Kevin Horsley
2. Stop multitasking We destroy our concentration by multitasking the moment and our peace away. Multitasking is a myth! (Location 393)
Neuroscience consultant Marilee Springer says, “Multi-tasking is known to slow people down by 50% and add 50% more mistakes.” Multi-tasking is like putting your brain on drugs. There is a whole body of research that shows that multitasking is less productive, makes you less creative, and contributes to you making bad decisions. (Location 407)
A lack of attention direction is the real disorder. Stop overwhelming yourself by continually changing the channels of your mind. Sharpen up your intellect by returning to the habit of doing one thing at a time. Rediscover the value of consecutive tasking, instead of settling for the quality dilution associated with simultaneous tasking. Exceptional work is always associated with periods of deep concentration. Nothing excellent ever comes from a (Location 416)
Purpose: Having a clear purpose is important because clarity dissolves resistance. Always remember why you are reading or learning the information. Keep your purpose at the forefront of your mind. (Location 424)
We all know that interest improves concentration but how do we get interested in the ‘boring’ information? The first step is to find your interests and then to find links or connections between your interests and the new information that you are learning. (Location 437)
People that learn quickly or have a so-called photographic memory apply their creativity to everything they learn. (Location 498)
“Hear a piece of information and three days later you’ll remember 10% of it. Add a picture and you’ll remember 65%.” (Location 514)
The SEE Principle Use your S – Senses: there are only five ways to get anything into your brain, and that is through sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste. When you utilize your senses you experience more of life and you remember more. (Location 526)
E – Exaggeration: what (Location 533)
Imagine you had to remember the name Washington; you could turn that word into a picture of you washing a tin. Or, if you had to remember the word Hydrogen you could see a picture of a fire Hydrant drinking gin. 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 (Location 556)
First, we will use Spanish words: (Location 565)
Some Japanese words: (Location 605)
Just by connecting these words in a silly mind movie you have learned fourteen foreign words. You can use this method to remember hundreds of foreign words if you use the SEE principle. (Location 626)
The greatest secret of a powerful memory is to bring information to life with your endless imagination. (Location 648)
We have just learned to bring information to life by turning information into pictures or mind movies. Now we need to learn to create files, for pictures, from our long-term memory. This will assist us in remembering new information. (Location 657)
The method that I will share with you now is called, The Car Method. (Location 662)
These methods may seem silly but just go with it. I promise that you will see the point and you will remember the information. These systems take long for me to explain, but they work at the speed of thought. The only reason it won’t work for you is if you don’t do it. (Location 667)
What you have just learned are fourteen super foods; foods that have been shown to improve your vitality and keep your mind agile and alert. (Location 688)