In this episode we learn the memory tactics and strategies of an International Grandmaster of Memory, we look at why there is no such thing as a bad memory or a good memory - only bad memory strategies and good memory strategies, in real time we build a memory palace that you can use to memorize and effortlessly recall the ten emotions of power, go deep into the system for organizing and remembering huge chunks of information and much more with our guest Kevin Horsley. 

  

 Kevin Horsley is an International Grandmaster of Memory, and was one of the first five people in the world to obtain this title. Kevin is also the World Record Holder for the matrix memorization of 10,000 digits of Pi. He is also the bestselling author of several books on memory and his work has been featured in Oprah Magazine, Times, Forbes, Inc. and many more.

  

 

How Kevin went from severe dyslexia, almost being diagnosed with brain damage, to becoming a world record holder in memory 

You can never be more than your definition of yourself, you have to question your labels as they aren’t often the absolute truth

There is no such thing as a good memory or a bad memory - there are only good memory strategies or bad memory strategies

Auditory memory is always sequential - improving your spacial/visual memory allows you to move seamlessly through information 

The best way to get your brain engaged is to imagine content and connect it to something you know 

There are 3 keys to developing a super memory

A place

A unique image

Glue them together

“PUG” 

Place (long-term memory)

Unique Image

Glue

We build a memory palace on your body to memorize the 10 emotions of power from Tony Robbins

Long-term memory + short-term memory = medium-term memory

Using google maps and tourist attractions to remember anything by exploring and planting memories anywhere on earth

 There’s no real limit to what you can do with your mind - the only real limit is time 

“The more you know, the easier it is to know more”

We have a phenomenal brain and aren’t using all of its potential 

Do you need to know something for Just in Time or Just In Case?

The power and importance of periodic review to encode information for the long-term

Just in case information - using a system of Evernote + Todoist to store and review information

Book strategy: 

Get the book - first do an overview of the book, look at the table of contents, make predictions what is the book about, what do you know about (active knowledge networks), once he’s overviewed the book, he does a preview of the book - what specifically do you want to know from this book?

Lay the book contents out on a memory journey with the key principles ideas - what is the key content - put it on a journey 

Put a little note - you put a specific information

You need to work on these ideas and get the key fundamentals - it’s like driving. You have to train yourself and improve and grow. 

Kevin spends 1 hour a day on new content, 1 hour a day on review. Discipline is a key to this

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