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Dominic system

Hey kiddo, do you know what the Dominic System is? It's a technique that helps people remember numbers better. Let's break it down into super simple steps!

1. First, we need to assign a personality or a picture to the numbers from 00 to 99.

2. We can do this by imagining someone or something that represents each number. For example, 03 could be a tricycle, 16 could be a clown, and 42 could be a baseball player.

3. Now, let's pretend we want to remember the number 031642. We can use our imagination to create a story or a mental image using the personalities assigned to each digit. So, our story could be this - "A tricycle (03) rode up to a clown (16) who was juggling baseballs (42) while wearing a colorful hat (31)."

4. By creating this mental image, we can remember the number much better than just looking at a bunch of random digits.

5. This technique is called the Dominic System, named after a man named Dominic O'Brien, who used it to win several memory competitions.

So, there you have it, kid! The Dominic System is a fun way to remember numbers by associating them with people or pictures in our imagination.
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