The Best 30 Seconds of your life

1. Take an interest – Make an effort

We all remember the things we are interested in and forget the ones that bore us. This no doubt explains the reason why schoolboys remember football results effortlessly but struggle with dates from the history lessons! Take an activity interest in what you want to remember, and focus on it consciously. One way to ‘make’ yourself more interested is to ask questions – the more the better!

2. Repeat things

Repeating things is the best way to remember things for a short time, for example: remembering a phone number for a few seconds. ‘Chunking’ or grouping numbers helps you to remember them. E.g. the following numbers would be impossible for most of us to remember: 1492178919318483. But look at them in ‘chunks’, and it becomes much easier: 1492 1789 1931 8483.