Simple Training Technique

I have just started reviewing a book for my next newsletter.

It is about employment, but the early stages go over the usual issues that affect a person a person with Asperger syndrome and how they then impact/play out in a work context: social interaction, communication, etc.

The key point the author makes in relation to thesse is the way they drain emotional energy and resource away from day-to-day tasks, performance and productivity.

One of the issues discussed is memory and the difficulty of trying to take on board and retain more than a few points or pieces of data at any one time.

Yesterday in the supermarket (stores for my American colleagues) my wife was asking me to go to the fruit and vegetable counter to select certain items.

I found myself feeling uncomfortable after she told me the second item (she was speaking fast so I was struggling to keep up and code)and asked her to stop after the third.

Thinking about it afterwards, I thought that this was a great memory training technique; one that I could extend at work.

I am going to ask her to do the same each time we go and make a conscious effort to slowly increase the number of items I can assimilate at any one time, as well as the related information, i.e., do not get under-ripe banannas!!!

I would be interested to hear if anyone else has identified and utilised any similar techniques?