Chapter 66 weave new facts into systematic associations with other facts

How can we weave facts into systematic interconnections?Let me tell you this: think carefully about what the facts mean. It's great that such recipes exist, but how do we weave facts into systematic interconnections?Let me tell you this: think carefully about what the facts mean.For example, simply questioning any new fact and answering the following questions will help you weave that new fact into a systematic connection with other facts: ①Why is this happening? ②How did this happen? ③When did it become like this? ④ Where did this happen? ⑤ Who said so? Let's do a simple exercise. If we want to remember a stranger's name, and a very common name, we can associate it with a friend with the same name.If it is a very rare name, we can also ask some questions, so that in most cases the stranger will talk about his name with you.Example: While I was writing this chapter, I was introduced to a Mrs. Salter.I asked her to tell me how to write the surname, saying that hers was a rare one.She replied: "Yes, this surname is rare. It is a Greek word that means 'savior'." Then she told me that her husband's family is from Athens, and many relatives have served as senior officials in the Greek government. This way I can easily remember her name.I find it easy to get people to talk about their names, and doing so helps me remember their names.

Pay attention to the stranger's appearance, pay attention to his hair and eye color, see his facial features, and his clothes, and listen to his tone of voice when he talks.Get a clear, deep, and vivid image of his appearance and personality, and associate this image with his name. The next time these images come back to your mind, they will help you remember the person's name. You may have had the experience of meeting someone two or three times and remembering his occupation but not his name.This is because: a person's occupation is clear, fixed, and representative, and it can stick to you like sticking plaster.And his meaningless name fell like hail on the sloping roof, and soon rolled to the ground and disappeared without a trace.To enhance the ability to remember names, make his name as meaningful as his occupation.You can come up with an describing sentence that associates his name with his occupation.This approach undoubtedly works.At a recent Panth Athletes Club rally in Philadelphia, everyone was asked to stand up and say their name and occupation, then connect the two in a sentence.After a few minutes, everyone present could remember the names of the twenty other strangers in the room.After many meetings, neither their names nor their occupations were forgotten, because the two had been linked so that they could be remembered.

Below are the names of the group in alphabetical order, followed by the sentence used to connect the name and occupation: Mr. G． P． Allbrecht (sand and gravel industry) - "sand and gravel make everything bright." (allbright) Mr. G． W． Bayless (asphalt industry) - "It is very economical to use asphalt." (pay-less) Mr. Gideon Boericke (Mining) - "Mr. Boericke bores (drill) mines very fast." Mr. Boericke Thomas Deverv (Printing Industry) - "Everyone needs Deverv's printing." Mr. O． W． Doolittle (automobile industry) - "If you don't work hard (Do little), you can't sell your car." Mr. Thomas Fiseher (coal industry) - "He fished for coal orders." Mr. Frank H． Goldey (lumber industry) - "There is gold (Gold) in the timber industry." Mr. J． H． Ilancock (Saturday Evening Post Magazine) - "Sign John Hancock's name to the Saturday Evening Post subscription form."