Mastering Memory: Techniques to Turn Your Brain from a Sieve to a Sponge

by Chester Santos

Overview

Improve your memory immediately, using these proven techniques taught by a former US National Memory Champion.
 
Names.
Addresses.
Where you left your keys.
What would you like to remember?

Mastering Memory can help! Chester Santos, the 2008 US National Memory Champion and one of the foremost experts in the field, lays out his techniques for total recall, including the story method, the body method, the journey method, and the phonetic alphabet system. Santos presents his effective strategies in a lively and accessible way, focusing on their practical value to your career and your personal life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454920809
Publisher:	Puzzlewright
Publication date:	05/01/2018
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	486,331
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Chester Santos is the 2008 United States National Memory Champion and one of the world’s foremost experts on memory-training techniques. He has been featured in TheNew York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, and Wired, and has appeared on CNN, ABC, CBS, and in a miniseries about memory for NOVA on PBS. He holds a degree in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley, and is a highly sought-after international speaker who has addressed groups of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, and prestigious universities including the Royal University for Women in Bahrain, the Haas Graduate School of Business at UC Berkeley, and Harvard University. His iPhone® application, “Steel Trap,” was featured by Apple and became an instant worldwide bestseller. He also writes articles on memory improvement for AskMen.com. He currently lives in San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Editor's preface ix

Introduction xi

1 The Fundamental Rules Apply 1

2 Speak Like Cicero 15

3 Life's a Journey 23

4 Remember Names Like a Politician 31

5 Numbers Are All Around Us 43

6 Fun with the Presidents 57

7 School is Back in Session 65

8 Languages of the World 73

9 Let's Play Cards! 79

10 The Final Touches 87

11 The USA Memory Championship 95

Memory Workbook 103

Practice makes Perfect! 105

Advanced challenge: The United States 115

Advanced challenge: Europe 131

Acknowledgments 139

Index 140

About the author 144

Editorial Reviews

07/01/2018
Former U.S. National Memory Champion Santos claims that having razor-sharp recollection can assist readers in all areas of life, such as increasing rapport with others, demonstrating expertise, or playing cards. The author supplies numerous techniques—visualizing words, storing concepts in one's mind, and going on a journey—whereby readers can remember movies, statistics, and foreign languages. An especially helpful chapter offers step-by-step instructions for remembering names using repetition, imagination, and the "name game." The volume concludes with a Memory Workbook, challenges, and advanced challenges. VERDICT Useful tips for both young and old in building the ability to recall people, places, and things.

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