Still having trouble remembering things? It might help if you knew your 'Memory Personality.' The concept of Memory Personality isn't totally new, but right now I'm working with neuroscientists to test, verify and document the theories I've developed out of my years of teaching memory skills to students and executives across the globe and not being able to reach everybody. Some were getting it and some just weren't! When teaching a memory technique and using things like memory pegs, it's easy to say "If creating these images doesn't work for you come up with your own," to someone who is lost. Yeah, I know, easier said than done. But … [Read more...]

I'll have to admit I take pride in the fact that I'm the only person in over 100 years to invent new memory techniques. Why? Because I'm a serious advocate of developing real study skills that will not only help you get better grades, but will actually help you to learn. Memory training as an art form goes back to Ancient Greece and Socrates. At its origin memory skills were the tools of elder statesmen and priests. Because ancient methods of recording information was not as sophisticated or permanent as today's methods ancient educators used song and verse or reciting as a way of memorizing and sharing. As time went by it became less of a … [Read more...]

I witnessed the death of effective study groups after pre-school. On the few occasions that university professors tried to assign three or four of us to review course material at the library, we would arrive in class with contrived notes on what we agreed—through text messages an hour earlier—we would say we talked about. These contrived notes were usually mine because, really, no one wanted to waste time on group study and I, the introvert, worked better alone. To be fair, some of us do work and study better on our own, but even introverts have something to gain from study groups—done right. Forming effective study groups comes … [Read more...]

One of the main requisites for any grad-school will be to submit a research paper of the subjects that you are studying. You may feel that writing a research paper will be a very difficult task and yes! It is not an easy task! But, if you spend a short time on it, you can surely submit a good paper on time. Here are four easy steps that will ensure you submit a flawless research paper. 1. Know What Is Wanted Once you have an assignment, carefully read the action words and see what is exactly required for you to do. Do you have to analyze, explain, discuss, compare, prove or simply write on a certain topic? When this part is clear, you will … [Read more...]