Shashidhar's Awful Memory in Ten Days!

EXERCISES

Observe.... Understand......

The whole truth about sight or observation is contained in these sentences:(1) You must go about with open eyes and ears and see and hear as many facts as you can. (2) You must try to read or understand what you see.

Xerox Memory

Draw up from memory the component parts of your pen or some other familiar object; then take out the object and examine it to see how many items you have omitted.

In Library

Run your eyes over the shelves of a library, or over a row of books; then try to recall the titles- also as many of the authors names as you can.

Documents Today!

Make an effort in the evening to recall the appearance and contents of the various documents you have handled during the day.

Strike Out c�s & e�ss

Take out your watch, and with a pen or pencil strike out all the c�s and e�s in a paragraph of a news paper.Time that ought to be taken is appxly one minute to strike out 100 words.

Waiter in a restaurant

A waiter in a popular restaurant will take the orders of four men, sitting at the same table, repeat the order to the kitchen dept. and serve them some minutes later, giving the right food to each of the four. This is good ear perception. To train your hearing, take a directory, or any other list of names and addresses; and having read out two audibly and slowly, but only once, close the book and try to recall them. Persevere.

Look at a Rupee

Look at a rupee coin for 10 secs(the side with the year on it). Then cover it up and reproduce what you saw- if not by actual drawing, by written description�Afterwards compare with the original. In later expts. Use other coins. Keep an account (a) of the number of facts on the coins, such as words, signs, numbers, etc., (b) of the facts you scored and missed.

Anything I never saw?

Take an object like a pen, a leaf, or writing paper, a stone, a shell, a cork, or any such article, and examine it closely to see whether you can see in it anything you never saw before. Allow three minutes. Then write down in your notebook what you found. If you do not succeed with the first object chosen, try another.

Paraphrase

Paraphrase a passage from a storybook, that is, put into your own words, as if telling a friend about something you once read. You will take care not to be prolix. Try to keep to the same number of words as the original.

Questions..Questions�.

�Write down as many questions as you can about the subject of vivisection; i.e., the use of animals for medical expts. or choose a subject of your own.

Jot Down

� See and hear all you can; but in your notebook jot down impressions as to meanings. Here is a sample of �observation with inference�-- What struck me at royal circle�(1) The tale the man told. (2) How the audience listened.(3) The look on their faces.(4) What diseases the quack could cure.(5) How many fancied they were ill.(6) The ready way they bought his cure.(7) Only two bottles left.(8) Quickly bought up.(9) Mistake by quack- he finds another dozen bottles.(10) Great relief of audience; renewed sales.

Sound Detector

As opportunity serves train your hearing to detect the sounds that come to you in places selected for that purpose: The winds as affected by material objects- trees, buildings, telegraph wires, etc. (b) The songs of birds; the sounds of countryside (c) Industrial sounds (d) Street sounds (e) The inner effect of vocal or instrumental music.

Draw from Memory

The practice of drawing from memory is one which employs several powers- not only memory, also an ability which is of great practical service. What to draw?� Almost anything will do. But all to be taken in at a glance.Take a window you see daily- or select a leaf. Compare your work with the original.

Walk & Discover

Walk along a road or street well known to you and discover the facts not previously known to you.

�It�s dogged that does it!�

You are in training everyday; Practice these exercises regularly.

Much effort; Much benefit!!