Develop a mental catalogue

Our brain is a huge library where everything that we see or hear is stored permanently in various neat shelves. But the possibility of not being able to recall a certain event or thing is always there. People tend to term this problem as forgetfulness. This is not entirely true. What does happen is that because we do not have a mental catalogue to refer to, our brain finds it difficult to locate the relevant shelves for the sought memory. Therefore, this means that we need to develop a mental catalogue for ready reference, which would make the process of recalling effective and efficient.

In order to remember well and to memories effectively and efficiently we must follow the following five principles consciously:

• Association: We learn and remember everything that is new to us only by connecting it with something that we already know. we do it subconsciously.However, it is to our advantage to form our associations consciously, and to form our connections in a way, which fits our type and requirements.
• Have faith in your memory:Have faith in your memory. Commit the following sentence firmly in your memory: "My brain is better than the best computer of this world." If you think you would not remember something well than the result would obviously be negative. You may have met many people making a remark, "Excuse me, my memory is poor." The repetition of this statement results in making the memory actually bad.One of the best ways to improve confidence in your memory is by means of autosuggestion or repeating to yourself that "I remember better, I can remember better." Just think how can we expect our memory to give us good service when we continually abuse it and tell everyone that our memory is bad.
• Concentration:Concentration is nothing more than hard thought which is fixed upon one thing at a time. Erase everything else from your mind except that which you are seeing or hearing. Do not permit your thoughts to stray. Finally, see yourself physically depositing memory in your mental memory bank.When you are able to do this, you are concentrating. We can compare concentration to making a donkey move. The more you push or pull, the more does it resist. Similar is case of our concentration: the more we try to concentrate, the more our thoughts stray. The trick involved in making a donkey to move is to dangle a vegetable in front of him and he will follow you wherever you want it to. Thus, to concentrate on a particular subject, we concentrate on a particular subject, we must create an interest in that subject. 
• Power of senses:You must clearly see and hear before you can make a memory deposit that you will be able to withdraw later. Focus your sight on the object to be remembered and see it in your imagination. Hear it. Or perhaps, taste or feel it. Allow your senses to get into the act. When you permit your senses to become involved. The impression Power Of Senses is always seen and not easily forgotten.Try to involve all the following six senses while memorizing anything or learning anything.
• Color:We all dream and sometimes get involved in daydreaming as well. Occupationally, we try to analyse our dreams or discuss out dreams with friends. But have you ever given a thought regarding the color of the dream; whether the particular dream was colored or just black and white? Try analyzing whether your dream is colored or black and white. If it is black and white try to see it again, consciously, in color, then try to analyse whether a particular dream is very clear or faded. If it is faded, try to see it again in the screen of your imagination, and whenever possible, try to use full range of colors to make your picture, to make your thinking much more memorable.