You Can Learn to Remember: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

by Dominic O'Brien

As we become increasingly distracted by looking at the screens of our computers and mobile phones, our ability to memorize and recall information is weakening. The capacity of our memory depends on our ability to focus the mind and sustain concentration. You Can Learn to Remember shows you how to train your brain to peak performance and develop the ability to instantly recall details.
 Drawing upon the extraordinary skills of eight-times World Memory Champion Dominic O’Brien, this guide provides an invaluable repertoire of proven ways to enhance your memory – from memorizing a speech, a shopping list and directions to never forgetting names, dates and faces. With 25 easy-to-follow exercises you will learn techniques and shortcuts to sharpen and extend your memory. Master the arts of storage and recall with Dominic’s highly effective memory systems based on imagery and association and improve your knowledge of the world.
Part of the You Can
You Can Learn to Remember 978-1-78028-791-1, You Can Master Meditation 978-1-78028-798-0, You Can Understand Your Dreams 978-1-78028-796-6 You Can Manage Your Time Better 978-1-78028-793-5, You Can Sleep Well 978-1-78028-794-2, You Can Relax and Overcome Stress 978-1-78028-758-4, You Can Be an Optimist 978-1-78028-753-9, You Can Think Differently 978-1-78028-757-7, You Can Find Inner Peace 978-1-78028-752-2

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help

160 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 15, 2014

About the author

Dominic O'Brien is a British mnemonist and an author of memory-related books. He is the eight time World Memory Champion.

He began developing his mnemonic techniques in 1987 when he saw Creighton Carvello memorize a pack of 52 playing cards in less than three minutes on the BBC television programme Record Breakers. In order to memorize numbers, O'Brien developed the mnemonic Dominic system, which is similar to the Major System.

He gives lectures, and has been seen on television programmes such as The Human Body.

Dominic O'Brien had an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for his 1 May 2002 feat of committing to memory a random sequence of 2808 playing cards (54 packs) after looking at each card only once. He was able to correctly recite their order, making only eight errors, four of which he immediately corrected when told he was wrong.

Reviews

[Ashutosh Parauha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of the techniques are immensely useful especially for the highly factual information that we aquire everyday. Not only that, the book also delves into how to conserve our everyday memories. This aspect has more significance than just academic learning.

A short and light read. Though it will takes patience and practice to actually gain from this book. Recommended.

[Olenka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unbelievably useful. loved it.

[Nadirah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A synthesized book on the tips & tricks you can use to improve your memory (e.g. mnemonics, SRS techniques, and the Dominic technique by the author himself among others). Having read Foerr's Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything before I read this, this book was mostly a repetition of what I've already learned. Still, it was a pretty good summary so those who want a shorter version of Moonwalking can pick this up.

[Nassim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely amazing!!!!

[Trixy Lemell · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick read that is to the point. The first half of the book talks about how the brain and memory works and other basics like techniques. The next half puts all the subjects you learned in the first half into play by breaking down actual areas and topics of memory. Want to memorize a game? Want to bring back a long lost memory? Want to forget something or deal with something that may root itself as a horrible memory? Want to remember a deck of cards, math problems, phone numbers, faces, dates, speeches?

There's a section for that and 25 exercises to keep the mind sharp.

Important things to take away?

You are never to old to keep the mind sharp.

Work the mind like a muscle.

Take care of your body and you will take care of your mind.

Imagination, Association, Observation, and Location. Remember then and you got this.

I recommend this for anyone wanting to exercise the mind, students, professionals, writers even (the whole imagination, association, observation, location...hello! You have to be creative but that doesn't mean you have to be the creative type...but for the creative types, let this help you to expand in those areas).

I will add that things go a little confusing for me at parts but it could be that I was tired, stressed, and in pain (leg injury while reading) and I learned that all 3 will have an affect on your concentration...and concentration is the first step to memory and recall.

Well, look at that, this book is helping already if I remembered all those cue words and such. And I've also got Sylvester Stallone and his machine gun next to a garden in my head...Read the book if you want to understand. (

[ALi ElSaeed · Rating 5 out of 5]

it is an excellent book , I really recommend it for those who encounter forgetting every thing in life and also for those who want to improve their memories whether in daily life stuff , learning a language or even impress relatives by remembering a full deck of cards for fun.
I also recommend to read after this book two others that will help you to master memory techniques by the same author and they are :
" How to develop a perfect memory "
How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week
they are really really good and I really enjoyed the author way of writing such a complex topic with simple words and of course my memory became better than before.
hope you enjoy those three books.

[Gaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first chapter of this book should be "the art of memory" not the pages of the paragraphs of their theories and facts. Because that's tedious for me who prefers practical ones than the rigor knowledge behind them. I think it will be better to reformat all the chapters before "the art of memory" as an appendix or as pieces of information through the book.

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is practical and easy to understand. There are a few things that I wish had been covered in more detail, with further explanation. I’m already practicing and using many of the techniques in the book. It’s definitely a worthy read.

[hemlet kiai · Rating 3 out of 5]

a great book. gives you a
listing of methods to remember better. question is are you willing to put effort on learning?

[David Pucii · Rating 3 out of 5]

Skip the first 150 pages and read the actual exercises. This book has a lot of repetitive fluff

[Sonu Kumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much intresting things in this book

[Kelly Antonatou · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really practical with good advice and techniques for a better memory

[José Alejandro Vázquez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Me rendí a la mitad del libro, demasiados datos y pocos ejercicios prácticos.

[Sawn Medrano · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the first part where it explained how the brain works and remembers. It gives practical ideas on how to improve memory using time tested data.