I am currently working on a project memorizing 6,000 pieces of information.... Some days I get nothing done... Other days 50 pieces of data... Other days 300 pieces of data... But really my goal is to do SOMETHING every day. Even if it is a small amount. Because small things add up. (Side note -
A common objection to memory training is that it is too much work. That it is actually more information to remember than just remembering the info. Really? So was it too much work to learn the English language? I mean you had to learn the alphabet, sound out words and all that. How EXHAUSTING! Was
I fly a lot....a lot...I spend 100 nights every year in hotel beds...Here are a few rules for flying that I believe if everyone followed it would make traveling a lot more peaceful and avoid people saying, 'What an idiot!' and wishing you were at home and not the airport. 1. Just because you are
So you wish you could remember more? Well, then STOP saying...'I have a terrible memory.' "I am a terrible test taker.' 'I am not good with names.' 'I can't remember like I used to.' STOP...STOP...STOP!!!! In 2008, I emailed the then World Memory Champion, Ben Pridmore and asked him to give me his #1 piece
What do you want to memorize? Names, numbers, chapters of books, foreign languages, formulas or something else? The good news is you can. You can memorize anything you want. Really... The core of the system goes back to an ancient memory technique known as 'LOCI'. Basically this technique involves: 1. Number 25 pieces of furniture
I learned two lessons this week.... One cost me business and the other reinforced something I had known and it is all about energy drinks. I had a speech to give Thursday night and I knew I was going to be worn out from traveling. So Wednesday night at the convenience store I saw
10 years ago if you would have robbed me you would have just been practicing! I was so broke my reality check bounced! I was so broke I couldn't PAY attention! I was so broke I was hoping to make a little money so I could be poor...I had a $50,000 tax lien, no money
Yesterday I received a call from a magazine doing a story on how to remember your credit card at the bar. In other words, not go home and leave your card. The magazine was Cosmopolitan, which is important to the story. They said their solution was to order drinks that only start with
Today as I travel to Washington DC to give a memory training seminar for the United States Marine Corp! HOOYAH! I am watching what I eat and drink. Why? Because we all for the most part understand that there are foods GOOD for our memory (and I talk about those a lot - spinach, blueberries,
I have a challenge for you. I bet I can teach you to remember 3 times as many names. Test your currently level for name retention by going to http://www.memorise.org/names-faces-game Setting for game: 1. For an easier game select 'easy' or 'medium' level 2. Uncheck the box for last names and just try first names