my memory is so bad that I forgot I watched this video before

Closed my eyes, took a deep breath only to hear an ad follow after

Short summary: - When you imagine bizarre stories it becomes a lot easier to remember. - If you tie this stories with place where you know very well (like your body or room) memorizing things on order become a lot easier. - Everyone can improve yourself by experimenting (your age is doesn't matter) - Find a new different methods to improve yourself and applying it in your life to see how it work for you. - With experiments in your life you will be better not only in particular skill, but also it skill to learn new thing. It will impact to your hobbies, work, relationships - to all you life.

I’m 75 and I love to keep learning and growing. One word of caution though: there is not one single method, including yours, that works for everyone. There is no single best way. A lot depends on being able to imagine and then finding your own way, as you found yours. These may be tools we can all use, but they are not the only way it happens, and for some people, maybe not the best.

I love how UKposts recommends this video the day before my exams

“Triple my memory?” Bro 0x3 is still 0

Everyone is gangsta until they open their chemistry lab manual or block chemistry for jee ….Indians can relate

Imagines John throwing the the sun on my feet* Ad: "DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN COOK A PIZZA IN 12 SECONDS??"

Conclusion: Use visualisation and images to learn, whatever u learn relate it with Something interesting.

Very helpful, thank you! My memory effectively tripled: 0x3=0

Another wonderful trip down memory lane. I'd forgotten how many times I'd seen this one, but it's a classic none the less. Keep up the good work Tedx Haarlam, I think you are going to do big thing ❤

This is crazy how mind mapping works in creating random and wacky scenarios, much more fun than tidier version of imagining your own house

Him: with all the technologies around, why do we need to memorize? Med school: *I happened to exist*

I could only memorise 4 of 10 items on my first attempt. Then i watched the rest of the video, and learned how to triple my memory. Now i can remember twelve out of ten.

"The art of learning" Thank you, Ricardo, for this amazing presentation. You're a great teacher! (which IMO is an art form as well; The art of teaching) + ReMind sounds like an incredible initiative. Bravo! 🙏🏽😃❤

Ah, nothing like a good ol’ ted x to make me feel like I’m not procrastinating.

How many of you are scrolling down to check whether it works or not 😂

"I want you to think of someone you know called John..." I think of John Cena... "I want you to see him..."

This is a good method for memorising lists of unrelated items, but it doesn’t account for the fact that most things that we learn are also first UNDERSTOOD, not just memorised. In fact, understanding what you want to remember is the first step that you should do.

The first time through was easier for me and I got all 10 correct. My method: I broke up the words into 3 groups of three and then the last word by itself. (Much easier to remember small groups than one long list). I repeated each group several times in my head to get the order down and visualized each word in the group. 🧔🏻‍♂️🔧🧥 🤐🔪🚫 📅🥁🥊. ⛽️ 1st group, (Beard object jacket). 2nd group (secret edge nothing) 3rd group (date band punch) And gas ⛽️ at the end to fuel the whole idea.

whenever i used to create stories to memorise anything, i used to forget the stories themselves later on..

it took me 4 minutes to realize the title said "memory" not "Money" smh

I saw this man perform his spontaneous poetry in a very lovely resort on Langkawi some years ago. He was a brilliant wordsmith with his quick wit - a charming most unusual entertainer and Ive never forgotten him as one of the most talented and unusual performers Ive ever seen Now he is challenging my mind as well as entertaining me - what growth of a very unique skill

I remember so much from school, I was drilled A student who additionally was remembering things, learning things for fun and because I thought I would need it in future. When I was 13 I remembered all american states in alphabetical order on one summer vacation day because I was bored and I thought it would prove to be useful in life as America is influential country in the world. I lived in the Balkans in Europe. I didn't use such methods or anything. I repeated until I had it memorised once and for all. It took maybe an hour or something. Sometimes I recall it to see if I still can do it and I always do it very quickly speaking, counting them automatically without any imagination (I have great imagination, but here it's not necessary for some "tricks" or whatever). Until day of today, today I'm 29, I can recite them all perfectly and know where they are, even though alphabetical order is not intuitive way for finding them all on map. Don't go shortway, if your goal is permanent learning. Also reciting out loud can be useful for memorising the melody of what you are saying. This is just one example, but a good example of boring facts that you can remember if you put mindwork to it and have a longterm goal. PS, the experience of excersise from this video was a bit PsYcHeDeLiC... 😋

Is Anyone looking for English comment???😀 Here it is! It's really helpful!

My Brain memorizing for Exams : *smol pp* My Brain remembering every single meme that I encountered since 5 years : *BIG PP*

In this competitive world, it is a must to be sharp and smart enough to tackle things. Thanks for the video elaborating the tricks and the process that you have undergone. Every student can have a look at it to make their learning simple and fun.

It was really nice to listen to the sounds of the audience when they startet talking to each other,in about 2 minutts into this video, I dont know why,but it just made me feel happy. The sounds of engaged humans when they just play and relax, thats a good sound!

6:25 is the part you were waiting for

Him: remember this 10 words in order Me: trying to remember it My brain: don't you even dare think about that

When John threw the sun on my feet !! An ad poped up😂😂😂😂

This worked really well for me! I have a horrible memory and this is actually helping! It would be great if there was an app!

How to memorize stuff easier for real: Long passages or phrases: type it out and read through it, then change the font and read through it again, then go through and change the font color of the end of some words to white. ex: the word "memorize" would look like "m " then try reading through it again, maybe change the font again or font size, keep getting rid of the end of words until you have almost the entire passage changed to blank space and word beginnings. This helps you memorize the words and phrases themselves and changing fonts helps you to remember words in relation to the sentence and not the location on the page, our brains like to take shortcuts wherever possible. Object pairings (ex how to know which name matches up to different groupings): for this you will need to memorize truly at least one or two things. When trying to remember object pairings, try to remember relationships of one thing to another. Think about the words themselves if all else fails. Are the words in alphabetical order when they appear in the right order? Reverse alphabetical order? Do the word sizes go from big to small, or vise versa? Does the series of things follow a pattern? Maybe the mneumonic just happens to follow the same first letters as your friend-group, the relationship doesn't have to be a typical one. Take the word "parallel", for example, the two L's make parallel lines. Your mind is always looking for the relationships between things, if you provide it even subtle ones, it is more likely to remember them. Random other things: Making stories does help occasionally, but so does songs, visualizing things, drawing things out (maybe you're learning about Einstein's theory of relativity and you draw a cone that goes over a dog's head to help you remember the shape of mass in the space-time continuum, it doesn't always have to directly relate), picturing things on different parts of your body so you remember it when you look at that part of yourself, prolonged occasional exposure, linking memories or locations with what you wish to remember, thinking of it abstractly and relating it to real life (maybe you just measured something at 6 3/4 inches and you need to remember that for your project you're working on, imagine what you'll be doing in 6 3/4 hours or what you'd buy with $6 3/4 and you'll remember the object or thing you'd be doing far better than the numbers). There are lots of small things that your brain can cling to and make up far easier than a complicated story, and your needs vary per occasion so your memorizing tactics probably will too. I hope this helps! I've personally found it easier than the one-size-fits-all storytelling tactic that we're often taught.

Memorizing while studying is not a good habit but understanding it. When you learn/understand it, it is automatically saved in your brain.

Super fun talk! Thank you. Would love to see this technique played out (demoed) in a normal conversation.

I only memorised 5 words for the first time round and the second time round I did indeed memorise a whole lot more. It worked so well.

like si vienes por Ori de mierda pd: nunca pensé hacer este tipo de comentarios de mierda xd

Best way to literally memorize entire books with enough patience and a bit of imagination: visualise what you're reading. Like really visualise what is that you're reading and make connections. Try it with this video by visualizing and connecting every word to a whole.

There's actually a book about this. It's call " How to Learn Almost Anything in 48 Hours" By Tansel Ali

WOW for some reason this moved me emotionally ... this message must hit so close to my heart ... THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!!

I was going to comment but then forgot what I was going to say...

Dear Mr. Ricardo Lieuw On, I am now a retired spine surgeon. I took my first course in mnemonics after I finished my internship. I was very angry that this is not a federal requirement to be taught in all schools. The time, energy and resources that would be improved boggles my imagination. The ripple effect on ideas, inventions and books goes through the roof. Please do everything you can to make a federal law that these techniques be taught in all schools. Thank you.🙂

he just made the most creative story of all time

I used chunking to memorize the first list, but mind palace is a good way to memorize too. The best is still raw repetition, because we are hardwired to be able to predict what happens in the future, so the more we see something, the more important it becomes in our memory.

I've watched this vedieo twice and my memory effectively increased upto 6 times

I was listening to music and past out and woke up to this playing on my phone lol

Investors should prepare their portfolio and ensure it beats the market, I’m trying to take full advantage of the current market,I’ve allocated my capital in a safe and sustainable way but still leave room for excitement for individual stocks, cryptos and new exciting opportunities

I tried this method preparing for the Gaokao Exam and I ended up with a 24 hour movie trilogy

I remember I was sitting with 2 other girls in a library. We had an exam the next period. Studying in silence individually was boring. So I thought it would be cool to gossip of what we knew already about the exam to eachother. So we gossiped and learned as much as we could. It was silly but fun. We all passed the exam. Try it some time.

Mi memoria se triplicó 0x3=0

Why is it people are ready to pull down something, especially when they have nothing better to offer in return? Thanks for your effort mate!

This has to be experimented for different types of subject we wish to learn. Very useful

Who else remembered the 10 words in the r8 order? I did😀 Like this :- Beard is an Object - Jacket is an object - jacket rhymes with Secret - secret has an Edge - after edge is Nothing - a romantic Date is nothing for a single person (me😂) - all Band performances have a date - band performances are often occupied with Punch(alcohol) - and the last word is Gas Just pictured it in my head like a line of connections

No one, I repeat no one on this face of earth has explained to me the concept of memory palace better than this gentleman here. Thank you, sir! You have done a fantastic job!

John threws the sun and UKposts threws the ad and now my brain threws the memory.

I was amazed when I came across this video . Am currently in University I was in Primary school doing 7th grade when I came up with this idea of memorizing where I tell a story in my head just like what he did or if I could only remember the first letters of probably all 10 words and yeah, it just sticks with me until now 😊.

But walking us through that story took a LOT longer than 30 seconds!

6:25 to save you some time 🥰

On the first exercise I remembered 7, I missed a block of three words. From the second exercise without being lead I probably remembered around the same amount. I found this video after changing job to somewhere I need to remember companies, names and places and improve my retention. I think this is more effective for revision for exams and not short term memory.

Good idea. I think Ted is really a good platform for me to see many excellent people's speeches. They often teach some very practical skills or introduce new things. Thank you for your video and sharing.

Nice talk. In recent years, many schools have taken to "visualization" to enable students to learn and retain the information for longer periods of time. This also goes with the belief in psychology, that most people have a good eidetic memory, so people can easily relate to information which is shown in graphic form, than in letters / alphabetic characters. This is why story books for very young kids are always pictorial and not verbose, as it's for adults. Besides making learning more fun through pictures, it also helps kids understand and retain the information better. The same goes for comic strips and such. Moreover, there are many tutorial websites / mobile apps, which present complex theoretical concepts pictorially / graphically, which makes them easier to understand and relate to. This is how education should be imparted. Also, as Ricardo rightly says, people have forgotten the art of remembering things. There was a time I could remember all the phone numbers, birthdays, etc. of my near & dear ones. But, after the "smartphone culture" was unleashed upon us, it's hard for me to remember even my secondary mobile numbers :-)

Before watch this I have only 500 GB total space in my brain, But now I have 2 TB of total space.

I was able to easily remember the first 10 words at the beginning of the video. Then I was still able to recall the words when I tried to write them again at the end of the video. And honestly, I think this just made me realize that I can do anything if I just believe in myself. I have been doubting myself a lot lately, but seeing how much I can remember if I just believed, I am surprised. If I just have faith in myself indeed, and stopped comparing my progress to other people's, I wonder who can I be? Someday then, I would like to go back here and edit this comment and say, "I passed the board exam."

This trick is so amazing I'm starting high school in 3 weeks and i signed up for AP classes and Cambridge so I'm gonna be studying a lot. But I also have lots of other things I'm gonna be doing So if I Can study faster and remember better I might just make it lol Tysm for sharing this method 😭❤️

Hey all; I learned this when I was in college back in the early '90s. It absolutely works and, believe it or not, the more you use it, the faster you can memorize. Your brain will remember 10x more than you think IF you use the correct technique. I went from flunking a Sr. level class to 94% in one semester. I used it at the beginning of this video and got all my words right lol. I once impressed a table of 20 people by naming them all at the end of the event. Creativity and imagination are the keys. Research this more and have fun.

Todo el mundo: ESTA EN INGLES ORIANAAAA Yo: **pongo los subtitulos de manera sosegada**

Also paint pictures - eg. (date - my wrist watch) (band - wristband next to watch) (punch - your knuckle) (punching what? A gas can) All in order, And to affirm this image, you can imagine that you punched the gas can so hard that both the date watch & wrist band fell to the floor. Crazy but it does the trick for me.

Harry Lorayne’s memory techniques are amazing. Thanks for sharing them here.

My memory has tripled... 0*3= 0. 🗿

This strategy is impressive to people who hear this mnemotechnic solution for the first time, but in most learning situations the brain doesn't work this way easily enough to make up stories and remember all of them. It's a pretty good idea to use it once in a blue moon, but not on a daily basis.

He spoke everything in detail my father used to tell me in short that you can do everything if you do it with fun and that actually works because you never forget the things which companies fun in it.

"There are few skills as valuable as the art of learning" -Ricardo L.

I'll honestly forget this advice minutes after watching it

Funny comments. It's about memorizing which is a small subset of studying. Memorizing does not replace understanding.

I learnt a list of 100 random words using this technique and I was able to recite them forwards or backwards or starting from anywhere I the middle going either direction. It was a fascinating process.

It's not about improving your memory it's just a way for encoding specific things. like chemistry codes for tables.

How to tripple your memory Current memory multiplied by 3, i.e. 0*3 = 0 Congratulations!! ._.

Let me appeal to deep thinkers: 1. The question: What is ---> the fastest way of learning. A. Answer: The fastest way to learn, is to learn how to learn. 2. What is learning? A. Learning=input. B. Input must be retained, input = memory. C. What drives memory? 3. Memory A. Retained knowledge depends on meaning, motive, and drive. B. Meaning, motive, and drive decides what knowledge is retained, therefore.... 4. Learning is personal and dependent upon: A. What you want to know B. Why you want to know it C. What you have to gain or lose 5. Archetypical principles: A. This video is about memory tricks, but the usefulness is limited. We learn that which we seek, and we seek what matters the most. Therefore, motive is principal in learning....it can't be conjured through mental gymnastics, it's internal. An insatiable curiosity to understand gives meaning, insofar as the discovery serves a personal purpose. Period. Without motive, learning is artificial, stagnant. 6. Failed learning. A. Failure to learn is indicative of inadequate passion/motivation. 7. Solution: A. Motive/passion ---> subject matter ---> memory --> learning ---> proficiency ---> career.

What helped me is when he said " find a new approach to learn something old " As a student this is the best help i can get

Give this man a medal, he changed my life!

This is called memorising through pictures. It makes pictographic memory which our brain can retain for longer time. But the problem comes when u have to memorise more words. It's like we can make code for words to memorise but what would happen if u have to learn a book full of words.

This was really useful - opened my mind to trying new techniques

This is exciting! My goodness! Thank you so much for this!

I have to say that I watched this for the first time months ago and it helped. I get a lot more compliments on my memory. This is my little secret!

It’s not the only way. Lots of people have their own ways and they work too like .. mnemonics / byhearting etc.. Good job.. if you are helping kids in school.. then it’s a great thing you are doing👏👏👏

I imagined a man with a BEARD, Holding a metallic OBJECT, wearing a JACKET, he had a hat with a SECRET message under it, he was standing on the EDGE of a mountain :) FIRST FIVE WORDS

unconsciously I memorize through visualization for years now i am conscious about that. thanks for this session

00:00 🧠 Memorizing techniques have evolved, but understanding effective memorization remains crucial. 02:42 📚 Traditional education methods don't work for everyone; finding personalized learning approaches is key. 05:32 🤔 Experimentation is essential for self-improvement; understanding what works for you leads to success. 12:30 🎓 Schools should focus on teaching the skill of experimentation, empowering individuals to enhance their abilities. 15:36 👩‍🎓 Personal initiative in learning is paramount; continuous experimentation and learning transform individuals' skills and approaches. HARPA AI

I bought The Mega Memory course back when it came out and then forgot where I put it. 😖

After watching this video and creating a story in my head of the 10 words, I memorized them in order effortlessly. This video is awesome!

The brain can recall visual images easily but not text. That’s why we can remember our first childhood memory, but can’t recall in detail what we read in the paper the previous day. Dominic O’Brien has written books on this. Works very well for me as I can give a 45 min presentation without any notes in front of me.

the first exercise has a time limit of 30 seconds, so now you're under pressure, falling over your brain and your focus is split on the timer and the words you tried to remember, and possibly for some, the desire not to fail. the 'experiment', tho great and is how I learn, allowed several minutes to visualize and associate the words with something that would help you remember. therefore it's practice and persistence and letting go of the ego

I know this method but it's not worked with a bunch of books.

in the med school this way of memorization is called TAHSHISH as we memorize many items by linking them to each other through a story .this is an effective way.

You make a great job for awakening the around world. thanks a lot.

He speaks English with excellent pronunciation and enunciation.

So.... how does this help me memorize a thermodynamics problem -,-

This technique will not help master the expectation of five chapters worth of lecture material for an examination. That's where life has no shortcuts. Study hard, do your best to retain the information, and remain optimistic when the scan sheets are beginning to be passed out by your instructor.

This is what Tedx talks are supposed to be! Fantastic!

Enjoyed the video. Though a more apt title would give more clarity to what improving memory means. 1. being able to memorize specific information vs 2. improving general memory capabilities across the board. This focuses on the former but a lot of people probably clicked on this video because they were interested in developing one’s hippocampus holistic so that they’d have an increased baseline of remembering people’s names, a fact read about, what someone said 15 minutes ago, etc.