Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and Be More Productive

After smoking cannabis for 6 years daily, I was under the belief that I had destroyed my memory and it would never be the same. I decided to quit cannabis for new years and start working on my memory. This is the first book I have purchased on the subject and within an hour of reading I have managed to memorise (and recall) 14 superfoods, 7 principles of successful people, 10 principles of power and the 10 different kinds of intelligence. I thought my memory was terrible, but I have come to realise that I simply didn’t have any systems in place to be able to memorise mass amounts of information. I can feel my thoughts ‘sticking’ instead of vanishing the second I learn them. Normally I would spend days or even weeks trying to memorise the amount of information that I just read in an hour. People say this book is “sales-y” but I think that the author is getting you to remember valuable information for life (from other people’s books) opposed to filling your head with useless junk. Why not use the opportunity to help people improve? As someone who thought their memory was doomed forever, I highly recommend this book. This review sounds like a sponsorship, but really I am just excitable and have a new found motivation for studying.

Excellent book, and the well tested systems that have been around for a while and do work. Chapters are short and snappy and have examples that show the system working eg remember the first 10 presidents of the US in about a minute. I used the house room system this week to remember a 30 minute speech I presented to a tech forum in London without notes - worked a treat.

I've been interested in the memory and ways to improve and hone it since I read 'Use your Head' by Tony Buzan many years ago. In fact the author of this book was influenced by a Buzan book too. This book explores the reasons to improve your memory and explains how it takes dedicated practice to see a positive result. Much like going to the gym, exercising the memory sees incremental improvements as you continue using the techniques. Various memory techniques are taught here, like the well known Mind Palace technique, as well as variations upon this, using transportation and your own body to create mind pegs. The author also teaches methods to remember large numbers and how to remember decks of playing cards. These are always good for a party trick and to strengthen your memory in general. There is plenty to learn and keep you engaged in this book, although I wish there had been a dedicated chapter on memory techniques for language learning, which was my primary reason for buying this. I'm not entirely sure if the techniques taught here would be ideal for long term goals like this That aside, I enjoyed reading this and whilst I already knew many of the techniques taught within the pages, I feel it'd make a good introduction to this topic. This is short, accessible and offers up some useful tips. Worth a read and also worth practicing some of the techniques espoused by the author.

I would like to start by saying, I believe, this book is a useful and invaluable tool for everyone but since I am a student I would like to direct this review directly to them. While I did perform well in school I wasn't a very good student, I found it very hard to motivate myself to study and for much of my time there relied on short term memory and what I could remember from classes/lectures this worked quite well for small tests but as the years went by and more and more exams were reliant on past knowledge my 'technique' quickly began to show it's flaws (and there were many). If I didn't like/was interested in the subject I had almost zero retention (for me that was English ). For subjects where I had to learn numerous facts (for me business and history) I had to resort to either hoping I liked the topic in order to remember it or forcing my self to rote learn by writing out paragraphs over and over again. Not only was this method horribly boring and slow (it took hours and hours to force things into my head) it was also very infective (I could only remember things from start till end and for medium lengths of time. I also used to lose confidence thinking that I was born with a bad memory and would have to struggle with this issue my entire life. I used to doubt my own intelligence and think I was inferior to other people . This was not only a very toxic mindset but also very wrong as I have found out after reading this book. In this book kevin horesly not only shows and brings you through numerous highly effective techniques but also debunks common myths about memory (being born with a bad memory/focus etc.) After reading this book I have the confidence and the skill to apply myself and learn anything that I put my mind to something I never thought I would have. My only wish is that I had found and read this book in secondary school. So if you are thinking about buying this book, maybe you hope it will help you in school. All I can say is stop wondering and go ahead and get I can promise you won't regret it.

This book is very well written by a leading world memory expert. I really enjoyed reading this book because it taught me how important the emotions are in terms of learning and being able to concentrate and memorise key parts of information. I also really enjoyed the different techniques that were outlined in this book to help the reader, memorise information in various different ways. In the UK, there is a company called LoveBrain which charges around £2,400 for a four day weekend. This company has copied most of the concepts from this book so by reading this book, you can save yourself quite a lot of money and also get a lot of good value at the same time.

After reading this book, I think I would like to have more practical examples to further practice and understand the techniques than having to read how habits and knowing these skills may improve one's life at the beginning and end of the book or having to know how many people were helped by these techniques throughout the book. Also, this book contains great examples.

I like how it gets to the point, there is no to much explaining and then not giving an example. In fact, there are many example, easy to understand and to apply. I love that it doesn't give only one but much more strategies and then you can choose one or even combine all of them. Love that he mentioned mind mapping because that is really effective way to learn and remember and also get some great ideas. I will definitely read this book again until I master all the strategies for remembering and learning.

Unlimited Memory is a Brilliant book which will introduce you into the topic of improving your memory ability and will explain topics like concentration (little brief), Creating and Connecting Memory (Good) and Continual Use (Good). Overall the book is a great read and a must for anyone looking to improve there memory. The only criticism I would have is there are little practical activities to allow you to develop your "memory abilities", after finishing the book, like online games or activities. However, I plan to create a detailed mind map about the book, and try multiple practical tasks to improve my memory abillity more indepth.

An excellent book to read and a blueprint for building the capacity for unlimited memory in a time in history that LEARNING and EARNING have become the norm.

This book really changed my way of inputting new information. So grateful for the opportunity to have met this amazing book !!

This is a gem. That should do it as long as a quick description of this masterpiece is concerned. But let me elaborate some more and show you how useful and practical this big little book is. First, Kevin Horsley destroys some erroneous common sense beliefs about memory, mental capacities and the sort, in Part 1: Concentrate. He illustrates the wrongness of those beliefs by telling us a little about his own story, which is really inspiring (it reminded me Joshua Foer's, author of "Moonwalking With Einstein"). He impales multitasking, one of 21st century greatest myths. The necessity to "be present" is very highlighted as well - just as it should! Last, but by no means least, he presents the PIC principle, a tool both of motivation and engagement (something that can only be helpful in information retrieval / learning processes): P -> Purpose, I -> Interest, C-> Curiosity; if you can fire up these guys, oh boy... ain't no stopping between you and effective learning; because: "Have a clear purpose because clarity dissolves resistance. [...] Your level of interest sets the direction of your attention and, therefore, your level of focus. [...] Get curious about your mind and how it works. Tony Robbins says, 'If you want to cure boredom, be curious. If you’re curious, nothing is a chore; it’s automatic – you want to study. Cultivate curiosity, and life becomes an unending study of joy.'"By changing how we see these beliefs, the first foundation layer of unlimited memory is laid. Next we learn the backgrounds, the very underpinnings of memorization techniques in Part 2: Create and connect. I quote the first two sentences of paragraph 2 from chapter 5: "Memory is a creative process and not a photographic process. Many people who are thought to have a photographic memory are just using all the methods that you will learn in this book on some or other level". And you have no idea how truer words were never spoken: the SEE principle exposes the heart of all the techniques later discussed in part 3, so really take your time to know it with your very soul! I quote: "S - Senses: [...]When you utilize your senses you experience more of life and you remember more.[...]If you train your senses you will be using more of your brain, and if you learn to engage as many of your senses as you can then you will automatically improve your memory.[...] E - Exaggeration: what is easier to remember: a strawberry that is normal size or one the size of a house? Make your images larger or smaller than life.[...]There is no scientific evidence to prove that learning should be serious. E - Energize: [...]Would you rather watch a movie of your holiday or a slide show? What creates more feeling in your imagination: a horse standing still or a horse that is running and moving?" And no, my friend, he doesn't stop there: the damn good examples of a decent writer are just next: "You can turn all complex information into something meaningful and memorable by turning it into images. In the beginning it will take a bit of effort on your part. You will have to invest your attention at first and then it will become a habit. [...] First, we will use Spanish words: Tiger is Tigre, it sounds like tea grey. Imagine a tiger drinking his tea that has turned grey. [...] Some Italian words: Chicken is Polo. You can imagine playing polo with a chicken instead of a ball. [...] Some Japanese words: Chest is Mune (Mooneh). Imagine money growing out of your chest. [...]" The final paragraph of chapter 5 starts with the following words of advice: "The greatest secret of a powerful memory is to bring information to life with your endless imagination. Take responsibility for your memory. You can only learn to control your memory when you become the source of your imagination." From chapters 6 to 14, comprising the (big) rest of part 2, we learn marvelous applications of the aforementioned principles in practical schemes and strategies to remember information. This is so beautiful that it should fairly be considered pretty much lit-porn if exposed here, so I'll give you just one example from chapter 6: "See your car in your mind and imagine you squeeze a big apple into the front grid of your car. Take a carrot and stab it into the bonnet. On the windscreen see grainy bread, and think to yourself, “The grainy bread is going to damage my windscreen wipers.” Get inside your car and squash dried fruit on the dash board, really see it go into your speedometer. On the driver’s seat imagine you are sitting on blue berries and strawberries – really feel it. Throw eggs at the person sitting in the passenger seat next to you, they now have egg on their face. Imagine you are pouring thousands of nuts and seeds onto your back seat. Go outside your car and imagine a massive orange on your roof. You open the boot and it is full of fish – really smell the fish. In the exhaust pipe there is broccoli and Brussels sprouts growing out of the exhaust, and finally the tires of your car are made out of sweet potatoes. Sweet!" I really doubt you'll forget this. Here, we see one of the foundations of perfect memory, as Kevin emphasizes: "LTM + STM = MTM", that is, medium term memory is a combination of long term memory and short term memory. You link stuff that you already know very well to new ones, so that this goes to Medium Term Memory. Through the book, the Loci Method (or, as you probably know, the Memory Palace method), the Pegging method and other classics are teached and used, so that you can remember everything, from a market list to bit by bit information - whole texts, the digits of pi and so on... Part 3: Continuous Use Well, little must be said about this here: to live is to remember. The last chapters and forewords are pretty special and even more meaningful after you've gone through the rest of the book, so take your time and enjoy.

while reading the book, I started applying the tricks immediately, for example for the words i come across in the same book. I was shocked when I could remember the words days later, initially I started creating pictures in my head. It is not a very fast process in the beginning but I am excited about how it will shape my memory. In a few years from now I will be able to come up with a picture within seconds. I just love this book. I am still working on creating mind mapping for a big concepts or book, but I am sure I will start doing that on my own in no time. I want to express my deepest gratitude towards the author Mr. Kevin Horsley. You changed something very significant in my life. I can now remember the books I read with author names now.

When I first saw this book, I was very skeptical. There is a very bold insinuation made in the title. But because it was on sale on Kindle for $1.49 the day I bought it, I decided it was worth the purchase. A few days later, after finishing the book, I am ready to call this one of the best and certainly most useful non-fiction books I have ever read, and I am a very avid reader. If you allow this book to change the way you learn, then this book is easily worth 20x the cover price for the keys and tools Horsley provides you with because you'll finally be able to overcome that old adage that claims that we only use about 10% of our brains. Like most of us, I've always just accepted the limitations that seem inherent with owning a brain, and I've become satisfied that I'll never be able to use more than "10%" as if it is not even realistic to tap into significantly more than that. However, this book invites you to throw away those limitations and strive for more. And Horsley's methods are not difficult to put into practice. They only require commitment, practice, and review. He compares it to taking your mind to the gym for a regular workout. Some of the strategies that he teaches near the beginning of the book may sound familiar to you, but read on. All the way through to the end. Have fun with the book. Practice what he is teaching you at each and every step along the way. You'll find some of the methods more useful to you than others, but you will find all of them legitimately helpful. Use any information that you want to learn as your training material, and you will see for yourself that these methods work. I'm not even going to give you any examples in this review because you really need to experience it for yourself. I will say this... usually, after I read a book, I never read it again. Not so with this one. This book is worth my reading every week because I want to practice, learn, and remember all of these methods. Horsley says, "Your mind is the only computer in the world with this characteristic: the more you put into it, the more it holds." His methods illustrate this truth very clearly. I only wish I could have discovered this book when I was in high school or college. The great thing about learning though is that you always have opportunities to learn more, and all of us could use these methods to be more successful in any area of our lives, personal or professional. This book is going to open up an unlimited world to you, if you are willing to make some changes in the way you think.