Metode Loci

"The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse."
~ Carlos Castaneda
Author and Shaman Philosopher

Saya menemukan sendiri jawaban mengapa skor test IQ ketika saya masih duduk di bangku SMA berbeda dengan hasil test ketika saya mengikuti test kenaikan pangkat saat bekerja di BUMN.Juga hasil test skor IQ berbeda saat saya sudah berumur 40 tahun. Intinya ada kenaikan IQ skor test.

Jawabannya sederhana saja. Bahwa IQ bertambah seiring dengan semakin banyaknya otak
menyerap berbagai ilmu dan bertambahnya pengalaman saya. Zaman saya SMA saya belum tahu banyak bagaimana caranya mengingat sesuatu secara cepat dan benar.

Salah satu metode yang masih digunakan hingga saat ini adalah metode Loci. Bahkan metode ini masih digunakan oleh beberapa lembaga untuk mentest daya ingat seseorang.
Saya masih ingat ketika melakukan screening test menjadi pegawai Depkes, pernah diminta untuk menyebutkan benda apa saja yang saya lihat dalam ruangan test. Saya belum kenal metode loci tetapi cara saya menjawab sudah menganut paham Loci.



The human memory has the ability to hear a 100-digit number or more once and then repeat it forwards and backwards. It has the ability to memorize a Shakespearean play word for word or memorize the stats of every baseball player for the last 100 years. And the human memory has the capability to meet 100 people in 20 minutes and recall every single name!

Now, the question is, are you doing these things? If not, the reason is simply that you have not been trained to. Two thousand years ago a Greek named Simonedes developed a memory method called “Loci.’ With this method, Simonedes numbered locations in his home. He started in the doorway and then logically proceeded around his home. He reviewed these items so many times mentally that if you asked him what was number 25 then he could instantly tell you what piece of furniture that number corresponded to.

These 25 objects were actually mental files for Simonedes. Then if he had a list of items he wanted to recall, he would place them mentally on these objects in his home. Let's say that you are a professional who wants to give a speech without notes. Simply turn the key points into pictures and then file them to your “house files.’ When you are called upon to speak, simply mentally walk through the house and give your talk without notes.