Harry Lorayne - Harry Loraynes Page-a-minute memory book

Harry Lorayne's memory systems have helped thousandsof people in business, school, and everyday life.

"I was so impressed by Harry Lorayne's techniques that I had our salesmen spend two sessions with him. It was worth every penny we spent. The lessons have been invaluable to all of us, and I recommend Harry Lorayne's Page-a-Minute Memory Book without qualification." Alan Greenberg, CEO, Bear, Stearns & Co.

"I learn any subject ten times faster than ever before. I am the envy of all my classmates." Steve Sussman, student

"Ingenious." The New York Times

"Never-fail system for remembering everything." Time

"Harry Lorayne's course is recommended for all managers and supervisors, and it's mandatory for all other personnel."

Ruby Lauzon, International Paper Co.

"I taught your systems to hundreds of my fellow POW's over six years. Eventually it was spread throughout the camp. Since we had no reading or writing material, classes were conducted entirely from memory. We learned thousands of foreign words, poems, speeches, mathematics, electronics, classical music, philosophy, biology (the list is endless). Just wanted to tell you how much your work meant to all of us behind the bamboo wall."

Lt. Col. Arthur Ballard, Jr. (USAF)

"There is little doubt you will find it rewarding."

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"I teach chemistry and physics, the toughest subjects. But first I teach my students your memory systems. Then they just flow through the course with no problems. They learn the Periodic Table in one day, and never forget it." Bob Elliott, teacher

"More people took [Harry Lorayne's] course than any others we offered. The methods taught could be immediately applied. Great course!" Sally Harris, Staff Development Engineer Storage Technology Corporation

Headquarters or divisions of the following companieshave adopted Harry Lorayne's memory systemsfor training executives and personnel: Exxon Corporation; NASA Headquarters; Phelps Dodge, Inc.; NCR Corporation; Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.; Texas In-struments, Incorporated; The Singer Company; IBM; McDon-nell Douglas Corp.; Mack Trucks, Inc.; Safeway Stores, Inc.; The Bendix Corp.; Indiana Bell Telephone Co.; Ball Corporation; Bank of Nova Scotia; GTE Products Corporation; Wang Laboratories, Inc.; Hughes Helicopters; General Motors Corporation; Litton Systems Canada Limited; Keebler Company; ARCO Oil & Gas Company; Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York; Standard Oil Co. (Ohio); Martin Marietta Corp.; Boeing Computer Services Company; Chevron Corporation; Prudential Insurance Company of America; AT&T Long Lines Department; General Mills, Inc.; Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Irving Trust Co.; Allied Chemical Corp.; The Nestle Company, Inc.; Bell Telephone Laboratories; Grumman Aerospace Corp.; Stouffer's; Superior Oil Company; Storage Technology Corporation; Touche Ross & Company; Hartford Insurance Group; Pansophic Systems, Inc.; Illinois Central Gulf Railroad; Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; St. Paul Companies; Pratt & Whitney; International Paper Company; A. C. Nielsen Company of Canada; DuPont Canada, Inc.; Santa Fe Energy Company; United States Automobile Association; Florida Power Corp.; Iowa Beef Processors, Inc.; Celanese Fibers Operations; Computer Science Corporation; and on and on.

PAGE A MINUTE

MEMORY

BOOK

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HARRY LORAYNE'S

PAGE-A- MINUTE

MEMORY

BOOK

ANGUS & ROBERTSON PUBLISHERS

Unit 4, Eden Park, 31 Waterloo Road,North Ryde, NSW, Australia 2113, and16 Golden Square, London W1R 4BN,

United Kingdom

This book is copyright.

Apart from any fair dealing for thepurposes of private study, research,criticism or review, as permitted

under the Copyright Act, no part maybe reproduced by any process withoutwritten permission. Inquiries shouldbe addressed to the publishers.

First published in the United Statesby Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1985

First published in Australia

by Angus & Robertson Publishers in 1986

First published in the United Kingdomby Angus & Robertson (UK) Ltd in 1986

Copyright1985 by Harry Lorayne, Inc.

ISBN020715313 2

Printed in Singapore

To

Renee and Robert

What lovely, indelible

memories

they've given me

Contents

Introduction ix

The Substitute Word System 14

The "Slap in the Face" Principle 17

Foreign Language Vocabulary 25

Observation Without Pain 30

Names 36

And Faces 43

The Link System 51

Speeches 60

The Business Edge 68

Numbers 73

The Phonetic Alphabet 79

The Peg System 91

Link or Peg? 108

Bonus Application: Appointments 112

Bonus Application: Perpetual Calendar 119

Bonus Application: Know Your ABCs 120

Bonus Application: Absentmindedness 122

Bonus Application: Spelling 128

Bonus Application: Student Aid 130

Bonus Application: Reading, Concentration, and Listening Techniques 134

Bonus Application: Arithmetic Clues 147

Bonus Application: Computer Programs 154

Making Your Own Bonus Applications 158

Last Few Words 161

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Introduction

It's always been a matter of wonder to me that people who don't think twice about obtaining eyeglasses to aid failing eyesight, or using a hearing aid to help them hear better, assume that nothing can be done about their "poor" memories. Some become sudden experts on the subject; they emphatically and knowingly state, "I have a lousy memory and that's it!"

Well, hogwash! It's easier to bring your supposedly poor memory to an amazingly high level than it is, in most cases, to alleviate a physical defect.

I became interested in trained-memory systems when I was a schoolboy. My motivation was an obvious onemy father would punish me severely if I received a low grade on a test. I realized that I was getting those low grades for one reason onlyI couldn't remember the answers to the test questions. Because, like most children, I didn't have the time or patience to use rote memory; I was too busy playing. So I searched for and found books on memory systems, some dating back to the seventeenth century. At my tender age, I didn't understand seven-eighths of the material in those books. But, ohthat one-eighth! It changed my life.

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The first obvious change was the end of punishment by my father, as my grades were no longer low. But most of the ideas I found in those books were old-fashioned and cumbersome. I had to streamline them, making them work in more practical areas like schoolwork. In order to do this, I had to invent some systems of my own. I taught these systems in my first book, which was published in 1957 and became very successful.

After that I wrote more books on the subject, founded the Harry Lorayne School of Memory in New York, ran hundreds of corporate seminars, and demonstrated my memory systems on just about every radio and television show in America, as well as abroad.

After teaching these systems and techniques for so many years, I've distilled them down to the basicsso that you can start applying them to your memory needs, whatever they may be, instantly. This book, then, offers a new teaching method, specially designed to impart my systems as easily and quickly as possible.