualization Mastery is on the Exercises page in the MMM Masterclass. There's even a little "visualize with me" exercise/follow-along. Thanks as ever for your support!

[@billholt8792]

This is too funny-I am currently in/on week nine of The MEMORY ADVANTAGE assignment= Learn The Major System. Another great video . Thanks

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

You got this! Do you think that assignment came too early or too late in The Memory Advantage?

[@billholt8792]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM I would answer it maybe 2 ways, I have taken your course so I would say right where it is-I would also say had I not taken MMM, it wouldn't appear to be out of sync?

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

That's good feedback. I'll think about that for the second edition. Many thanks!

[@DawnBroce]

Thank you for this! I've been looking for helpful videos to improve my memory and so far this one makes the most sense 💯

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Glad you found something that connects! Any particular kinds of info you want to remember better?

[@billholt8792]

I have read both S.m.a.r.t.e.r & Flyboy, and I am continuing to revisit my existing PAO, and revamp my "New" PAO System-too. Thanks from myself, my fellow seniors ,and of course, Etal for all generations. I am trying to stay Sharp & Keen! Thanks as always.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Thanks for reading these books and as always for your endless support!

[@Pweedelphia]

Tuning in - i know this gone be good!

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Thanks for checking this one out. Have you used the Major System before?

[@Davlavi]

Another great video thanks for sharing the major. Love learning the history of these techniques.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Thanks for checking it out. It's one of my favorite systems ever!

[@janellejulianne]

I’ve been needing a video like this, and you delivered big time! 💥 Massive thanks 💯 This is beyond helpful 💪

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Awesome, thank you! Anything you'd like to see covered next?

[@ElliotBrownJingles]

As you were saying "not so fast", grab your writing stuff etc...that's exactly what I was doing! LOL. Great video as always!

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

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[@sammferns]

What a fantastic video 💥🙌🏽 You've definitely gained a new fan 💕

[@Julialouiseeed]

Great explanation of the Major System! I can't wait to use this technique for memorizing numbers. 💯🙌🏻Thanks, Anthony! 😄

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Power to you and enjoy the journey!

[@Moonknight-i5d]

This will help a lot ❤i appreciate what you 🙏 are doing.

[@ronarnett4811]

Personally, I use the hard C sound as k=7 in the major memory system. I keep only the soft C sound for use as C = zero. If makes for less mental distraction and stress for me to separate them by sound instead placing both sounds on the same image. Once I made the decision to separate the sounds it has never been an issue. Others may well find using the hard C as zero not to be a problem at all. That's the beauty of it. What ever works and feels natural for you is what you should use.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

I actually use hard C too, but never think about it as being hard C for some reason. Maybe because I know German and I use die Kaverne sometimes for 78 instead Cave in English. But you’re absolutely right that the beauty of the system is its adaptability. It’s the core concept that matters and makes it work. 🙏

[@sabinajaldon9208]

Awesome! This helped me so much 💯

[@MayEsp20]

Thank you for sharing this extremely helpful video to improve my memory 💯💪🏾

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

You bet! Happy memorizing!

[@FFVison]

7 also reminds me of a mirrored version of a rune from the Elder Futhark (runic alphabet) which has a pronunciation like K. Actually, if you want to get more accurate, the rune looks a bit like a "less than" symbol

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

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[@sdnnvs]

A really big challenge I face is taking notes on mental images. How could I record the mental image to use with Anki, for example? I think the difficulty of recording is the major Achilles' heel of the method of loci, Memory Palace, Major System, PAO System, etc.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Thanks for checking this on out. If you search my blog, you'll find a whole tutorial on using the Magnetic Memory Method in combination with Anki. I don't know exactly what you mean by "recording," but in terms of being able to memorize in real time, I wouldn't call that an Achilles' heal. Rather, an unwillingness to capture information using various recordings, then extract the info worth remembering for memorization is a weakness in the user. But since free will does not exist, it is not even that. It just is what is and some of us our lucky enough to train and use these techniques for what they are without thinking inert things and processes have weaknesses. Only we humans can fall prey to that. Possibly later, our bots. But for now, let us love B.O.T.S.: Boring old technology succeeding. Those who can get past blaming the tools will do just that: Succeed.

[@rodrigobarboza1592]

Hello Professor Anthony. Do you know how to avoid confussion when someone use the same memory palace? Do you have a video facing this topic? Thank you!

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Yes, I have covered that actually. Here's a guide on avoiding these issues when re-using Memory Palaces: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i57XXpyko6Zgq5o Does it make sense and help you out?

[@Nivek-kz6vk]

hey anthony.... can you make a video how to summarize a long books like history,self improvement etc.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

What kind of summary do you have in mind and what would you do with the summary once you have it? Please advise and I may have more to say on the matter. :-)

[@Nivek-kz6vk]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM let say summary of new information and once i have it i dont have to read all the way through it

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Basically this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3q0g5ynhqt-h7s Sometimes I throw mind mapping into the mix, but not often. Usually the technique in that link is far more than enough, just as described.

[@trailcarver3018]

Dude, you're a gem and are actually benefitting humanity. Millions of people's lives will improve because of you. You're gonna be a Buddha next lifetime.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Thank you for your kind words. Are you currently memorizing anything?

[@trailcarver3018]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM I tell you what brother, I'm dealing with the most insane ADHD in history and floundering for anything to help me focus.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Here's something that might inspire you (memory champ who crushed his ADHD): kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqSzZXWnlMZ5h5I Hope it helps give you some ideas on top of inspiration. Beyond that, a doctor for first line advice, then looking at diet, sleep and fitness. Memory techniques will almost certainly help when you've got all those things in the mix. Power to you and "Magnetic" vibes coming your way for totally and completely conquering this situation!

[@trailcarver3018]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM Just studied that video. Thanks so much. Great interview. I found the points about "meditation snacks" from your guest to be interesting. I'll try it. I also never thought about the ingrained meditative aspect of memorizatoin, but it's real.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

My most raw video is all about just how meditative memorization gets... I think it's my only video that has gotten into the millions of views, so I must have said something compelling... kzbin.info/www/bejne/oafXip2ap86Gpq8

[@KarthikEdits108]

Hi, I’m new to your KZbin channel and to memory techniques, and I’m not sure where to start. Can you help me out?

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Thanks for checking this one out. I suggest getting the free course on my site and completing it in full. Then come back to the KZbin channel and follow your interests. There's lots to explore.

[@Hicoffeman]

Hi, I made my own Major System from 09 to 00-99 but I'm having trouble remembering it, even using Anki, do you have any tips that could help me? I would be very grateful! I'm ADHD and autistic. and I think that's why I'm stuck with this...

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Quite possibly I can. How do you prefer to learn? Books, video courses or premium one-on-one coaching?

[@Hicoffeman]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM Ah, articles and reading I think are better for me, I'm not really sure but in neuropsychological tests it was seen that I'm great with visual memory, so learning involving images They are great for me, even though I don't know how to memorize all 330 things, I managed to memorize several digits of PI without having a defined palace... It sounds silly, but I really feel like this method is for me, as I have struggled with learning since childhood.

[@Hicoffeman]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM I think videos are cool too, but the problem is that on KZbin people explain things in different ways from each other and that ends up leaving me lost in a sea of information.

[@Hicoffeman]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM I've been thinking about making a memory palace, where each loci contains all 3 (Person, Action, Object) but I don't know If its valid :(

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Yes, the sea of information problem is real. I can suggest any number of my books or the material on my site, which is much more tailored to reduce interruptions. Feel free to give it a visit, links in the description. :-)

[@Zerati_app]

Hey Anthony you’re content is amazing can I use memory palace for 10 subject and I have theory driving license coming up and the questions you have to learn are 1190 and I have b1 German Prüfung test coming up so can you help me

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

I remember doing my B1 German test in Berlin. I used the Magnetic Memory Method. You can do it! I'm sure you can work out how to apply these techniques to your driving test. Dive in, learn the systems and make it happen!

[@Zerati_app]

What is magnetic memory method how it’s used to remember information

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

It is the name of the method I personally use and teach. It is used to memorize information by learning and applying the approach.

[@manofgod3971]

Interesting….I will be back to improve my memory.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Great! Anything in particular you'd like to see covered in the future? Or that I might already have on the channel?

[@satchycollins3985]

Thanks

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

🙏

[@Amantiwari_19]

Hello Anthony I am a med student new to your channel I am trying to memorise some pathologies which envolve remembering some organ systems again and again so do you have any idea how do I put a kidney or brain in my memory palace

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Thanks for asking about this. There's a few ways to approach this. How many Memory Palaces do you currently have and do you have your other mnemonic systems set up? Knowing these details will better help me answer the question.

[@Amantiwari_19]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM 2-3 only and yeah I did use sketchy it's sort of similar to memory palace

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Have you considered using the body parts themselves as mini-Memory Palaces?

[@Amantiwari_19]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM yeah actually but it is difficult it becomes a mess tbh I was hoping I could use something like major to cope up with it

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

There's at least one way to cope with it, but I wouldn't recommend attempting it until you have at least a few dozen Memory Palaces that you can use reliably.

[@Original_Lurke_fromthe_Unknown]

My person for the A of Spades is Lemmy and that’s his song.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Great choice! I love that song!

[@Original_Lurke_fromthe_Unknown]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM I am experimenting with something that I’m quite interested in. I will report back once I figure everything out. Take an actor and list all his characters he/she played and place it under actors name 26 deep just like A-Z.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Even without knowing all the details, that already sounds like an epic idea! Looking forward to hearing more!

[@jerad957]

When learning the Major method why not use the body list? Isn't that the easiest way to get started, is it trademarked?

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Ron White and I talk about linking the Major to the body here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2KtlIBnr9N-hcU I probably could have mentioned it in this video, you're right, but there's always the next one...

[@jerad957]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM Just watched the interview. Thanks, That answers it. And now I know why my body list is backwards from his.. t for toes.. Those were great infomercials back in the day

[@jerad957]

​@@AnthonyMetivierMMM Just watched the interview. Thanks, Now I know why my body list is opposite from his. T for toe. Those were some great infomercials back in the day. I still have the book some 30 years later

[@torah2go]

Thanks for sharing...To mention in Jewish tradition we have and continue to use Gematria numeric (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematria) which accomplish this as well.

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Yes, I mentioned the Gematria years ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZKmhnmGrpydZqs See also this book review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHO1mICbaJynh9k

[@sterlingcooley7401]

Excellent video thank you so much !!

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Thanks so much for checking it out and posting. Anything you'd like to see covered moving forward?

[@sterlingcooley7401]

I’ve been trained in two Major fashions, and it used the Tie, Noah, Mow, Row, Law, Joy, Key, Fee, Pie, and Toes (10) peg system And then I learned to 100 (daisies) d s s I’m kinda wondering if these weird AI Midjourney videos could be used to show people what our minds eye sees Have you explored this ? I’m considering doing a month of image generation with Gen 3 Runway ML or Luma or w/e And I am also trying to memorize Pi using a visual flow into the next word/peg Having some luck having ChatGPT read me the “story” of Pi Thank you for putting such valuable training out there - much appreciated !!!

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Thanks for these details about your journey and this question. I have thought a lot about AI for many years, and the old debates between artificial and natural memory in the ancient books, back when people thought imagined mnemonics were not "natural," etc. Some of this I unfold here in a full discussion of so-called "virtual" Memory Palaces: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6qxaKp5jKmKeas I don't think my brain is strong enough to describe, let alone resolve the true contradiction (dialetheism) I see going on here. Nonetheless, I've decided for myself to limit exposure to such tools, emphasis on "limit." Part of the reason is that it would probably be pretty cool if someone like me was stubborn enough to do it. And another part being that we have no evidence so far that anyone has done something significant by prepping or training with these tools yet. In fact, it's quite the opposite, I think (but am not sure). I believe the recent innovations in the Shadow actually point us even deeper into auto-training/inner mnemonic systems without "external" assistance. So perhaps the best thing to do would be to ask Lance Tschirhart himself. I asked him about being on the podcast many years ago, but somehow we never got around to it. I'll reach out again and see if I can finally close the loop. I think he'd be the perfect person to ask. In the meantime, I'm working on the sequel to Flyboy which is a fictional response to some of these issues with some reference to the logical issues raised by Lewis Carrol. But I'm not sure if it will provide any answers in terms of how or if such generative exposure will help people in terms of practically sitting down and training to apply memory techniques in situation where they have no recourse to computers. It's definitely a super interesting topic, so thanks for the prompt to explore it more and I hope my video on virtual Memory Palaces is useful for thinking through the implications of using these technologies even if there is no definitive answer that I can offer thus far.

[@sterlingcooley7401]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM Wow - well I'm honored and privileged to behold a response as well thought as this. I will think more on this, digest. I already am finding my exposure on X to AI generated "trippy and flowing" videos has already had a tendency to influence my visualizations, so it's "memetic" that is for sure... I find, however, that if i don't see it for a day or so, my mind's eye returns to standard again. I first learned the Major system on an old cassette tape, without any "visual" cues and I learned it just fine like that. I certainly can see where using too many visuals to help someone train would negatively impact their ability, what a strange paradox! Maybe I will offer my mind as a "quarantined" test box, I still desire to try to some degree. haha if I don't write anything on this in 10 months time, send help! haha :P Thanks Anthony !!!

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

That is so interesting, and possibly the answer for the fadeout effect is in the memory science. Visual memory and especially iconic memory/figural memory probably hold clues. But it also just makes sense, as on a common sense level we can easily imagine an artist who no longer visits galleries to regularly feed the muse or a writer stops reading fiction winds up deskilling... The other angle to consider is that mnemonics are not entirely or even for some people visual at all. In the memory competition setting, there really isn't time to visualize. There's something else going on. That doesn't mean to avoid visualization, but in my own experience and lots of anecodotal discussions, looking at mental images isn't really going on during mnemonic encoding... But by the same token, it can be and being as visual as possible can be striking in a way that triggers recall. It's not guaranteed though. I rarely see images, but one time that I did was while giving a memory demonstration. I was being interviewed on a podcast where the hosts actually came to my studio and asked me to memorize some cards. Around the 15th card or so suddenly I had the most visual experience of my life up to that point. But during recall, for the life of me, I couldn't memorize that card even though it was an insanely intense visual experience. I can't quite explain why it would have had an inverse effect, but it did, and even though I recalled all the other cards, I naturally beat myself up more than a little over the days to come... and was completely perplexed given the visual experience. I tell the story here closer to the time it happened and how bizarre it was: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2G9aWuKiLCYoNk Anyhow, since your last post, I've reached out to Lance and hopefully he and I can trade notes on these matters and create something cool for the community to consider further about this strange "coincidentia oppositorum"! Or should that be "unio oppositorum"?...

[@eiihdjdkk4013]

what about using pictures for number?

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

That’s what this, using an approach that minimizes the arbitrariness of the choice of picture.

[@johnnyplunkett8532]

Im studying memory but cant remember where i left my pens...sigh..

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

There might be effort marks available if you try and find them. 😂

[@mardoredardin2995]

00 to 99 each one of them have a "person who did smth to smth" ig they call it PAO, i used it to memorized the first 250 digits of Pi (did it today)

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Fantastic! 💪🔥🧠 What will you memorize next?

[@mardoredardin2995]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM the next 250, can u explain how to memorize a poetry?

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Oh yes, in the MMM Masterclass there's a whole course on memorizing poetry. My Magnetic SRS system is explained in it as well so you can easily memorize massive amounts of repetition and small words like "he," "she," "it," etc...

[@ceeemm1901]

Have you read "Moonwalking With Einstein"?

[@AnthonyMetivierMMM]

Yes. In fact, I have Tony Buzan's pin that Foer mentions at the beginning on my desk right now.

[@ceeemm1901]

@@AnthonyMetivierMMM Cool!

[@dianehayec]

I've been waiting for a video like this, and you nailed it! Huge thanks-this is incredibly helpful!