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The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play
Unleash the hidden power of your mind through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas's simple, fail-safe memory system, and you can become more effective, more imaginative, and more powerful, at work, at school, in sports and play. Discover how easy it is to: file phone numbers, data, figures, and appointments right in your head; learn foreign words and phrases with ease; read with...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
June 12th 1986
by Random House Publishing Group
(first published 1974)
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I am giving this book a very high rating because I think I read it but I can't remember but I'm guessing that it was very, very good. Books like this tend to be good (or at least good for you). I do not remember where I put it but it is here somewhere. I could not recall the name of the book but remembered the ISBN so it was easy to search on that.
I do recall that my children and husband gave it to me for some special event (birthday, Christmas, Saturday, or something.) I also know tha...more
I do recall that my children and husband gave it to me for some special event (birthday, Christmas, Saturday, or something.) I also know tha...more
This book will teach you how to memorize and retain just about anything quickly and easily. The techniques take work to learn and practice, but once you have them down it is amazing the things you can do.
I used the methods in this book to memorize thousands of Chinese vocabulary words. I have also begun using the numbers techniques, and can remember any number that I decide to memorize. Right now I am working on the methods for retaining what I read. I'm not great at it yet, but my re...more
I used the methods in this book to memorize thousands of Chinese vocabulary words. I have also begun using the numbers techniques, and can remember any number that I decide to memorize. Right now I am working on the methods for retaining what I read. I'm not great at it yet, but my re...more
This book is logical, honest, and practical.
Logical
Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas explain why memory techniques work and how they simply build on the way our minds already work.
Honest
From the very beginning readers are told memory systems take work, but they are possible and within everyone's reach. Like all good things, it takes effort.
Practical
The memory systems described in this book can be applied to remembering to-do lists, dates, na...more
Logical
Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas explain why memory techniques work and how they simply build on the way our minds already work.
Honest
From the very beginning readers are told memory systems take work, but they are possible and within everyone's reach. Like all good things, it takes effort.
Practical
The memory systems described in this book can be applied to remembering to-do lists, dates, na...more
There are some people out there with great memories and excellent interpersonal skills. We've all probably met someone like this.... They seem to remember your name, your face, and little details about your life and past conversations way more than the average person. And we all LOVE being around these people. They make us feel important and valued, because it could be a year since you've seen them (and you only met them once), and they will recall specific details about your life and ask about ...more
I am really impressed with the Loci method. It really seems to work, at least when I tried it while reading the book.
I wonder if alternative Loci-words work better than Lorayne's list? His seem fine, but I wonder if another list might be easier better. If I am going to learn 100 random words, why not memorize the best one's?
The book is overly long on examples of specific Linkings. Do I really need to have so many examples of how to Link or use Loci? The book even states that ...more
I wonder if alternative Loci-words work better than Lorayne's list? His seem fine, but I wonder if another list might be easier better. If I am going to learn 100 random words, why not memorize the best one's?
The book is overly long on examples of specific Linkings. Do I really need to have so many examples of how to Link or use Loci? The book even states that ...more
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I had a friend look at my credit card once and two weeks later he recited it back to me. He also recited my social security number back to me a month after I told him. His secret was this book. I got through two chapters and I learned some AMAZING and effective techniques to memorize anything.
About the same time I read Moonwalking with Einstein, I found this book at the library and read it too. This is a much more practical guide on how to memorize things. Concise, instructive, useful, and who knew that an NBA basketball star from the '50s and '60s had these memory skills? Not me.
People learn by association, this book capitolizes on that fact and teaches you some gimmicky tips and tricks that are worth trying out. The best part about this particular edition is the swanky doos that Harry Lorrayne and Jerry Lucas are sporting on the cover.
First read this when i was 17 years old and used it to win bets from my freinds on silly stuff. The order of billard balls knocked into what pocket and what order, first twenty cards in a deck of playing cards. Used to ace tests. Systems work and improve with practice.
This by far is the most readable book on mnemonics. After many years .decades I still remember the pegs.
Tie, Noah, Ma, Rye. Law, Shoe, Cow, Ivy, Bee .......
Tie, Noah, Ma, Rye. Law, Shoe, Cow, Ivy, Bee .......
The book to read on Memory. These principles should be learned and practiced for life. Not necessary a re read, but a must relearn for an entire life.
Not sure I really liked the organization/chatty style, and the information is basically found anywhere on the Internet, but short and lots of nice examples.
This book could have been a tenth of it's size. I didn't teach me much more than Joshua Foer's Moonwalking With Einstein and was much less engaging. Did learn a trick or two though, so two stars.
A basic guide to memorizing. Does not go into the background of how memory works, though. Just the techniques.
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So far, this makes alot of sense! I am going to keep reading! Thanks to one of my college instructors! (-:
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Because of the memory tips I learned in this book I was able to win almost $200,000 on a game show.
interesting techniques, i was using it without knowing that
A must read for everyone to learn how to train your memory.
Great book with memory techniques.
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This was excellent. I memorized the first 50 digits of pi with little effort in the first night I dove into this book. Extended and practical use seems like it will take diligence, but the fun of the number-based phonetic alphabet and word-associations is enough to sustain interest, methinks.
seems like a really great book. i read the first couple chapters and their technique for remember a list of unrelated items works really well. but i got tired to trying to train my memory, so i quit reading it.
Great book, but not as easily implemented or ingrained into your life as one might think. If you can make the effort, I could see this working well though.
Interesting introduction to one particular memory system focused on visualization. Lots of application examples!
Cool book on memory systems. How to remember numbers, names/faces, speeches and lists. So far I like it.
there is a Simple techniques you can learn from this book that will help you to memorize alots of things
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