Some days ago, you performed a little experiment in which you saw how well (or how badly, if I may say so), you could remember things not only from last week, but also from yesterday.

Now don't worry. As I said:

1) It is not your fault

... and, (maybe even more importantly):

2) It is fixable!

To be quite honest , I probably did worse on this experiment
than you did the first time I tried it. I could hardly
remeber a thing --

...Nothing from last week, and only some trivialities from yesterday - like where I had lunch (and I have lunch the same place almost every day, so maybe that should not be allowed to count).

Until then, I had no idea how much of my life was just slipping away from memory ... it was like most of it, all the normal, everyday - days, just disappeared. I was letting my life disappear!

The Big Secret About Memory

So here's a secret I learned from William Walker Atkinson, the author of Memory - How to Develop, Train And Use It:

For most people, the problem does not lie within memory.

Sure, we blame our bad memory, but usually, that's not the real problem.

The real problem is with attention.

We are used to not paying attention to so many things! How can we remember something if we did not really attend to it in the first place?

The answer: we can't.

Don't believe me? Okay,

Do you know whether a cow's ears are above, below, behind, or in front of her horns?

Where are they?

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Would you bet me a hundred dollars on that?

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Try this one. Have you ever seen cats climb trees and descend them?

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Now, do they come down head or tails first?

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If you answered head first, then think about the shape of the claws!

Okay, the last one (and after that, there'll be no more animal talk for today after this!)...

You've probably seen cows and horses lie down and rise. Do they rise on their fore or hind feet first?

Do cows and horses even rise in the same way?

If you haven't been able to answer some of these questions, it is probably not because you haven't seen the things or the events before -- but that you didn't pay attention.

How To Remember Anything

It is just like William Walker Atkinson says:

Perception, to achieve satisfactory results, must summon the will to its aid to concentrate the attention. Only the smallest part of what falls upon our senses at any time is actually perceived

So now you believe me that attention must be key to succesful remebering.

If I may quote William Walker Atkinson again:

The way to train the mind to receive clear sight-impressions, and therefore to retain them in the memory is simply to concentrate the will and attention upon objects of sight, endeavoring to see them plainly and distinctly, and then to practice recalling the details of the object some time afterward.

It is astonishing how rapidly you may improve in this respect by a little practice.

And it is amazing how great a degree of proficiency in this practice you may attain in a short time.

Do not try to perceive the whole thing at once. Think about the parts, and the attributes.

What color is it?

Does that color remind you of something else? Is it the color of moss? Of an avocado? Which way is it bent? Does it have scratches?

How does it reflect the light?

If you do this, you'll quickly discover a whole new world around you.

Your surroundings will become more interesting, and you will start cherishing the details. As your emotions are attached to the details of everything, you will start not only noticing them better, but also remembering them better

To stop this waste and find out how you can start paying attention so that you may remember anything you want, starting right now, simply click this link: How to memorize.

Next time, I'll show you a way of memorizing that will absolutely stunn you ... and then argue that no matter how efficient that way of memorizing seems -- it is not the way to go!

Now isn't that strange...