# Having a good memory in Professional Life / Work Environment **URL:** \ **Category:** General Memory Chat\ **Created:** [June 26, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/having-a-good-memory-in-professional-life-work-environment/29574 "2014-06-26T16:21:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![Kinma](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@Kinma](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Kinma)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/having-a-good-memory-in-professional-life-work-environment/29574/9 "2014-06-27T14:06:36Z")
> [@akilligelisim](#): > > Great, I work in strategy and business development, I make research on markets, competitors, I use financial > > statements, macroeconomic data, research reports, analyst reports, demographic info etc. a lot. This stuff is easier to remember than you might think. See the rest of this post. > [@akilligelisim](#): > > Especially remembering sectoral data, business models, statistics, management theory type info is really what > > makes a person in my profession an outlier. > > How do you memorize a 300 page M&A report? (I assume this is one of the things you do) Are you using loci? For that I don’t use loci. If I read a report I try to actively read it. I try to link every bit of knowledge in a report to my own knowledge. Everything that I find unexpected stands out (by virtue of the way I read) and everything that stands out I try to remember. Usually, because it stands out and because I have already tried to link it to my knowledge, I remember it for a short time. If I then later think of all the things that stood out in a report, then they all come back. I can then assess if I need to store the information long term. Here are some examples of the way I memorize economic data: > **[Economics And Budget](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/economics-and-budget/28358)** > > One of my friend wants to appear in IAS competitive exams which covers a huge lot of course contents. He asked me how to use memory techniques for memorizing economic surveys and budgets. I thought that loci would be the right choice but there are... > **[Microeconomics?](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/microeconomics/27780)** > > Hi everyone. Recently I’ve gotten hooked in by the practice of mnemoics and ultimately using them to aid my horrid study skills. I must stress, I’m very new to these concepts so bear with me. I was curious as to what most people here believed... --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/having-a-good-memory-in-professional-life-work-environment/29574)._