Who’s the author of this book? We just told you, but you don’t remember? Thought so!
Imagine never again suffering this frustration of forgetting info! We would KILL for that! But not really, cause y’know: we could just read this book! This isn't another brain hack repeating the same tired memory aids. Kevin Horsley, the author, is going OFF SCRIPT to hand you his cognitive wildcard - a singular mindset shift that obliterates conventional memory hacks forever.
In Unlimited Memory, you'll unravel the outrageous untold story of how a former dyslexic wrote his own mental operating system from scratch. No expensive tutors, no decade-long monks' discipline - just a rebellious spark and the audacity to question why memory needs to be so damn hard.
Horsely explains there are four keys (or Cs) to improving your memory. Concentration, the ability to Create imagery and Connecting concepts together, and Continuous use.
Now, forget everything else you know about memory improvement and come awaken your secret power lying dormant.
Summary
The 4 Cs - Concentrate, Create, Connect, and Continuous Use - are the tools you need to grow into a confident memory machine. But batteries ain't included! You gotta power this thing yourself. So, kill your forgetful habits and let the new skills in. It won't happen overnight, but stick with it and those little memory miracles will start peeking out. Let the mind-palace gather dust, or put it to use? Your choice!
Wherever you are, be there
Okay, the first C! Concentration. The ability to focus one's attention. Super important for memory! Thankfully, it’s like a muscle - with the right techniques, you can build it up. And what’s the best technique? Killing the enemy, AKA, internal conflict! Internal conflict is the opposite of concentration. When your inner voice gets excessively negative, filling your mind with doubt and anxiety, internal conflict happens. And conflicted-you is NOT good with concentrating! To come back from it, we give you...
Train Your Creativity, Train Your Memory
Whenever you struggled to remember something, the problem likely wasn't your memory, but rather how you consumed that information. You see, your brain doesn't store facts like a camera taking photos. To get it on that level, use your imagination.Like when reading a novel - you vividly picture the words, right? That's because your creative mind automatically transforms those words into mental movies. But often when it comes to textbooks, lectures, or dry informational content, we approach it passively.And that’s...
Find Yourself a Storage Compartment
Any chance you’ve seen the BBC Sherlock series? Sherlock has a mind palace – a mental room sort of thing, where he neatly files all the information. We just learned how to make information more memorable by Creating imagery. Now we need a mind-palace to create files, for pictures. There’s multiple ways.First up, introducing the Body Method! It involves connecting the imagery you want to remember by associating it with different parts of your body, which you are very familiar...
007 is James Bond
Horsley can remember a 50-digit random number in less than 20 seconds and 100 digits in 45 seconds. No, he’s not a mutant; he just has an awesome strategy. Let’s call it the number-word strategy. The principle behind it is this: lack of meaning and context makes memorizing numbers difficult. 007 is easy to remember because Bond, y’know. But mostly, numbers don't stick. 34729401215721110 is really difficult to remember because the digits don't represent anything familiar. If somehow that string...
Their Name Is Their Favorite Sound
Imagine someone offers you $1 million if you can memorize their name, within a week. A million bucks just for remembering a single name? You'd be laser-focused, right? That tells us, we all have the ability to remember even hundreds of names with ease - if only we're motivated enough. Take any world-champion memory athlete. They use powerful techniques to drill names and faces into their brains with remarkable accuracy. That means, with some simple strategies, and ofc motivation, recalling...
Continuous Use
You've concentrated on exam prep. You've creatively created images with SEEing. You've connected numbers and names with dopey images. Now you need to reinforce them with the impenetrable force-field of Continuous Use. Let your mind slack for even a second and it will start leaking information. Bruno Furst said it best: "It is entirely wrong to assume any subject matter which we once learned and mastered will remain our mental property forever." Those academic geniuses? Within 28 days, they'll flush...
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About the Author
Kevin Horsley is an International Professional Speaker, Grandmaster of Memory, and World Record Holder.
In all his years of research into the possibilities of the human mind, as well as working with different companies, he has found that there is a massive gap between getting information and using information.
What he does is share essential thinking tools and accelerated learning methods to close this gap.
The purpose of his speaking, training, and coaching sessions is to communicate a concise, entertaining, and consistent message that is easy for you to recall and use. Kevin has trained and coached in a number of organizations across Southern Africa, the UK, the USA, and the Middle East. He has spoken to groups as diverse as professors, doctors, entrepreneurs, actuaries, engineers, lawyers, sales professionals, pilots, marketers, miners – as well as students and scholars.
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