Test and strengthen your memory with six free memory games at the Memory Gym.   You can choose your difficulty level, set memory goals and track your progress all on this interactive site.

These memory games are a great way to practice the Mental File Folder System or the Chaining and Linking techniques taught in the Memory Training Workshop.

For more ideas on how to improve your memory, read our article Read More...

Annette was bright, smart, and enthusiastic. Even so, whenever she approached customers in the furniture store where we both worked, she seemed unable to strike up a conversation with them. They would invariably mumble something like, “We’re just looking” and head off to get lost among the labyrinth of bedrooms. Annette would make a few more half-hearted attempts to connect with them, usually getting a last glimpse of her customer as they walked out the door. In many cases, she never really even got to speak with them at all. She was frustrated, hurt, and a little worried about her sales performance. She should have been. Her inability to connect with her customers was killing her Read More...

Download the 3 Steps for Running an Effective Meeting mp3
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When you hear people talk about meetings what do you normally hear?  Maybe, “a waste of time” or “nothing productive ever comes out of our meetings.”  I’m not ripping on the complainers because actually they have a point.  Often times there’s no focus during a meeting.  There is a lot of Read More...

Download the Effective Listening Exercise mp3
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Be interested rather than Interesting

Have you ever met a person who is an amazing storyteller?  They told great jokes, they had traveled everywhere and it seemed as though they virtually knew something about everything?  But, you couldn’t get a word in edgewise!  Or worse, as soon as you shared a story, they had a similar story that was better than yours?  The old one-upper.  That person Read More...

Download the 5 Steps for Getting Past the Fear of Public Speaking mp3
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Jerry Seinfeld once said that at a funeral, most people would rather be in the coffin than standing in front of the group giving the eulogy.  This is said because a fear of public speaking is a fear of many people.  It’s a real fear, known as speech phobia, and the effects of this fear, according to some, are a fast heartbeat and dry mouth before speaking.  Some people actually say they feel faint before speaking in front of a group.  Their Read More...

Reccomended Product – The Best-Kept Secrets of Great Communicators

When you investigate the most powerful and influential people in the world, you will discover that they all have something in common. Effective communication.

Whether they personally possess such skills or have hired a support team that did, ultimately, effective communication was one of the fundamental keys to their success. Using the Read More...

August 11 kicks off a week of articles, audio training and discussions regarding communication on the Freedom Personal Development Blog.

Part of being a great communicator is knowing what you are going to say. Preparation allows you to choose the right words ahead of time, and then speak with greater confidence and effectiveness. We are used to preparing for big presentations, but what about those little ones?

How often has someone asked you, “What you do?” Many of us answer briefly and accurately, but our answers don’t lead anywhere. Even worse, we stumble about trying to find the words. How about if you PREPARED for this?

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As summer starts to wind down, it’s a great time to refocus our energies. Vacations are over, kids are going back to school, the weather will be changing soon. It’s not that it’s time for the fun to end—trust me, I’d never suggest that! But it’s important to bring things back into focus every so often.

It’s easy for life to start going in a million directions. You may have heard it said before that it’s been proven our brains move 7 times faster than someone can speak. Multi-tasking does often make us more productive and it’s necessary Read More...

Is asking for the sale hard for you? Would it help if you could get your clients to simply say, “I’ll take it!” Sure it would. What’s the key? Focus your selling energy on the front part of your sales process, and the back end will take care of itself.

Selling is simply influencing another person to take action. That action will take the form of a purchase of your product or service. Remember that people always act in their own self-interest.

Essentially, you must convince them of two things:

1. You are a credible resource – they must like you, trust you, and feel Read More...

By Christina Laun – Nursing School Search

While working out and eating right are key parts of being fit and living a long and healthy life, what many people fail to think about is the health of their brains, the organ running the whole show. Your brain needs to get a workout too in order to keep itself in tip top shape and keep you mentally healthy for the rest of your life.

Here are some ways that you can give your brain a challenge and have fun at the same time.

Fitness
Get your brain in shape while you get the rest of your body Read More...