The Magnetic Memory Method Podcast

Don't you hate it when people spew nonsense about YOUR attention span? I sure do. Especially when it comes to games of comparison that don't hold water. Like the terrible story people keep repeating about your attention span being shorter than that of a goldfish. Oh, Is It Now… Really? Who on earth comes up with these ideas? Certainly not people with short attention spans. In fact, it must have taken a good deal of consideration to come up with the attention span calculation of this long suffering species of fish. In fact, the Great Gold Fish Attention Span Myth has quite a long history. And what, dear Memorizer, should we suppose goldfish have in life so worthy of attention? After all… Goldfish Float Around In Glass Bowls! Of Course They Have A Short Attention Span! You, on the other, live in a world filled with all kinds of vibrating and exciting things to which you can direct your attention. And you do. Novels… Movies… Books… Video games… Singing a song… Concerts… Sports… Looking at your pay stubs… Gazing into someone's eyes… Pillow fights… Making coffee… Talking about yourself… Eating chocolate… My point? When you're interested in something… You Have An Abundance Of Attention! Not only that, but when you're interested and motivated or the stakes are high, your attention span is tremendously elastic. The trouble is… People are gullible. They hear that their attention span is shrinking and start repeating it. To themselves. To others. In fact, so many of us are willing to spread nonsense as far and wide as possible that… The B.S. Quickly Becomes A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Well, I'm here to tell you that this false story needs correcting. And I'm not alone. As this article on the goldfish attention span with demonstrates, there's simply no good reason to believe this myth. And since it's B.S. that harms the human race, we need to correct and eliminate the myth. Fast. Here are three reasons why: 1. Your Attention Span Is Defined By One Person And One Person Only You. Seriously. It's your brain. Your eyes. Your lips. Your lungs. Your tongue. And you can train your brain to focus and concentrate on having the most profound and bulletproof attention span on the planet. All you have to do is train it. Stop giving in to Digital Amnesia (check out that link and start practicing Digital Fasting today). Own it. Cultivate it. Craft the attention span that you want to have. If you can't practice with your own sunrise, try mine: No matter how you practice extending your attention span… Here's the truth of the matter: You're the only one who can do it. And if at the start, you find that you can't focus or concentrate… A simple meditation practice with a bit of memory training will help. Don't take my word for it. All the science supporting meditation is here on my post about How to Improve Concentration and Memory Buddha Style. 2. Unlike A Goldfish… You Can Observe Your Attention Span Okay, to be fair, we really don't know if goldfish are capable of self-observation or not. But chances are the last thing they're doing while floating around their little bowls has anything to do with self-reflection. As a human, you're unique. You can observe yourself. You can measure your assets. What you can measure, you can improve. Example: Let's say that you're in lecture and struggling to pay attention. In addition to learning the Magnetic Memory Method approach to note taking… You can also keep an Attention Span Journal. You can journal about lectures you've attended, or books you've read. Like how about one of these? As you fill out your Attention Span Journal, think about what's triggering the problem. Is it your REALLY your attention span? Or is it the fact that your smart phone is on and you're either being interrupted by notifications… Or on the alert for notifications? Be Honest About It You'll probably find that there's nothing wrong with your attention span. Quite the opposite. Your attention span is fine, but it's primed to pay attention to the wrong things. 3. You Have A Trillion Interesting And Exciting Things To Learn Yes, we sometimes have to learn topics that bore us. But there are strategies for coping with the boredom. Here are five ways to deal with boring topics you might have to study. Even better than the self-hypnosis I teach for dealing with boring information: You can feed your brain with topics that DO interest you. If you're so bored with the information you're consuming that it can't hold your attention for longer than six seconds… Simply switch it off and study something else instead! The cold, hard truth is that many people seek careers that will never fulfill them. They're after financial security. They're trying to please their families. They're Playing Not To Lose Instead Of Playing To Win That's no good. It goes against your normal and natural human impulse to do the things you really want to do. And here, right now, in the 21st century, you can create systems that will let you live the life you want to lead. Yes, you have to play to win. And that means taking on some risk. But what would you rather have at the end of the day? The attention span of a goldfish because you're bored senseless by the life you've chosen to lead… Or A Razor-Sharp Attention Span That Cuts Through All The Clutter? I hope you're ready to choose yourself and the path to personal power. Why? Because when it comes to the Magnetic Memory Method, oh sure… memory techniques will help you. It's actually impossible for them not to help you, even if you're a skeptic of memory techniques. But the reality is this: They'll help you even better if you align them with authentic goals. That dream life whispering or screaming at you from deep inside. Many people have silenced that voice… Others can't shut it up, and suffer deeply as a result… Yet others have channeled that beautiful energy into amazing careers. You Too Can Fulfill All Your Dreams Using The Simple Power Of Your Memory Here's a simple exercise demonstrated live: Start exercising your autobiographical memory. As I go through my early memories, I'm unpacking so much creativity, so much energy, so much joy. In your past, you'll discover so much about yourself. You'll discover so many people you've known. So many places you've been. Even better, you'll realize that you always have all the assets you need to accomplish any goal or need. Right now. But if you don't mine your past for the gold… You'll Be Stuck Swimming With The Fishes Of Your Own Invention Frankly, I find that outcome unacceptable. It goes completely against all ethics, morality and the Paradise of Multiple Intelligences we learned about from Tony Buzan brimming inside each and every person in the world. What must you have to do to unpack your glorious multiple intelligences? The answer is easy: Use them! Often! Proudly! The Number One Reason People Stay In The Goldfish Bowl You know the answer, don't you? It's confidence. People lack confidence for a number of reasons. Maybe they had poor childhood experiences… Maybe some disease crippled their bodies… Maybe they have a speech impediment… Whatever. None of those issues have stopped the best of the best from succeeding. And yet when you accept a limiting story about your attention span, you're the most crippled person on the planet. How To Gain Confidence In Anything Faster Than The Speed Of Light Two steps: 1. Understand D.O.C. D.O.C. is an acronym. It stands for: Doing is the Origin of Confidence It really is that simple. If you want to gain confidence in an activity, all you have to do is get started. Most of us are spooked by unfamiliar territory. Me too, quite frankly. But if there's one thing that distinguishes those who playing to win from those playing not to lose is this: They enter the darkness. And simply being in the darkness sheds more light on the unknown than you'll ever need. Then comes the next trick I've got for you: 2. Don't Give Up At The First Sign Of Trouble You know why it's so lonely at the top? Because 99.9% of people who enter a field of mastery give up at the first sign of trouble. Why? Barbara Oakley cites evidence in Mindshift that it has a lot to do with the insular cortex. That scientific fact creates one illuminating and elucidating power: The pain you feel when something feels hard or doesn't go right the first time? Completely Normal! And all you have to do to get accustomed to it is simply try again. What you're looking for is something quite simple. It's called a "quick victory." Sometimes you get them straight up. Other times, the quick victory doesn't come so quick. To be fair, there may be times when the quick victory isn't coming at all. When To Cut Your Losses Without The Shame Of Giving Up Look: I'm not preaching that you should bang your head against the wall. There's no use in doing that. Ever. But as you give things several good tries and observe yourself in the process, you'll know that it's time to back out based on one simple metric: The Magnetic Memory Method P.I. (No, Not 'Private Investigator') Basically, you have to learn a bit more about what gives you pleasure, and the different kinds of pleasure available to you and your brain. For example, there is the satisfaction of a hard day's work. Or there is the feeling of being in "the zone." It could also be the feeling of progressing towards a goal by knocking off milestones, one at a time. And as you knock off those milestones, you're documenting the process like an artist in a sketchbook so you can see your progress. (One reason I highly recommend The Freedom Journal.) Whatever you do, you need to create a Pleasure Index. Know what turns you on. What rattles your cage. Discover the signs and symptoms of growth and celebrate each and every one. This Is How Attention Span Grows And Grows Nietzsche pointed out that the human species will always need myths. But we don't need to blindly accept them. Rather, we can choose the myths we use to guide our progress through life. In place of the goldfish attention span myth, why not pick something more empowering? Be like an arrow flying toward a goal. Or be like the hawk, observant of every movement in the field, hunting only those objects that sustain self and family. Otherwise, we all risk living a disempowered life. And the moments that filter past while we're spinning circles in the fishbowl? They're never coming back. I'd rather be up in the sky, soaring over the world and basking in the fullest possible attention span the human brain can achieve. It's so quiet up here where the better myths of human psychology fly free. Join us. The post 3 Reasons We Must Destroy The Human Goldfish Attention Span Myth appeared first on Magnetic Memory Method - How to Memorize With A Memory Palace.

Don't you hate that feeling of linguistic deskilling? You know the kind I mean… The feeling that you're losing command over your language. It could be a language you've learned… Or even your mother tongue that starts to slip. I've experienced both kinds of linguistic deskilling. In fact, when I listen to the Magnetic Memory Method Podcast episodes during the Berlin years vs. those recorded in Brisbane… The difference is shocking, because: You Really Can Lose Command Of Your Mother Tongue! Seriously. It can happen to anyone, including memory experts skilled in conference interpreting. In fact, it's even happened to me. Near the end of my time in Berlin, I spoke English so infrequently, I was gradually losing my mother tongue. Worse, when I did speak English, it was usually over Skype. Nothing wrong with that, right? Wrong. Telecommunication is great, but it starves the brain of so many non-verbal cues. Sure, the pros outweigh the cons, but… All The Pros In The World Can't Defeat The Force Of Linguistic Deskilling! I first realized I had this problem when I read about linguistic deskilling in Mindshift by Barbara Oakley. At the time, I had no particular means of combatting the problem. After all, the people in Berlin with whom I spoke English tended not to be native speakers. That meant I would pick up their habits with English. Even crazier, my English often took on the characteristics of German grammar. And that was especially bad when I found myself speaking English with my wife and making all kinds of mistakes she would then incorporate into how she used English. Even more alarming, I was about to embark on an adventure in Beijing, completely unaware of how long we'd be spending in the city. Of course, the excursion was great for my Chinese! Neither of my in-laws speak English and only a handful of April's relatives know it well enough to string along a conversation. I was forced to listen like a hawk and speak Chinese a lot. All Of It Chipped Away At My English I don't mean to exaggerate the problem. But more and more I felt as though I was reaching for words in English that normally would have leapt to mind. The Ugly Sister Effect also seemed more prevalent than ever. But within a few weeks of settling in Brisbane, I noticed that the lumps in my English pipes seemed to clear. Then something great happened: The bumbling around that had become so characteristic on the podcast seemed to completely disappear! It was like the difference between day and night. Until… Language Learning Tragedy Strikes! The problem with winning back English and narrowing my focus on Chinese? I began experiencing the deskilling of my German. I knew it was coming, which is why I was careful to enact the Dieter Dictum. The Language-Preserving Power Of The Dieter Dictum Dieter is my former father-in-law. Odd how divorce and re-marriage shifts these people around, but I'll always think of Dieter as a father-in-law no matter what. And there's no reason not to, what with the ex and I remaining such good friends. Anyhow, Dieter moved around a lot in his career and apparently he once told my ex-wife something I've never forgotten: Responsibility for keeping in touch falls on the shoulders of the one who left. That's why, even with its lack of verbal cues, I make sure to spend time with friends on Skype at least 2-3 times a month. Put in the context of linguistic deskilling… 1. It's Your Responsibility To Maintain Ties With The Languages You Want To Preserve And you need to do it in multiple ways, ideally ones that harness all of The Big Five Of Language Learning: When it comes to maintaining and even flourishing an attainment of fluency, you'll need at least three of these 4 Cs: Community Culture Concepts Clapping (i.e. Recognition and reward in the form of encouraging applause that you meaningfully deserve) To be honest, I haven't quite cracked the code on how to get this for German in Brisbane. That's because… 2. Effective Learning Experiences Should Align With Your Values I was so excited when I discovered the Brisbane German Book Club. And after discovering its existence, I had just time enough to prepare by reading Im Krebsgang by Günter Grass. Just that one book alone would easily satisfy all of the Four Cs. With a short book review written auf Deutsch, I would have easily covered all of the Big Five of Language Learning too. The problem…? Culture be damned, I'm sick of reading depressing stories about war, terrorism and broken families. Burning Torches Of Negativity Sucks In All Languages And it turns out that the next few months feature similarly downer texts at a time I'm craving light-hearted literature – or at least darker stuff from a more Romantic era. There Are Always Solutions Turns out there is a Saturday German school for beginning students just up the street. I might be able to preserve my skills by pitching in and offering to help. And then there is always the option of language learning online, despite its many deficits. The important point is that, there's little to be gained from frustrating or boring language maintenance materials. Instead… 3. Align Language Learning Materials With Your Interests As I continue searching for German-speaking community in Brisbane, it's important to keep exposure to the language high. And since I'll need to await for some alignment with the local German bookclub, I performed a simple inventory of what I'm currently interested in. Turns out that my current fave topic, Advaita Vedanta, is also loved by Germans. So much so that there is an abundance of books and videos on the topic. The best part? German speakers discuss topics in ways that English speakers do not. Sure, the differences aren't that huge, but listening to discussions on this topic in German still opens perspectives that I doubt ever would have come alive in a thousand years of English study. (Often German Wikipedia entries, such as the one on vedanta are either more detailed, better prepared and or peppered with richer/alternative hyperlinks not featured on the English pages.) Why Does This Exposure Matter? Because when you can study a topic in a different language, you're getting perspectives from people who have read dozens, if not hundreds of books in their native tongue that have never been translated into yours. Chances are they never will be. And if you fail to keep up with that language you learned and let linguistic dskilling have its way… You risk missing out on more than just the joys of communicating in that language. Worse, you risk losing the myriad of worlds each language contains. The solution? Memory of course. Here's how to get it on your side: The post 3 Language And Memory-Preserving Ways To Combat Linguistic Deskilling appeared first on Magnetic Memory Method - How to Memorize With A Memory Palace.

Let's face it. Everyone has fantasized about having a memory implant. You know the kind: A small, unobtrusive thing, patched directly into your brain … … capable of letting you learn and remember at miraculous speeds. Heck, maybe this neural implant or brain prosthesis (whatever you want to call it), doesn't even need to break the skin. It may even be possible that your memory could be manipulated by radio waves or some other external signal. But until that time, unless you've already decided you're going to be the first in line … Here are 7 reasons why memory implants are probably going to suck. #1. Memory Implants Won't Eliminate Practice I conduct a lot of surveys here at the Magnetic Memory Method headquarters. And that scene from The Matrix … … comes up a lot. The problem is: People don't watch the movie for what it's really saying and the true metaphor about the value of training and journeying we can extract from the tale: Downloading IS NOT Learning! Not only does Neo have to get into the dojo and spar with Morpheus as a form of "accelerated practice" … … Morpheus next cajoles Neo into jumping off a building, part of a chain of events that causes the "real" Neo to bleed. Morpheus then tricks Neo with the woman in the red dress, proving again that downloading isn't enough. Far From It! The mind still needs to be trained. The mind still needs practice. And let me ask you something: What is Neo's ultimate showdown with Agent Smith other than another training exercise? An exercise that actually requires Neo to die before he experiences an awakening … … That leads to two sequels where he needs to practice being Neo even more until he can surrender his life to the war between humans and machines and finally die. And even then, some people reckon that Neo's not really the one: The point is this: When people fantasize that a memory chip implanted in their brains is going to give them knowledge … They're just plain wrong about the definition of knowledge. Knowledge may well involve things you can store and retrieve … But at its core … Knowledge Is The Ongoing Practice Of Knowledge And that knowledge/practice coupling should ideally become better practice over time. But it can only be earned through consistent acts of practice, consistently applied. The level of learning most people want will never be instant. It will always require practice over time. And it will always involve an interesting combination of weaving and navigation as you create the paths you travel. I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. - Bruce LeeClick To Tweet Understanding takes time. Even understanding must be practiced through consistent contemplation. Yes, Yes, But I Still Want To Know … Is There A Shortcut? As a matter of fact, yes there is. A short cut even better than the shortcut many people seek. The only (and best) shortcut to contemplation is memory techniques. Learn them a.s.a.p.! Why? So you can STOP dithering around with the consumption process and get on with processing information. No computer can do that for you. Ever. That's entirely on you. #2: If You Think Advertising Is Bad Now … A lot of people whine and complain about advertising. Sadly, this kvetching often comes from the same people who sacrifice hours of their time to social media and mindless television. To tell you the truth, it kind of makes me miss the PBS days … What people who complain about advertising don't realize is that this big media platforms are chewing up your attention span by selling ads … … and THEN telling content creators how to make their content in ways that serve ads better and more frequently. Serve ads better – not necessarily you. And you had better believe that the first thing they're going to do if implants succeed is erect billboards in your head. At least now we can fend off Digital Amnesia by digital fasting. But once the branded devices are fused with your brain, you'll be the walking receptacle of advertising you can't switch off. #3. The Nightmares Of Hardware Maintenance … In The Flesh! Taking care of our human bodies is hard enough. People do a better job with their pets and vehicles a lot of the time. And since we know the implant market will follow the trends of manufacturing processes, there will be an ongoing attempt to make the hardware as cheap as possible to maximize profits … Think about that. Do you really want a brain prosthesis built in a sweatshop constantly breaking down and rotting in your head? When you could simply learn memory techniques and have way more than you ever need? Plus, bad people will be constantly trying to hack into your implant. And the first place they'll go is your passwords manager, while also working to put your entire brain on the fritz. #4. Medical Maintenance Monstrosities And that's just the tech side of the equation. Imagine a hacker being able to cause electrical shocks or worse, simply by writing a line of code and "email thinking" it at you? Someone writing a "Brain Aneurysm" virus is almost a certainty. And it would be so medically disgusting. Or disgustingly erotic, as David Cronenberg envisioned the human-computer interface in eXistenZ: #5: It Could Become Very Expensive (Even Deadly) NOT To Have A Memory Implant Don't have an implant? Too bad, kemosabe. You'll have to go live in the camps. Assuming the scientist can solve all the biotech problems I've just predicted, I foresee even worse problems. For example, what will it matter if you have all the currency in the world, if you don't have the brain implant by which it is traded? Just as we are all now forced to have email accounts to do just about anything, social trends may wind up forcing a majority to adopt a thoroughly unhealthy implant just to keep up with the joneses. This Problem May Lead To All Kinds Of Terrifying New Governance We already see how slowly sovereign powers around the world have risen to deal with the Internet. And we see more and more control over this precious tool that will lead to greater control over the inside of our minds and memory if we allow wired neuralinking and the government lurking behind it to penetrate our skulls. Pause: In case you missed it, we were jamming on related topics with reference to everything from Jacques Ellul to the Unabomber to Videodrome on this Magnetic Memory Method YouTube Live. Feel free to enjoy the replay: #6: Memories Are Generated, Not Recorded Okay, enough Sci-fi … Another big reason brain prosthetics will suck is that our brains don't record memories. They encode them, breaking them apart for reconstruction later. It's a chemical process that can be guided by thought (itself produced out of the chemical brain). But if an implant "records" a memory for you, then it is not encoded. This will atrophy those beautiful parts of your brain, mind and willpower that need the fitness. Those parts of your brain need fitness as badly as the muscles in your arms and legs need pushups and squats. Just walk around: Couldn't more people use more physical fitness? Just talk to people: Aren't most conversations a series of statements like, "I'll have to look that up and send it to you"? Well, having an implant in your brain might make it possible to perform a quick search and send a thought email … … And heck, why not thought-Tweet it to everyone in the world at the same time? … That Will Only Create More Noise Worse, we'll suffer even fewer instances of meaningful information consumption. More twitchy people who are less and less interesting to talk to. Because now instead of constantly monitoring their phones in the middle of conversations, they're zoning out from inside their heads. #7: Non-Wired People Already Struggle With The Failure To Disconnect What will they do when it becomes impossible to unplug? Download and scan Orwell through their minds, and in a Neo-esque moment of triumph, proclaim, "I know 1984?" Not likely. Is There An Upshot? Sure. Through neural implanting, blind people have been able to experience sight. Valuable triumphs like these have been going on for a very long time. Perhaps there is even hope for brain lesions, curing Alzheimer's and other problems that plague humanity. But as science discovers more ways of fusing technology with the brain through neuralinking, neural implants and the like, let's understand this: The brain is not now and never will be technology. Even if a strong enough neuralink is established, people who fantasize that machines will learn on their behalf completely misunderstand what memory and learning mean and how practical, everyday life will define it. And nothing will ever replace the amazing feeling of being accomplished in several areas of interest, skill and aspects of human and scientific knowledge. Don't Want Those Things? No Problem. (Or Is It The Biggest Problem In The World?) Keep playing with your apps and fantasizing that spaced repetition software is the path to a truly powerful memory. Go ahead and be the first in line when the chopshops open up to perform neural implant surgery. Let the surveillance parameters of both computer hacker criminals and government and the marketers they barely control have at it. I'll point out in conclusion that humans are very poor at predicting the future, including me. But whatever direction this project of neural implanting takes us, just don't call it memory. The great tradition of memory techniques and the current Mnemonics Renaissance only holds meaning through our own acts of preservation through practice and practice as preservation. The post 7 Reasons Having A Memory Implant Would Really Suck appeared first on Magnetic Memory Method - How to Memorize With A Memory Palace.

Tired of note taking techniques during lectures that sound like they'll be effective … …but ultimately fail to help you remember information? You know the kind: The ideas look good, but … not exactly something you would ever do. And every time you try some new note taking technique … No matter what, all of them seem to lead to one place: You … writing down loooooong strings of notes verbatim. It's usually boring, and (stand by for truth pill) … Boring Note Taking Rarely Works! It gets worse: These boring note taking styles mean that you're always struggling to keep up. You often wind up missing huge sections of the lecture and struggle to reconstruct what was said from the notes. And if you're anything like me, you don't want to struggle with your memory! Pause for a second. Do you have time for a quick question? Do you like live discussions? Here's one about note taking that I think you'll enjoy: We had some great questions and contributions on the call and some really interesting books and resources were mentioned. Click play and see if this kind of learning experience suits you! Back to our regular scheduled blog post: If you're tired of struggling with your memory after note taking, then you're in the right place. I'm going to give you some counter-intuitive note taking techniques to try. Some of them even tap into episodic memory and how to improve it (check out that post and Magnetic Memory Method Podcast episode for 4 super-powerful episodic memory exercises). But please understand the following … This is The Brutal Truth About Note Taking Techniques You can read all the articles on note taking in the world, but it's never the note taking techniques that should take the blame when you fail to remember information. There are other factors at play and they all meet in one central place: You. So if you're taking lecture notes verbatim, that's the first thing that should change. This practice is taking you out of the presence of the information at a moment when your focus should be on its source. To help you increase your focus and memory, get ready for techniques that I've used myself to remember more and develop tremendous confidence in any subject area. The 6 Guiding Principles That Govern Magnetic Note Taking But before diving into my Magnetic Note Taking Techniques, let's take a step back and look at a few other factors. We need to be aware of them for one simple reason: All the best note taking techniques in the world won't help you for even a second if you haven't got the following aspects handed. After all, your note taking can only ever be as good as the state in which the notes were taken. 1. Be well rested Seriously. I'm on YouTube Live every once in awhile, and always astounded by how late some learners in the world stay up. I don't care what note taking techniques you use. They all suffer if you're tired.Click To Tweet And exhaustion means this: No note taking efforts in the world can help the information enter your mind at the highest possible level. We can't properly pay attention to what we're learning when we're tired and often wind up taking notes about unimportant details. But when you're well-rested, you pay closer attention to the information that matters. This raised level of awareness already makes every note taking technique you try instantly better. To help you get a better rest and benefit from the improved memory abilities sleep creates, check out this Magnetic Memory Method Podcast episode on sleep and memory improvement. 2. Nutrition and Hydration Foods that improve memory aren't hard to find. Luckily, many of us don't have a hard time finding water either. We don't need to dwell on this topic for long, but please understand that your brain shrinks when it's not properly hydrated. Many foods deplete your hydration. By making a few simple dietary changes and drinking more water, your note taking abilities will go way up automatically. 3. Fitness and Meditation Your brain is a physical entity. The more you exercise it, the greater focus you'll experience. Likewise, meditation primes your brain to pay attention and remember more. Meditation improves concentration and memory too. 4. Knowledge of how memory works Note taking skills work better if you know about the Primacy Effect and Recency Effect. You're much more likely to remember the beginning and end of a lecture, for example. But even if these general rules don't fall in your favor, the forgetting curve will take its toll unless you do something about it. The science of memory, particularly as it stands in support of a Memory Palace approach, should be covered immediately. It will add a great deal to how you think of note taking from a meta level. Never forget: practical tips are great, but understanding why the tips work is golden. Using tips based on understanding makes you and your memory Magnetic. 5. Be Prepared We'll talk in a moment about pre-reading, but as a global point, too many learners show up to lectures unprepared. As a student myself, I can't tell you the amount of times I heard people asking, "what's this week's lecture about?" That should never be the question on your lips. You should know the syllabus or plan inside and out so that your brain is primed and prepared to lock-in on the most salient points. Seriously: If you want to help yourself remember more, stack the chips in your favor by reading as much as possible in advance. Heck, you can even email the speaker and ask what you should read to be better prepared if it isn't already clear to you. I'd even suggest pushing for more suggestions. Even if you only have time to skim over the suggested material, you're feeding your brain with velcro hooks. And the more hooks you have before you show up, the more material will stick. 6. Know Your Learning Preferences Finally, a huge shortcoming to all note taking is that many people aren't aware of their learning preferences. They don't know if they're primarily visual, auditory, kinesthetic or conceptual. And when you lack that knowledge, you can't determine your MMM Learning Hierarchy. I'll be talking a lot about how to do this in a new book I'm releasing. For now, just understand that you probably have a sensory preference of which you're unaware. The following techniques on offer here reflect some of mine. Regardless of how I learn, the most important thing is this: Experiment with different note taking techniques based on your MMM Learning Hierarchy. You'll quickly find yourself remembering more when you honor the way your brain prefers to learn by matching your note taking approach to these preferences. Heck, you might even find yourself focusing and concentrating on your studies like a Zen Master. WARNING! You're about to discover some of my most prized – and totally counterintuitive – techniques for taking notes at lectures. These are significantly different from how I would take notes from a book. You can explore that approach here on my podcast and infographic about How to Memorize a Textbook. Everything in that teaching applies here as well, provided that you take your notes on index cards or move them over to index cards. None of the techniques you are about to discover are mutually exclusive. You can use some of them at the same time. You can even use all of them to varying degrees in the same lecture. But what you should never do is experiment with new note taking techniques when the stakes are high. Like gambling, only try something new when you can afford to lose. With that caveat in place, here are … My Favorite And Most Magnetic Note Taking Techniques For Lectures 1. Release Yourself From Note Taking To be honest, I often prefer not to take notes at all if I can avoid it. At least … not the first time around. How is avoiding note taking possible? How is it even responsible? Desirable? Especially when you're someone dumping thousands of dollars into a university education, a certification course or other live educational event. Easy. Just press record. Many speakers will allow you to record their talks. And when you can record, you can simply release yourself to absorb the information without distracting yourself with the need to capture any of it. I know this is counter intuitive, but it's well worth practicing. I suggest that you go to a few public lectures where you don't need to remember anything and then use the room as a Memory Palace as you listen. Don't know how to create a Memory Palace? No problem. Just grab my: Once you have the Memory Palace tool working in your favor, cool things can start to happen. When you remove the consequences of forgetting and then think back to the lecture and allow yourself to remember, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by what comes back. It's almost as if you've said to your memory, "Go ahead and forget everything. It will be fine." Of course, you're not actually saying that, and this "reverse psychology" could backfire. But by releasing the outcome, you'll likely focus more on the proceedings and remember more by default. Pros: You can practice being more present in the room and using a Memory Palace. Allowing yourself to recall information without notes provides you with profoundly powerful memory exercise. Cons: Things can go wrong with recording devices. But if you have a solid network of friends, they can supply you with their notes and commentary. 2. Take Notes From The Recording Recordings are powerful assets. You can listen to them anytime you want in the future, as many times as you want. And you can take notes at your leisure with one powerful asset: You're encountering the information for the second time, not the first. You've already got the broad overview, and you've primed your memory with reverse psychology. And you're also in a position to listen more strategically. Plus, when you take notes from the recording, you're able to do it in a preferred environment free from the distractions of other people in the room. You're even free from the visual distractions created by many speakers themselves. Pros: You can review recordings as often as you wish. If you like 2x-ing your content, you can listen to it faster on the second review. You can also pause the recording so that you're taking notes without missing out on any of the information yet to come. Cons: Speakers often don't prepare lectures for the purpose of creating recordings. Their lack of intention to perform for your posterity can make the recording slow, punctuated by "dead air" and filled with the sounds of people and paper shuffling. 3. Minimize Notes, Maximize Creativity Although I do like to attend lectures and take no notes at all, I still always have a notebook. And in that notebook, I like to doodle. I've doodled in lecture halls around the world. And it's also a great activity while watching or listening to recorded lectures. The longer the lecture and the more attention they require, the more I find doodling beneficial. Why? Because long content can make me fidgety. No matter how enthralling it is, I like to be moving. The best part? Drawing doesn't exclude note taking. Rather, it shapes and informs it. As I draw, I write down keywords and notes that seem interesting to me and useful for further exploration. In a way, doodling while paying attention to information is like mindmapping, but without creating a deliberate mindmap. It also helps me focus on the information as it flows in real time without being distracted by writing down things said seconds or minutes ago while new information is accumulating. Wow – Cool! Two Kinds Of Drawing There are also different kinds of drawing that are useful. I would divide these between doodling abstract shapes and forms and drawing characters. For many years, I drew abstractions almost entirely. Then I started drawing figures. Doctor Fuse Less is one figure in particular who came up in my notebooks again and again. In either case, I found that by drawing the same things repetitively while focusing on lectures helped me focus even more on the material. It's being creative and giving the body something to do without creating anything from scratch. This lowers the cognitive drain of the doodling and maximizes how it can focus your attention like a laser on what you're learning. After that, the keywords you write down on the page are triggers or catalysts for remembering what was discussed. Pros: You increase your focus on the content. You give your memory exercise by letting it decode keywords you've made, rather than having to read through hastily written notes later. Cons: You might struggle to decode the keywords you noted down. You also might get better at drawing, but you can't expect to get an A+ on an exam if you cover it with doodles. 4. Be A Note Taking Maximalist (If You're Prepared To Follow-Up) Sometimes I like to take massive amounts of notes. To do this, I just go hog wild. There is no particular strategy. It's just to write down as much as I can in a linear fashion. Is this effective? Yes and no. But in order to make sure that it is effective as possible, I tend to type these kinds of notes later into a document or a summary. I talked about the power of writing summaries last week when we discussed instant gratification, and that raises an interesting point. Writing down as much as you possibly can during a lecture is essentially succumbing to scarcity. You're acting out of the fear that you're going to miss something. We need to be really careful about this fear. Why? Because chances are, fear will cause you to write down a bunch of useless information and actually miss the most important points. Why does this happen? Because you'll be note taking while the more relevant information is streaming past you, outside of your awareness. And you can't write summaries of information you missed. So if you're going to use the maximalist technique, back it up with a recording so you can review the lecture later. Pros: Your wrists and arms get lots of exercise. You feel like you've accomplished a lot. Cons: Most times you won't have accomplished much. Instead, it was a bunch of activity that crowded your attention when you needed to be focused elsewhere. 5. Have a note taking strategy and style planned in advance Now that you have some more approaches in your note taking arsenal, you can start practicing them. But I find that one of the most important aspects of note taking is simply being strategic about what you write down. For example, I've had a lot of students who write down all the book titles I mention … but they're not the type of students who ever go and read those books. As a result, they miss out on what I'm actually saying about those books while writing the titles down. But if you notice that you have the habit of writing down a bunch of information you never follow up on, you stand to gain a lot by writing down only so much information as you can and will follow up on during the post reading phase. On the other hand, maybe you don't have to attend the lecture at all. You can skip a whole lot of lectures entirely by simply reading an article written by the speaker and then reading all the books and articles mentioned in the bibliography. I have done this many times and feel confident that I gained as a result and never lost. Or, you can combine reading material by the lecturer and attend the lecture. Pre-reading is a great strategy and one that will maximize the value of every lecture you attend. Pros: You'll be prepared and have maximum flexibility. Cons: None. Unless you're the type of person who gets so caught up in preparation that you suffer analysis paralysis. Magnetic Tips For Beyond The Lecture Speaking of pre-reading and post-reading, one of the best things you can do regardless of how you take notes is read beyond the lecture. And understand that you get more bang for your buck if you also speak with others about what you've encountered in lectures. Some of my favorite memories of university involve the discussion groups I attended with my fellow students. In English 1300, for example, a small cluster of us all walked away with the top grades. Why? Because after many of the lectures and tutorials, we met to discuss the material further. I'll never forget sitting up in the 7th-floor Grad Lounge of the Ross Building. I don't think we were aware of it at the time, but think of the unconscious message we were giving ourselves. A first-year course and we chose the grad lounge as our meeting room for discussion. We treated this first-year course as if it was graduate-level material and that gave all of us a cutting edge. Later, in grad school, I recall other student groups with different dynamics. In one of my favorites, we would each voluntarily read an article to present to the group. In this way, each of us was exposed to additional reading material for which we had no time. Yet, we could still take notes about the key points, remember these and enjoy the effect of priming our memory for future encounters with that text or references to it. Effective Note Taking Is A Process That Develops Over Time Effective note taking skills are everywhere. There are scientific studies well worth your attention too, such as this Scientific American article about not taking notes with a laptop. Whatever you do, I suggest that you approach note taking as an art and a science. Make sure that you experiment with multiple styles and track your results. As you pay attention to what's happening more consciously, you'll learn more about what works for you and lean towards your preferences with greater understanding. But at all times, choose flexibility. Make sure you have on hand what you need whenever you attend a lecture or recording of one so that all your bases are covered. And above all, remove all stress. So many learners bring so much worry about the game of education that they forget to play it. But learning really is a game. It's one you can win too, provided you put your memory first. And to help with that, I'm confident these note taking techniques – if you give them a try in combination with the bigger picture of your rest, relaxation, health and a Magnetic Memory Palace Network – will force you to remember more without so much as breaking a sweat. Bonus: Matthew Clark was one of my favorite profs in grad school. Through the magic of the Internet, I now have the chance to take some notes from one of his lectures. Wanna trade? The post 5 Note Taking Techniques That Force You To Remember More appeared first on Magnetic Memory Method - How to Memorize With A Memory Palace.

The experience of memory loss creates the kind of story you normally only see in the movies. Yet, for Jennie Gorman, the experience of memory loss was all too real. Although we all experience the occasional mild loss of memory, it's difficult to imagine what it must be like dealing with a disorienting and painful experience like this: Luckily, Jennie found incredible resources within herself that drove her to find a solution. And that solution could well help you too. If not now, possibly in the future. So buckle in, click play above, and discover the root cause of Jennie's memory loss and how she solved it. The Nasty Substances Creating Your Current Or Eventual Memory Loss Story We all put things into our body that don't serve us. For some of us, it's a bad habit like smoking (here's the Magnetic Memory Method way to stop smoking if you need help). For other people, it's the absence of foods that improve memory. Not everyone can get away from medication, but as Jennie points out in this podcast and video … … the substance rotting your memory ability might not be booze, tobacco or a medication. That means, you've got to dig deep to find the problem. Like Kasper Bormans is trying to do: The Truth About Memory Loss And The Dark Of Night The quantity and quality of your sleep influence your memory in many ways. That means you can get a ton of sleep, but if it isn't good sleep, you'll still suffer memory problems. Likewise, you can get quality sleep, but still not enough of it to make an impact. In all cases, sleep deprivation is a memory killer. Avoid it at all costs. Protect Your Brain That brain of yours is like an egg in a shell. Brain trauma can happen anytime, so please exert caution when riding your bike, driving or engaging in sports. The sad thing about injuries to your head is that the symptoms and problems might not show up for decades. That's why we must all exercise maximum vigilance at all times. Entrepreneurial Memory Secrets One of the most intriguing elements of Jennie's story involves her success as an entrepreneur. As the incredible leader of Connexions Unlimited, Jennie is a master networker. The ability to recall names and faces is very important when you're in business and her memory loss threatened this skill in an immediate way. Luckily, Jennie recovered her memory, which is also a key part of her work with Business Mastermind Groups in Brisbane, Australia. The level of care she brings to helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses extends far beyond their names. It involves helping them manage their business vision, mission and a number of goals and milestones. Apart from memory techniques … what's the secret to keeping your memory fresh and alive when you're in business? Plenty of networking and Masterminding, of course! Seriously. Keeping social and avoiding isolation helps your brain coat itself in healthy chemicals that will preserve your memory. Unfortunately, far too many entrepreneurs lock themselves away. But that too can create brain trauma of an even more pernicious kind … The Pen Is Mightier Than Memory Loss But if you're going to isolate yourself, a great way to fend off memory loss is regular writing. As the author of Awesome Authenticity: Mastering Business Relationships, Jennie continues writing new books and on her blog and social media pages. Writing is an unknown memory preserver because of how it stimulates your brain. It doesn't really matter if you write or type, but you do want to consider the advantages of handwriting for your memory, especially if you're a student. Here's more information about the memory advantage of handwriting based on some killer science: Even if you're not going to write books and articles, just 5-10 minutes of daily journaling can give your brain and memory huge benefits. Give it a try! What's Your Memory Loss Story? Have you had an experience with memory loss? What are your thoughts on the difference between memory loss and forgetfulness? Let us know in the comment area below. In the meantime, for more about Jennie, the help she offers entrepreneurs and to connect, check out these links: Jennie Gorman's The People Connector page on Facebook Jennie Gorman's An On Purpose Life Jennie Gorman on LinkedIn Jennie Gorman on YouTube The post Memory Loss Story And Memory Recovery Tips With Jennie Gorman appeared first on Magnetic Memory Method - How to Memorize With A Memory Palace.

You know that instant gratification is the real reason you struggle to learn and remember information, don't you? Good news: If you'd like the cure, let me instantly gratify you and jump right in. Here are three: 1. Understand the Sickness of Instant Gratification For What It Is That's right: Instant gratification is a disease. Think about it … What building gets to scrape the sky overnight? What skill worth having leaps into existence in a flash? None do. And if any ever penetrate this instant gratification psychology … it's really only a very few. If there are examples of instant gratification, well … One exception is the Magnetic Memory Method, a rare memory skill you can learn fast and experience quick victories with … But these happen so fast only because the Magnetic Memory Method harnesses the power of information you ALREADY know. And even then, let's face it: You'll still need to practice a bit before you really hit your stride. So settle in and make sure you're trained up: Go ahead and click that big blue image and take my free course. I'm confident you won't regret spending the time. 2. Practice Long Form Learning Now that you've admitted that you've got the instant gratification sickness, it's time to combat it. How? First, know your MMM Learning Hierarchy. You'll discover what this is in a new book I'm releasing soon. For notification, please keep your eyes open for an announcement soon. Once you've got that covered, learn how to memorize a textbook properly and read books in a traditional manner for good measure. Watch long videos and take notes. Listen to podcasts and audiobooks without 2x-ing the content. Stop training your brain to consume everything faster. 3. Balance Input With Output Consuming information is important. It's how we learn. The problem is … Few people balance their consumption with production. As a result, they never really learn anything. If you want to learn … REALLY learn … Then you'll need to process that information through multiple channels. The Professors Who Forced Me To Balance Input With Output Back during my M.A. and Ph.D. years, I completed a lot of directed reading courses instead of taking seminars. These directed readings were a great alternative to attending class and watching the other students pretend they read the books and articles. Plus, I got to have the professors I studied under for some precious one-on-one discussion of learning topics at levels deeper than seminars allow. The catch? Two of my directed reading professors DEMANDED summaries of everything on the reading lists. And not just one or two fruity little paragraphs … They wanted two to three pages! Well, let me tell you … It Was The Most Worthy Work In The World! By keeping good notes and processing the information through writing summaries … … Followed by verbal discussions in meetings … I remember so much more from those books than any other. And because I used the textbook memorization technique I linked you to above for some of these books … I had a ton of Magnetic fun too. The Shocking Truth About Instant Gratification Here's the truth: When you stop letting instant gratification corrode your ability to learn and remember … You'll find that all learning becomes much more gratifying. Having a plan for building and enjoying discipline in your life helps too: Once you have discipline on your side … The gratification you need comes … Instantly! So the true path to instant gratification requires just a simple shift in perspective. Just like when you Mindshift your perspective about memory techniques and the use of a Memory Palace. The shift in perspective creates an instant victory that makes all learning thereafter much more gratifying. It truly is that simple. And if you'd like to experience true instant gratification that lasts forever, make sure you're subscribed to this website so I can show you just how gratifying using your memory can be. Next time … something different. The post 3 Powerful Ways To Destroy The Cancer Of Instant Gratification appeared first on Magnetic Memory Method - How to Memorize With A Memory Palace.

Have you ever wondered why on earth anyone would focus on memorizing individual words? A lot of people not only wonder about this, but some are utterly convinced that focusing on vocabulary instead of complete phrases is … The Worst Thing You Can Do The problem is … It's simply not true. And … Frankly, it's time to settle this argument once and for all. The verdict: If you want to learn a language you do need to memorize BOTH words AND phrases. But here's the problem, one that this commenter on the Magnetic Memory Method YouTube channel makes oh so obvious to point out: Do you see what's happening here? Can you guess why I might have hesitated to approve the ironic snark lurking in this comment? The problem is this: Macovei assumes that … because he learns a particular way … everyone else should learn that way too. That's poor logic. Worse, Macovei seems to think that … Because He Hasn't Found A Faster Way … A faster way … … couldn't possibly exist. Here's the ugly truth: These two logical errors amount to crimes against humanity. And thanks to the Primacy Effect and Recency Effect, people get pushed into limiting corners of negative belief thanks to logically fallacious comments like these. Sadly, there are enormous mountains of them floating around. Like evil … hypnotic spells. Don't let them catch you! Evil Spell #1: The Lie That Sentences Shouldn't Be Broken Down Into Pieces A lot of critics say that you should just go ahead and learn entire phrases. Yeah, go on. Spend a couple hundred hours stuffing your spaced-repetition software with long strings of words … BEFORE you've developed the ability to use memory techniques to remember even one single word. Sorry, Macovei, but there really is an alternative. One that teaches you how to memorize individual words. One that appeals to enough learners that it's worth all that I do just to help them. The skill is easy, fast, elegant and fun. The best part: It's a skill you can extend to entire phrases very soon. But you're much more likely to get there faster if you start with memorizing one word at a time first. The Memory Palace Alternative For example, imagine you get really good at learning how to use a Memory Palace. (Hint: It takes only about 2-5 hours. After that, you stand a chance at becoming a memory champion if you wish). Make a Memory Palace. Don't worry if you're skeptical. Making and using Memory Palaces is 100% scientific. Here's the proof. In it, memorize ten words. Yes, just ten. Make them cornerstone words. Really know them inside and out. And then (and only then), go back to the first word. Add a phrase to it. Then add a phrase to the second word. The third. And so on. By starting with individual words, you really can scale much more quickly. What makes the difference is the NATURE, QUALITY and UTILITY of the words you choose. And let's be frank: How To Make The Right Choices Isn't Always Easy! But on this Live Call, the Magnetic Memory Method Global Family and I buckled down to the truth: To sum up that Magnetic Memory Method YouTube Live for you, here's what we concluded: You find the right vocabulary and phrases along the way by … Cultivating curiosity … Mental independence … And generating your own curriculum as a language learner. How To Deal With Conflicting Language Learning Advice You'll come across a lot of different opinions. Ignore the bulk of it. Especially when the come from the kind of self-proclaimed language learning gurus like I take to task in this video: A lot of people give in to negative self-hypnosis and pass it on to others in an attempt to hold the rest of the world down. They don't want to be lonely down in the bottom of the crab bucket, after all. Their attempt to hold you down isn't necessarily evil or even malicious. But it is infectious. Negative messages draw the attention of the eye and take hold in the brain. The good news? Simply by knowing this fact about them, you can weaken their power. You can also release yourself from their hold by learning memory techniques and buckling down to the truth that you need both skills: Vocabulary memorization AND phrase memorization. Unlike those crabs pulling each down into the bucket, when it comes to memorizing vocab and phrases … One Helps The Other! But here's the problem: Many (but not all) human brains get overwhelmed by entire phrases. That's why I free them to the power and glory of finally making some headway into learning a language. One word at a time. Just as I did when I used the Magnetic Memory Method for German (full story with tips). Richard Gilzean did much the same, but with his own Magnetic twist. Not to mention what Amanda Shaw accomplished when using the Magnetic Memory Method to help her learn Arrernte. Want results like that? Don't take my word for it. Just follow the evidence. Repeat the experiments. Enjoy the results. If it's not for you … well, like Wittgenstein once said: Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen. (Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.) Evil Spell #2: The Memory Palace Is Hard, Slow and Boring Check out this interesting exchange from last week's The Only 4 Memory Improvement Systems You Need: What's going on here? A person who provides evidence of having memorized one word is using the Magnetic Memory Method discussion area to call Memory Palace use for language learning slow. As far as I can tell, this person hasn't even tried the technique. And if that's the case … How On Earth Can You Cast Judgment On Something You Haven't Tried? I'm not a psychologist, but when I read flat out dismissals like these, I see, hear and feel … pain. Exhaustion. Fear. At some level, I think these people are like muscleheads at the gym who are afraid to be seen lifting smaller weights … … Even though the body has many muscles you can develop if you're willing to put your ego aside and master a few simple moves with lighter weights first. That's how I've developed a lot of muscle at the gym and it's how I've won the war against overwhelm in language learning on a daily basis. The Big Five of Language Learning helps too. And you can just go ahead and wind up the clock and time yourself if you don't believe how fast it can go. Just like Noel van Vliet did in his Judgment Day report on the Magnetic Memory Method. I could be wrong about all this … But what else other than ego-based fear could be driving the certainty behind such convictions and hypnotic spell casting? Truly? What else? And in case you're thinking … Hold On There, Magnetic Cowboy! What's driving YOUR certainty, Dr. Metivier? Could it also be some kind of fear and pain? Nice. Try. But I have no certainty. None. And that's the point. This is the art and science of memory. There's nothing to fear so long as you're true to the craft and the evidence. And like most of the best in the memory training game, as both a lifelong student of memory techniques and teacher, I too started as a skeptic. The reality is that skepticism is a power – but only if you're testing it. And you need to begin with the only skepticism you can test – YOUR skepticism. My suggestion: In the time it takes to graffiti the Internet with yet another argument against something you haven't even tried … You could have memorized BOTH a new word AND a new phrase. And anyone who has spent any time learning a new language knows that you have to do both. You Should EMBRACE Both And you should understand that memory techniques for language learning lovingly encourages both. That's true for other realms of vocabulary memorization too, such as anatomy. But my core message that all your struggles end when you put your ego at the door and learn to develop your memory … one word at a time … That message shall remain. Why? Because it works for those who struggle to find any other way. And it works for the mega-polyglots too, even if they save the Memory Palace just for the Stubborn Quintile or other words worth remembering, like the ones covered in my How to Improve Vocabulary With Mnemonic Examples Playlist: You don't have to make the Memory Palace the cornerstone of your practice, after all. But since the technique is useful for so many other things in life you might want to commit to memory … Assuming you're making your Memory Palaces properly Magnetic … You've got nothing to lose and everything to gain. In sum: Be Wary Of All Spell Casters Who Speak Without Experience Ignore the fearful critics who speak without experience. Follow your interest and bliss instead. But please, spare the world your time and energy whenever you feel the need to wax messianic about why things you've never tried can't and won't work. We're busy freeing people from The Matrix of lies and illusions here, not holding them in prison with you. Free your mind. The post Two Truly Evil Spells People Cast Against Memorizing Vocabulary With A Memory Palace appeared first on Magnetic Memory Method - How to Memorize With A Memory Palace.

Unlocking the secrets of memory improvement, the discussion highlights the critical need for personalized memory systems. Four essential techniques, including location-based mnemonics and the importance of brain health, are introduced to enhance recall. The host emphasizes that mastering memory is about creating your own systems. Additionally, listeners are encouraged to provide feedback for future topics, fostering a community of shared learning and exploration.

What would you give if you could have the world's best mentor accessible at any time? I'm talking about catering to your every need … So you can accomplish a specific goal … and in a way that fits that mentor inside your pocket? To be honest with you, at first I didn't believe it was possible. But guess what? I've got … Good News For Students & Educators! In this episode of the Magnetic Memory Method Podcast, let me introduce you to the incredible thought leader and digital innovator, Edan Kertis. But first … here's a limited time opportunity: If you'd like to shape the creation of the first Magnetic Memory Method memory coaching app (it will be in the form of a MyQuest!), please fill out this MMM App Survey (the link will open in a new tab). Edan and I thank you for taking the time to letting us know how we can help you and your memory further by guiding the creation of this memory improvement app. Now then, you might be asking yourself … Hold up, there! What is a "MyQuest?" As the co-founder and CEO of MyQuest, Edan is helping educators create "Quests" for learners. That means no more boring video courses that forget about you after you register. No more books that don't even know you exist. No more teachers who can't provide you the accountability you need to succeed. When it comes to MyQuest's powerful platform, Edan and his team have made it possible for mentors to create educational journeys that help students learn through gamified, step-by-step missions and levels. The best part? MyQuest allows educators to lead a community towards a common goal while still addressing the needs of the individual learner. How On Earth Is This Possible? As a software engineer, Edan has helped surgeons plan surgeries better. It's clear how his experiences with Brainlab have paved the way for even bigger accomplishments when it comes to learning how to learn. And in this exclusive interview (scroll up and hit 'play' to listen), you'll learn all about how Edan came up with the idea for MyQuest, including: ⇒ Edan's personal "Quest for Enlightenment" to expand his mind and experience self-development. ⇒ The "butterfly effect" and how small actions can influence others all around the world. ⇒ Why happiness is really all about what you remember. ⇒ Why everything with MyQuest is action-based with missions instead of lessons ⇒ Why you need to manage the level of challenge so that you're always stretching, but never overextended so far that frustration holds you back. ⇒ Why how we frame our educational experiences with story and metaphor matters. ⇒ Why you need to spend time enjoying random thoughts and "doing nothing" in order to increase your productivity. ⇒ The power of "digital fasting" for completing any learning goal. ⇒ The importance of reporting on your progress with peers for accountability. ⇒ The dual role of push notifications in order to ensure your teachers don't forget about you and you don't forget about them. ⇒ How you can easily create your own app as a mentor and help thousands of people achieve their goals. ⇒ Why traveling is like meditation. ⇒ How to find what feels right inside – despite anything society might be telling you about what counts as "normal." … and much, much more! What's Your Quest? As a Magnetic Memory Method Podcast listener, please let me know what you'd like to learn the most. What skill would make the biggest difference in your life? What habits do you think you'll need to master in order to achieve the outcomes you seek? Let's face it: Like is like a game. And the best way to play the game is to play the kind of games that you want to be invited to play again. But There Will Be Obstacles! What would a game be if there weren't obstacles to overcome and puzzles to solve? I'm excited that Edan and MyQuest are doing so much to create learning innovations that help educators create structured, yet responsive learning experiences that help learners accomplish their goals. Let's all help MyQuest accomplish their quest by sharing this post and engaging in the discussion. Look forward to hearing from you! For more information about MyQuest, creating your own app using their educational technology and Edan Kertis, please visit: MyQuest.co Edan Kertis on LinkedIn MyQuest on Twitter MyQuest on Facebook The post MyQuest For YOUR Memory Improvement With Edan Kertis appeared first on Magnetic Memory Method - How to Memorize With A Memory Palace.

What if I told you that turning your brain into a passwords manager is the easiest thing on the planet? Yes, even massively complex and (seemingly) meaningless passwords like … HHTDFY66^&dd766g^^%7*d … can be memorized without breaking a sweat. And you'll even have some fun! To get this done … So that you can easily learn and remember so much garbled and meaningless data quickly … 1) All you need is a strategy. 2) You need a bit of practice with the strategy. 3) You need a solid reason why. Why Memorizing Your Passwords Is The Ultimate Only Path To Cyber-Security To discuss the reasons why you need to learn, memorize and develop the ability to recall your passwords without storing them anywhere other than your memory, I'm delighted to be joined by memory expert, record setter and incredible memory educator, Brad Zupp. If you haven't already, scroll up and click the "play" button to listen in on our discussion. In it, you'll learn: * The shocking truth behind why Brad decided it was time to create a system for memorizing his passwords and the horrifying realities behind why he's sharing that system with the world. * Brad's method of dividing Memory Palaces so they're easy to review and use to memorize and organize thousands of rooms and thousands of digits. * Why Brad uses Memory Palaces based on real locations and varies between rooms and outdoor memory journeys. * How to understand the differences in your mind and the mind of other mnemonists so that you can get better results faster. * How Brad deals with renovations to Memory Palaces. * Brad's incredible experiences with face memory and how it factors in with remembering names. * Brad's take on what to do if you have aphantasia or otherwise are in need of developing your mind's eye. Would You Like The Ability To Make Your Memory A Passwords Manager That Works Safer Than Any Computer? Let me recommend Brad's brand new book, The Hack-Proof Password System. (Note: The link will take you to the Amazon store nearest you. ) I've read this book cover-to-cover and highly recommend you do the same. You'll learn everything you need to know about protecting yourself online by developing an amazing memory skill. It's easy, fast, effective and fun. And the best part is that making your memory the ultimate passwords manager is great brain exercise too. For More Of Brad Zupp's World Class Memory Expertise … You may recall my "book report" of Brad's excellent book, Unlock Your Amazing Memory: The Fun Guide That Shows Grades 5 To 8 How To Remember Better And Make School Easier. If not, you can read all about it and listen to the podcast review here: How To Help Middle School Students Remember More Another fine resource for you is the first Magnetic Memory Method Podcast interview with Brad: Brad Zupp On Memory Techniques And Memory Improvement For All Ages But nothing could be more important to your Cyber Security than Brad's new book, so please be sure to add it to your memory improvement library. But That's Not All! For Brad's free bonus material to go with The Hack-Proof Password System, claim his free workbook and companion ebook now. While you're at it, check out Brad's main website. For information on Brad's presentations for students, visit Brad's Exceptional Assemblies page. Twitter: @BradZupp Brad Zupp on Facebook Brad Zupp on LinkedIn And if that wasn't enough, if you want to pop your questions, experiences and comments in the discussion area below, I'll make sure Brad sees your contributions to the Mnemonics Renaissance a.s.a.p. In the meantime … Thanks as ever for helping us help you and talk soon! The post Mental Passwords Manager? Memory And Cyber Security With Brad Zupp appeared first on Magnetic Memory Method - How to Memorize With A Memory Palace.