Improve your Memory

In this chapter you will learn:

• that the Greeks and Romans invented a way to remember anything
• why the system of loci matches the way your memory works
• how to turn familiar places into mental buildings and routes
• strategies for remembering shopping lists, instructions, directions, talks …
• where else this technique might take you, with a bit of imagination

For centuries we’ve known that place triggers memory. Going back somewhere – for real, or in the mind – can remind you of detailed information from decades before, peeling back multiple layers from the past and activating your memory in rich and vibrant ways.

In Ancient Rome, Quintilian ...