We have been warned for many decades not to smoke. Now the World Health Organization says that tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the world, surpassing heart disease for the first time. Five million people die of causes linked to tobacco use annually.

Medical research is providing additional warnings to smokers. A study in the publication Neurology reported that older adults who smoke face an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, worse mental health was also more likely in persons who smoke than in non-smokers.

Most people know that smoking cigarettes can cause lung cancer. However, smoking is also a risk factor for Alzheimer’s Read More...

This article was recently in the science section of the New York Times and explains why some things like TV jingles are easy to remember but punch lines to jokes seem to escape us.

If you are looking to improve your memory, learn about our Memory Training Workshops held around the country.
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In One Ear and Out the Other
By Natalie Angier
New York Times
Published: March 16, 2009

By all accounts, my grandfather Read More...

If you would like to improve your memory, check out our live, 7 hour Memory Training Workshop offered across the country.  You can also have a speaker to your office for a complimentary memory training meeting.
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Your palms begin to sweat and you avoid eye contact with someone you know is a client, but you just can’t remember his name.

Your heart sinks as you hang up the phone after a phone call with a furious prospect; you forgot Read More...

As a company that conducts Memory Training Workshops, we teach many techniques that will allow you to recall vast amounts of information short or long term. We train your brain to remember.

If you would like to add technology to your arsenal of tools to aid your memory, we found a great article on Tim Ferriss’ blog, The Four Hour Work Week, that gives an overview on how you can use these tools for organizing, note taking, scheduling and making a system that works for you.

But if your technology fails, remember a Read More...

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...

How many of you have written down directions to somewhere, and then tried to read them…..while driving…..in the dark? Or even worse, left the directions at home? How about being told directions while you are driving? Good, so I’m not alone! How can we use our memory techniques to make directions easier and safer?

Directions are composed of only a few things: streets, directives (left or right, N, S, E, W) and landmarks. All we need to do is change those into images and glue them to files, and we’re off and running! So here’s what you do:

1. Turn the Streets into Images
Think back to the workshop of how to create images for Read More...

Download How to Memorize the Books of the Bible Part 3
(1. Right click the link 2. Choose “Save Target As”)

We are in the final segments of our training on memorizing the books of the Bible. Again, please listen along with the audio found above. By downloading the audio to a CD or mp3 player, you can listen and review the books of the Read More...

Download How to Memorize the Books of the Bible Part 2
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In this section am going to show you how to commit the books of the Old Testament to memory. I highly recommend listening and downloading the audio of this post to a CD or mp3 player, so you can listen and review the books of the Read More...

Download How to Memorize the Books of the Bible Part 1
(1. Right click the link 2. Choose “Save Target As”)

I am going to show you how to commit all of the books of the bible to memory and do it quickly and effectively. I highly recommend you follow along with the audio, that goes along with this post, listed above. Also, by Read More...

This is one of my favorite applications of memory training. I can’t claim creating it myself, but it is an amazing technique to memorize the calendar.

That’s right, memorize the calendar. You want me to go to a baseball game with you on June 10th? Sorry, the 10th is a Tuesday, and I have Bible study on Tuesdays.Would you like to be able to do that? I am going to explain how. Use this opportunity to file away the calendar for 2008 or any year. Here we go!

First you need a picture for every month. Many months are pretty simple, but use whatever works for you. Go through the year, and pick an image for every month. Remember, any picture works as long as you create it. Here are Read More...