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May 29 - May 31, 2018
“Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.”
“The great breakthrough in your life comes when you realize that you can learn anything you need to learn to accomplish any goal that you set for yourself. This means there are no limits on what you can be, have or do.” ~ Brian Tracy
Learning is the ability to acquire new information, and memory holds the new information in place over time.
our memory is just a habit, and habits can be improved with the right kind of training and practice.
The only things that are keeping you from getting what you want in your life are the excuses you keep telling yourself. Who would you be without your excuses? Think about it.
If you believe your limits, your life will be very limited.
Check out this quote.
“We need why power not willpower.”
“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it – as long as you believe 100 percent.” ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
Where your attention goes, your energy flows.
A belief is a sense of being certain and what you believe, you become.
Every single thought we have is creative: it has the power to build and the power to destroy.
“If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.”
“Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” ~ Alexander Graham Bell
“Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb,” said Pythagoras.
Blaise Pascal said, “All man’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.”
Sharpen up your intellect by returning to the habit of doing one thing at a time.
Learning with a purpose increases your attention, comprehension, retention, and organizes your thoughts.
“If you’re not sure why you’re doing something, you can never do enough of it.”
Your mind never wanders away; it only moves towards more interesting and outstanding things.
“There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.” So get interested!
Learn to practise peace because if you have no attention you have no retention.
Concentration is about learning how to stay centered. When you concentrate your power, you can achieve anything.
Learn to use your imagination; it is a learned skill and not a natural talent.
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” ~ Charles Mingus
Anthony Robbin’s life changing book, Awaken the Giant Within,
“Whatever you think about, that’s what you remember. Memory is the residue of thought.” ~ Daniel T. Willingham
Long-Term Memory + Short-Term Memory = Medium-Term Memory.
find the fun in FrUstratioN
“Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” ~ Dale Carnegie
This number method was developed in the 1700s by a man named Stanislaus Mink von Wennshein
“Memory...is the diary that we all carry about with us.” ~ Oscar Wilde
Start to catch your memory doing things right and you will start to see improvements.
“Chaos is the sexiest excuse for laziness ever invented.”
“Learning new information isn’t helpful unless it can be recalled later. Anything that increases one’s memory power increases access to everything learned.” ~ Richard Restak, M.D.
“We all love to win but how many people love to train?” ~ Mark Spitz (7 Gold medals in the1972 Olympics)
You should always use the power of review to put a lid on your learning to prevent your learning from escaping.
“If you’re hoping to harvest a life of great deeds, remember you first have to plant some great seeds.” ~ Denis Waitley
