My thoughts on memory and mind exercises

Memory is a key thing in life. In science you have to memorize the periodic table or the different Eco-systems. In english class you have to remember authors and their works or vocabulary words or how to spell. For history students have to memorize dates and events. Math is also full of things to memorize, such as formulas and the multiplication table. The metric system is used everyday when you shop, go to school or work, at home, when you cook, and when you measure things. However some people find it quite hard to remember any of these things much less name and faces of people they meet. Mind and memory exercises help to sharpen the mind and make it easier to bring things back from your memory. Some people may ask how can they possibly exercise there mind. Well, it is simple.
"The simplest memory exercise is to start telling yourself to remember. If you just learned a person's name, for example, tell yourself, "remember that". This signals the unconscious mind to rank this input higher in importance.
Other good memory exercises involve telling yourself why you want to remember something, and how you will remember it. If you just learned a person's name, think about how that person will be important to you in the future, where you are likely to see them next, and anything you notice about them. Clearly seeing the importance of remembering will motivate the brain to retain the name, and the additional associations in the brain (where you expect to see the person next, for example) fix the name even more firmly in your memory." (http://www.increasebrainpower.com)
http://www.increasebrainpower.com/memoryexercises.html
This link provides several more ways to exercise your mind. Exercising your mind and memory can also help recall names, faces, information, and details much clearer and quicker. I recommend everyone to try mind exercises and to challenge themselves to see how much they can remember after training their minds.