Speed Reading can help increase your grades or your productivity and income. What could you do if you were able to read 3-5 times your reading speed?
Speed Reading can help increase your grades or your productivity and income. What could you do if you were able to read 3-5 times your reading speed? Can you just imagine reading and learning at a rate that you could comfortably read 2-3 books a week? Imagine seeing yourself flipping pages and remembering what you read. I was one of the slowest readers I knew in High School. In fact when I went to Texas A&M University they told me that “99% of all the rest of the Freshmen were placed above me”. Wow what a crusher. All I could think was “I will send you an invitation to my Graduation, because I will never give up.”
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I have been able to speak several times at the local Untyed groups that are sponsored by Administaff. What a great place for the C-Level (CEO, CFO, COO) crowd to attend. If you have employees and your in executive management you will get a ton out of this group.
I have been able to speak several times at the local Untyed groups that are sponsored by Administaff. What a great place for the C-Level (CEO, CFO, COO) crowd to attend. If you have employees and your in executive management you will get a ton out of this group. They have 15 – 20 meetings monthly somewhere around the DFW area and they are expanding to Austin, Houston and other cities around the country in the not to distant future. If your a speaker that has a service that would be of great service to these folks you should see if there is a spot available. I will acknowledge if your a MLM’er you best not attend. They will ask you to leave. This is set up to be a safe place for the executive crowd. The meetings are usually smaller 15 or less but the quality of the group is outstanding. If you want to know more goto… http://www.untyed.com/.
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I am a nut for Accelerated learning techniques. I have always had to work harder for what I have but when it comes to memory and speed reading I just figure there are too many ways to shorten the learning curve. If your like me you are needing to keep up in this information age we live in and if there are some easy ways to keep what we learn longer well you would be “All-In”!!!
I am a nut for Accelerated learning techniques. I have always had to work harder for what I have but when it comes to memory and speed reading I just figure there are too many ways to shorten the learning curve. If your like me you are needing to keep up in this information age we live in and if there are some easy ways to keep what we learn longer well you would be “All-In”!!!
Ron White the 2 time National Memory Champion is a good friend of mine and someone that I study. So when I saw this video I thought it would be an excellent key to help you learn anything you want faster and remember it forever.
Watch this video and let me know when you use what Ron is teaching here.
Telling a Story to Build Your Memory Power
By Ron White Memory Expert and USA Memory Champion
In the levels of memory training, association includes elements of memory training, such as acronyms. Have you heard of acronyms? An acronym is a series of letters created using the first letter of each word. IBM is an acronym for International Business Machines. AT&T is an acronym for American Telephone and Telegraph.
Telling a Story to Build Your Memory Power
By Ron White Memory Expert and USA Memory Champion
In the levels of memory training, association includes elements of memory training, such as acronyms. Have you heard of acronyms? An acronym is a series of letters created using the first letter of each word. IBM is an acronym for International Business Machines. AT&T is an acronym for American Telephone and Telegraph. These are used by companies because they are easier to remember. When I was in high school, my science teacher told me that I could learn the colors of the rainbow in the correct order by remembering the name Roy G Biv.
R for red, O for orange, y for yellow, G for green, B for blue, I for indigo, and V for violet. Another acronym I learned in school was an easy way to remember the Great Lakes. It is called homes. H.O.M.E.S. H for Huron, O for Ontario, M for Michigan, E for Erie and S for Superior. That is an easy way to learn the Great Lakes.
Can acronyms be used for everything? No. Are there more advanced ways to retain information? Yes. However, every level of memory training is important, and you never know when a good old fashioned acronym is what you need to use to recall some vital information.
A link is a method of recalling information by telling a story. Many ancient books, such as the Bible, were passed down from one generation to the next this way. I bet you can sing many of your favorite tunes on the radio and not miss a beat. The reason is that you have, number one, incorporated the link method of memorizing by linking one thought to the next, songs also incorporate rhythm which helps your memory. A link is simply linking one thought to the next. For example, here is a list of 19 items. If I ask you to memorize them using basic association, it would not work. For example, number one is Mount Rainier, number 2 is ice, number 3 is trees, number 4 is bicycle. What do these items have in common with the number they are with? Nothing that I am aware of. So, in this case, basic association would not work.
The next level is the chain of association or the link. Sit back, relax and enjoy this story. I want you to focus on seeing the images in this story very clearly, vividly and powerfully. Here is the story:
Mount Rainier has ice on the top and trees on the side. Coming down the mountain is a bicycle ridden by a German shepherd. He has a glass of water in one hand and a shoe in the other. At the bottom of the mountain, he crashes into a TV set and lands on a pillow. He bounces off the pillow onto a trampoline, and bounces off the trampoline into an airplane. The airplane lands in Dallas and Richard Nixon is waiting for him. He has on a brown hat, black boots; he hands him a check for $50,000 and the keys to a brand new Corvette. He then drives the Corvette back to Mount Rainier.
Now, we’re going to do this one more time. The difference is I want you to repeat the items out loud. By the way, if you move your hands and use body language, you’ll have reinforced the pictures in your mind. So, here we go. Sit back and read this story. Mount Rainier has ice on the top and trees on the side. Repeat with me. Mount Rainier has ice on the top and trees on the side. Coming down the mountain is a bicycle ridden by a German Shepherd. Repeat with me, coming down the mountain is a bicycle ridden by a German Shepherd. He has a glass of water in one hand and a shoe in the other. Repeat with me, he has a glass of water in one hand and a shoe in the other. At the bottom of the mountain, he crashes into a TV set. Repeat with me, at the bottom of the mountain, he crashes into a TV set. He lands on a pillow, bounces on a trampoline, and bounces off the trampoline into an airplane. Repeat with me, he lands on a pillow, bounces on a trampoline, and bounces off the trampoline into an airplane. The airplane lands in Dallas and Richard Nixon is waiting for him. Repeat with me, the airplane lands in Dallas and Richard Nixon is waiting for him. He has on a brown hat and black boots. Repeat with me, he has a brown hat and black boots. He hands him a check for $50,000 and the keys to a brand new Corvette. Repeat with me, he hands him a check for $50,000 and the keys to a brand new Corvette. He then drives the Corvette back to Mount Rainier. Repeat with me, he then drives the Corvette back to Mount Rainier. Did you use body language with it? I always do. I hold out my hands like I’m holding a glass of water and a shoe. I bounce like I’m on the trampoline and I act like I’m Richard Nixon, and I stick out my hands like they have keys and $50,000 in them.
Let’s do this one more time. Here we go. Focus on the story:
Mount Rainier has ice on the top and trees on the side. Repeat with me. Mount Rainier has ice on the top and trees on the side. Coming down the mountain is a bicycle ridden by a German Shepherd. Repeat with me. Coming down the mountain is a bicycle ridden by a German Shepherd. He has a glass of water in one hand and a shoe in the other. Repeat with me, he has a glass of water in one hand and a shoe in the other. At the bottom of the mountain, he crashes into a TV set. Repeat with me, at the bottom of the mountain, he crashes into a TV set. He lands on a pillow, bounces to a trampoline, and bounces off the trampoline into an airplane. Repeat with me, he lands on a pillow, bounces to a trampoline, and then bounces off the trampoline into an airplane. The airplane lands in Dallas and Richard Nixon is waiting for him. Repeat with me, the airplane lands in Dallas and Richard Nixon is waiting for him. He has a brown hat and black boots. Repeat with me, he has a brown hat and black boots. He hands him a check for $50,000 and the keys to a brand new Corvette. Repeat with me, he hands him a check for $50,000 and the keys to a brand new Corvette. He then drives the Corvette back to Mount Rainier. Repeat with me, he then drives the Corvette back to Mount Rainier.
Now it is time to see how many that you recalled. Now, on a sheet of paper write down all the items in this list. Don’t write out the story, instead, simply write each noun in the story. For example, Mount Rainer will be the first item on the list.
Set the book aside now and write down the items there are 16 items. Do not spend more than 4-5 minutes on this exercise. After you done come back and check your answers. Answers below:
1. Mount Rainier
2. Bicycle
3. German Shepherd
4. Glass of water
5. Shoe
6. TV set
7. Pillow
8. Trampoline
9. Airplane
10. Dallas
11. Richard Nixon
12. Brown hat
13. Black boots
14. check for $50,000
15. Keys to a brand new Corvette
16. Mount Rainier
Well, how did you do? Did the link method work for you? I bet you did pretty well. Our minds are truly the greatest computers ever created, and I mean that. Don’t get caught up in being perfect right now. This is a very basic memory method but sufficient to memorize lists where it is not important to know what #6 is without having to think about it. I must confess I don’t use this method by itself very much. However, I do couple this method with the journey method or loci method often to store more than one piece of information on each file.
Enjoy the power of your brain!
As I was training for the USA Memory Championship in 2009 I emailed the then World Champion, Ben Pridmore, and I asked him for advice he could give me as I trained. His advice was simple….trust your memory.
As I was training for the USA Memory Championship in 2009 I emailed the then World Champion, Ben Pridmore, and I asked him for advice he could give me as I trained. His advice was simple….trust your memory.
That was it….trust my memory.
What did that mean? Well, when you are memorizing a deck of cards in a tournament you are timed and the fastest that you can do it the better. Often times, I would find myself focusing on a card for several seconds to make sure that I had it in my brain. Then I started with Ben’s strategy of ‘trusting my memory’ and I would start going fastest than I thought possible. Guess what? My brain still had the information at the faster speed!
It is much like speed reading. Most of use read slow not because that is the fastest that we can go but we really don’t understand how much our brain takes in going at fast speeds. Think about driving down the road at 70mph and all the signs, billboards and movement you are able to take in. The brain is the greatest computer ever created. So my advice is to trust your memory more!
This doesn’t necessary always means speed but it just means expect more from your memory. Stop saying to yourself, ‘Oh I am terrible with names’,’I am a poor test taker’ or ‘I just can’t remember like I used to!’ Trust your memory and I think you will be amazed. I went from memorizing a deck of cards in 6 minutes and 30 seconds to just over a minute because of technique but also because I started to trust my memory.
Ron White is a good friend of mine and I have seen him use his memory to teach thousands to use their memory in ways they could never have imagined. Several times a year Ron does a memory class that is 7 hours long. Here is a sample video of how powerful the class is. What great results! I believe that once you have tried Ron’s memory techniques you will come to the same conclusion that others have found… It works!
It’s always easier to do something if you love what you’re doing. I remember this sticker I found behind the wall of the church back when I was a kid: if you love your work, your work is like the breeze.
Sample applies to scripture memorization. If you love the act of memorizing the passages, you’ll be doing it with an open heart and mind, which is all you need to lift some of the burden off your shoulders.
It’s always easier to do something if you love what you’re doing. I remember this sticker I found behind the wall of the church back when I was a kid: if you love your work, your work is like the breeze.
Sample applies to scripture memorization. If you love the act of memorizing the passages, you’ll be doing it with an open heart and mind, which is all you need to lift some of the burden off your shoulders.
Tip #2. Make time before going to bed
The bulk of my memorization is done one or two hours before I go to bed. Don’t attempt to get memorization done early in the evening, when your mind is still tired from work. You won’t accomplish anything this way.
Slow reading also helps. Break down the sentences into small and manageable syllables. For example, take a look at this sentence.
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.”
Why don’t you read it this way?
“I – have – been – cru-si-fied – with – Christ – and – I – no – lon-ger – live, – but – Christ – lives – in – me.”
Tip #3. Reflect on the verses and its meanings
It’s easier to absorb things if we could somehow relate them to our own lives. You could probably nail down a couple of verses, but I’m confident that, if they don’t mean anything to you at all, you’d have forgotten about them the next morning.
– It’s important to take time and understand what the verse is telling you
– It’s important to meditate on the lessons presented in the passage
It might not seem like it, but these two pointers make a big difference in helping you recall the correct word right down to the last full stop.
Some people find difficulty in getting any memorization done when their relationship with God is at a low point. You won’t have much confidence in yourself for committing a sin, and that lack of confidence is going to find its way to interrupt your studying of the Bible scriptures. The only reasonable advice is for you to be emotionally and spiritually stable before attempting to memorize the Bible.
Tip #5. Create silly acronyms
Here are some popular, easy to remember acronyms.
– FACE = acronym used for reading sheet music
– My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas = The nine planets
– Roy G. Biv = The colors of the rainbow
Bible scriptures are no exception. Is “Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword” too difficult to get down? Then change it to “the handsome prince found nine dead snakes” and then write it on a piece of 3×5 paper. It’s much easier to remember now, and no more tongue-twisters.
The key is to be patient. Do that, and there’s no doubt that you can do this as well.
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Patrick Dougher hosts the Radio Show BrainAthlete Radio on BlogTalkRadio each Tuesday and this week Tim Connor the author of Soft Sell and Corporate Disclosure, was the guest. He did a great interview on the communications gap that happens in most organizations.
Patrick Dougher hosts the Radio Show BrainAthlete Radio with co-host Ron White on BlogTalkRadio each Tuesday and this week Tim Connor the author of Soft Sell and Corporate Disclosure, was the guest. He did a great interview on the communications gap that happens in most organizations. The view that most C-level managers have of their company is from a 40k foot view and not listening to what the managers that only see the 500 foot view. Tim Connor discusses the solutions for the gap and some key questions you can ask to identify where these disconnects exist. Listen to this show and let me know what you think.
I have searched for the best products to assist Accelerated Learning. I work with the National Memory Champion Ron White. I have studied memory, speed reading, note taking, mind mapping, brain foods, brain exercises, accelerated learning, binaural beat music for tuning the brain and just about everything else for creating the best mind for me. In all the research I have tried to find the fastest routes to success in learning and condensed them down to just a few keys. One of the biggest keys is concentration and mental alertness. I found Ron White’s Brain Athlete Food and was blown away at it’s effectiveness for me.
I have searched for the best products to assist Accelerated Learning. I work with the National Memory Champion Ron White. I have studied memory, speed reading, note taking, mind mapping, brain foods, brain exercises, accelerated learning, binaural beat music for tuning the brain and just about everything else for creating the best mind for me. In all the research I have tried to find the fastest routes to success in learning and condensed them down to just a few keys. One of the biggest keys is concentration and mental alertness. I found Ron White’s Brain Athlete Food and was blown away at it’s effectiveness for me. I know there are tons of potions and pills for everything under the sun and many times you are asked to be an affiliate or join some MLM, well what I am sharing is neither. This is just me sharing something I have found more than effective and hope that you will just give it a try. Click on this link … Ron White’s Brain Athlete Food
