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By Ron WhiteMar 13, 20111 topic

Ron White Says Tell a Story to Build Your Memory Power

Telling a Story to Build Your Memory Power By Ron White Memory Expert and USA Memory Champion In the levels of memory training, association includes elements of memory training, such as acronyms. Have you heard of acronyms? An acronym is a series of letters created using the first letter of each word. IBM is an acronym for International Business Machines. AT&T is an acronym for American Telephone and Telegraph. These are used by companies because they are easier to remember.

Primary topic: Communication Skills and Training

Communication Skills and Training

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By Ron WhiteApr 28, 20111 topic

How to Remember Names (How to Memorize)

Dale Carnegie tells us that the sweetest sound to a person's ear is the sound of their own name and that everyone's favorite subject is himself. Knowing this how many times have you been introduced to someone and 2 seconds later cannot remember their name? Have you ever been at the bank, the grocery store or a baseball game and seen something that you knew and you could not recall their name? Was it a business contact and you lost the ability to build a strong relationship by

Primary topic: Brain Enhancement

Brain Enhancement

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By Ron WhiteApr 30, 20111 topic

Eight Top Brain Foods

Two Time USA Memory Champion and memory training expert and memory keynote Ron White shares his thoughts on brain foods to increase your memory capacity. The American diet does not exactly help in boosting your brain capacity or how to remember. In fact, it does just the opposite by slowing down the body, adding increased weight, and keeping your mind sluggish. A poor diet not only affects your body, but your mind. Like any machine, it runs on the correct fuel. Proper maint

Primary topic: Anti-Aging

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By Ron WhiteMar 12, 20111 topic

Ron White the National Memory Champion on How Sleep Affects Memory

Ron White memory expert and USA Memory Champion discusses how sleep affects memory: Here is the scenario, you are going into a mental tou ament against some of the smartest men and women you know and you can't sleep the night before! This was not an imaginary scenario for me...it is exactly what occurred for me the night before the 2010 USA Memory Championship. I was wound up so much that at 6am I still hadn't had 1 minute of sleep and I would be competing in 2.5 hours in a

Primary topic: Accelerated Learning

Accelerated Learning

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By Ron WhiteMar 12, 20111 topic

Trust Your Memory

By Ron White memory expert and USA Memory Champion As I was training for the USA Memory Championship in 2009 I emailed the then World Champion, Ben Pridmore, and I asked him for advice he could give me as I trained. His advice was simple….trust your memory. That was it….trust my memory. What did that mean? Well, when you are memorizing a deck of cards in a tou ament you are timed and the fastest that you can do it the better. Often times, I would find myself focusing on a

Primary topic: Achievement

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By Ron WhiteJul 12, 20121 topic

How You Lean Can Affect How You Make Decisions

A qwirky study out of the Netherlands indicates that the posture of a person can change the way they make decisions. In researching studies on the brain I came across this research and it definitely seemed strange, and interesting. Researchers at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam have found that humans tend to estimate figures differently based on how their body is leaning. This could influence the way we make decisions. Their work was published in the journal Psychologica

Primary topic: Human Development

Human Development

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By Ron WhiteJun 27, 20121 topic

Adolescent Brains Do Not Work Like Adults

A friend of mine is the mother of four, grandmother of three, and jokingly told me that if she had one wish it was to put children entering puberty into a machine, in suspended animation, until they were mature - all the while feeding them a nutritious diet, giving them therapeutic exercise so their muscles don’t atrophy, and feeding them education through headphones. Now, I realize she was kidding, but I’m certain there are many parents who would vote for this if they were

Primary topic: Psychology

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By Ron WhiteApr 8, 20111 topic

Learning Language and Memory Skills Outside of the Classroom

Children learn languages much faster than adults, so learning another language – such as Spanish; can be easier when they are young. As a matter of fact, with our shrinking world due to technology and networking learning another language can be very useful tool in the job market as well as socially. Since many countries speak Spanish, it is a good choice to begin. We all learn differently – some try to use memorization, while others use a blend of memorization and associatio

Primary topic: Accelerated Learning

Accelerated Learning

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By Ron WhiteRecently published1 topic

How Smoking Affects Your Behavior

* How Smoking affects to relax when feeling tense.n* How Smoking affects to more alert when he's feeling dull.n* How Smoking affects when depressed or bored, or to overcome feelings of anger or grief. How can a mere cigarette be so many things to so many people? The answer lies in the chemicals in cigarettes and the p

Primary topic: Smoking - How to Quit Smoking or Stop Smoking

Smoking - How to Quit Smoking or Stop Smoking

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By Ron WhiteJul 20, 20121 topic

20 Brain Foods That Increase Memory

Memory training involves more than techniques that help you to learn and retain what you learn. Things like exercise and brain foods are also part of the strategy that will increase your brainpower, and keep you sharp throughout your lifetime. I have done extensive research into foods and nutrients, some have called “brain foods,” that have been scientifically researched and shown to enhance memory function as well as overall health. I would like to share 20 of these memory

Primary topic: Nutrition

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By Ron WhiteFeb 17, 20111 topic

Online Jigsaw Puzzle Game

Ron White Memory Expert and USA Memory Champion recommends this game! The game is here http://www.jigzone.com/ Okay, I have won memory tou aments but I after this I am wondering if there are jigsaw tou aments. This was an awesome online game! Now this is FUN and addicting! I do believe that working a jigsaw puzzle can help exercise your brain. I haven't worked a puzzle in years but once I got the hang of this it was addicting :) My time working this jigsaw puzzle was a l

Primary topic: Puzzles and Brain Teasers

Puzzles and Brain Teasers

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By Ron WhiteJul 20, 20121 topic

Train Your Brain Through Neurofeedback

It is possible for your brain to heal itself without medication. You can improve your memory, attention, sleep pattern, and even stress levels by simply using a method known as neurofeedback. Neurofeedback is a natural, non-invasive therapy that lets your brain relea and retrain itself to function at optimum levels. It has worked for patients with depression, migraine headaches, post-traumatic stress disorder, autism, ADD/ADHD, Asperger’s and anxiety, just to name a few. By

Primary topic: Memory Training and Memory Improvement

Memory Training and Memory Improvement

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By Ron WhiteJul 12, 20121 topic

The Best Lubricant For Your Brain Is Water

I’m sure you learned in school that more than half of your body is made up of water (newbo s are ¾ fluids and ¼ solid body). It is important in plasma, and in and outside our cells. Our skin and body tissues, including our cartilage, are guzzlers, and every part of our body requires quenching. Surprisingly, the brain is the biggest drinker- almost 85 percent of which is concentrated there. When your brain is low on fluids it has a bad effect on your memory and other parts of

Primary topic: Health Education

Health Education

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By Ron WhiteRecently published1 topic

What Makes Puffing Cigarettes So Habit Forming?

Even if you only smoke a few cigarettes a day, why do you feel so bad when you try to quit? Nicotine creates a biochemical reaction in your body that has an immediate effect on your mood, your ability to reason, and your metabolism. The more that you smoke, the higher level of chemical dependency will be reached. Ligh

Primary topic: Smoking - How to Quit Smoking or Stop Smoking

Smoking - How to Quit Smoking or Stop Smoking

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By Ron WhiteJul 20, 20121 topic

Decades of Toxic Exposure Can Cause Memory Problems

Throughout our entire lives we have been exposed to lead, chemicals, pollution and other toxic substances that can build up in our bloodstream and cause damage to our hearts, lungs and brains - not to mention other parts of our bodies. You come in contact with these pollutants in your water, the food you eat, and the air you breathe. Your computers, telephones, window blinds, coffee mugs, cars and all types of everyday items carry some chemical, mineral or toxic substance th

Primary topic: Health Education

Health Education

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By Ron WhiteJul 3, 20121 topic

Brain Injury is Not Always Permanent

Brain injury, brain cancer, infections or a stroke are among the causes of brain injury. Although the brain takes measures to protect itself in the best way it can, after a trauma to the brain there may be a loss of some function until the swelling goes down. If the damage that occurs is more drastic, and even after the swelling goes down there may be permanent damage as the brain tries to compensate by communicating around the damaged area and forming new connections that ar

Primary topic: Mind Body Healing

Mind Body Healing

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By Ron WhiteJul 20, 20121 topic

Meditation is a Memory Enhancer

Some people may think that meditation and “finding your chi” is for people who are a little off center, or are still living in the sixties. The fact is more and more people are seeing the value of meditation as a way to take the stress out of their lives, increase their mental stamina, and expand their mind and body to what it is capable of achieving. Many top executives, such as Walter Zimmerman, Chief Technical Analyst for United Icap, find that by taking time each day to

Primary topic: Memory Training and Memory Improvement

Memory Training and Memory Improvement

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By Ron WhiteFeb 16, 20111 topic

My First Memory Tou ament

Ron White memory training expert gives his account on the 2008 USA Memory Championship: What was it like to compete in my first memory tou ament? A once in a life time experience :) It was 2008 and my first memory tou ament but the story started years before. I don't know exactly when but a few years prior I had seen an online story about something called the USA Memory Championship in New York. I read the amount of numbers that the participants were memorizing in 5 minutes

Primary topic: Mind Power

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By Ron WhiteJan 31, 20051 topic

You Are The Greatest Computer Ever Created!

Have you ever walked into a room and couldn't remember what you went there for?Have you ever grasped the hand of a potential client and then when the handshake broke, the name seemed to disappear from your memory? Or have you everleft a prospect and as you drove away remembered a key point that you shouldhave shared with them? Of course you have... we all have. However, I have some great news for you. Yourmemory is nowhere near as bad as you may think it is. Recently, I was

Primary topic: Memory Training and Memory Improvement

Memory Training and Memory Improvement

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By Ron WhiteJun 20, 20121 topic

Test-Taking Memory Tips

Often the stress we feel when we are about to take a test - whether for school or a job, is the stress we put on ourselves. If you are prepared, and know the material as well as you can, you have all you need to do well, so why are you putting roadblocks up for yourself? I have a friend who told me that every time she had to take a test, where the outcome was important, she would froze up and couldn’t remember anything even though she was well prepared before the test. She a

Primary topic: Peak Performance

Peak Performance

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By Ron WhiteFeb 16, 20111 topic

USA Memory Champion Gives Memory Tips

By Ron White Memory Expert and USA Memory Champion Some of the memory training tips that I can give you are very simple and others a little bit more involved. Lets start off basic. 1. Sleep is critical for your memory. When I competed in the World Memory Championships in 2009 I was incredibly sleep deprived. The event was in London and I was fighting jet lag in a serious way. I can memorize a deck of cards in about 1 minutes and 30 seconds fairly routinely. However, in the

Primary topic: Memory Training and Memory Improvement

Memory Training and Memory Improvement

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By Ron WhiteJul 12, 20121 topic

Getting Your Brain Fitness Program Started

As we age our brain changes and we have more memory lapses, fuzzy-thinking, and it gets harder to process what we learn. This could be due to a variety of reasons, such as stress, multi-tasking, sleep deprivation, or diabetes. "The decline you're noticing is real — and it starts before age 30," says Michael Merzenich, Ph.D., professor at the University of Califo ia at San Francisco’s Keck Center for Integrative Neurosciences. "A 60-year-old brain takes in information two to

Primary topic: Behavior Modification

Behavior Modification

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By Ron WhiteJul 3, 20121 topic

Improving Your Memory With 10 Easy Tips

It doesn’t take as much energy as you may think to improve your memory. You simply have to use your imagination and then follow through. It requires paying attention, focusing on what you are trying to learn, and making a few minor adjustments in how you try to recall information. Your mind is capable of all sorts of different activities. The “on” switch is always lit - there is no ‘off’ switch. Even when you are asleep your brain is working, catching up on daily activities

Primary topic: Memory Training and Memory Improvement

Memory Training and Memory Improvement

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By Ron WhiteFeb 16, 20111 topic

Ron White Memorizing Cards

Ron White memorizing cards at the 2009 World Memory Championship in London. In this attempt Ron shuffled through a deck of cards in 1 min and 17 seconds (roughly) and then (not shown in the video) attempted to assemble a second deck of cards to match the deck he has just seen. It was not a success, he flip flopped two cards. Here are the rules for this event: The object of SPEED CARDS is to commit to memory and recall a single pack of 52 playing cards in the shortest possib

Primary topic: Mind Power

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By Ron WhiteJul 3, 20121 topic

Is It Possible To Learn Subliminally?

Some of you may recall back into the 70’s that students were told that if they put headphones on and listened to their lessons they would be able to remember what they learned better and be able to ace the test the next day. Others even believed that if you put your textbook under your pillow the lessons would leech through the pillow and you’re your brain as you slept. Sounds kind of crazy, doesn’t it? It was also during that time that people were warned about the sublimina

Primary topic: Subliminal Messages & Subliminal Learning

Subliminal Messages & Subliminal Learning

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By Ron WhiteApr 8, 20111 topic

Acknowledging and Preserving Albert Einstein’s Legacy

Ron White the 2 time National Memory Champion Acknowledging and Preserving Albert Einstein’s Legacy I have been fascinated by Albert Einstein and his extraordinary life, mind and views most of my life – so much so that I created a program about him entitled ‘How to Develop The Mind of Einstein’. On March 13,2005 the American Friends of the Hebrew University (AFHU) celebrated the 100th anniversary of the publishing of three of Einstein’s most notable works, including the The

Primary topic: Achievement

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By Ron WhiteJul 12, 20121 topic

Cross Training Your Brain To The Best Advantage

Did your teachers inform your parents that you were an underachiever, and could do better in school? Have your children’s teachers told you that? Perhaps you thought they were wrong, because you know you tried, and you’ve seen your child struggle and try. Perhaps it was somewhat the fault of the teacher, and not the student. How, you ask? Research has proven that a large majority of students who have been labeled as “underachievers” are actually the ones who do the best on I

Primary topic: Memory Training and Memory Improvement

Memory Training and Memory Improvement

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By Ron WhiteJun 22, 20121 topic

Preparing Mentally To Run A Marathon

Athletes require training for their mind as well as their bodies. As a matter of fact, training for any type of sporting event, especially one as grueling as a marathon, is 90% in the mind. It is the mind that controls the body, and it can do amazing things to get your body to go above and beyond what you think your body is capable of. In order to compete in an event like a marathon you have to get your mind prepared to handle the challenges that lie ahead. Your body is goin

Primary topic: Sports

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By Ron WhiteRecently published1 topic

Why Does Cut Down Method Not Work?

Cut Down the Number of Cigarettes when you try to quit seem not work (or maybe it just happen to me) Here some technique to cut down: n Smoke Half of each cigaretten Postpone urge to smoken Eat something if you want to smoken decide when to smoken etc And the goal is: You will finally downgrade cigarette substance to

Primary topic: Smoking - How to Quit Smoking or Stop Smoking

Smoking - How to Quit Smoking or Stop Smoking

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By Ron WhiteFeb 16, 20111 topic

Memorize Phone Numbers

Does Ron White memory expert use an organizer or day timer? Do I use my cell phone to save phone numbers? Sure I do. Back when I was a kid we walked to school in 3 feet of snow and it was uphill both ways!! Okay, actually not. But that doesn't mean things weren't a lot then they are now.... Back in the day MTV was a channel that played MUSIC videos! :) If you needed to make a phone call and you were not at home you looked for a phone booth. If you wanted to call a friend,

Primary topic: Mind Power

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By Ron WhiteFeb 16, 20111 topic

Memory Training In Stress

Ron White memory training expert on stress and your memory. Do you know what one of the biggest enemies to your memory is? STRESS! Billy Joel sings in his song, 'Pressure',....'You will come to a place where loaded guns are in your face and you will have to deal with PRESSURE!' To perform under pressure or stress is one of the unique qualities of high achievers. Have you ever known someone with so much talent and skill but in crunch time they just couldn't deliver? Then o

Primary topic: Mind Power

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By Ron WhiteFeb 16, 20111 topic

Join me at the USA Memory Championship

'Ron White memory training expert and two time USA Memory Champion.' I like the sound of that!! But to be honest I like the sound of, 'Ron White memory training expert and 3 time USA Memory Champion' even better!! :) Before I share with you what my memory training schedule looks like and how I prepare myself for a memory tou ament I would like to encourage YOU to participate in a memory tou ament one day. You may say, 'NO WAY! My memory isn't like the guys who compete in th

Primary topic: Memory Training and Memory Improvement

Memory Training and Memory Improvement

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By Ron WhiteFeb 19, 20111 topic

My Second Memory Tou ament

Ron White memory training experts recounts his experience of his second memory training tou ament. If you have not read the 2008 USA Memory Championship story you might want to read that one first With the experience of 2008 behind me I was not focused on becoming the national memory champion. It is no secret that I am proud to be an American and to represent my country in the national tou ament for my sport was an enticing idea. My strategy sessions for the 2009 tou ament b

Primary topic: Memory Training and Memory Improvement

Memory Training and Memory Improvement

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