What would you give if you could have the world’s best mentor accessible at any time?

I’m talking about catering to your every need …

So you can accomplish a specific goal

… and in a way that fits that mentor inside your pocket?

To be honest with you, at first I didn’t believe it was possible.

But guess what?

I’ve got …

 

Good News For Students & Educators!

 

In this episode of the Magnetic Memory Method Podcast, let me introduce you to the incredible thought leader and digital innovator, Edan Kertis.

But first … here’s a limited time opportunity:

If you’d like to shape the creation of the first Magnetic Memory Method memory coaching app (it will be in the form of a MyQuest!), please fill out this MMM App Survey (the link will open in a new tab).

Edan and I thank you for taking the time to letting us know how we can help you and your memory further by guiding the creation of this memory improvement app.

Now then, you might be asking yourself …

 

Hold up, there! What is a “MyQuest?”

 

 

As the co-founder and CEO of MyQuest, Edan is helping educators create “Quests” for learners.

That means no more boring video courses that forget about you after you register.

No more books that don’t even know you exist.

No more teachers who can’t provide you the accountability you need to succeed.

When it comes to MyQuest’s powerful platform, Edan and his team have made it possible for mentors to create educational journeys that help students learn through gamified, step-by-step missions and levels.

The best part?

MyQuest allows educators to lead a community towards a common goal while still addressing the needs of the individual learner.

 

How On Earth Is This Possible?

 

As a software engineer, Edan has helped surgeons plan surgeries better. It’s clear how his experiences with Brainlab have paved the way for even bigger accomplishments when it comes to learning how to learn.

And in this exclusive interview (scroll up and hit ‘play’ to listen), you’ll learn all about how Edan came up with the idea for MyQuest, including:

⇒ Edan’s personal “Quest for Enlightenment” to expand his mind and experience self-development.

⇒ The “butterfly effect” and how small actions can influence others all around the world.

⇒ Why happiness is really all about what you remember.

⇒ Why everything with MyQuest is action-based with missions instead of lessons

⇒ Why you need to manage the level of challenge so that you’re always stretching, but never overextended so far that frustration holds you back.

⇒ Why how we frame our educational experiences with story and metaphor matters.

⇒ Why you need to spend time enjoying random thoughts and “doing nothing” in order to increase your productivity.

⇒ The power of “digital fasting” for completing any learning goal.

⇒ The importance of reporting on your progress with peers for accountability.

⇒ The dual role of push notifications in order to ensure your teachers don’t forget about you and you don’t forget about them.

⇒ How you can easily create your own app as a mentor and help thousands of people achieve their goals.

⇒ Why traveling is like meditation.

⇒ How to find what feels right inside – despite anything society might be telling you about what counts as “normal.”

… and much, much more!

 

What’s Your Quest? 

 

As a Magnetic Memory Method Podcast listener, please let me know what you’d like to learn the most. What skill would make the biggest difference in your life? What habits do you think you’ll need to master in order to achieve the outcomes you seek?

Let’s face it:

Like is like a game. And the best way to play the game is to play the kind of games that you want to be invited to play again.

 

But There Will Be Obstacles! 

 

What would a game be if there weren’t obstacles to overcome and puzzles to solve?

I’m excited that Edan and MyQuest are doing so much to create learning innovations that help educators create structured, yet responsive learning experiences that help learners accomplish their goals.

Let’s all help MyQuest accomplish their quest by sharing this post and engaging in the discussion. Look forward to hearing from you!

For more information about MyQuest, creating your own app using their educational technology and Edan Kertis, please visit: 

MyQuest.co

Edan Kertis on LinkedIn

MyQuest on Twitter

MyQuest on Facebook

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What if I told you that turning your brain into a passwords manager is the easiest thing on the planet?

Yes, even massively complex and (seemingly) meaningless passwords like …

HHTDFY66^&dd766g^^%7*d

… can be memorized without breaking a sweat.

And you’ll even have some fun!

To get this done …

So that you can easily learn and remember so much garbled and meaningless data quickly …

1) All you need is a strategy.

2) You need a bit of practice with the strategy.

3) You need a solid reason why.

 

 

Why Memorizing Your Passwords Is
The Ultimate Only Path To Cyber-Security

 

To discuss the reasons why you need to learn, memorize and develop the ability to recall your passwords without storing them anywhere other than your memory, I’m delighted to be joined by memory expert, record setter and incredible memory educator, Brad Zupp.

If you haven’t already, scroll up and click the “play” button to listen in on our discussion.

In it, you’ll learn:

* The shocking truth behind why Brad decided it was time to create a system for memorizing his passwords and the horrifying realities behind why he’s sharing that system with the world.

* Brad’s method of dividing Memory Palaces so they’re easy to review and use to memorize and organize thousands of rooms and thousands of digits.

* Why Brad uses Memory Palaces based on real locations and varies between rooms and outdoor memory journeys.

* How to understand the differences in your mind and the mind of other mnemonists so that you can get better results faster.

* How Brad deals with renovations to Memory Palaces.

* Brad’s incredible experiences with face memory and how it factors in with remembering names.

* Brad’s take on what to do if you have aphantasia or otherwise are in need of developing your mind’s eye.

 

Would You Like The Ability To Make Your Memory
A Passwords Manager That Works Safer Than Any Computer? 

 

Let me recommend Brad’s brand new book, The Hack-Proof Password System. (Note: The link will take you to the Amazon store nearest you. )

 

I’ve read this book cover-to-cover and highly recommend you do the same. You’ll learn everything you need to know about protecting yourself online by developing an amazing memory skill.

It’s easy, fast, effective and fun.

And the best part is that making your memory the ultimate passwords manager is great brain exercise too.

 

For More Of Brad Zupp’s World Class Memory Expertise …

 

You may recall my “book report” of Brad’s excellent book, Unlock Your Amazing Memory: The Fun Guide That Shows Grades 5 To 8 How To Remember Better And Make School Easier.

If not, you can read all about it and listen to the podcast review here:

How To Help Middle School Students Remember More

Another fine resource for you is the first Magnetic Memory Method Podcast interview with Brad:

Brad Zupp On Memory Techniques And Memory Improvement For All Ages

 

But nothing could be more important to your Cyber Security than Brad’s new book, so please be sure to add it to your memory improvement library.

 

But That’s Not All! 

 

For Brad’s free bonus material to go with The Hack-Proof Password System, claim his free workbook and companion ebook now.

While you’re at it, check out Brad’s main website.

For information on Brad’s presentations for students, visit Brad’s Exceptional Assemblies page.

Twitter: @BradZupp

Brad Zupp on Facebook

Brad Zupp on LinkedIn

And if that wasn’t enough, if you want to pop your questions, experiences and comments in the discussion area below, I’ll make sure Brad sees your contributions to the Mnemonics Renaissance a.s.a.p.

In the meantime …

Thanks as ever for helping us help you and talk soon!

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Do you know how often earth-shattering revelations about how to use your memory better come along?

Two words:

Not often.

But when Lynne Kelly’s The Memory Code was announced, I knew we were in for something special.

I got even more excited when The Memory Code finally arrived (notice that’s an Aboriginal art bookmark too for the detail-oriented amongst you.)

And now I’m excited to present the first Magnetic Memory Method interview with Lynne Kelly.

The Most Profound Memory Resource On The Planet
Got An Early Start

Scroll up to the podcast play button and listen in as Lynne and I discuss her book, The Memory Code. You’ll want to listen to this episode a few times so you can discover and remember:

* How a skeptical science writer came to embrace the art of memory by replicating ancient memory techniques.

* How the human mind once regularly memorized 1600 hundred plants (while eating less than a third).

* The role of rituals and Songlines in memory associations and how Lynne uses them herself.

* Why Lynne’s associations with her Memory Palace Songlines have become so strong, she cannot relocate from her environment. This point will help you avoid Memory Palace Agoraphobia.

* The potential relationship between social inertia and a cure for Dementia (or at least a serious reduction in the number of cases and their severity).

* Why your brain is a set of “chemical locations” and how these can integrate with other locations in the world to help you remember. Jesse figured this out in a big way as you’ll learn in his Magnetic Memory Method Review and Testimonial.

* What we’ve lost in schools and what Lynne is doing to bring formal memory education back into the curriculum.

* What Nobel prize winners have shown us about how and why the brain associates information with locations naturally.

* Why the continuous culture of Australia is so beneficial to the study of memory.

* The economic history of memory training and why the going rate for one memory song could be exchanged at a very high rate.

* Why knowledge is so essential to human survival.

* Why vivid imagery in stories and dancing is far more memorable than straight, unencoded information.

* The 3 kinds of “Memory Spaces” anyone can use to remember information and get it right – very important in every day education and matters of life and death.

* Why some information was restricted in early societies to avoid the so-called “Chinese Whispers Effect.”

* Why ancient groups of people were not naive or living in clouds of ignorance. Learn how science is helping us discover their incredibly sophisticated ways of knowledge – far from primitive!

* The power of multi-sensory mnemonic methods for helping you make fast mnemonic associations.

* The importance of playing with the stories and images you create in order to faciliate rapid encoding and long term recall.

* The secret skill all children have (one of the barriers that far too many adults unnecessarily let themselves get in their way).

* The possible role writing might have in decreasing our visual imagination abilities.

* Why you need to memorize based on a firm foundation upon which layers can be built.

* Examples of how kids are using mnemonics to memorize physics equations using location-based mnemonics.

* How children are learning about art using Memory Palaces that enable the teachers to develop

Memory Techniques For People Of All Ages

Children are one thing, but Lynne talks about how all the same techniques apply across the board to people of every age. No matter how time crushed you may be. As you continue listening, you’ll learn:

* Why memory techniques will save you time, not consume it.

* Why memory techniques should be taught within the curriculum of schools, not as a separate subject.

* Why memory techniques have inspired students to BEG for testing, not run shrieking from their exams.

* The role of cold in creativity and memory with respect to cold showers and the vagus nerve.

Additional Links & Resources

 

The Memory Code on Amazon.

Lynne Kelly’s author website

The Orality Center

Moonwalking with Einstein

Dominic O’Brien

David Abram’s The Spell of the Sensuous

Walter J. Ong 

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Have you ever sat down to learn something and thrown your hands up in the air?

Not to catch a balloon or give a salute.

But because you were furious and frustrated?

And have you felt that a learning task was so hard that you just wanted to give up?

I hear you!

After all, I’ve put some of the toughest learning challenges in front of myself all the time.

Languages like Biblical Hebrew, German, Chinese.

Musical instruments like sitar and bass.

Hands-on mechanical tasks like figuring out how to spread the good news about memory techniques with a videos, blogs and podcasts.

And in all cases, it takes grit.

It takes tenacity.

It takes these…

 

4 Secret Ways To Make It So Easy
You Can Run Circles Around Everyone Else!

 

If you’re interested, I’d like to share these 4 secrets with you, plus another 4 in this video:

All I ask is that you read them carefully and give at least ONE of them a serious try (minus the last one in the video above).

But let’s be clear:

Trying just one would be good. But …

50% would be great.

100%? …

Why that would be downright Magnetic!

1. The Most Powerful Question Any Learner Can Ask

 

One of the reasons some people find learning so painful is that they don’t ask a simple question.

It’s a question that, when applied often, can unlock the nuclear power needed to drive you through some of the hardest missions in life.

It’s a question almost no learner asks.

Probably because it’s a bit tough for most people to wrap their heads around.

It sounds kind of selfish, after all.

The question is:

“What’s in it for me?”

But even if it has a selfish angle to it, this question is so important.

Why?

 

Because So Many Learners Are Trying To
Accomplish Outcomes For Everyone But Themselves!

 

Think about it:

You go to school and learn things to please the machine …

You get a medical degree to appease your family …

You study a language because it’s part of a degree …

Nothing wrong with any of that, unless …

 

None Of It Has To Do With What
You Authentically Want In Life!

 

And so it’s little wonder learning feels hard. If you’re the last person who gets a kick-back for all that effort, it’s always going to feel like you’re trying to chew through a brick wall.

Make it easier on yourself by learning things that have a definite payoff for the number one person that matters: You.

Because here’s the plain truth:

You’re a good person.

You want to serve others.

And you can change the world.

But it will never happen if you secretly hate the learning process because it just doesn’t serve your needs first.

Want a fast and easy way live authentically? Practice gratitude:

 

2. Why Comatose Zombies Can
Outlearn The Flash Any Day

 

Okay, that sub-headline might be a bit misleading.

What I mean to say is that you need to relax to learn.

Because here’s a fundamental truth:

Information flees from tension. But it’s Magnetically attracted to relaxation.

Let me say that again:

Information flees from tension. But it’s Magnetically attracted to relaxation.Click To Tweet

And the more you know how to relax your brain, the more information will want to stick around. You’ll be able to slosh it around the mouth of your mind like fine wine and actually enjoy it for a change.

And what you enjoy … ?

 

Pleasure Is Instantly Easier To Remember!

 

The trick you need to understand when it comes to relaxing your mind is this:

Your mind is produced by your brain.

Your brain is a physical entity.

And that’s what makes the Memory Palace technique so powerful:

It’s something physical out in the world being used physically inside your material brain.

Don’t know how to make a Memory Palace? No problem. Register for this:

And to get the most of the training, relax your mind each time before you use your memory.

That said, never try to relax your mind without relaxing your body first.

In fact, it’s very likely that the only way to truly relax your mind is by relaxing the body first.

So the next time you sit down to study, stretch a little first.

Meditate.

Focus for awhile on your breathing.

Attention paid to breathing will lower most of your resistances to learning and make everything easier.

 

3. Understand That The Map Is Never The Territory –
But Maps Sure Do Help!

 

When I created this Infographic and Podcast episode teaching you how to realistically memorize a textbook, I had no idea people would find it so practical and useful.

 

 

After all, everybody asks me for “tips and tricks” that will let them memorize entire books.

But the truth is that this feat is rarely necessary. In fact, it’s probably never necessary.

But if you use the techniques I teach in that podcast to get a global overview of the book you need to read, you’ll have a map. This map will set the stage for your experience of the territory.

And that will give you laser-targeted tools for remembering the parts that matter. Proof:

 

When you can do that, you do better than just learn and remember. You also create knowledge.

And when you create knowledge, the speed at which you can learn grows exponentially. It feels good, creates energy and encouragement and keeps you on the path of continual growth.

Nothing difficult or painful about that.

 

4. The Magnetic Magnifying Glass Method

 

Have you ever heard the phrase, “you don’t know what you don’t know”? Tony Buzan mentioned it during our conversation some time ago on the Magnetic Memory Method Podcast.

If you want to make learning faster and easier, make sure to get yourself in orbit with that concept.

Why?

Because when you hold a magnifying glass to your own ignorance, you get real clear on what it is you need to learn. Without that clarity, it’s nearly impossible to make progress!

In other words, learning truly is hard and slow when you’re stumbling around blind in a cloud of unknowing. But when you ask questions about what you know and don’t know about a topic, suddenly a lot of that fog is whisked away.

Want a simple exercise you can use for each and every learning project you ever undertake?

It’s easy, fun and speeds up everything.

 

It’s called:

Writing summaries.

Every time you take a class, attend a lecture, read a chapter, watch a video or even use an app, take a quick second to jot down everything you can remember.

Then beneath that, start asking questions about what it is you think was covered … but mysteriously can’t remember.

Then make two plans:

One plan for how you’re going to continue to remember what you remembered.

Another plan for what you’re going to do to fill in the gaps so that you can remember the information you think flew over your head.

Simple. Elegant. Easy and effective.

 

Why Most People Prefer A Life Based On Excuses

 

A lot of people will go through a post like this, nod yes to each and every point and then carry on with their lives of learning desperation.

The reason why this happens is simple:

It’s all contained in point number one.

If you missed it and care about the life of your memory and your mind, go over it again.

And if you feel like you’re resistant to any of the wisdom contained in this post, review the second point I’ve made. If anything on the planet raises your hackles, a few simple exercises that take just a few minutes of your time could be a game changer for you.

And if you’d like a realistic way to remember everything of importance in any book or posts like these you encounter in the world, there’s a link there just waiting to help you out.

For the true Magnetic Knight, point four will be the most precious of all. There’s a little comment section below where you can complete this part of the exercise. I’ll be around to help you fill in any gaps I may have missed.

I look forward to hearing from you, and until next time, keep learning and keep yourself Magnetic!

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Don’t you love a teacher who can tell a good joke?

You know the kind:

Each class begins on a funny note.

You hang on every word, no matter how difficult.

In fact … it pains you when the lectures end.

You can hardly believe it, but as tough as the information flowing from your teacher might get, you simply cannot get enough.

When that happens …

Don’t Despair!

 

And understand this:

According to Barbara Oakley in her new book, Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles And Discover Your Hidden Potential, successful teachers have a strange ability …

… the ability to wrap candy around the crusted salt of difficult ideas.

In other words, great teachers make challenging concepts easier for your brain to absorb and remember.

 

How On Earth Do They Accomplish That?

 

To accomplish this difficult feat, many great teachers use humor.

Humor? Is that all it takes?

Well …

In many cases, yes.

 

 

Humor, it turns out, (which can be verbal or situational as Zizek makes clear in the video above) is a core ingredient in the magic spells these soothing muses of hardcore information use to slide information into your mind without you noticing.

That’s right. You really can learn almost on autopilot.

 

An Aspirin For The Aches And Pains Of Education?

 

Humor, and those humorous teachers who deploy it, use their special talent with jokes to manipulate your brain’s “opioid reward system.”

Rest assured:

This painkiller for information is super-important for the future of humanity.

Why am I being so dramatic?

I’m glad you asked.

As Oakley explains, merely thinking about learning something difficult activates one of the pain centers in your brain.

Nothing like Christian Bök’s pleasant flurry of “motorized razors” (another professor who uses humor to great effect):

 

 

But you get the idea.

Your brain anticipates the pain and tries to run away shrieking.

That part of the brain so opposed to learning?

It’s called the insular cortex. Even this biological term itself sounds scary, doesn’t it?

Well …

 

This Term Should Sound Scary!

 

But here’s the thing:

Oakley has good news for you and your insular cortex on every page of Mindshift. And the best part is that you don’t need every teacher to be a comic to learn even the most difficult topics without fear and suffering.

Mindshift is designed to help you figure out what you want to learn and how to get yourself take the steps needed to succeed. Using stories, activities and factual data about how your brain works, you’ll walk away from reading Mindshift equipped to anticipate and remove all obstacles you could possibly face on your way.

All you need to do is understand a few key “time travel” secrets …

 

Time Travel Secret #1: 
Your Past Is A Treasure Trove Of Transformation

 

One of the most exciting aspects of Mindshift is the lesson that nothing in your past is a waste.

In fact, much of your potential for future success as a learner and eventual leader in a field of your choosing lies in what you’ve already done. You need only know how to tap into it.

As Oakley demonstrates throughout the book, traditional ideas about expertise are outmoded. But here’s the beautiful news:

We are all unusually equipped for the requirements of the 21st century where several areas of “deep knowledge” separate the cream from the crop.

And if you’re a scholar, a lot of what you know can help you escape the Ivory Tower and have an impacting career beyond the university. Here’s Barbara helping you make that mindshift:

 

You Can Be The Cream Floating Gracefully Up To The Top

 

The trick in getting there lies in understanding your passions and being able to identify your current skills (more on “current” affairs in your time traveling in a second).

But this is important:

Don’t get caught up on this word “skills.”

It has a lot of meanings and if you’re reading this page, you’ve got a done of them. Without a doubt, you’re already beaming brightly from within the paradise of your multiple intelligences.

 

But There’s A Catch!

 

If you haven’t sat down with some paper to make your skills and mental assets visible to yourself, so many vibrant resources in your life could be entirely lost to you like some kind of undetected natural gas resource waiting to be tapped.

And that means you might find yourself living a life lost to digital amnesia.

In addition to making your past resources discoverable, Mindshift shows you how to install the needed desire for lifelong learning if you haven’t already got it.

 

Time Travel Secret#2:
The Power Of Now For Your Learning

 

That’s right. You really can “time travel” the present moment.

As one learner interviewed in Mindshift puts it, you accomplish this feat by shifting your thinking about where you are now. Instead of worrying about having a safety net, use everything you’ve got and your circumstances as a springboard. You need only learn how to see the opportunities.

Two of the most useful concepts from Mindshift are also the most understated. The first is balancing modesty vs. hubris and the power of solving other people’s problems.

Just as we have brain chemicals that send out pain signals into our consciousness when learning something hard appears before us, we also have the hard truth that learning makes us better people.

And that means having more power.

 

The Comic Book Reality Of Life Long Learning

 

Of course, life is rarely as simple as a comic book, but the old line couldn’t be truer when it comes to learning:

 

 

Great power demands responsibility for you as much as it does for Spider-Man!

Sadly, not everyone uses their power wisely or accepts the responsibility power brings.

In so many of the stories in Mindshift …

… we read about abuses of power from teachers and other community leaders.

These are people who should have known better.

Yet, as lacking in fun and humor as this genre of story in Mindshift is, the lesson and the reasons why the author includes them is clear:

Each “Mindshifter” in Dr. Oakley’s case studies clearly wanted to learn in a way that de-toxified earlier educational experiences and ensured they never happened again.

Now if that isn’t taking control over the present moment and accepting responsibility for the power that action itself brings, I don’t know what is.

 

Time Travel Secret #3:
The Best Tense For Directing Your Focus

 

Not just in any wild direction, mind you.

The key seems to be focusing outward.

Kind of like how Benny Lewis teaches how you need to speak the new language from day one. Out into the world, and out into the future.

 

So it’s never the question, “What do I want to learn?” that puts such extraordinary wind into the sails of the successful learners featured in Mindshift.

It’s the question of “What am I going to do with what I learn?” Having at least an initial answer to that question in a way that directs energy towards the future seems to make the hugest difference.

After all, it’s by asking and answering questions – high quality questions – that we can best shape the future we want to experience.

And in almost every case, those who take the beloved MOOCs that Oakley describes in perhaps the funniest portrait I’ve yet to read, future planning for the application of the knowledge you discover is a huge driver of success.

(Note: If you don’t know about Dr. Oakley’s own ultra-popular MOOC, Learning How to Learn, click that link three words back for an interview she gave the Magnetic Memory Method Podcast with her diving deep into everything about it and how it can help you.)

 

The Power Of Personal Change Relies On
Chronologies You Control

 

Whether you’re a learner with no aspirations to teach or a teacher looking to expand, Mindshift is the book for you.

But you don’t have to take my word for it. Listen to what the author has to say for herself in this engaging discussion:

 

Above all, Mindshift is one of those rarest things all learners love to find:

A vessel that takes you on a journey and comes packed with the tools for maintenance and repair as you travel. You also get the resources for adding an entire fleet of ships to bay of your learning life as you go. With stories, interactive exercises, science and inspiration offered in Mindshift, you’ll know what to do and how to do it as you learn your way into the unknown.

And that’s no joke.

As Oakley promises, things are just getting started for students and instructors alike as video technology gets easier to use, metrics reveal more about what works and online classroom experiences get “stickier, funnier, and overall ‘learnier.'”

Learnier? Okay, now you can laugh. All the way to whatever future you’ve always wanted after you read Mindshift.

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