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5 The Link System

In this chapter you will see for yourself that your memory can
improve, and that by improving it, your imaginative powers and
your creativity will also be released. The Link System is the most
basic of all the memory systems and will give you a foundation with
which to make learning the most advanced systems extremely
easy. This basic system is used for memorising short lists of items,
such as shopping lists, in which each item is linked to or associated
with the next. While using this system, you will be using all of
these Basic Memory Principles:
imagination
association
exaggeration
contraction - making mental images smaller
absurdity - using your sense of the surrealistically ridiculous
humour
colour
rhythm
movement
taste
touch
smell
sight
hearing
sensuality - involving as many of your basic senses as possible
sexuality
order and sequence
number
substitution - replacing one image with another - for
example, the number 2 with a swan
In using these principles you will be exercising the dynamic
relationship between your left and right brain and thereby
increasing the overall power of your brain. Imagine, for example,
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