Finish Up by Reviewing
Once you’ve got your images sorted and your memory palace populated, you just need to really make sure that they’re going to stay in your head. “Most memories never make it into your long-term memory,” says Shaw. “That’s why it’s so important to repeat the information, to transform a short-term memory into a long-term memory.”
And sadly there is no easy hack for that. It comes down to repetition, and hard work. “To become a memory champion I had to work at it every day. Train very hard and make it something that was just instinctive to me. And that only came with practice,” says Dellis. And if that sounds like a lot of work, well, you’d be right.