23 hours ago by Pete Bissonette

While the course is powerful, it is also unusual. The Memory Optimizer begins with Paul Scheele and drops into a conversation between Vera F. Birkenbihl and her student, Mike. There are no formal lessons in the program—just the entertaining, somewhat unusual, conversation that was carefully directed ...

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1 day ago by Vera Birkenbihl

Many people try to remind themselves to remember things by using a negative statement. They say something like, “I better not forget this, or it will be a real problem!” Unfortunately, your brain hears a command to “forget,” not to “remember,” so guess what? You’re apt not to remember. Research into ...

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3 days ago by JJ Virgin

[I began working with nutritionist JJ Virgin back in the fall of 2008. The results that I personally experienced were so powerful that I continue consulting with her today. I asked JJ to write a post for us on how foods can support (or weaken) your memory and general brain function. Pete] Check for ...

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5 days ago by Paul Scheele

I recorded a special post for you on “Intelligent Gap Management,” an important concept in the Memory Optimizer. Use this process for those times when information doesn’t come quickly instead of going into self-castigation for having a bad memory. You can listen to it here: http://www.LearningStrate ...

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8 days ago by Paul Scheele

Through the years there have been novice PhotoReaders who feel frustrated in their “inability to activate” material they PhotoRead. Their approach has been to PhotoRead a book and then sit back and think of the book. They look through their 15 inches of conscious awareness and, not to our surprise, ...

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9 days ago by Paul Scheele

Through the years there have been novice PhotoReaders who feel frustrated in their “inability to activate” material they PhotoRead. Their approach has been to PhotoRead a book and then sit back and think of the book. They look through their 15 inches of conscious awareness and, not to our surprise, ...

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10 days ago by Pete Bissonette

Sleep Now, Remember Later Studies show over and over that deep sleep helps you remember facts, events, and procedures, and it helps you make connections between them. “Some sleep researchers believe that for every two hours we spend awake, the brain needs an hour of sleep to figure out what all thes ...

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12 days ago by Vera Birkenbihl

We tend to remember the important things. But, how can you make something important that at first is not? Find ways to say “Yes!” to the following questions with regards to something you need to remember: I = INTEREST (Does it “tickle” your interest?) M = MOTIVES (Does it “activate” one of your moti ...

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14 days ago by Pete Bissonette

A powerful technique from Vera Birkenbihl’s Memory Optimizer course is the ABC List. When you build an ABC list, your conscious mind asks your nonconscious resources to share part of its enormous wealth. If you’re already a good associative thinker, you will get great results from the get-go. Otherw ...

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15 days ago by Pete Bissonette

The other day I happened on a website that had a few jokes about memory. They made me smile, so I thought I’d share them with you. Two couples were enjoying a friendly conversation when one of the men asked the other, "How was the memory course you took?" "Outstanding. They [...]

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