30 Days to a More Powerful Memory

Chapter 24. Record and Replay

Have you ever had the experience of trying to remember where you placed your keys, where you left your car, or where you left that all-important briefcase or document? Have you ever tried to remember who you spoke to about what, where?

Such experiences are quite common. They happen to everyone, and they don’t usually portend the onset of a serious memory disorder like Alzheimer’s. But with these memory techniques, you will experience fewer of these lapses or will be able to more quickly recall where you left something or what happened where.

Record It Well

The first step to remembering past events is to be more attentive and in the present when these events occur, as discussed in Chapter 5 on paying attention. You have ...