The Craft of Memory Podcast Memory Techniques w/ Tenuun Tamir (2023 World Memory Champion)
Jul 14, 2024
Tenuun Tamir, the 2023 World Memory Champion and a Mongolian memory athlete, shares her incredible journey in memory sports, having discovered her passion at just 14. She discusses her rigorous training, emphasizing traditional techniques like the PAO system and the use of memory palaces. Tenuun elaborates on how personal hobbies, such as K-pop dance and travel photography, fuel her creativity. She also reflects on her competition experiences, highlighting the importance of practice and balance between memory sports and academic pursuits.
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Large Palace Capacity Is Foundational
- Tinun has extensive palace capacity: enough loci for 4,000 one-hour numbers and 50 decks per hour.
- She repurposes binary-number palaces for words and spoken numbers when needed.
Treat Practice As A Daily Responsibility
- Avoid procrastination and treat daily practice as a responsibility to maintain progress.
- Schedule intense blocks with planned rest days and use short consistent sessions to avoid burnout.
Use PAO And Clear Images
- Use a PAO system for cards and a 6-digit grouping with PA and P-A for numbers to speed encoding.
- Build imaginations that stick: clear person, action, and object mapped to loci for fast recall.
