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Develop a Super Memory Auto-matically (While-U Drive)

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Have you ever re-introduced yourself to a person, and asked for their name again like: "Hi, i'm sorry i forgot your name". This tape tries to makes it clear that it is not your memory that is the problem. It is (likely) a lack of focus, and attention. The "affirmations", although quirky, help you to remember the fact that you likely did not forget that persons name. You just weren't paying enough attention when they first told it to you.

The audio tape is started with an introduction as to the purpose of the tape: To get you started in basic memorization, and attention focusing techniques. The tape will take you over the basics of the PEG memorization technique (effective for remembering lists). This tape will help to remind you to focus more clearly next time you talk to someone. It will help you remember names and long lists of things. IF you participate.

For anyone that understands how the subconscious mind works they will understand that the "dopey" music is a method to bypass the critical factor, also call the analytical conscious mind.

If you purchase and listen to this tape alot as back ground music, your conscous mind will learn to ignore the suggestions that most unimportant, while keying in on the pertinent suggestions. You will get benefit - besides it's guaranteed!

Consists, more than anything, of these extended "affirmations" where you're supposed to repeat phrases like "I have a great memory"... that's MOST of the entire cd.

Otherwise, they do mention some tips for trying to remember names, and do actually discuss a technique to use in trying to remember a list of items.

But hey... what if you have a JOB that requires you to be on top of myriad facts and concepts, formulas, etc... that are not arranged in neat little lists. My father-in-law can read engineering manuals that are boring as can be, and he can retain the info. This tape/cd is USELESS for providing hints at how to tackle stuff like that. Sure, it's great for parlor tricks: memorize names of people in an audience and develop the ability to memorize a list of anything the audience wants you to memorize... but nothing more.

For people who have not studied memory improvement, this is a good way to start. Bob and Diedre Griswold alternate with Bob giving instructions and Diedre giving affirmations to soft music. They concentrate on remembering names first, and then they switch over to learning a list of things by number. They introduce the idea of letting each number from 1-9 be represented by a letter of the alphabet (the beginning of what's called the "major system").

I enjoy the format -- the Griswolds make it easy to understand. The information is good and Diedre's affirmations are good confidence boosters. And in my opinion, spacing out the lecture with the affirmations help to break it up into easier to understand pieces.

It still takes time and practice, but the format makes it easier to do.

However, I would not recommend this to be the only place where you get instruction on memory improvement. I would have liked this better if the Griswolds had gone more into detail about visualization techniques in general. But maybe that would have been too long for their CD.

I'd recommend following up on this with books by Jerry Lucas, Harry Lorayne, Tony Buzan -- to name just a few.

At any rate, it's good for a beginner -- and sometimes I listen to it just to keep my mind a bit sharper.

Waste of time and money. The tape primarily consists of affirmation phrases with dopey music in the background. Totally useless.

The worst audio book ever. They repeat the 10 mins or so of affirmations 2-3 times on each side of the casette wasting any time they might have had to teach you something and the affirmations are not even that good.