You can make acronyms or funny sentences using the first letters of things you need to remember. For example, you have a list of groceries you need to buy which includes yoghurt, bread, water, potatoes and chocolate. You can make a sentence like "Your brother plays with chicken". The odder it is, the better you will remember it. Or if you need to buy bread, beer and some oranges, you can use just BOB for remembering it.
Pair something you need to remember with a really odd picture in your head. For example, if you need to take your dog for a walk and to call your boss, imagine your boss carrying a huge retro phone in his hand and let your dog be on his head. Or if you need to buy in a store fish, milk and bread, imagine that fish is eating your bread while swimming in a milk river. The odder images are, the better you will remember them.
Any information needs some time of your focused attention to be remembered. So just don't hurry and be concentrated on things and actions that you need to remember. It works for everything: for names and faces of people, for new words, for where you put your keys when you come home, for remembering that you turned off the gas before leaving, etc.
Categorize big information in smaller parts and then learn each part. For example, if you need to learn 50 words, you can devide them in 5 groups that have similar specification (clothes, technologies, animals, etc.). It is much easier to learn 5 normal sized lists that the big one. You can do the same for phone numbers. For example, if the number is 483974680 it's easier to remember it in 4 parts 48 397 46 80.
This way you will use 3 perception channels at once: you will write it, you will read it and you will say it. Don't forget to be concentrated as well, it will give you more chances to remember the information.
It's the oldest known mnemonic strategy which makes a visual filing system in your mind. With it you can memorize and recall a lot of things in an exact order. Read more about it here.
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