Pick out 2 lower case letters, 2 upper case letters, 2 numbers, and 2 symbols. Assemble them in any order you want, but don’t have two of the same type of character next to each other. Here’s what I did:

Y+5m$D9i

Once you get this done, great job. You’ve got the core of your password figured out. And now it’s time to make this password unique for each website you create an account on.

Let’s say you join Facebook, and need a password. What you do is use your algorithm, but personalize it for Facebook by adding, for example, the first two letters and the last two letters of “Facebook” to the beginning, middle, or end of your password algorithm. Here’s an example (added to the middle):

Y+5mfaok$D9i

See the “faok” in the middle there? I got that by adding the first and last two letters of Facebook together (Facebook = fa + ok = faok).

Let’s try it again, this time with wealthyaffiliate.com:

Y+5mwete$D9i

Sweet! The password is always 12 characters long, and fits all the criteria for a strong password. And, you only have to memorize your algorithm, and once you’ve done that you’ll never have to memorize your passwords again.