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Product Details

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Paul Watkins (April 1, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1907486976
  • ISBN-13: 978-1907486975
  • Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 8.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #958,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the Author

Dominic O'Brien is author of Learn to Remember, How to Develop a Brilliant Memory week by week and How to Pass Exams (all DBP). He is President of the World Memory Sports Council. He is in demand as a speaker, and has experience of TV work.

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I can truly say that this book (and Mr. O'Brien's others) have changed my life.
Robert
Dominic O'Brien backdrops his explanation of mnemonic techniques by telling his own story, which is quite inspirational.
Inga Goodwin
I purchased this book for my son, and he claims he is using these techniques daily and it has really helped him.
B. V. Jones

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful By Robert on March 25, 2012
Format: Paperback
The techniques in this book really work. As with anything worthwhile, you just have to be disciplined to implement and use it, kind of like exercise. What one might miss when deciding whether or not to buy this book, is that memorizing stuff, is not a drab, boring dreaded task if done properly. Memory training is wonderful journey of the mind if done properly.

Here's what I've experienced:

1.)Weariness. I've worked out my brain, but then, like a runner, it feels great to relax. Most times I sleep better.

2.) It's know common knowledge that we think in words or pictures. (When we think in words, we are actually sounding them out in our mind.) When I've link words to pictures in my minds eye a lot of things happen. I've found it produces a calming affect when my mind needs to re-balance. It kind of Zen like. (There is scientific evidence to back this up.)

3.) I am more aware of the things around me included the most beautiful things in nature.

4.) My mind is stronger and sharper. It's a fact that an 80 year old man can build muscle and bone mass with a regular work out program using weights. I am 57 years old. I am now working out my brain. It now works better. It's no more complicated than that.

5.) Confidence: If you are good or better at what you do, you become more confident.

I can truly say that this book (and Mr. O'Brien's others) have changed my life.

Buy this book. Use it. Even if it serves no purpose, just put it away. Don't feel bad. But don't ever through it out. One day you might come back to it and it might change your life too!

PS After 29 years, I can finally remember my daughter's birthday.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful By Inga Goodwin on December 20, 2012
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
Dominic O'Brien backdrops his explanation of mnemonic techniques by telling his own story, which is quite inspirational. Also, he starts with the most simplistic, yet effective techniques and gradually builds on them to more complex ones. He explains why the techniques are effective and gives very clear examples of how to practice. He showed me that I do have a good memory, I just hadn't learned how to take advantage of it yet.

The only downside is that he did not clearly show how to apply these techniques to the school setting, which would have been much appreciated. The techniques seem isolated to party-tricks, random lists, names, and phone numbers. I am still giving this book 5 stars because it read well and delivered what it said it would. I hope he refines these techniques for academia and then shares with the rest of us how to do it.

Thanks for an inspiring story!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful By S. Stoll on July 20, 2013
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
When buying this book you need to know that it will not teach you all the common memory techniques which are out there. Rather it goes through the writers experience on the way to become the world champion of some memory contest. It goes on about how he has discovered the techniques and is quite lengthy in this regard. There are some good case studies/examples but too few and easy for my taste. I am writing this after having read 1/3 of the book but you can tell that his style goes on like that. The concept is good but the explanations are quite repetitive.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful By Damion on June 20, 2012
Format: Kindle Edition
I read dozens of books a year on leadership, sales, and other professional "help" type books. There are very few that I can say have made a tremendous impact on my way of thinking. This book has done just that.
Dominic gives precise methods for increasing your memory ability and you can see measurable results by the end of the book.

If you read only book this year, this is the one it should be.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful By Robert F. Jablon on August 8, 2013
Format: Kindle Edition
This book by a memory champion covers a few basic methods for improving your retention but it's larded with too much detail about the author and emphasizes his interests, such as number sequences and card memorization. A bit limited and once-over-lightly for my taste. A much better _ though more expensive _ book is "The Memory Book" by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas. It's well-written, clear and comprehensive. I found myself using it immediately.
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