How To Improve Memory - Jim Kwik's Ten Keys:

It was an amazing experience to go through the video on 10 Keys to improve memory by Jim Kwik. In fact, he had a brain injury in his childhood, he says. Despite that, taking life as a challenge and focusing on what he wanted, he has become a great brain trainer.
According to him, improving memory is simple, he calls it by  name: FAST;

F -- for  Forget
       Forget all unwanted things. Focus on only what you want. By forgetting unwanted, there is more space in the brain and memorizing becomes easy. The time will be well spent on you on wanted things alone. There can be planning and prioritization. it is congestion free traffic.

A -- for Active
        Stay active. By staying active. There is constant engagement of the brain and brain optimization happens.

S -- for State
       State is the mood, the emotions you are into. The body responses have a direct bearing on the mood. Good mood, good thinking, energetic body and negative thinking relates to all negativity. There is no 100% good or bad. One has to strive hard to overcome negative emotions for clarity in thinking.

T --  for Taking Notes
        There is something called as short term memory and long term memory. Whatever we hear, 80% of it will be lost within 24-48 hrs. Taking notes help in keeping the information for longer terms and will have an access as and when needed referring to notes.

Knowledge is power, but learning is super power. It is the ability to learn that changes lives.

Following are the Ten Keys:

1. Good Diet
2. Killing ANTs ( All Negative Thoughts)
3. Exercise
4. Brain Nutrients
5. Positive Peers
6. Clean Environment
7. Sleep
8. Brain Protection
9. New Learning
10. Stress Management

With the following activity, you can remember the 10 keys. Practice the same on a regular basis to improve the memory:

Visualize going in car and entering a Parking Lot. Look around and visualize good fruits and vegetables (Good Diet) all around. After parking, crossing the Bridge. while crossing, kill ants (all negative thoughts) and entering the elevator (imagine different exercises) which leads to the Hallway ( wherein lot of brain nutrients are available in big big jars). From there go to Closet  to keep the jacket ( visualize being with the positive peers) and walking a little bit further see the receptionist who arranges and keeps the area neat and tidy (Clean Environment) and behind her is a fish tank. Imagine fish sleeping. (Sleep). From there reach the class room door. Visualize wearing a helmet to avoid getting your head bang (brain protection). Enter the class, see the White board  through which you learn a lot (new learning) and visualize at the corner a Bonsai Tree (Stress management)

Thus the 10 locations can be related  to remember the 10 Keys of improving your memory:

                10 Locations                          10 Keys

1.        Parking Lot                             Good Diet
2.        Bridge                                     Killing ANTs
3.        Elevator                                   Exercise
4.        Hallway                                   Brain Nutrients
5.        Closet                                     Positive Peers
6.        Receptionist                            Clean Environment
7.        Fish Tank                                Sleep
8.        Class Room Door                    Brain Protection
9.        White Board                            New Learning
10.         Bonsai Tree                            Stress Management

Relating  these 10 locations to 10 keys, not  only improves the power of visualization and imagination, but also helps focus on the 10 keys of improving the memory, which is a vital part of your existence.