Recall - Memorise Key Facts

Know it cold. Some things belong in your head, not on a page. The numbers for tomorrow's meeting. The names on a new account. The four things you have to say in a speech. Recall is built for exactly that. TYPE IT THE WAY YOU'D SAY IT "Northwind has 212 stores." One line. Recall files it under the right subject, writes the question, and keeps the detail and the date it was true. TWO WAYS TO HOLD IT Pick how each subject lives in your head. Direct, for facts in any order: every question gets a picture that fits it, a house for "how many homes?", a crown for "who's the CEO?". When a fact won't stick, give it a hook: the picture doing something with the answer. Images that move and collide are what memory holds onto. WALK YOUR OWN HOUSE Or Route, for things that come in order. This is the method of loci, the memory technique speakers have leaned on for two and a half thousand years. Pick a…