How many times has your partner or friend asked you to pick something up for them when you've gone to the lotto store, and you've completely forgot?
And you smacked your forehead in annoyance and vowed to always ALWAYS write it down the next time.
And you forgot to write it down.
Never?
(OK, must be just me then).
Well, for those who don't ever want to be caught out this way, here's how you can remember a list of up to 10 items without fail, every time.
The secret is to make a numbered list as your memory 'hub,' starting at 1 and going up to 10.
Then you memorize, permanently, these following mnemonic images attached to each number.
They rhyme with the number... that's the twist that makes it easy to remember.
Here they are:
1 - gun
2 - glue
3 - tree
4 - door
5 - hive
6 - sticks
7 - heaven
8 - gate
9 - vine
10 - hen
Now, the way to memorize these objects with the number is to make them vast, in a cartoonish way.
The more distorted and unreal you can visualize them, the more they will be retained in your memory.
For example, my number 1, the gun, is a massive blunderbuss with an enormous fan-shaped barrel.
My number 5, the hive, is the height of a 10 story building with enormous bees dive bombing me.
The crazier your visualization, the brighter the colors, the better your retention of the connection.
Once you've done this, the hard part is over.
The images are now locked in your memory for good, ready to associate with the items you need to remember.
The next part is fun and easy.
Just associate the items you are trying to remember with your already memorized hub images.
Let's take 3 items you need to get from your next lottery store visit:
1. Chocolate bar
2. Milk
3. Screwdriver
For the first, the chocolate, you might imagine your blunderbuss shooting a massive blast of shot into a bar of chocolate on an enormous target.
Feel the recoil, be deafened by the sound of the shot, see the bar explode into a thousand pieces.
Absorb that imagery for a second, then move on to the milk.
I'm imagining trying to pry a carton of milk from the table, but it's stuck there with glue. It won't budge, and the glue is stretching, and the table is getting pulled around.
Got the picture?
See screwdrivers hanging from the branches of a tree for your number 3.
Recall then is simple. Just picture the number with the cartoon image and the item associated with it.
Then try it with a list of 10 items.
You'll be amazed at how easy it is to bring back those exaggerated pictures in your head, and you'll be able to reel off the list quickly.
You can easily do the list backwards, or start at any number.
As a party trick this will amaze anyone who doesn't know how you do it.
Some memory experts use a list of dozens or a hundred number associations to do the same thing on a bigger scale.
It's easy now you know how.
And best of all, like me, you'll come home with the right items!
Did you remember the lotto tickets too?
Don't be like these players who forgot to use my system:
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My friend, who I left the copy of your system at her house, who also helped me calculate the numbers in your system, called me yesterday, Thanksgiving day, screaming I had 5 numbers in the system that paid $5,000.00. I informed her that I didn't play the numbers, even though I had planned to play them for myself, instead, I left the numbers in my office. Charles J.
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I checked the Canadian lotto 6/49 result and I matched 5 out of 6 winning numbers and another line of 3 out of 6 winning numbers. Had I bought my tickets yesterday I would be collecting a cheque for more than $2,150 dollars on Monday morning. This is the easiest and best lotto system I have ever come across I highly recommend it to any one.
Owen G.
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With 18 hits, all 3 number calls in our 7/49 draw system but @ various positions (lines) on cards, would have won me R461.00 A 15.68% return.
Cobus V.
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The other surprise was that the winning numbers were in the very first line of Profile 1 which I compiled using my own numbers. Had I entered the Oz Tues draw we would have had 4 correct numbers.
Mary D.
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And the biggest loss:
"$1 MILLION! But..."
After taking tickets of the same series for some time,... I decided to extend out to a much larger number of entries. This was what Ken had been saying so I followed instructions. Now I needed to get organised quickly and cut to the chase, buy the tickets and watch the results. I did get organised but alas I let that fateful night go by when I did not buy and the prize pool meant that $1M would have been won as my first line of numbers came up.
Lester R .
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Make Every Play Day a PAY Day!
Ken Silver