Chapter 62 Seeing is believing

When I read aloud, two sensations arise: first, I see what I read; second, I hear what I read, so I can stick to it. When Lincoln was a child, he studied in a very poor rural primary school. The floor of the school was made of broken wood, and the windows had no glass. They just pasted the oily paper torn from the copybook.There is only one textbook in a class, and the teacher reads it aloud with it.The students followed the teacher to read the text, and everyone read aloud in unison, so the voice was very loud, and people nearby called this school "Long Tongue School". In this "long tongue school", Lincoln developed a lifelong habit: he had to read aloud everything he wanted to remember.Every morning, as soon as he arrived at his law office in Springfield, he reclined on the couch, resting one long, awkward leg on an adjacent chair, and read the newspaper aloud.His colleague said: "He made me almost crazy. Every time I asked him why he had to read the newspaper in this way. He explained: 'When I read aloud, two feelings arise: first, I see what I read; second, I hear what I read so I can stick to it.'”

Lincoln had an excellent memory.He himself commented: "My memory is like a steel plate - it is difficult for you to engrave anything on it, but once it is engraved, it cannot be erased." The two feelings he explained are his The method of engraving on the steel plate of memory.Of course you can also take it and use it for me.But the ideal way is not only to see and hear the thing you want to remember, but also to touch it, smell it, and taste it.Among all these feelings, the most important thing is of course to see it.Human beings are creatures of visual thinking, and the impressions produced by the eyes can be more lasting.We often remember someone's face, but we may not remember their name.There are 25 times more nerves from the eyes to the brain than from the ears.The Chinese also have a saying in this regard: "Seeing once is worth hearing a hundred times."

Write down the name, the phone number, and the outline of the speech you want to remember, look at it carefully with your eyes, then close your eyes, and imagine them floating in front of you-every word is made of glittering letters .