Those are memory tricks to help you remember which way to pull the sticks in different orientations. Nothing wrong with starting with that, but it still takes lots of practice to have it come automatically to you. When you get into trouble (plane snaps out on you, cross wind flips you, etc.), panic ensues, and what's automatic to you will kick in. When I first started flying planes, I could tell you which way to pull the sticks in any orientation, IF I had 5 seconds to "put myself in the cockpit", and I wasn't flying at the time or scared $h!tless because I was about to crash.