In this video I’ll explain how to memorize the capital cities of all the countries in
the world, and then I’ll give you a little challenge.
Memorization is all about creating connections between pieces of information in your mind.
When you hear the name of a country, it should connect straight away in your mind to the
name of the capital city.
Because human memory is predominantly visual, if you make that link or connection a visual
one, it’ll be dramatically easier to remember and recall the connection, and it will stay
in your long term memory much more effectively.
So here’s what you do.
What does the name of the country sound like?
What does the name of the capital city sound like?
Now create a picture in your mind that combines both of those things.
When you visualize eight hens playing in a large puddle of grease, you’ll instantly
recall the capital of Greece is Athens.
Here’s another quick example.
To remember the capital of Sudan you just need to create a clear mental image of a sedan
in a car tomb.
Pretty simple, right?
Ok, now here’s a fun challenge for you.
I’m going to show you ten illustrations and you have to figure out which country and
capital city they each represent.
You can write your answers in the comments below.
Are you ready?
Here we go.
How’d you go?
Let me know in the comments below which country and capital city you think each illustration
represents.
You can see creating these links yourself can be really fun, however, doing it for all
195 countries is a lot of work.
And if you’re not experienced in creating vivid mental images, the pictures you visualize
might not be super effective.
So if you’d like the ultimate shortcut, follow the link on the screen to check out
the complete whiteboard animation video series to make you memorize the capital cities of
all 195 countries in the world in less than four hours.
And when you follow that link, at the bottom of the page are the answers to the challenge
in this video, so you can check how well you’ve done.