In fact, I’ve mentioned the list below in my book, How to Be a Brilliant Thinker: Say our task was to remember the first 12 elements in the periodic table. They are: Most people would find this a fairly difficult list to remember in sequence but we can do so by associating the image of the number with an image for the element. For example: The more dramatic or ridiculous the image, the easier it is to remember. Now we can easily remember any of the first 12 elements and give its Atomic Number. If you have to remember 40 or 60 items then you can do so by using a red list, a blue list and a yellow list. So 5 would be a red hive, 22 a blue zoo, and 51…a yellow soccer team. Try this method when you next have an important list to memorize. After a little practice, you will be surprised at how well it works. (Photo credit: Plenty on His Mind via Shutterstock)
