Memory tip: Learn to Pay Attention to Remember Conversations

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Quantum Learning, by Bobbi DePorter

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 Our ordinary conversations are jam-packed with emotional fluff which carries little content except to tell us of the anxiety of the speaker.  To remember things the brain needs to make things meaningful to make the transition from the short-term memory to the long-term.  There are two quick things you can do to practice remembering these things now.

Learn to listen for the things that are meaningful.  Very often, when we try to listen for everything we remember nothing.  At the next meeting you go to, try and separate the statements made to engage you on an emotional level and simply note the actual facts, or relevant information.  Practice listening to telephone conversations for what is actually being said, not all of the emotional fluff that we put in them. If you are receiving instructions from someone, try listening for what the actual instructions are.  Don't include all of the extraneous material.  When the person has finished, ask the person if you can repeat the instructions back to them.

The second thing is to prepare yourself before meetings or workshops with the questions you think will need answers. Face it, you are not going to pay attention to everything going on.  Prepare questions that cause you to pay attention when an important issue comes up. For more information and help in improving your memory order The Complete Memory Workout  now.