A SCIENTIFIC MEMORY SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS

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CHAPTER VII

A SCIENTIFIC MEMORY SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS


[Sidenote: _Importance of Associates_]

We recall things by their associates. _When you set your mind to
remember any particular fact, your conscious effort should be not
vaguely to will that it shall be impressed and retained, but
analytically and deliberately to connect it with one or more other facts
already in your mind._

[Sidenote: _"Cramming" and "Willing"_]

The student who "crams" for an examination makes no permanent addition
to his knowledge. There can be no recall without association, and
"cramming" allows no time to form associations.

If you find it difficult to remember a fact or a name, do not waste your
energies in "willing" it to return. Try to recall some other fact or
name associated with the first in time or place or otherwise, and lo!
when you least expect it, it will pop into your thoughts.

If your memory is good in most respects, but poor in a particular line,