Absolutely brilliant !!

My Mum gave me this to read back in 1965, yes that's right 1965.

The methods have stayed inside my head, and have often been very useful.

All of the extravagant claims are true, worked for me very well.

I used to train myself by memorising the order of a pack of freshly shuffled cards every night.

Let me start

A decent book

I would frankly give this book 3.5 rating.This book majorly consists of two systems.

Pros:

1.Link System

2.Peg System

The Description about the book cannot be commented here. It should be understood when you read the book. The author knows how to teach his readers in the most simple ways.

He recognizes the attitude of readers and very inspirational just lyk backbone to the readers from the first to last page of the book

Cons:
1.This book is a Bit Outdated.

2.Some of the chapters would be felt as useless.

3.Its like author had written some chapters like remembering names for the western people, other people would feel the names as unfamiliar to them.

My memory for numbers is owed to this book!

Like the peg system. Takes time to learn but worth it.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone. It was originally published in 1957 so some things are a bit outdated (such as having telephone operators and calling people by their last names), but the principles are excellent and absolutely still apply. Memory is so useful, and I have found that by learning the systems in the book, not only do I now have the tools to remember faces, names, long numbers, lists, etc, my true memory has also improved. Going over the peg words in my mind at night not only helps me fall asleep, it is good exercise for my brain. I am very impressed!

A fantastic little book for memory tricks. The technique seems easy and straightforward. It shows how the miraculous memory stunts can be built from such simple techniques, however, only possible with practice, practice, and practice!

A good intro book for memory technique. The techniques are good enough for most people but nothing new to memory geeks.

Good

If you just want to improve your memory or want to become a memory athlete, this book is ideal as first step towards your goal.

There are a number of books which have changed my life. This is one of them. Its impact is so great that its difficult summarising how much the book means to me. He does what most authors on memory talk about, such as how to memorise words, numbers, names, faces, dates and appointments and so. These techniques are great and really work. But I want to highlight some significant points he makes at the beginning of the book. For example, the importance of observation, habit and taking an interest in the subject. Probably, the most important contribution is the value of association and using images which are out if proportion, involve action, exaggeration and use substitution. However, like so many thimgs, memory is like a muscle and grows as it is exercised.