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Bad Boys: You’re Losing Your Memory

July 21, 2006 by Liz 17 Comments

What Was I Going to Say?

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I’m ready to write something and as I sit at the keys, it’s gone. It was a spectacular idea. I know it was. Damn. It’s the second time this week, or is it the third? Suddenly I’m forgetting things — things that I’ve never forgotten before.

I used to be known for this memory of mine. Some folks even steered clear of it, feared it. They knew it could track details for decades and offer them back at lightning speed. Now what? A brain of mush has moved in where the razor sharp memory was. . . .

-Stop-

That’s the voice of a Bad Boy of Business. Bad Boys are negative messages, bad tape recordings, in our heads. Bad boys are ideas that we tell ourselves that undercut our success and productivity.

The bad boy here is “You’re losing you’re memory.”

What’s happening?

You’re Losing Your Memory

We all have points of reference by which we define ourselves. Most intelligent folks include a good memory in their list of definitions. When we start to forget things, it’s not pretty. We start hearing that bad boy talking us into believing that we’re losing our edge and that life will be downhill from there.

“You’re losing your memory,” he says. “You’re losing it.”

That’s not’s not what happening at all. It’s only how it feels.

What’s really happening: Chances are that we’ve been taking in a great deal of information — more than usual, more than we’re able to process fully. If we’re multi-tasking or skimming text, then perhaps, we’ve never captured the information at all.

The problem comes when we believe we can push beyond our capacity without allowing ourselves a chance to process the information that we’ve already “learned.”

The solution: Tell that bad boy to hit the road.

I need to give my brain a rest and take some time to breathe. My memory needs time to process. It’s broken. It’s on strike. If I treat it right it will come back to me.

Take a moment. Concentrate on learning one thing at a time. Take the time to process the information. You find your memory is still functioning.

I’m taking a minute to think about that — before I forget to.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Bad Boys of Business: That’s Not “Real” Work

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Comments

  1. John says

    July 21, 2006 at 5:12 PM

    If I listened to that bad boy I’d be a bag of neuroses. o_O

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  2. Joe says

    July 21, 2006 at 6:21 PM

    Hey Liz,
    It’s not the memory (or is it?) it’s the Time Warp.

    I noticed your SOB Cafe of 7/20 posted after your Net Neturality of 7/21 and before your post about memory (also 7/21).

    I always knew Successful Blog was in the Twilight Zone. 😉

    Joe

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  3. ME Strauss says

    July 21, 2006 at 6:33 PM

    Hi John,
    I have plenty of neuroses, but I still have my memory. 🙂

    Reply
  4. ME Strauss says

    July 21, 2006 at 6:37 PM

    Thanks, Joe!
    I fixed the time warp bug. Good thing I made professor of counting and time warps. You keep on that. I have a baaaaad memory for how to spell dates.

    Reply
  5. Joe says

    July 21, 2006 at 6:41 PM

    I knew I was good for something…

    And to think Math was my worst subject.
    And I was always late for school… :-0

    Reply
  6. Joe says

    July 21, 2006 at 6:51 PM

    BTW, before I forget…

    I invited someone to write a guest article for my blog to tell how his service could benefit people that work at home (blogging).

    See if you can guess who it is…

    I doubt if he will consent to doing it, but you know me, I had to ask.

    Reply
  7. ME Strauss says

    July 21, 2006 at 6:55 PM

    Hey, Joe,
    Of course, you’re good you keep me sane.

    Then you drive me crazy asking questions. 🙂

    Reply
  8. Joe says

    July 21, 2006 at 6:57 PM

    The only hint I’ll give is:
    You and I (and a few other people) have dealt with him through one of your articles.

    Reply
  9. ME Strauss says

    July 21, 2006 at 7:44 PM

    Joe
    It’s late on a Friday. I’d have to guess it would be David Sifry,

    Reply
  10. ah Pek says

    July 21, 2006 at 7:57 PM

    upgrade your Ram maybe?

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  11. ME Strauss says

    July 21, 2006 at 7:59 PM

    Hi Ah Pek,
    My Ram is getting old, you’re right about that! 🙂

    Reply
  12. Joe says

    July 21, 2006 at 8:59 PM

    Hey Liz,
    I didn’t think you would get it on the first try… 😉

    You will be the first to know what his reply is (if he replies)

    Reply
  13. ME Strauss says

    July 21, 2006 at 9:12 PM

    Hi Joe,
    I’ve got spies everywhere. 🙂
    I’ll be out at their offices next week. Good luck! I hop your reply is positive.

    Reply
  14. Joe says

    July 21, 2006 at 9:18 PM

    Thanks…
    ‘Nite ‘Nite

    Reply
  15. ME Strauss says

    July 21, 2006 at 9:19 PM

    Sweet dreams, Joe.
    Sleepy swell.

    Reply
  16. Cartel says

    July 23, 2006 at 12:52 PM

    Upgrade ram.

    Reply
  17. ME Strauss says

    July 23, 2006 at 3:23 PM

    Hi Cartel,
    If only I could upgrade the RAM in my head. That would solve so many problems. Maybe I should just adjust my vitual memory settings.

    Reply

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