Nishant Kasibhatla - Maximise Your Memory Power

2010 Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Private Limited
text Nishant Kasibhatla
series title Shirley Taylor
Illustrations by Edwin Ng
Cover art by Opal Works Co. Limited

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National Library Board Singapore Cataloguing in Publication Data

Kasibhatla, Nishant.

Maximise your memory power / Nishant Kasibhatla. Singapore : Marshall Cavendish

Business, c2010.

p. cm. (Success skills series)

Includes index.

eISBN-13 : 978-981-4312-46-2

1. Success in business. 2. Memory. 3. Mnemonics. I. Title. II. Series: Success skills series (ST Training Solutions)

HF5386

650.1 dc22 OCN498681719

Printed by Times Printers Pte Ltd

Congratulations on picking up this copy of Maximise Your Memory Power. Im very proud to include this in the ST Training Solutions Success Skills series. This series includes several short, practical books on a range of topics that will help you develop your skills and enhance your success at work and in your personal life too.

The Success Skills series was originally created to meet the needs of participants of ST Training Solutions public workshops. After attending our workshops, many participants expressed a real desire to continue learning, to find out more about the topic, to take it to another level. They were hungry for knowledge. Just the effect I hoped for when I set up ST Training Solutions in 2007. With the Success Skills series of books, the experience and expertise of our trainers can be enjoyed by many more people.

As Series Editor, Ive enjoyed working with the authors to make sure the books are easy-to-read, highly practical, and written in straightforward, simple language. Every book is packed with essential tools and strategies that will make you more effective and successful. Weve included illustrations throughout that reinforce some key points, because I believe we learn more if we add some fun and humour. Youll also notice some key features that highlight important learning points:

Myth Buster	Here you will find a statement that is not true, with notes on the true facts of the matter.
Fast Fact	Useful snippets of information or special points to remember.
Aha! Moment	This is a light bulb moment, when we note something you may be able to conclude from a discussion. Dont forget to note your own Aha! Moments perhaps when you receive some extra insight that clarifies an important point.
Try This	Here youll find a suggestion for how you can put a special point into practice, either at home or at work.
Danger Zone	Youll find some words of warning here, such as things to avoid or precautions to take.
Star Tips	At the end of each chapter youll find a list of Star Tips important notes to remind you about the key points.

By picking up this book you have already shown a desire to learn more. The solid advice and practical guidelines provided in this book will show you how you can really go from good to great!

Good luck!

Shirley Taylor
Series Editor
CEO, ST Training Solutions Pte Ltd

ST Training Solutions

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I like the saying that every master was once a disaster. If this is true, then every Grand Master was once a grand disaster! Like many others, I was not born with a phenomenal memory. I began learning about memory techniques (mnemonics) during my summer vacation when I was 17. Before then I had a terrible memory, and the only memory technique I knew was that of repetition, so I spent hours cramming for exams, memorising stacks of paper over and over. My social life was deteriorating too as I would dread attending any networking and get-together sessions, simply because I could never remember the names of all the people.

My memory got so bad that while running a grocery errand for my mother one day, I cycled to the shop, bought what she wanted, and walked back home, completely forgetting about my bicycle. I only realised my mistake a few hours later when I wanted to go out and couldnt find it. That incident showed how bad my memory was and certainly counts as a grand disaster!

My bicycle episode happened in 1995, and in 2003 I found myself a Grand Master of Memory at the World Memory Championship. How did this transformation take place in a span of just eight years? Simple. I mastered some very straightforward yet powerful memory techniques.