The brain can be a tricky thing but with training and self-discipline, it can be taught to retain information. Here are 10 ways to teach the brain to recall information.

1: Trick Your Brain. This can be done using music, forming rhymes in the head and using abbreviations.

2: Picture It. Find a picture you are familiar with and use that image in place of what you are trying to memorize.

3: Link It Up. Do you have a story you love to tell other people, well if you are having a difficulty trying to memorize something, just link it up with that story? It makes it easier to recall information.

4: Easy As 1, 2, 3. If you are trying to memorize a word, use a sentence that has the word in it, like a comedy you once heard and simply put the name in it somewhere.

5: Your ABCs. Using the alphabet is a great way to retain information. Connect the word with an alphabet and say that word whenever you see that alphabet.

6: Take a Journey: Do you have a route you normally take? Relate a word you are memorizing to the object you are used to in your route.

7: What’s In The Room? Link the word to the object in your room or a room that you are familiar with.

8: A Major Investment. This method words by associating numbers with a consonant. This works by converting numbers to nouns and using an image to relate to that word.

9: Test It Out. This works by writing out everything you have memorized and revising it over and over again.

10: Get A Grip. This method seems absurd but certain people can recall information by clenching their fist. It has to be mastered

Courtesy of "How to remember things: 10 Memory Tricks to Recall Everything" by Arthur Richards