How to Learn Almost Anything in 48 Hours: The Skills You Need to Work Smarter, Study Faster, and Remember More!

How to Learn Almost Anything in 48 Hours: The Skills You Need to Work Smarter, Study Faster, and Remember More!

by Tansel Ali
How to Learn Almost Anything in 48 Hours: The Skills You Need to Work Smarter, Study Faster, and Remember More!

How to Learn Almost Anything in 48 Hours: The Skills You Need to Work Smarter, Study Faster, and Remember More!

by Tansel Ali

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Overview

Shortcuts and brain hacks for learning new skills fast!

Three-time Australian Memory Champion Tansel Ali reveals the secret to learning new skills fast—easy-to-learn memory strategies, including mind mapping, visualization techniques, and mnemonic devices.

If you'd like to study for exams efficiently, speak a foreign language, memorize a speech, learn to play a new musical instrument, or improve your general knowledge, memory-training expert Tansel shows you how to do it quickly and effectively with the aid of a few memory tricks.

Packed with practical exercises for honing memory and training your brain to learn well and learn fast, this is the ultimate book for sharpening your mind and expand your knowledge.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440597763
Publisher: Adams Media
Publication date: 08/01/2016
Pages: 205
Sales rank: 158,656
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Tansel Ali is a three-time Australian Memory Champion. He shot to fame worldwide for memorizing two Yellow Pages phone books—more than 2,300 business names and 20,000 digits—in only twenty-four days. Tansel was the celebrity memory coach for television personality and former CEO of Leo Burnett, Todd Sampson, in the award-winning TV documentary, Redesign My Brain. With Tansel's memory coaching, Todd competed at the World Memory Championships in London, where he successfully memorized an entire deck of randomly shuffled playing cards. Tansel lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Table of Contents

Foreword 9

7-Step Guide to Learning Anything in 48 Hours 10

1 Getting Started 13

How It Works 17

2 Memory Principles 19

3 Memory Techniques 30

4 Advanced Memory Techniques 47

5 Plan, Then Act 55

Using These Techniques 67

6 Everyday Memory 68

7 Study Techniques 81

8 Speaking to an Audience 97

9 Learning Languages 107

10 Learning Music 119

11 Knowing More about … Everything 127

12 Become a Memory Athlete 137

Put Your Memory to Work 151

13 Practice Your Skills 152

Sources 199

Acknowledgments 203

About the Author 204

About the Contributors 205

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