So, you want to develop and use a virtual Memory Palace. It’s possible. The earliest example I’m aware of comes from Hugh of St. Victor, who lived and taught memory techniques during the medieval period. These days, we have even more options than he did because we live in a world packed with many kinds of imaginary potential memory spaces. Although…

As a student, you want to unlock your potential. Whether it’s for an upcoming exam or professional certification, you know that you have to be at your best. Especially when you have so little time to devote to learning. Enter William Wadsworth, the visionary founder of Exam Study Expert. If you’ve been following the Magnetic Memory Method Podcast f…

So … you want to know how to remember things. Excellent. You’re in the right place. The memory techniques I’m about to show you are the most effective strategies you can possibly use. How do I know? I used them personally to help me pass my Ph.D. in Humanities at York University, part of which involved dealing with Classical languages and hundreds …

Nothing could be easier than using a Memory Palace for studying. The problem is that you have to learn how to use one correctly first. But is that really a problem? After all, you had to learn how to tie your shoes and floss your teeth more or less correctly, didn’t you? The cool thing is, once you can tie your shoes properly, you can walk. Once yo…

Usually I talk about using mnemonics for highly specific outcomes like learning languages or passing exams. But there are so many other ways you can use mnemonics in your daily life. Ranging from recalling your to-do lists to remembering the yoga moves that help reduce stress, there’s no end I’m aware of to the ways mnemonics can be useful. The tri…