Remember to Remember: Improve Your Recall, Memorize Anything, and Never Forget a Name by Ken Fite

Author:Ken Fite [Fite, Ken]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-26T18:30:00+00:00

The peg system

The peg system is a method of memorizing lists. It works by coming up with a set of images that are tied to the numbers that they represent, then using these predetermined images to peg new information to.

Here’s how it works. First assign an image to a number from zero to 10. Don’t assume that you’ll be able to remember the number 10 as a giant 10 or zero as a tiny zero. That doesn’t work as these images aren’t crazy enough. One way to assign an image to a number is to use words that rhyme. This acts as a trigger to help you remember the images you’ve created. Here’s an example set of images for the first 11 numbers:

0=hero, 1=bun, 2=shoe, 3=tree, 4=door, 5=hive, 6=sticks, 7=heaven, 8=gate, 9=wine, and 10=pen

Sometimes it’s better if you come up with your own set of images. Maybe instead of bun you want to use gun. Feel free to create your own images or use the ones that I mentioned above if it works for you. It gets harder to come up with rhyming words to remember after 10. What you can do instead is double up on the images you’ve already assigned to the first 11 numbers. For example, 11 could be represented by two buns and 22 could be two shoes. But doubling up on images can get confusing because you may be prone to mixing up the two if you don’t create a rule that is constant to remember the order. In other words, if the number is 12 (bun shoe) or 21 (shoe bun) how will you know which is which since both images involve a bun and a shoe? If the goal is to create an image on the fly to remember the order of information, later when you try to deconstruct the image, you won’t be able to figure out if the number was 12 or 21 without a rule. So create a rule and stick to it, such as the first number will always be on top of the second. For example, 12 could be a bun wearing a shoe and 21 would be a shoe squishing a bun. Whichever way you want to do it works fine, just decide on the rule that you’ll use when doubling up and then stick to it.

This is a great way to memorize things like lock combinations and your children’s social security numbers. But most times, what we want to memorize are the order of things, or numbered lists. To do that, you’ll need to mix the information from a list that you want to memorize with the image that represents the number that the new information should be tied to. For example, if you want to remember that the first three elements in the periodic table are 1=hydrogen, 2=helium, and 3=lithium, peg them as follows:

Hydrogen: imagine a hydrogen car that looks like a gigantic hamburger bun (1) driving down the street.

Helium: imagine a shoe (2) tied to a balloon that starts to float away.

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