Dominic OBrien - Quantum Memory Power

QUANTUM MEMORY POWER

QUANTUM MEMORY POWER

LEARN TO IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY WITH THE WORLD MEMORY CHAMPION!

DOMINIC OBRIEN

Published 2020 by Gildan Media LLC

aka G&D Media

www.GandDmedia.com

Copyright 2020 by Dominic OBrien

No part of this book may be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner whatsoever, by any means (electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. No liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained within. Although every precaution has been taken, the author and publisher assume no liability for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

First Edition: 2020

Front cover design by David Rheinhardt of Pyrographx

Interior design by Meghan Day Healey of Story Horse, LLC.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request

eISBN: 978-1-7225-2429-6

10987654321

Contents

Foreword

D ominic OBrien was not born with a special gift for memorizing vast amounts of information. Yes, he has won the World Memory Championships a record 8 times and is the current Senior World Champion as well as being in the record books for memorizing 54 decks of playing cards after a single sighting of each card. He can memorize a random sequence of 2,000 numbers in less than an hour and appears regularly on television, memorizing anything from shopping lists to the names and faces of an entire audience.

Yet Dominic is only able to accomplish these feats because he has trained his brain to do them. What he can do, you can do too. The techniques, systems, and strategies in Quantum Memory Power are unrivaled. They are the most powerful in the world, and the reason is simple: Dominic has devised each and every method from his own trials and errors. The systems that worked, he kept and refined. Those that were unproductive, he discarded. The result is a powerful system, the Dominic System, that will unleash quantum memory powers you never knew you had.

Youll learn to remember names, faces, numbers, birthdays, dates, appointments, speeches, or any sequence of numbers you want. Once you have unleashed your memory power, there will be no limits to the type or quantity of information you will be able to store. With each powerful technique in Quantum Memory Power, youll be given practical applications and exercises to test and strengthen your abilities in each area.

Youll be using your imagination and creative abilities in ways you never imagined to gain speed, accuracy, and poise in the development of your own special quantum memory powers. Not only will you learn how to develop a powerful memory, but youll gain competence and self-esteem.

Youll learn how your brain operates, how to improve your decision making powers, how to remember directions, how to develop laser-sharp concentration, and everything from acing a tough job interview to developing a mental fact file.

Youre about to take the journey of a lifetime. You never realized that learning could be such fun. Who knows? You could end up challenging Dominic at the next World Memory Championship.

Its Time for Mental Fitness

T ogether were going to take a quantum leap in unleashing the true potential of your memory. Were going to unlock a wealth of memory power that you probably didnt even know that you had.

How would you like to remember the names and faces of everybody you meet and store that information in your memory, not just for days and weeks, but for months and years ahead?

Im going to take you on a journey through the world of mnemonics, and Im going to teach you a new languagethe language of numbersso that youll be able to remember any numberdates, birthdays, appointments, telephone numbers. Now Im talking big numbers here: 50 digits, 100, maybe even 1,000 or more.

How would you like to be able to deliver a lengthy speech entirely from memory, with no notes at all? Im going to teach you how to do that. Ill also teach you how to remember quotes, anecdotes, jokes, and material that will impress even the coldest of audiences.

Imagine reading through a newspaper or magazine and being able to remember every single detail in it. Youll even be able to pinpoint the exact detail on any page. Thatll impress your family and friends.

How would you like to pinpoint the day of the week for any date in the last century? Not just the last century, but any date in the future or in the past. Youll be able to do that in seconds.

Im going to teach you the secrets of accelerated learning. Maybe youre a student, or perhaps you have children studying at school. Im going to teach you how to learn so that you can absorb knowledge the lazy mans way. Youre going to learn new words. You wont make spelling mistakes anymore. Ill even teach you how to learn a vocabulary in a foreign language. Thats just the beginning.

In the advanced section of this book, Im going to teach you how to master your own brain waves. Im going to teach you how to control both sides of your brain. You could be a walking Einstein without evening know it. Im even going to teach you how to memorize, not one deck of cards, but several. In short, Im going to groom you to become a memory champion in your own right.

At the moment, youre probably thinking, Maybe this guy can teach me a thing or two, but I bet he was born with a very special brain. Maybe he has a photographic memory.

Youd be absolutely wrong. In fact at school I was described as dyslexic. I left school when I was 16. Here are some actual reports from when I was a child. Age 9: Calculation terribly slow, must concentrate, often cannot repeat the question. I was 19th out of a class of 22.

Heres another. Age 10: He tends to dream in the middle of a calculation, which leads him to lose track of the thought. I was 17th out of a class of 23.

This is my favorite one. Geography: has not paid much attention. Appears to know more of the universe than the earth.

From those school reports, you wouldnt think there was a future memory champion in the making, would you? It was only in 1987, when I saw a guy on television memorize a deck of cards, that the way I thought about my own memory was transformed.

In the World Memory Championships, you have to listen to a 200-digit number spoken at the rate of 1-digit per second. The person that can memorize the most digits before making a mistake is the winner. In other words, its sudden death. I was able to memorize the first 128 digits. You can do this too.

THE WORLD MEMORY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Let me give you a little bit of the background of the World Memory Championships. They started in 1991, and ever since then their numbers have grown. We have national champions: a United States champion, a German, Malaysian, English, Irish, Turkish champion, and so on. The best of each country all gather each year in London for the world championship.

This is the very first examination; its 1 of 10 events on a Thursday morning. We all sit down, all 400 of us, and were confronted with a number. We have 1 hour to memorize just 1 number. Not too difficult, you might think, but this particular number is 3,000 digits long, and its randomly generated. You have to read through the number like a book and memorize as many of the digits as possible.