Memory Power

Some lecture on how to imporve memory power was arranged in our college once, and the resource person, started with a very effective statement, which I still remember."Any piece of information when it enters into the mind, it is just like, a small pin falling into ocean." That is, You can never retrieve it back if you simply throw a piece of information into mind.
Then how to get it back? How to remember things? The answer is, "You should relate". You should relate any newly entering information to the existing information that you can retrieve at your will. This relation acts as a net and if you know how to get to any point on this net, you can reach to the needed information however subtle it is.
Let me exemplify. Foriegners' names have been very hard for me to rememeber. I dont find any already exisitng memory thread to which I can add on this new name. In case of Indian names, I can atleast relate it to some meaning however obscure the meaning be.
One fine day I got a call from Gautham saying that he has joined a comany in Bangalore. I asked him the name of the company and he told me a foreign name. As always, I was not confident that I would remember it. (Also I was sure that I will have to pay heavily, if I dont remember.) So, I asked again. When I asked him twice or so, he realized my difficulty and came to my rescue. The company name was Mascon. He told me to relate it with ISCON( an organization known for the devotees of lord Krishna), and I could remember it well later.
The moral of the story: When you get a new piece of info need to be memorized, you link it with already memorized piece of information. Thats it. You will surely get it, whenever you want. That is the secret of memory power.