How To Improve Your Memory: The Peg System

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These slides are from the Iris Speed Reading Classes & Memory Improvement Courses. Iris is the largest and leading provider of Speed Reading & Memory Improvement Courses in the United States. This course covers The Peg System.

1. The Peg System:
Your Mental File Folders

Presenters:
Paul Nowak, Founder & Program Director
Katya Seberson, Director of Research
Welcome to the Webinar!

2. How this Webinar is going to be
different?



Just Do It!


You MUST do the exercise to understand
the System.

3. Try to Remember the following list of
Words:
Bread
Milk
Tomatoes
Soda
Turkey
Chips
Strawberries
Deodorant
Cucumbers
Cereal

4. Two Main Ways to Learn This
1 Repetition Over and Over again

2. Use PEG System.

5. The Numeric Peg System

Simple to Learn & Reliable

Helps you memorize a list of anything in order!

6. Ground Principle of PEG System

When a NEW piece of information

gets pegged

to something that is already KNOWN

7. Our Grocery List
1.Bread
2.Milk
3.Tomatoes
4.Soda
5.Turkey
6.Chips
7.Strawberries
8.Deodorant
9.Cucumbers
10.Cereal



New Information

8. What is the Core of the PEGS





Create it Once and Forever

Something You Already
KNOW

9. 1. Pencil

10. 2. Swan

11. 3. McDonalds

12. 4. Chair

13. 5. Hook

14. 6. Cherry

15. 7. Lightning

16. 8. Race Track

17. 9. Balloon

18. 10. Plate w/ Silverware

19. Create the Visualizations
1.Bread
2.Milk
3.Tomatoes
4.Soda
5.Turkey
6.Chips
7.Strawberries
8.Deodorant
9.Cucumbers
10.Cereal

20. Can you remember the list?

What's number 1?

Number 2?

21. Did you remember them all?
1.Bread
2.Milk
3.Tomatoes
4.Soda
5.Turkey
6.Chips
7.Strawberries
8.Deodorant
9.Cucumbers
10.Cereal

22. How To Remember More Items


11. Detergent
12. Toilet Paper
13. Yogurt
14. Flowers
15. Cheese
16. Coffee
17. Fish
18. Olives
19. Toothpaste
20. Ice Cream

23. Find a Theme for 11-20
Everything is drenched in black oil

24. How To Remember More Items


Picture these items drenched in black oil with the
other images (pencil, swan, etc.)
11. Detergent
12. Toilet Paper
13. Yogurt
14. Flowers
15. Cheese
16. Coffee
17. Fish
18. Olives
19. Toothpaste
20. Ice Cream

25. Just to be Fair
Shape Example Rhyming Example

26. Way to Avoid Complications
Shape example is easier to use

27. Long lists of Pegs: 100 Pegs!!!

28. The Peg System or Link System?

The Peg System is more powerful

If you used the Link System, how would you go
about reciting the 8th item?

You would need to go link-by-link

With Peg, you remember it instantly

29. Summary

Practice!

Here's some homework...

Try Using the Peg System Once a Day for the
Next Two Weeks

30. Thanks for Attending!
Contact Information:

Paul Nowak
[email protected]

Katya Seberson
[email protected]