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Related Strengths Focused Imagery, Good Imaginative Practical Problem-Solver |
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Help from your head |
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What would be the logical way to remember this item? |
What is your goal in remembering this item? |
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If you had part of this memory, how would you find the rest? |
Can you make a summary of what you need to remember? |
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What questions are you are most likely to ask yourself about this? |
Are there details that you can not logically reconstruct from the
summary? |
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What part of this memory would you most like to forget? |
What is the funniest part about what you want to remember? |
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What is the most serious part here? If you forget it, will that be
funny? |
Imagine a comic routine about this memory. Will anybody laugh? |
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I have a fine memory. I remember what I had to do just after it is too
late to do it. |
Can you think of any stories about a memory job like this? |
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Does this memory make a story? Run the story through your imagination.
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Daydreaming. It’s not just for children any more. |
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Cues are passwords to your brain channels. |
Imagine what will happen when you have to use this memory? |
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Do you want to remember this as an image or as an event? |
Can you imagine what might go wrong when you try to use this memory? |
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What other memories is this like? |
When did you last remember a something like this? |
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Can you remember this in several ways? |
What other things does this memory remind you of? |
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When did you last forget something like this? |
What are the most important words in this memory job? |
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What parts of this memory are really new to you? |
What parts of this memory connect to things that used to be new to you?
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Does this memory leave you wondering about something else? |
Can you fit this memory into you memory for places? |
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Do you see how to mark a trail through what you have to remember here?
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Who will be around you when you need the memory? |
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What do other people do that might remind you? |
Will you remember this as spoken? Will you remember the inflection? |
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What could you ask other people to do to help you remember? |
Who could easily remember this? Why? |
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What do other people do to remember things like this? |
What cues will be around just before you need the memory? |
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What part of this memory can you turn over to paper or a machine? |
What brain modules will you be using just before you need the memory?
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The secret to remembering is to set a cue. And don’t you forget it. |
My best idea was the one I forgot to write down. |
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What brain modules will you need to reconstruct the memory? |
Use the cues or the cues will use you. |
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How do you want to use the contents of this memory? |
If you could remember part of this, could you reconstruct the rest? |
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When did you last forget something important? Remember what you learned
then? |
Do you know how to pick something that is the right size for you to
remember? |
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Is this something you need to talk about or something you will have
to do? |
If this is something you need to do,
are you trying to remember to do it at the right time? Memory Tips |
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If this is something you need to do,
what might keep you from being able to do it? Memory Tips |
If this is something you need to talk about, what will you need to
say about it? Memory Tips |
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Can you give a logical description of
what you need to remember? Memory Tips |
What are the most important words in this memory job? Memory Tips |
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How does this connect to stuff you
already know? Memory Tips |
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