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Week 9 [10.12-16.12.18] Are you a memory master?




A man from video below is called Idriz Zogaj. Currently he is a coach of the Swedish national memory team. He coached many of the best memory athletes in the world and was Swedens best memory five consecutive year, 2004-2008.




Questions:

1. How good is your memory and do you think it is imporant to have a good memory nowadays?
2. Have you ever used any of remembering techniques from this video and what do you think about them?
3. Would you like to improve your memory?

Comments

I would certainly like to improve my memory, hence for my young age I am already facing some issues with it. Actually, I am utilizing some of the techniques for memorizing. Some -- found on the internet, some -- discovered myself. Smartphone actually helps a lot. One of the drawbacks though, is that I am highly dependent on it.
Unknown said…
I think I have pretty strong memory. In my opinion it's important to remember as much usefull information as you can, because it will help you in the future. Currently, I'm working in events, so good memory is crucial for me - of course the notes are irreplaceable but good memory can only be a benefit. When I works with my clients, I have to remeber their look, name and things their like or dislike so I can make a strong connection. Remembering people in general, their behaviour, habbits ect. is a very usefull tool that helps you with making new friends. As for the techniques I use it a lot, one day I just came up, that making fun story that I can relate helps me remeber and connects one information to other. In my opinion this techique is the best, it force you to be creative and it's not boring at all. I love to work on myself, so if you ask me if I want to improve my memory I would say "Hell yeah!".

Thanks for this video btw ;)
Nataliya Tkach said…
1. How good is your memory and do you think it is imporant to have a good memory nowadays?
I think I have a good memory. I used to train her a lot when I had more time.

2. Have you ever used any of remembering techniques from this video and what do you think about them?
I trained my memory when I taught poetry. The video presents very interesting methods that I will definitely try.

3. Would you like to improve your memory?
Of course I would like to improve, there is no limit to perfection.
Filip Sawicki said…
I guess I have an average memory but I’d like to improve it. Having a good memory is crucial, it helps with your daily life, work and achieving long term goals. I haven’t used any of techniques presented in this video, however I find them quite useful, so probably I will incorporate some of them into my life.
Unknown said…
I totally agree with you and I also believe that good memory is usefull in any kind of job. I've got a good memory when it comes to faces and appearance but pretty poor for names. I'm working with people too so I understand you very well ;)
Vladlen Kyselov said…
I think I have average memory that` why I would like to improve it. I find techniques from the video useful and I certainly will try to use them, because now I feel like only associative way of remembering anything really works for me. Other techniques require form me more time or give me weaker effect. Improving memory is not that easy, to my mind, it takes huge amount of time and require solid motivation.
Cezary Róg said…

I think my memory is quite good but I tend to forget stuff. It depends on what I have to remember about - if it's more or less important. These days there are many mobile apps that "remember" stuff for us. I use a few apps of this kind. I think it is not good for people's because we care less about remembering stuff because the app does it for us. But on the other hand, what is worth noticing is the fact that these days people live in a hurry so there's much more stuff to remember which is not easy. I think I haven't used any of presented techniques but the video was interesting. I'm not sure if I'd like to improve my memory but I'd definitely like it to stay as it is without getting worse.
Foodocado said…
I think having a good memory is crucial for people nowadays. I consider my memory as good. I can easily remember important information for me. However, I almost all the time forget about those less relevant. To illustrate it: I can remember the numbers from my credit card in a couple of seconds, but when my girlfriend ask me to buy something in the grocery, there is a huge probability that I will forget about it.

I've never tried any technique. I heard about the apps that help to improve the memory, but I've also never tried them.

I would love to improve my memory, but I think it's not easy and takes an enormous amount of time. The time that I do not have...
Unknown said…
I would say that I have rather bad memory. I don’t train it, I don’t try to memorizing anything. I assume that I will forget everything that I should do(for example) that’s why I note it in my smartphone. The fact that I noticed is that after noting down an event in my phone I mostly like won’t forget about it or miss. I tried associating words with objects, labeling all the objects in my house in order to improve my vocabulary and memory itself but I still don’t know whether it works or not. When I was in high school I learned from 15 to 30 minutes English videos with the same purpose but now I understand that there is no use for me of improving my memory.
Unknown said…
I think that I have a very good memory for numbers, when someone gives me their phone number, I remember it right away, I remember every number of a person close to me in the same way. I think it is worth remembering a lot at work, it is very useful. All in all, not only at work, but also at school. I always want to improve my memory, the more we know the better we are. I like the ability to remember the main character from my favourite series "Suits" . He will only look at the text and remember. I recommend this series
Marcin Mróz said…
I think that it’s always good to have good memory, but nowadays there is plenty of tools that could help us when our memory let us down. We can use some mobile app for reminders or just internet and google.
I use sometimes technique mentioned in a video in a way that I try to make something funny from the things that I have to remember. In general I have vivid kind of memory so it’s easier for me to remember things that are visualized in some way.
No, I think that I’m satisfied with the level of my memory at this moment. ;)
Unknown said…
1. I'd like to believe that I have a good memory. I don't think it is that important nowadays to have a good memory. There are many tools that can help us with that and in the future there will be even more tools to choose from.

2. I often use a technique to create a story to memorize given words. There is also a technique that I used to use, but is not mentioned in this video. There is a technique called Thought Palace - a place in your imagination where you store and manage information. The only downside to this technique is that you have to visit it quite often since the information that you put there tends to "fade" with passing time. I used that technique quite a lot in high school and it is a very efficient way of committing information to memory.

3. Yes. Even though having a good memory is not that important nowadays, I still consider it a useful thing to have a good memory.
I'm not a memory master and my memory is pretty bad just because of a huge number of things that i need to do every day. Sure, a good memory is a key for success nowadays. When i was a child i used to explore some techniques how to remember a lot of things, but now, i'm not interested in it anymore, my iphone helps me a lot with it. If it is possible in a natural way, of course, i would love to improve my memory.
I do not consider that my memory is too good, but also I do not complain of it. It should be taken into account that we need to remember too much. Also it is necessary to take measures, for example we with it can be helped by niches gadgets. Unfortunately, I did not use any methods of storing from this video. To me always was enough something to repeat several times, and I remember it. Of course, I want to improve the memory and to remember more. For this purpose it is necessary to try to remember more.
Unfortunately my memory nowadays is situative, something I remember very well something I forget after minute and this is sad thing because last time I can't control my memory and control what I need to remember. I think that have a good memory is always important.

I would like to improve my memory but I'm too lazy to do this now but I believe that one day I will do step to improve it but not today :)
Unknown said…
I have a good memory, I think that memory is one of the most important things. It seems to me that different people have different senses. For example, I worse remember the information seen by the eyes but better heard, I do not know how it works, but I really liked the methods of memorization from the video, they can help me so that I can remember the information easier.
Yes, everyone wants to improve. I like the fact that the more I want to know, the more I need to learn. As long as this information is not used on a daily basis, I need more memory to memorize and build associations. Therefore, I use memorization techniques without even realizing it.
Wojtek Protasik said…
1. How good is your memory and do you think it is important to have a good memory nowadays?
Yes it is important, as everyone uses phones and reminders to not forget but to be honest those who remember everything are more organised. Basically, the bigger the memory the more you can remember, the more you can remember the more organised you can be. I think it's very useful and people with better memory have huge advantage over those who haven't as they can for example recall more things and use them when needed.
2. Have you ever used any of remembering techniques from this video and what do you think about them?
I've heard about the apps, and i even tried them they're fun i think, a bit like games and it's a good practice for your brain when you're for example travelling and you're bored.
3. Would you like to improve your memory?
Yes, i think everyone would. It makes you smarter as you can remember more things so you know more things. Memory enables you learning new stuff and improves your intelligence as well.
Unknown said…
Memory has always been, is and will be very important in our lives. Unfortunately, I do not have a good memory, I often have problems with it. I've never used any techniques to improve my memory beyond the "memories" game, but I always wanted to do it. Over time, unfortunately, my memory is still getting weaker. I don't know what this comes from but I can not remember the things I did a year ago, while all my friends remember perfectly well.
Aleksander Wiza said…
1. Memory is of great importance for each individual, and obviously the better it is the better it serves its holders. I think of myself as a person of decent memory but there's many flaws which are yet to be trained.

2. I haven't used any of the methods in particular but I'm sure I'll give it a go when I have a bit of free time and enough will to not procrastinate.

3. I'd rather improve the quickness or my response and the witt rather than the memory itself. We (humans) have learned ways to immortalise information hence I'd rather learn how to access it immediately rather than being able to remember it without use of paper or any other device.
s18716 said…
I think I have a good memory for the individual elements. For example, on numbers, faces of people, elements of space. But in some cases, it happens that the memory brings me. In any case, a modern person needs to train it, like the whole brain as a whole, because today a person receives very large amounts of information, and we need more brain resources every day. Therefore, I am in favor of using various ways to improve memory, and those that Idriz Zogaj spoke about.
1. How good is your memory and do you think it is important to have a good memory nowadays?
I have a completely bad memory, and I agree that this is important in all aspects of our life. Information is the key to everything. Memory is the container for these keys.

2. Have you ever used any of remembering techniques from this video and what do you think about them?
I know a method about associations. I use the method in learning new words in Polish and English.

3. Would you like to improve your memory?
Definitely yes, but it hard. :)
Unknown said…
I think that today we don’t need a huge memory because now we have smartphones and other things to save meetings etc.

Yes, sometimes I use to remember the order or things with associations it is very helpful. But for now the best thin is just understanding things, not remembering it (help in programing etc)

Maybe, but now I don’t have time for it.
1. How good is your memory and do you think it is important to have a good memory nowadays?
Sometimes I doubt that I have a good memory. I put absolutely unnecessary small details in my head, but from time to time I can be absent-minded or forget the words. Nowadays, we have a lot of helpers for our memory, but this does not mean that we should relax.
2. Have you ever used any of remembering techniques from this video and what do you think about them?
I often think about memory training, but I always find more important things to do. In this video, I learned a lot of new techniques and will certainly try them in practice.
3. Would you like to improve your memory?
Of course, I would like to have a perfect memory. Maybe even photographic.
Piotr Ciesla said…
I have a good memory for things I learn through understanding and experiments. That’s why i love physics. It’s logical, everything has its purpose. Everything can be explained. Everything connects. But my memory for dates is terrible that’s why I use calendar :D. Yes I’ve tried technic with remembering stories. But I’m not sure if the results were good :P. I would like to remember more of irrelevancy things like some history facts
Szymon Gibalski said…
1. How good is your memory and do you think it is important to have a good memory nowadays?
- My memory is pretty good at least in my opinion. I remember about most important things I have to do on a daily basis, if I have to do something unusually I add it to my To Do list.
Of course, having a good memory is really important because you cannot rely on your calendar or to do list 24/7.
2. Have you ever used any of remembering techniques from this video and what do you think about them?
- I've heard about this technique using short stories to remember things. I think that it is pretty useful if you have to remember something from history or study to an exam.
3. Would you like to improve your memory?
- Definitely, I would like to improve my memory so I could drop the idea of using To Do lists. Also, it would help me a lot on a daily basis.
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Ihor Romanov16 December 2018 at 23:14
I think it's really important to have a good memory nowadays. It was really important even in the middle age. Every crusader had to remember how many pagans he has killed during his short live.

In my opinion it's to late for me to use remembering techniques from this video because I'm too old and my dimension is in the last stage. However sometimes I'm trying to improve my memory but I don't remember how I do it.
Marcin Zając said…
1. How good is your memory and do you think it is imporant to have a good memory nowadays?
I think I have good memory, but nowadays memory is a little bit less important than in the past, becouse we currently have samorthpones with calendar and notifications. But of course memory is still very important.

2. Have you ever used any of remembering techniques from this video and what do you think about them?
I used some of them, especially making funny connections with things I have to learn. For me important is not only short time needed to remember something, but also for how long I remember it and some techniques is very good but for short term.

3. Would you like to improve your memory?
Yes, why not. There is always room for improvement.
Unknown said…
I think that the information that we perceive in our lives always stays in our brain but for some reason, we just can't reach it whenever we want. I would say I have a good memory, but I usually quickly forget what I learn unless I use that knowledge very often.
Yes, I used some of them. I think that they are quite useful but it doesn't mean that everybody can apply them for their needs. One thing I can totally agree with in video that our brains can remember almost everything we want and we just need to find the way how to use its potential.
Yes, I would like to improve my memory. Maybe I should try the methods mentioned in the video to do it.
Unknown said…
I think that my memory is pretty good but there is always a place for improvement. I think that good memory always was important not only nowadays.
I've known about the technique called memory palace. It is simply a place in your imagination where you store and manage your memories. I saw it on TV series called "Mentalist".
I would like to improve my memory by using the memory palace technique.
1. I think that I don’t have a problem to remember something wat I want of course sometimes I need more time to remember some kinds of informations. Whatever I think that good memory is important in nowadays, because its can be helps for us for example to learning new language.
2. I rather don't practise any techniques of remembering,but sometimes I try to associate the remembering informations with something.
3. I think that always when we could change something with us for better we should do it. So yes I want to improve my memory, that could make for me some actions easier.
Unknown said…
1. How good is your memory and do you think it is imporant to have a good memory nowadays?

I think I have pretty good memory. Of course it is important to have a good memory nowadays. Everyday we consume a big amount of knowledge and we have to store it somewhere. Second thing is - we need to filter those informations and keep the most important ones only.

2. Have you ever used any of remembering techniques from this video and what do you think about them?

No, I have not. I don't have any special remembering techniques, but maybe someday I will give them a try. For now I'm just filtering the informations and focusing on the important ones.

3. Would you like to improve your memory?
Of course, I'm trying not only to improve it all the time, but I'm also trying not to make it worse.

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