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Reddit mentions of The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play
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- The Memory Book
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Yeah this sums it up pretty well and he talks about some pretty interesting cases of people with really good and really bad memories and whatnot. And I think the title might be a reference to his own system for remembering playing cards, which also involves creating a weird visual story.
There's a handful of books on it out there, but The Memory Book goes a lot more into the techniques you can use. Still whole-heartedly recommend Moonwalking with Einstein though!
Good luck!
Never do this again.
Aside from that, have an open mind and perhaps read an introductory anthropology book, as SF teams deal with cultural differences constantly. Also, read this and here's the book from that post.
All the guys I know in more specialized units say that these three PT approaches (or similiar) are very popular:
Horsemen: Very popular and free.
Gym Jones: Where it all began, Crossfit cultists will disagree however. Plans can be costly.
Military Athlete: Rock solid, affordable.
And from personal experience they all will make you better while vomiting every workout. It's okay if you have to work up to their intensity. I would also suggest building your water confidence.
Lastly, and this may sound silly but it has helped some friends, but go skydiving. Even if it is tandem where you are strapped to an instructor it will still help you mentally.
everything you need
you can also find a lot of Harry Lorayne books on the pirate bay if that's your thing
but here are some specific techniques: building and using a peg system, the mnemonic major system (remembering numbers), memory palace/method of loci
they take 10-20 minutes each to learn and they get faster to implement each time you do it. I memorize three things a day (almost always using a peg and the mnemonic major system.) I also need to memorize a standup act occasionally and for that I will use the memory palace.
Here is Harry Lorayne on Johnny Carson performing an incredible feat of remembering several hundred audience members names who he met earlier before the show. He's over 90 years old now and was interviewed last year and talked about how the beatings from his father for poor grades were the reason why he needed to improve his memory. He also discussed how he does it.
I must say that listening to that interview, he sounds just as sharp and quick as when he was on the Johnny Carson show so there may be something to health and longevity in conditioning your mind.
I'm in the same boat as you as I want to improve my memory because it's holding me back at work due to the necessity of remembering several table numbers (I work in a restaurant). So far I've come across Mega Memory by Kevin Trudeau. The reviews leave a mixed impression. Some state his methods work, others state that his book is based on the books by Harry Lorayne such as The Memory Book and others state that he's a fraud. Not sure what to make of it yet but wishing you the best of luck!
You have to make a ridiculously funny and unrealistic story in your head with some keywords. The mind has a tendency to remember unusual things, and anyone can exploit that to their advantage. If you do this well, not only will you remember it correctly, but you will be able to recite it backwards, or from any point in any direction. For example, let's say you have to memorize 10 words such as:
etc.
Imagine an airplane in the sky, which turns out that it's not actually an airplane but a flying tree with people in it, and one of the passengers is holding Scooby-Doo etc.
The most important is to create a strong mental link between those couple of key words by visualizing what you imagine. The same works for longer paragraphs - just remember a key word and this should automatically recall what follows, and what's before it.
Got this from The Memory Book. Works miracles.
https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Book-Classic-Improving-School/dp/0345410025
excellent step, i actually did this with my wife last year as our new year's resolution.
what we did is write out one/two lines of bani per day on a flash card and memorize up to that point and then keep increasing slowly every day. on weekends take a break for it all to sink in.
for example, on day one, you will write down, read out loud for a set interval of time (say 15 minutes) and memorize the mool mantar on a flash card.
day two you will write down the first pauri on another flash card and read out loud mool mantar + first pauri, and keep incrementing slowly every day depending on how well you are at memorizing and your retention. on weekends, just review what you've memorized up to that point and start again on mondays.
this works very well especially when you're doing it together with wife/brother/sister/etc. it's like going to the gym together with your buddy and it helps to stay motivated by doing it together.
on particular lifehacks, that varies from person to person depending on if you're a visual person (i'm not but my wife is) or analytical person (i am but my wife isn't) and there's a variety of tricks available.
some pauris are easy to memorize because they're very similar or start with the same word and almost all of bani rhymes. other pauris are more difficult so you take them slow. continue to recite in your head throughout the day whenever you have some free minutes available (e.g. waiting in line at the bank, etc.).
as you start to do it more and more, your brain will actually start to get better at it and you'll be able to memorize more per day.
in general what has worked well for me is memorizing the first word and first letter of every word, making mnemonics, and just brute force memorizing and the rest flows-in.
in more difficult parts, try to associate each word of bani with a particular object, person, place or thing you can visualize. also, certain parts have a particular theme, so knowing what the theme is also helps you remember the individual components.
as for a book, this one i have at home and it has a lot of techniques available and has helped me memorize much in general. it's a very cheap book and it might be available in your local library.
congratulations on taking a very big and important step and all the best to you.
THIS THIS THIS
I used a different book with FANTASTIC results. Taught me to remember scan codes for a warehouse I worked in, retain much more information reading, card counting, lists, etc etc etc. You learn how to solve any memory problem. ANYTHING!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0345410025/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495992703&sr=8-1&pi=SL75_QL70&keywords=harry+lorayne+memory
I carried around a chart for a while and eventually didn't need it. I learned it from this book.
Yes, like baking bread. How the hell do you make a card for "add 2 cups flour"???
Firstly, I try to avoid list cards if at all possible. But sometimes you just gotta learn how to make bread. Mnemonics, especially the method of Loci, I have found to be particularly helpful in memorizing lists. If you are interested, this is the book that got me started with mnemonics. Very interesting and easy read.
My favorite source for Anki related background, techniques and information on how to "Anki" is Gwern's science and evidence based recommendations on Anki techniques.
The 20 rules of effective learning have some good advice on how to learn, as recommended by u/rsanek below. This website is very popular on this sub for a reason, and they specifically recommend mnemonics as well (See #7, the card memorization trick they use as an example is a method of Loci technique, and it really is easy if you practice for a week or so!)
Please check out this book: The Memory Book.
I can speak from experience as someone who was on medicine that screwed up my memory, this book is FAN-tastic.
Also check out the author's other books...
Get this book
http://www.amazon.com/Memory-Book-Classic-Improving-School/dp/0345410025/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1322801875&sr=8-7
And this book
http://www.amazon.com/Breakthrough-Rapid-Reading-Peter-Kump/dp/073520019X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322801891&sr=8-1
Study little, know a lot. Memorization techniques cut my study time in half, and because I could memorize instantly I only had to read something once, and very fast at that.
some places to start:
www.luminosity.com
www.mindtools.com learning tools section
http://amzn.com/0345410025
I think a good memory is very useful. I believe that a good memory was one of my biggest advantages in high school, as it meant that I could do well in classes while spending very little time.
One technique I suggest researching: the memory palace.
If you want to learn even more, this book looks good: https://smile.amazon.com/Memory-Book-Classic-Improving-School/dp/0345410025
About the memory thing, memory tricks are actually pretty great. I remember there used to be this really comprehensive online site that covered all the usual tactics, but (ironically) I cannot remember it. It more or less parallels the strategies of this book. Here is a quick example of the link system. Try to apply it to any long list, and see that you'll be able to recall it quite well in an hour, a day, etc. That's the most basic system and it gets more intricate from thereon.
You could make improving your memory an exercise in work ethic, too :) Discipline is actually supposed to be trained like a muscle: little by little, but it becomes fatigued and so in the short-term it wears out. Don't overdo it!
Here's how I survived college (virtually every subject): The Memory Book. These are techniques that memory champions use (those dudes who memorize Pi to 1000s of digits and stuff like that). Surprisingly easy to learn.
Sure, I’d be happy to share.
I’ve only selected courses for semesters 1 & 2 for now. If there’s interest, I can update my list later on.
To give some context, my intention is to specialize in International Trade at the level of small to medium sized business. So while these first couple semesters are pretty standard business fundamentals, in semester 4 you’ll notice I start to choose courses based on developing specific skill sets that are applicable to my objectives.
I’ve ignored several courses which would be important for someone looking to get a complete and well rounded business education, but don’t seem critical for my goals.
Some courses I’ve skipped: Ethics (lol), Information Systems, Project Management, Calculus, Econometrics, Corporate Finance, Political Economics, Cyber Security, Human Resources.
Okay, on to the curriculum...
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I am about to embark on a lengthy 1-2yr education so for me it makes sense to brush up on academics skills as force multipliers for my efforts later on. This section is totally optional though and not part of any business school curriculum.
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Business 101
Math - Algebra
Accounting
MicroEconomics
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Marketing
MacroEconomics
Finance
Math - Statistics
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Operations Management
Supply Chain Management
International Business
Game Theory
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E-commerce
Product Design
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Negotiations
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Global Supply Chain Management
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International Business Law