you can remember anything!

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YOU CAN REMEMBER ANYTHING!
Memory ispower! Without memory, no knowledge can exist. }'au can rap-
idly develop your memory to a phenomenal degree if you have a
sincere desire to do so. No learned skill can be so easily or dramat-
ically developed asthe memory. You are about to discover that you
can increase your memory power to a phenomenal degree in just
ten easysteps. Various combinations of these ten steps will make it
possible for you to rapidly learn and remember virtually anything,
no matter how complex the information may be! This book in-
cludes the basic methods of my learning system, enabling you to
apply it to your own specific needs. If you spend an average of only
ten to fifteen minutes per day forjust several weeks learning these
ten simple steps,you will be amazed and excited about your new-
found memory power!
Injust minutes from now, when you learn the numbered room
system, you will see how this organized memory system can work
for you. Although the numbered 't0om system isjust the first step,
it hasmany applications. You will start slowly,then expand to more
complex applications. However, allof the memory techniques will
bejust aseasy aslearning the numbered room system.
With more than two and ahalf million individuals having com-
pleted my courses with an averageof more than 95 percent reten- common sensein every memory application. Your natural mem-
tion, I can confidendy assureyou that you will remember incredi- ory,working in harmony with common senseand effectivemem-
bly more of what you need to remember because you will be ory techniques, will enable you to achieve phenomenal results.
seeing rather than reading or hearing. My learning systemisbased Trust the system. I promise that you will be surprised and very
on your natural ability to remember exceptionally well the things pleasedwith yourresults.
thatyou see-even if what you seeisonly inyour mind's eye-and
I'll show you how to change anything you want to remember into
something you can see.Then I'll show you how to connect what
you seewith something you alreadyknow. That's it! It's never any
more difficult than that! Even if the information is complex, you
will alwaysuse only two objects at a time. One object or familiar
physical location will represent what you already know and the
other will represent what you want to remember.
The memory skills taught in this book will help you achieve
more in lesstime than you have ever dreamed possible.They will
arm you with a competitive edge that others do not have (unless
they have also discovered the secrets revealed in this book). You
will be ableto put these skillsinto practical use immediately. They
will help you staymentally alert for alifetime.
The purpose of this book is to teach you how to remember
anything-quickly, easily,and accurately.I will guide you step-by-
step to phenomenal memory power! Rather than boring you with
the history of memory techniques, how the brain works, why we
forget, or philosophical reasonsasto why you should develop your
memory skills,I will teach you how to remember. After all,that
must surelybe the reason you are reading this book.
Achieving results with the well-organized, dramatically effec-
tivelearning systemsyou will discover in this book will be one of
the most rewarding experiences of your life. It will alsobe one of
the most exciting and enjoyable. Additionally, you can use the
techniques for the rest of your life.Use your natural memory and
A NUMBERED ROOM SYSTEM
As you read this chapter,place yourself in a square orrectangular room. If
you are not, just visualize a very familiar room that is square or
rectangular. Any room with four walls,four corners, afloor,and a
ceilingwill work. That's ten locations.
There are only ten single-digit numbers-zero through nine. I
am going to permanently assignthe ten single-digit numbers to
the ten basiclocations of anysquare or rectangular room.
Visualize yourself at the center of the room, and turn so that
you arefacing the front wall of the room. Any wall canbe chosen
to represent the front wall of the room.
Asyou look atthe following illustration of the numbered room
locations, look, also,at the corresponding room locations in the
room in which you arenow located or the room that you arevisu-
alizing.
As you look at the illustration, note that the four corners are
odd numbers: 1,3,5,and 7. They start in the back left corner, and
move clockwise to the corners around the room:
Back left corner islocation 1
Front left corner islocation 3
Front right corner islocation 5 Before continuing, please be certain you know the ten numbered
Back right corner islocation 7 room locations. For example, when you think of number 7, you
should immediately think of the back right corner of the room. If
you think of number 2,you should immediately think of the left
0
wall.
Front Wall
You should be able to closeyour eyesand seeeach of the ten lo-
1 3 4 5 6 cations forward, backward, or randomly. You should also be able to
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think of any number between 0 and 9 and quickly see its room lo-
cation in your mind.
I call this numbered room system aCube, even though you will
~ seldom be in a room that is actually a cube. This numbered Cube
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methodology has been used in thousands of academic and corpo-
rate applications with unprecedented success.
Let's suggest that you want to learn and remember information
Back Wall
in which a numbered sequence isimportant. For example, let's use
The four walls of the room are the even numbers: 2,4,6,and 8. the first nine presidents of the United States. The information you
They start at the left wall, and move clockwise to the walls around want to remember could be any numbered sequence. Please follow
the room: the steps very carefully, even if you are not interested in the con-
tent. The content isnot what isimportant. What's important isto
Left wall islocation 2 know how the system works so you can use it in almost limitless
Front wall islocation 4 practical applications.
Right wall islocation 6 I mentioned earlier that all of my memory techniques include
Back wall islocation 8 only twOobjects at atime. One object represents what you already
know and the other represents what you want to remember. Both
must be objects or locations you can see. In this case,you already
know the nine numbered locations in the Cube. We will not use
the 0 location (ceiling) for this exercise. You can actually see or vi-
I suggest that you put this book down and look around the sualize each of the nine locations, sothese areyour knowns or what
room. Look at all the locations, starting with 0 at the ceiling, then you already know.
1,2,3,and so on. Then look at them in reverse order. Last,look at What you want to remember is the name of the president for
each location randomly and think of the number assigned to it. each of the nine numbered locations. That means the name of each
You now have a memory bank for the numbers 0 through 9. president must be converted to something you can see.To do this,
I'll change the name of each president to a soundalike picture, as the corner! The chef reaches from the floor to the ceiling! If you
follows: were everto seethisin reallife,how could you everforget it?Later,
when you think of number 3,think of location 3-the front left
President Sounds Like or Suggests corner. Seethe chif and remember Jefferson.
Washington washing machine Look at location 4-the front wall. As you look at the front
Adams (newspaper)ad wall,seemedicine pouring out of it! It isliquid medicine and it is
Jefferson chef (theobject isbasedon sound,not really messy.Imagine the medicine pouring out of the front wall
on spelling) alloveryou! Later,when you think of number 4,think oflocation
Madison medicine 4-the front wall. Seethe medicine and remember Madison.
Monroe money Next, look at location 5 (the front right corner). See money
Adams (newspaper)ad bursting out of the front right corner of the room. Imagine that
Jackson (automobile)jack you may have allthe money you can carry! Later,when you think
VanBuren van of number 5,think of location 5-the front right corner. See the
Harrison hair money and remember Monroe.
Look at location 6-the right wall-and see a gigantic ad on
Be certain that you know the soundalike picture for each of the the wall!Yoh also saw an ad at location 2-the left wall. That's
presidents before continuing. okay. Imagine a gigantic ad covering both the left wall and the
.The next step is to associate each soundalike picture with its right wall-locations 2 and 6!Later,when you think of number 6,
numbered Cube location. This will automatically giveyou the nu- think of location 6--the right wall.Seethe ad andrememberAdams
merical sequence of eachpresident. (the son of the second president).
Look atlocation 1(thebackleft corner). Asyou look atlocation Look atlocation 7-the back right corner. Turn and look over
1,seeagigantic washing machine ftllingthe entire corner! Imagine your right shoulder atthe back right corner. Seeagiganticjack (an
that the washing machine isrunning, the lidisopen, and water and automobile jack). It reaches from the floor to the ceiling! Later,
wet clothing ispouring out alloveryou! when you think of number 7,think of location 7-the back right
Later,when you think of number 1-the ftrstpresident-think corner. Seethejack andremember Jackson.
of location 1,the back left corner. Seethe washing machine and re- Look atlocation 8 (theback wall).Imagine that,allof asudden,
member Washington. a van bursts through the back wall of the room! See it! Hear the
Look atlocation 2 (theleftwall).Asyou look atthe leftwall,see crash!Later,when you think of number 8, think of location 8-
a gigantic ad-a newspaper ad!Later,when you think of number the back wall. Seethe van and remember VanBuren.
2, think of location 2-the left wall. See the ad and remember Next, look atlocation 9 (thefloor). Seehair growing out of the
Adams,the second president. floor!The entire floor hashair growing out of it!Imagine that you
Look atlocation 3 (thefront left corner). Seeachef standing in canfeelthe hair growing up overyour ankles,up pastyour knees-
the hair keeps growing out of the floor! Later, when you think of immediately know his sequential number in office,(such asJackson
number 9,think of location 9-the floor. See the hair and remem- isajack in location 7,so he isthe seventh president).
ber Harrison. You can quickly discover the power of your own mind through
Now that you have mentally stored these nine objects, seeif you the use of organized memory techniques such as the numbered
can recall them forward, backward, and randomly. Cover the Pic- Cube methodology. Many have told me that they have enjoyed
ture and President columns below. Look at each numbered loca- demonstrating the system to their family and friends.
tion in sequence and randomly. Recall the picture associated with You will use this system often for many different applications. I
each numbered location and the president it represents. Uncover to have used it in corporate, academic, and personal applications to
confirm that you are correct. learn and remember:
Room Location Picture President • Corporate objectives
1 washing machine Washington • Safety procedures
2 ad Adams • Schedules and things to do
3 chef Jefferson • An outline of an entire book
4 medicine Madison • Emergency procedures
5 money Monroe • Sequential steps in the operation of equipment
6 ad Adams • An airline pilot checkoff list
7 jack Jackson • The periodic table of the elements in chemistry
8 van Van Buren • The books of the Bible
9 hair Harrison • The Ten Commandments
• Speeches and presentations without notes
How did you do? If you had difficulty remembering the object • How to conduct abusiness meeting without notes
in any of the locations, it islikely because you did not see or imag- • Planets in their numbered sequence from the sun
ine what was in that location as illogically as you should have. • Zodiac signs
When you associate any object with any location, be certain to in- • Grocery lists
volve all of your senses, if possible. See it, feel it, hear it, and so • Top ten lists
forth. Exaggerate the size. Involve yourself in the association (see
the object knocking you down, pouring over you, and so on). Be The use of the Cube methodology is almost limitless. It isfast,
certain you know all nine numbered objects forward, backward, easy,dependable, and very practical.
and randomly before continuing.
If you think of the name of a president, you should be able to
How many rooms will you need? For most of your dailyneeds,
two or three rooms are sufficient. If,however, you want to learn
anything sequentially numbered that has thirty, fifty,one hundred
Although Iaskedyou to usethe room in which you arenow lo- items or more, such as the presidents of the United States or the
cated for the earlier exercise,I recommend that you use your bed- periodic table of the elements in chemistry,you will need enough
room to permanently establish a room for the numbers zero rooms to accommodate the required number. For example, you
through nine because it is likely to be one of your most familiar would need fiverooms for the presidents and eleven rooms for the
rooms. Call it your Units Cube or Units room because it includes chemical elements.
the single-digit numbers, zero through nine. You might say,"Hold it! I live in a one-room apartment!"
You may ask,"How would the Cube method work if there are That's okay! The rooms need not be in the same house or apart-
more than nine things to remember?" Just go (mentally)to another ment. They need not evenbe in the sametown.
familiarroom! If you useyour bedroom for the numbers 0 through None of my rooms are in my present residence. They are lo-
9,you may want to use your living room or dining room, for ex- cated milesawaywhere Ilivedyearsago. Ican stillclearlyseethere
ample,for your next room. Allthat matters isthat the room isvery every corner, wall,floor,and ceiling of each room that I use. I can
familiarto you. Youmust be ableto seethe ceiling,the corners, the even seethe furniture in all of the roomsjust asif I had seen the
walls,and the floor,even if you are not physicallythere. rooms yesterday.That's because I used those rooms for the num-
Your next room is numbered just like your Units room. Start bered Cube system when I lived there and I never stopped using
with 0 on the ceiling,then the backleft corner (location 1),the left them.
wall (location 2), and continue around the room, ending with the Although you may not need more rooms than you haveatyour
floor (location 9).The only differenceisthat there isa 1in front of present residence,if you do need more rooms, here are a few sug-
every number. Therefore, the ceiling is 10,the back left corner is gestions:
11,the leftwallis12,and ending with the floor,which is19.This is
calledthe 10sroom becauseit includesthe numbers 10through 19. • A place you used to live (but only if you can clearlyseeall
You can easily expand the numbered Cube system to a 20s of the locations within the room or rooms)
room (20 through 29), a 30s room (30 through 39), and so on. • Office(s)where you work
What makes this system so easy to learn and use is that there is • Your club
nothing to memorize. If, for example, your kitchen is your 20s • Your church
room and you need a number 29,just use your 29 location-the • A relative'shome
floor of your 20s room or the floor of your kitchen. Remember, • A neighbor's home
location 9 is alwaysthe floor,solocation 49 would be the floor of • Your garage
your 40sroom. • A very familiar restaurant
To practice seeing the numbered room locations, you should
prepare asetof flashcards (ten for each room). If you want amem-
ory bank of twenty-nine numbered locations, you will need three
rooms (each room ends at the floor with number 9). If you want One of the most frequently asked questions by those who are
exactly forty numbered locations, you will need five rooms (but just learning the Cube system is, "How can I use my rooms for
you would use only the ceiling of the fifth room for number 40). many different projects without confusing the data?" There are
Here isan easyway to view it,aswell asan example of the various three reasons why this concern should not be aproblem:
rooms you might use:
1. You will be familiar with the subject. By concentrating on
first room 0-9 bedroom that subject, you will find that other objects that you have
next room (10sroom) 10-19 living room stored in the same room will not evencome to mind.
next room (20sroom) 20-29 den
next room (30sroom) 30-39 kitchen 2. Although a memory system makes it possible to initially
next room (40sroom) 40-49 dining room store information with relative ease, soon the need for the
memory system will disappear and you will know the infor-
When you set up your permanent rooms, you should be able to mation you have stored for a given body of knowledge. For
see or imagine every numbered location within every room you example, there are few students of chemistry who know the
are using. It iseasier than you may think. For example, you can see more than one hundred elements on the periodic table of
your kitchen in your mind-even if you are not in your kitchen the elements (name of the element, symbol, atomic number,
right now. You can see your refrigerator in a specific location atomic weight, group, block, and period). Only through a
within your kitchen. You know what color it is.You know if the memory system could this information be stored with rela-
door opens from the right to the left or from the left to the right. tive easeand recalled with accuracy and speed. Through fre-
You even know what it looks like inside. But you are not there! quent use of the memory system, the information becomes
That is how the numbered Cube system works. You can see each permanent knowledge without a conscious use of the sys-
room location-each corner, every wall, the ceiling, and the floor tem. This system makes it possible to initially store informa-
aswell asthe furniture-because the room isvery familiar to you. tion that may otherwise be very difficult to learn in any
lance gave a memory demonstration while traveling in the reasonable amount of time.
Republic of China. I did not use the room in which I was located.
I used my familiar rooms half a world away. I remember thinking 3. If you are working on more than one project at a time, you
about that fact at the time. Think about it-even if you were on may use different rooms to eliminate any possible confusion.
the moon, you could still see your kitchen and your refrigerator Also,in the chapters that folIO'¥,you will find that there are
clearly in your mind, from a quarter of amillion miles away! additional systems that may be used.
Country Audionym
Netherlands net
Canada can
Brazil bracelet
Bulgaria bull
Bolivia bowl
Chemical Element Audionym
hydrogen hydrant
helium heel
boron. boar
carbon car
nitrogen knight
By seeing how the names of thefirst nine presidents were changed into Planet Audionym
soundalike objects, you have already experienced the use of the sec- Mercury marker
ond of the ten easysteps in my learning system. IcallStep 2the au- Earth ear
dionym. "Audio" means sound. "Nym" means name. An audionym Jupiter JUlce
isasound name (asoundalike) for aword you want to remember. It Neptune napkin
isimportant to note that audionyms arebased on sound, not spelling. Pluto plate
An audionym can be created for any word. Remember, the au-
dionym must be something that sounds like (or at least suggests) Books of the Bible Audionym
the word you want to remember and it must be something you can Genesis geme
see. Following are examples of audionyms I have created for a Exodus exit
number of subjects: Leviticus leaves
Numbers numbers
State Audionym Deuteronomy detour (sign)
Pennsylvania pencil
Tennessee tennis (racquet or ball) Abstract Word Audionym
Montana mountain attitude attic
Delaware deli memory mummy
Iowa eye (soundalike-not spelling) organization organ
Abstract Word Audionym Medical Element Audionym
motivation motor gastr- gastruck
purpose porpoise dermat- doormat
cardi- card
Male Name Audionym angl- angel
Dominick domino rhin- rhinoceros
Carl car
Leigh leaf By reviewing the above words and their suggested audionyms,
Chen chin you will gain an excellent understanding of the audionym tech-
Ivan iVy mque.
Female Name Audionym
Bonnie bonnet
Shirley shirt
Juanita wand Word Audionym
Mollie mall Pennsylvania pencil
Kathryn cat Jackson jack
April ape
Last Name Audionym
Lennon linen You cannot see a Pennsylvania,aJackson, or an April, but you
Hu hoop can seeapencil,ajack, or an ape.The purpose of the audionym is
Fernandez fern simply to convert information you want to learn into soundalike
Fasnacht faucet objects you can see.
Apostolopolous apost of lollipops The word pencil does not necessarily remind you of the word
Pennsylvania. However, when you are dealing with the subject
Part of Speech Audionym States,and pencil isthe audionym, then Pennsylvania will immedi-
noun nun ately come to mind. The audionym will be one of your most fre-
adverb ad quently used memory tools.
conjunction cone Some words suggest obvious audionyms. They immediately
preposition pepper suggest an object you can see. If you want to recall China, the
interjection intersection country, you could picture china,the dinnerware. Other words be-