1) Get a double cylinder lock (one with a lock on the inside and the outside). You won’t be able to open the door without using your key, so you won’t need to remember to use your key. (Be sure to keep a spare key attached to the door so you can get out in emergencies).
2) When a topic comes up in a conversation that I want to bring up later, I visualize pushing it onto a stack). When the conversation has dead air, I pop a topic off the stack. Every time I push or pop a topic, I mentally refresh the full contents of the stack. This works well for navigating conversation threads (it’s a depth-first search).
8) I keep notes about people on my computer. When I come home from a party, I write down all I remember about every person there. If I know in advance that a person’s going to be at a party, I look them up the night before. If I see someone unexpectedly, I can step out for a minute and look them up on my cell phone. However, I dislike looking people up on my cell phone; it feels disingenuous, and I usually remember more than enough regardless.
9) I read the textbook, make flashcards as I go, and review periodically. Don’t Panic
Advise on 2 for Slytherins: Forgotten recommendations are an opportunity. People generally won’t think of you as an acquaintance until they’ve interacted with you a few times. Recommendations provide excuses to get in contact with people for a second or third time (for clarification or thanks) while flattering their judgement. I have heard of people pretending to forget recommendations just so they can contact someone to ask about it*.
There’s a saying about courting donors: “If you want advice, ask for money. If you want money, ask for advice.”
When a topic comes up in a conversation that I want to bring up later, I visualize pushing it onto a stack. When the conversation has dead air, I pop a topic off the stack. Every time I push or pop a topic, I mentally refresh the full contents of the stack. This works well for navigating conversation threads (it’s a depth-first search).
How do you remember what you put into the stack? What kind of a representation does the topic have? Do you remember the contents of the stack for long afterwards? How?
Like the I’m packing my bags game. I add or remove items one at a time and repeat the entire contents back to myself after ever amendment. I’m sure you could use method of loci or something, but repetition is good enough for me.
What kind of a representation does the topic have?
Nothing special. Words, ideas, images… something short I can “think about” for a fifth of a second, then think about the next item on the stack as I’m mentally repeating them.
Do you remember the contents of the stack for long afterwards?
No. The stack is a trick I use during thick of a conversation or debate to not lose track of topics I’d like to return to. However, I suspect it primes me for better remembering conversations when I review (and log) them at home.
1) Get a double cylinder lock (one with a lock on the inside and the outside). You won’t be able to open the door without using your key, so you won’t need to remember to use your key. (Be sure to keep a spare key attached to the door so you can get out in emergencies).
2) When a topic comes up in a conversation that I want to bring up later, I visualize pushing it onto a stack). When the conversation has dead air, I pop a topic off the stack. Every time I push or pop a topic, I mentally refresh the full contents of the stack. This works well for navigating conversation threads (it’s a depth-first search).
8) I keep notes about people on my computer. When I come home from a party, I write down all I remember about every person there. If I know in advance that a person’s going to be at a party, I look them up the night before. If I see someone unexpectedly, I can step out for a minute and look them up on my cell phone. However, I dislike looking people up on my cell phone; it feels disingenuous, and I usually remember more than enough regardless.
9) I read the textbook, make flashcards as I go, and review periodically. Don’t Panic
Advise on 2 for Slytherins: Forgotten recommendations are an opportunity. People generally won’t think of you as an acquaintance until they’ve interacted with you a few times. Recommendations provide excuses to get in contact with people for a second or third time (for clarification or thanks) while flattering their judgement. I have heard of people pretending to forget recommendations just so they can contact someone to ask about it*.
There’s a saying about courting donors: “If you want advice, ask for money. If you want money, ask for advice.”
*I am a Hufflepuff and do not condone such action
I have used the pretending to forget thing several times. Good stuff.
How do you remember what you put into the stack? What kind of a representation does the topic have? Do you remember the contents of the stack for long afterwards? How?
Like the I’m packing my bags game. I add or remove items one at a time and repeat the entire contents back to myself after ever amendment. I’m sure you could use method of loci or something, but repetition is good enough for me.
No. The stack is a trick I use during thick of a conversation or debate to not lose track of topics I’d like to return to. However, I suspect it primes me for better remembering conversations when I review (and log) them at home.