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Helena? Picture her climbing a mountain, to help you
remember that Helena is the capital of Montana. If you
picture boys eating raw potatoes, you'll remember that
Boise is the capital of Idaho (Idaho potatoes). Of course,
you could picture Ida hoeing boys, and get the same result.
You can easily memorize the capitals of all the forty-eight
states with this idea.
You understand, I'm sure, that it would have been impos-
sible for me to give direct examples of how my systems are
applicable to all businesses. Be assured that they are applica-
ble to just about anything where memory is involved. Your
own particular problem may require a certain twist or change
of one of the systems, but you would know that better
than I.
Nowadays, most of us are diet conscious, and I've
noticed people carrying around little calorie counters to
tell them what not to eat. Well, this is fine, but you could
use the Peg system to help you memorize the amount of
calories contained in the foods you usually eat. If you
made a ridiculous picture between a fried egg and "disease,"
you'd know that a fried egg contained 100 calories. Did you
know that one tablespoon of mayonnaise contained 92
calories? Well, if you associate it to "bone," you won't
forget it. If you keep gaining weight, and you drink lots
of bock beer, you ought to associate "tackle" to the beer,
and you'll remember that an 8 ounce glass contains 175
calories.
If any of you still feel that it is too much trouble to use
my methods, let me repeat that I call this the "lazy man's"
way of remembering. It is the so-called "natural" or rote
method of memory that is difficult. Not only is it difficult,
but not as efficient, not as retentive, not as rewarding, and
not as much fun. Most important, my methods are unlim-