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Quantum Memory Power: Learn to Improve Your Memory with the World Memory Champion!

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Dominic O’Brien has put together the finest audio memory course available. Period. This is the best audio training course I have listened too.

If I may, let me comment on the description of the course. From websites, including Amazon, they do a poor job of describing this course. Precisely because this is such a richly detailed memory course, the descriptions do not give it proper due. Aside, the entire course runs approximately 6.5 Hours. This is a high quality educational product, including production, audio, information, instruction, exercises, and learning. I cannot give enough praise here. So, in finishing my praise, let me mention to you what is included with this course and show you why I enjoyed it so much.

From the beginning, I especially liked the speed of the course; it is nice and slow. Even methodical, not hurried like many Spanish audio courses I have listened too. Because of Dominic’s tremendous communication ability, I gained insights that were not available from reading his books. Dominic has an English accent and this lends to the presentation of the course in exceptional ways. The more I think about it, I found this to be an important feature of the course. Because of Dominic’s communication ability, I fully experienced his view on memory. Also, in doing this, I came away with an entirely different perspective on the techniques he uses.

I will state, in being an experienced user of mnemonics, there are not many new techniques available from the course; they have been presented in one form or another from the countless books on the market. However, Dominic’s presentation and packaging of his techniques are the life-blood of the series. His presentations gave me confidence in understanding of the techniques I rarely use. The exercises are not merely glossed-over and quickly described; they are shown in such a way that the listener is led through the journey of experiencing the techniques and understanding how they work, including being tested on the techniques. I feel that if more foreign language audio courses presented their material this way it would help alleviate many learning difficulties. In relation to Dominic’s audio course, some of the finest audio courses I have discovered are the Pimsleur language courses, also Spanish by Association by Michael Gruneberg. On the reading side, an exceptional book I recently read is entitled “How to Learn any Language” by Barry Farber. Of course, Quantum Memory Power is included within this group of language instruction.

In the beginning of the course, Dominic explains his concept called ALI. The mnemonic he uses for this is, “Mohammed Ali.” ALI- stands for Association, Location, and Imagination. This is the bedrock of Dominic’s teaching throughout the course. He uses ALI as a philosophical cornerstone in making the course memorable and describes it as “the three golden keys to memory”. Throughout the course, Dominic routinely refers back to ALI in his teachings.

In my version of Quantum Memory, I did not have access to the workbook. Although I assume it would be worthwhile to study, but probably not ultimately needed. As seen on other sites, here is a basic rundown of the memory course.

- How your brain operates

- To improve your decision making powers

- The exciting world of mnemonic symbols.

- A powerful way to remember directions

- To develop laser-sharp concentration

- How to ace a tough job interview

- Developing a mental fact file

- An increased sense of self-confidence

- To memorize a deck of cards and gigantic numbers

Below is an amazing oversimplification of what is contained in this program. Enjoy this product, it is the best!

-CD 1-

Introduction. Dominic’s trained memory. Background of the World Memory Championships. Introduction to ALI: Association, Location, Imagination. Introduction to The Link Method easing you into LOCI or location method, the Roman Room or even called the Journey Method. Extensive practice throughout.

-CD 2-

Names and Faces. What’s My Line technique. Using the “Line of business” to remember names and faces. Link names to places and locations. Memorizing Trivial Pursuit and facts. Introduction to number shapes. Using the Dominic System: “The Decipherment of Mnemonically Interpreted Numbers into Characters”. How about that? Introducing characters used as numbers.

-CD 3-

Further use of the Dominic System with the Journey Method moving into memorizing gigantic numbers. Giving speeches. The Mental Speech File. Mind Mapping. Memorizing quotes. Memorizing jokes. Techniques for getting through a job interview. The Mental Fact File for memorizing facts-and-figures or details about a company. Creating a Mental Diary to memorizing lists, chores, tasks, to-do’s.

-CD 4-

Learning in school. How to learn, how to learn. Memorizing music, important dates and other mnemonic tricks. Spelling and vocabulary. Spelling with patterns and clues. Foreign languages. Exercise: vocabulary in French. Intergalactic trip, naming the planets. Exercise: beating blackjack.

-CD 5-

How to be a walking calendar. Exercise: A Birthday party with 100 guests. Exercise: remembering directions. Developing powers of photographic memory. Exercise: memorizing newspapers using locations. I believe this to be the BEST technique Dominic shares with us, his memorization of newspapers using the Journey Method. Truly Powerful. Must be heard!

-CD 6-

Advanced tests, long journeys. Recalling past memories by using senses. Time traveling. The Zone and other states of mind. Relaxation and adjusting brainwaves. Card memorization. Memorizing spoken numbers. Bodily health. Dominic’s training schedule for the World Memory Championships.

The techniques Dominic explains at first seem childish, but I am telling you that his system works right from the start. In one of the first exercises he asks you to say back the ten words he says. I think I was able to remember four in order but couldn't remember the rest. After I used his first memory technique I not only remembered all ten words but remember them to this day and can't get them out of my head! I actually just spent about 10 minutes or less remembering all fifty states and their capitals. This stuff really works people and it's all so simple; you can use it right away as much as you want and remember whatever you want. Of course it still takes some amount of work, but the point is you will remember without having to study the same material again; all you have to do is recall it at certain time intervals over a period of time and you'll be able to recall it for good. A plus is that he narrarates and has a nice, friendly quality to his voice. I'm starting film editing school in a matter of weeks and know that this is going to help make remembering all of that material a breeze. I've never tried other memory techniques before so I have nothing to compare this to, but like I said it works like a charm so there's not need for me to look else where. If you are like me and want a much better memory, I highly reccomend this product.

This actually works great! Listened to it on my drives to and from work, and by the near end was able to memorize 30 items in sequence. It's also a good story, and interesting to just listen to.

Dominic Obrien has literally changed the way I think, and I love it!

Throughout my life I have always been interested academia. I gained a 2.1 degree in Sports Science and am now doing a degree in Biomedical Science. Now, although i did well at the time, I always noticed that afterwards, Id forgotten the information. Up untill now, I have never really encoded the information efficiently and so unsurprisingly, i did not retain the information. And this was not helped by the fact that I have Attention Deficit Disorder. So really, I have never learnt how to learn.

I started using MIND MAPS by TONY BUZAN which has literally quadruppled the information that I am retaining.

Now DOMINIC has helped my to EVOLVE on to another level. He shows that all effective memory encoding requires the use of three techniques: Association, Location and Imagination. And if you take the fist letter of the three words, you get ALI, as in Mohammed Ali.

When you finish the Course, you will realise the potential of your memory. You can remember Books, newspapers, Numbers that are 100 digits long, you can remember the names of anyone. He will teach you how to remember all the Americal states and their capitals. Oh and the DOMINIC SYSTEM is pure genius! Also when you do finish it, you regret not having bought one of his CDs years ago.

You also wonder why the hell dont schools teach children who to learn using these methods. This is an argument that dominic makes. He says that "Teachers need to be taught how to teach children to learn how to learn". The techniques require alot of preparation and practice but I promise you, once you have mastered them, you may just start realising the potential of you brain.

I find this memory course to be far superior to previous that i have tried. This course will help me tremendously when I start optometry school in august. With a little creativity, this course will teach you how to memorize ANYTHING, including really boring stuff and scientific things (like memorizing the krebs cycle, something i could not have done effectively using the "Memory Power" course I bought years back). This course gets my highest recommendation!

I have nearly all of Dominic O'Brien's books and I find this CD set very detailed and a good educational resource for improving memory.

I think all Dominic's methods are quite easy to learn but his most effective method is the Dominic system which he uses to remember numbers.

Basically he takes sets of numbers 00-99 and converts them to initials of a persons name. Example: 11 would be AA, which would be Andre Agassi. Anyone that knows anything about memory would have to agree its easier to remember a face and a persons name that just a plain number. Each person then has an action so they can be linked to the next person, this can then be put into a journey method.

This system definately works and i was so suprised when it did.

After listening to the CD's Dominic goes on to this system, I decided to stop the CD's until I had learnt this system of 100 names. Like i said, if you really want to learn Dominic's system you have to put in the time and effort. And that is exactly what i have been doing the past few months. I purchased some flash cards and wrote down each number on the back, then the name on the other side and have been learning them for the past few months. I now have 60 of the 100 memorized completely, but i have been taking my time reviewing and go over them as often as possible to put them into long term memory. Those names i kept forgetting, i changed. If you haven't heard of the dominic system you will understand what i mean when you get there.

If you have any hesitations about this system, don't. It works. It just takes the effort and time. It's the same with anything your learning, even a new language, you have to put in the effort and submerse yourself in it in order for it to be effective.

Great Product, well worth it, see you at the next memory championship..lol

Dominic O'Brien, the several-time world memory champion shares his techniques for developing an effective memory. I saw him perform some amazing memory skills at a book signing, such as memorizing dozens of random numbers and an entire page of a news-paper! Quantum Memory Power provides practical applications and exercises to test and strengthen your memory abilities. O'Brien covers some of his favorite techniques, such as the Journey Method, Mnemonics, The Story Method of recall and much more. Rick Sheridan, ...

An analytical's dream synopsis for a qualitative supplement for synopsis oversight. Quantum yes indeed. Besides his very thick accent this guy is a snip short of a complete teaching on every subject. Although a good delivery and very good "quiz sessions" this book does not have what it needs - a workbook. I listen to this in my car on the way to work and get no chance to "do the journeys" he speaks of while driving. Not good for drive time university.

His accent is thick and analogy's are strange to the un-trained movie buff- People he refers to as images are people in the 70's and not commonly seen or heard of. Put the fact that he is in Europe giving you journeys in gardens and foyers, not decks and patios- where the heck is he at? The hardest thing is understanding his once in a while short words that his accent cuts off.

It's not easy to navigate through the teachings. The chapters are chopped in the middle of the track even multiple teachings in one track. You aren't able to just repeat tracks to get the one lesson down pat before moving on. You have to find it-not fun and kind of dumb on the editors side.

Give it a go and you'll benefit. Just like everything else- you just got to want it bad enough and it'll come. Keep trying it and you'll get it. Dedicate yourself to the philosphy of quantum memory that he teaches you and you'll use it everywhere.

this set of cd's is very awesome.. i've been studying it for a few weeks, and it all comes so clear after just the first cd.. it sounds like alot of knowlege to posess at one time, but when you think about it, he's teaching you how to have a photographic memory. after time it ends up being apart of your natural thinking(so to speak). i give this training course TWO BIG THUMBS UP..thanks to Dominic O'Brien for putting out such an innovative, GENIOUS program for simple joes like me to be able to keep all the knowlege i aquire from books, tv, movies, games, school, ANYTHING, INSIDE MY HEAD! I LOVE YOU !

Not for the car while going to work. Should use in a place you be alone to use it.