Ask yourself: What would your life be like if you could learn and remember information easily, quickly, and effectively?

Unlimited Memory by Kevin Horsley is a guideline on how you can achieve any goal you set for yourself by learning anything you want to learn to accomplish that.

I loved the book for the plenty of examples it gave. Because although the first few methods are simple to grasp and link. Things get complicated with more advanced strategies when you start dealing with numbers and long lists. And that will require tremendous practice on the reader’s part.

Horsley has given us the tools. We need to learn to use them.

Here in my summary of the book I’ve used direct quotes from the book, my thoughts, important lessons and passages from the book.

Let’s take a look at them:
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Why read Unlimited Memory by Kevin Horsley?


Say you were caught in a legal case of utmost importance to your family’s reputation. Would you hire a lawyer who knows all the ins and outs of the Law like the back of his hand, or would you go for someone who needs to go back to his fat books all the time?

Or say supposing you need surgery. Would you hire a surgeon who keeps referring to his laptop to reflect what part of the body he’s looking at, or would you rather have a surgeon who dishes out names of bones and muscles like the names of his kids?

Who do you better enjoy listening to? A speaker who keeps referring to their notes or someone who speaks ex-tempo without references and aids.
Now, you know why you need to read this book?

What is memory?


Consider living without your memory for one week.
You wouldn’t be able to do anything.

Over the years, “memory” has come to be associated negatively with rote memorization and cramming information into your brain.

Only if you can remember information can you live it. Only when, you can instantly recall what you have understood, and practice using your remembered understanding do you achieve mastery.

Memory is the cornerstone of your existence. It determines the quality of your decisions and, therefore, your entire life!

Learning and memory are the two most magical properties of the human mind. Learning is the ability to acquire new information, and memory holds that information in place over time. Memory is the foundation of all learning.

Memory skills are an essential tool in your self-improvement arsenal.

Spenser Lord said, “Beliefs are not tattoos, they are just like clothes—you can put them on and take them off at will.”
Going forward:
You have 2 choices – believe that your memory cannot be improved, that it’s an inborn ability.
Or believe that memory is just a habit that can be improved with practice.

Horsley’s story

He was a classic dyslexic. After 12 years at school, he couldn’t read much. He somehow graduated.

After he studied memory improvement and psychology, he went on to become the International Grandmaster of Memory.

He memorized 10 thousand digits of the pi and broke the previous record by 14 minutes.

How did he do it?

The 4 important Cs to improve your memory

1. Create

Every single thought we have is creative: Each one has the power to build and the power to destroy.

  •                 Believe you can do it
  •                 Don’t blame others or find excuses for yourself.

Your mind never wanders, it moves towards more interesting things.

2. Concentrate

It’s about learning to stay centered.

  •                 Take Control of Your Inner Voice
  •                 Stop Multitasking
  •                 Know what you want – attention deficits are interest deficits
  •                 Eliminate worry

Conflict pulls your mind in many directions; it is the opposite of concentration.

3. Connect concepts

  •                 Bring information to life.

Our brain loves pictures and so it’s good at remembering them.

4. Continuous use

                Self-discipline is not self-deprivation. It is about raising your standards, going for and being more.

  •                                 Create a vision
  •                                 Make a decision
  •                                 Don’t listen to your feelings
  •                                 Daily action

People don’t do it because they think that the future will be a better place than the present without doing anything to make it better.

What are the methods to Master Memory?

The SEE principle.

Senses – touch it, smell it or hear it.

Exaggerate – with humor

Energize – add action to your pictures.

SEE principle

Remembering The Author (Horsley) using the SEE Principle

Turning Abstract Information into Images

The greatest secret to having a powerful memory is bringing information to life with your endless imagination.

Linked story method 

Remember 1000s of words by connecting linked ideas to create a short mental journey.

Car Method

The secret to accelerated learning is superior organization.

Body Method

                Use parts of your body to store new information.

Pegging Information

                Shape Pegs

                                Associate numbers with shapes.

                Rhyming Pegs Method – picture on page 52

                                Rhyme numbers with words and create a memorable association.

Spaces and Places method

  •                 Markers in a location
  •                 On a journey
  •                 Or on a route or store

We learn only by association.

Remembering Names

Focus on the 4 Cs

Connect using comparison, face or meeting location connection.

Remembering Numbers

This method twists the numbers into shapes so that they form letters, then turns the letters into words.

Show the letters and numbers correlation

Art to enhance memory

                Use Google images to create a memory diagram.

Mind Mapping

The best way to explain a Mind Map is to create one. The Mind Map created here is about all the systems that have been shared in this book.

The Power of Review

Always use the power of review to put a lid on your learning and prevent it from escaping.

Review after an hour, then a day, 3 days, 7 days, 14 days, 21 days, 28 days, 2 months, 3 months, and then it should be in your memory forever.

Reviewing images backward helps you remember them more effectively. If you learn concepts in reverse you create a new impression in your mind that makes information more outstanding and the memory much stronger.

Conclusion

So you got rid of the obstacles like excuses, limiting beliefs, and multitasking, and then you became willing to learn more.

Then you learned how to improve through the SEE principle of imagination. You learned the different memory methods—the link story method, memory art, the body and car methods, the route or journey method, the peg systems, the number code, and methods for remembering names.

These systems are limited only by your own imagination and level of self-discipline. And you also know how to review.

Remember to review to renew.

The only way you get to be good at anything is through self-discipline. Remember: Life only rewards action!

Thank You TCK Publishing for  a copy of this book. 

Kevin Horsley

Kevin Horsley is an International Professional Speaker, Grandmaster of Memory, and World Record Holder.

He is the author of the Wall Street Journal Bestselling book 

Unlimited Memory,  which has been translated into over 17 languages.

He assists individuals and organizations in improving their focus, learning, productivity, motivation, creativity, and thinking.

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