Comments on: Savant School: How to Memorize 10,000 Numbers and More http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/05/savant-school-how-to-memorize-10000-numbers-and-more/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: adrian http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/05/savant-school-how-to-memorize-10000-numbers-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-26370 adrian Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:46:32 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/05/savant-school-how-to-memorize-10000-numbers-and-more/#comment-26370 Hello there Im having a hard time learning United States Code statutes. Theres like 60 of them do you know and easy way of remember these. Please help .Thanks, Adrian Hello there Im having a hard time learning United States Code statutes. Theres like 60 of them do you know and easy way of remember these. Please help .Thanks, Adrian

]]> By: Abdo http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/05/savant-school-how-to-memorize-10000-numbers-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-26151 Abdo Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:38:55 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/05/savant-school-how-to-memorize-10000-numbers-and-more/#comment-26151 I want just to remember my phone list. I think this technic is difficult. I want just to remember my phone list. I think this technic is difficult.

]]> By: PJ http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/05/savant-school-how-to-memorize-10000-numbers-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-8136 PJ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 06:01:35 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/05/savant-school-how-to-memorize-10000-numbers-and-more/#comment-8136 FREAKY COINCIDENCE (Had to share.) To practice, I picked 4 numbers at random: 7821. At first, I couldn't come up with a word, until I tried: CVNT = Savant! Then I remembered the 7 is supposed to be soft c, but you can bet I'll remember the number either way! FREAKY COINCIDENCE (Had to share.)

To practice, I picked 4 numbers at random:

7821.

At first, I couldn’t come up with a word, until I tried:

CVNT = Savant!

Then I remembered the 7 is supposed to be soft c, but you can bet I’ll remember the number either way!

]]> By: mark http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/05/savant-school-how-to-memorize-10000-numbers-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-5423 mark Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:19:00 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/05/savant-school-how-to-memorize-10000-numbers-and-more/#comment-5423 i wanted to know where i can learn japanese. i am in california (SF) and want to become fluent. any recommendations. i read your book and really liked it! but i cannot find a recommendation on where to study a language (to learn it in 6 months) thanks! mark i wanted to know where i can learn japanese. i am in california (SF) and want to become fluent. any recommendations. i read your book and really liked it! but i cannot find a recommendation on where to study a language (to learn it in 6 months)
thanks!
mark

]]> By: Pat Browne http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/05/savant-school-how-to-memorize-10000-numbers-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-5008 Pat Browne Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:19:55 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/09/05/savant-school-how-to-memorize-10000-numbers-and-more/#comment-5008 I just took a workshop with Jim Wiltens (JimWiltens.com) called Secrets of a Super Memory. He says we really have an extraordinary capacity for memory, but our retrieval system is really lousy and can be trained. We may think we have a bad memory, but the ability is there, and lots of memories are in there that we just have no way to recall. We learned 3 or 4 memory techniques in the class, applying them to things such as learning names and foreign languages, and immediately saw results. Jim has written a book called Memory Smart, which was actually written to help parents and teachers teach kids how to memorize things. He reminded us of some mnemonics we used to learn things as kids--like the year 1492(Columbus sailed...) and the ABC song to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...There are many of them, and the fact that we still remember them today attests to their ability to work. Jim describes 9 different techniques, applying visual, audio, and sensory inputs, and applies them to the various things kids are required to memorize in school, such as multiplication tables, states and capitals, atmospheric layers, etc. (Many of the techniques use the silly but very memorable pictures someone described above. These are linked somehow to the actual subject, or name, or word as in a foreign language, to keep the images from being confused.) He even goes beyond the basics to show techniques for learning the consonant code for memorizing numbers, how to memorize a whole book, and how to become a “Memory Black Belt.� Like a Martial Art, the memory techniques must be practiced regularly to work. And like a martial art, much of the benefit is not in the actual practice, but where it spills over into your life. The book is geared toward kids, but the techniques are the same. Just for fun I decided to revisit my childhood and re-memorize some of this stuff, and the techniques really work. It's been less than 2 weeks since the class and I've already memorized many things, including half of the 100 numbers of the consonant system. What I have found is that my mind is becoming sharper--I'm much more attuned to paying attention to things. It seems that it is really good exercise for the mind, and from what I understand, like the body, it's use it or lose it. And it's fun. So for those who say they can just look things up, I agree, there are references for when you need them, and it may be pointless to memorize long strings of numbers. But life could be much richer if you can spend a minimum amount of time to develop memorization skills and a few facts so you have a better foundation on which to hang new insights and observations, and a better chance at retention... Jim Wiltens works with faculty at Stanford University on Memory skills. He is a great speaker if you can get him. The technique he recommends for learning languages can be found at 200words-a-day.com We used this in the class –it was fun and it worked very well…. By the way, Jim runs what looks like a great wilderness summer camp for kids, called Deer Crossing Camp-- check his website. (JimWiltens.com) I just took a workshop with Jim Wiltens (JimWiltens.com) called Secrets of a Super Memory. He says we really have an extraordinary capacity for memory, but our retrieval system is really lousy and can be trained. We may think we have a bad memory, but the ability is there, and lots of memories are in there that we just have no way to recall. We learned 3 or 4 memory techniques in the class, applying them to things such as learning names and foreign languages, and immediately saw results.

Jim has written a book called Memory Smart, which was actually written to help parents and teachers teach kids how to memorize things. He reminded us of some mnemonics we used to learn things as kids–like the year 1492(Columbus sailed…) and the ABC song to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star…There are many of them, and the fact that we still remember them today attests to their ability to work.

Jim describes 9 different techniques, applying visual, audio, and sensory inputs, and applies them to the various things kids are required to memorize in school, such as multiplication tables, states and capitals, atmospheric layers, etc. (Many of the techniques use the silly but very memorable pictures someone described above. These are linked somehow to the actual subject, or name, or word as in a foreign language, to keep the images from being confused.) He even goes beyond the basics to show techniques for learning the consonant code for memorizing numbers, how to memorize a whole book, and how to become a “Memory Black Belt.� Like a Martial Art, the memory techniques must be practiced regularly to work. And like a martial art, much of the benefit is not in the actual practice, but where it spills over into your life.

The book is geared toward kids, but the techniques are the same. Just for fun I decided to revisit my childhood and re-memorize some of this stuff, and the techniques really work. It’s been less than 2 weeks since the class and I’ve already memorized many things, including half of the 100 numbers of the consonant system. What I have found is that my mind is becoming sharper–I’m much more attuned to paying attention to things. It seems that it is really good exercise for the mind, and from what I understand, like the body, it’s use it or lose it. And it’s fun. So for those who say they can just look things up, I agree, there are references for when you need them, and it may be pointless to memorize long strings of numbers. But life could be much richer if you can spend a minimum amount of time to develop memorization skills and a few facts so you have a better foundation on which to hang new insights and observations, and a better chance at retention…

Jim Wiltens works with faculty at Stanford University on Memory skills. He is a great speaker if you can get him. The technique he recommends for learning languages can be found at 200words-a-day.com We used this in the class –it was fun and it worked very well….

By the way, Jim runs what looks like a great wilderness summer camp for kids, called Deer Crossing Camp– check his website. (JimWiltens.com)

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