Harry Lorayne (1926–2023)

I enjoyed the Mind Power exercises at the end of each chapter. I'd rather have those exercises constitute the content of a book. At 65, I have memory issues and have tried a few techniques (like association as described in the book) to remember names and information. I'm sure this is a useful book based on the other reviews I see on Goodreads but just not for me.

Turns out that when an atom of Cesium is bombarded with energy is starts vibrating / ticking and every such 9129631770 ticks counts as a second. Hence the name atomic clock. Now in order to remember that number I just go: button push meets cow cozy (actually thinking of a button with push written on it talking to a happy cow). Absolutely brilliant.

This was my first memory improvement book and I loved the techniques mentioned in here. Although extremely impressed, I know I have to keep show more working on these techniques for a long time to get comfortable with them. Will start recommending this book to a few people who might find it interesting.

"It is impossible to think without a mental picture." - Aristotle show less

Read by the author with enthusiasm and style, this is a witty and entertaining way to learn his easy, intuitive and powerful method. Don't buy the "over 50" thing. Anyone of any age interested in increasing memory retention could and should benefit from this quick, valuable read.

It's pretty good. The book contains most of the memory systems I recognize and finds ways to apply them to different situations.

The only sticking point is the Phonetic Alphabet used as the basis of the Peg System. I would need to put in effort to remember that.