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Anthony Metivier's Magnetic Memory Method Podcast

Anthony Metivier's Magnetic Memory Method Podcast

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  • Everyday Genius by Nelson Dellis: Review, Interview & Analysis

    Everyday Genius by Nelson Dellis: Review, Interview & Analysis
    2026/03/18
    Nelson Dellis delivers yet another epic memory improvement book with Everyday Genius: Hacks to Boost Your Memory, Focus, Problem-Solving and Much More. In my view, this book is also a corrective to the increasing mountains of bad memory training advice online. I mean, spend ten minutes browsing memory improvement forums and you’ll start to see the rot. Same recycled advice. Same flat explanations lacking nuance. Same people “teaching” techniques they’ve: Never stress-tested in publicNever pushed to the limitsNever offered anything more than mostly copied explanations of standard mnemonic methods The toxicity for the serious student of the memory arts and mental skills is only getting worse as people ramp up their use of AI to produce even more untested “teaching” of these techniques. So the fact that Nelson actually demonstrates and performs a kind of “immersion journalism” when it comes to the techniques he teaches provides just one of many reasons why Nelson Dellis’s Everyday Genius matters so much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJoc5gLIx2c How Everyday Genius Takes Memory Training Into New Terrain It’s not that Nelson has invented any new memory techniques in this book, which you can learn more about on Abrams Books. He hasn’t. And it’s unlikely that anyone ever will. Nelson told me as much at the opening of our interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcTJuCiDVqE Anyhow, “new” doesn’t come into the picture for people serious about memory and accelerated learning. As someone who has received and read Amazon reviews on memory improvement books for decades, I always find it odd when someone writes, “nothing new here.” Since even Giordano Bruno essentially announced that nothing new would be coming to the field of mnemonics back in the 1600s, the real task is to: Stop Confusing Activity with Accomplishment Nelson’s book matters first and foremost because it comes from a mnemonist of actual accomplishment. A real practitioner, not just a reader of memory improvement books who then comments on them. He’s someone who has put his mind on the line under pressure, in competition, with nowhere to hide. In other words, Nelson’s history of accomplishment adds weight to every page. And you can feel it almost immediately. Everyday Genius is written by someone who has actually lived inside the machinery of memory and various mental tactics and then extended these into real life situations: Giving a speechMaking new business contactsSolving real-world problemsExploring the nature of the mind At the risk of repetition, this distinction matters more than ever, because the internet is drowning the memory arts with all kinds of secondhand certainty written by people lurking behind anonymous user accounts. What Kinds of Real-World Problems Will This Book Help You Solve? As most memory improvement books worth their salt do, Nelson covers the Memory Palace technique, a.k.a. the method of loci. But he doesn’t just recite the classic approach to this technique. He describes it from lived experience. And his approach to mnemonic images and pegword systems likewise comes from accomplishment. Then, when you go through his explanations of how to apply these mnemonic systems to remembering names or speeches, you’ll have a deeper understanding of how to implement them. Likewise when it comes to critical thinking. Nelson takes you through actual real-world scenarios and shows you how various critical thinking examples can make life a lot smoother and more successful. Making Memory & Learning Both Relevant & Fun Another major thing Nelson gets right in Everyday Genius is that he doesn’t shy away from blending the use of memory and thinking tactics for fun with more serious learning outcomes. I know that I’m guilty of not finding that balance in my own writing, even if personally I perform card magic with a memdeck and play music, etc. The cost, however, is that using memory techniques for activities like card counting can be learned a lot more readily when you have at least some of the foundational mnemonic strategies working for you. In reality, learning them doesn’t have to be a grind. And the stories and profiles of polymathic geniuses Nelson shares throughout the book will help you see the multiple layers of fun in store for you. The key is to find ways to make these techniques integrate into your everyday life. Figuring out how to do that can be a challenge, but that’s all the more reason to pay attention to the examples distributed throughout Everyday Genius. The Potentially Controversial Aspect of Everyday Genius Now, you might be wondering… Is Everyday Genius perfect and free from critique? No. And unlike his previous books like Remember It! and Memory Superpowers, Nelson takes risks that I partly admire and partly question. And one of my criticisms goes back to at least two years prior to its publication when Nelson first told us about his “remote viewing” ...
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  • How to Memorize Poetry Quickly & Maintain It For Life

    How to Memorize Poetry Quickly & Maintain It For Life
    2026/02/18
    I have an uncle who used to sing the craziest (and often off-color songs). He was a WWII vet and looked like the Canadian actor Lorne Greene. He would rip out the kinds of songs that sailors sang and I would rush to write down the lyrics so I could learn them. And learn them I did. The hard way. It was irritating and frustrating. Even though they say the hand builds the mind and it wasn’t the end of the world that I spent so much time writing them down and rewriting them, I was still relying on rote learning. If only I knew then what I know today about memory techniques! You see, I now memorize and regularly demonstrate poems I’ve committed to memory almost every month during my live memory training bootcamps. I’ve memorized everything from ancient Sanskrit poems to some of the most inventive contemporary poetry. And today I’m going to share a few case studies and key tips I know you’re going to love. How to Memorize Poetry Fast The fastest way I know to memorize poetry involves a combination of ancient memory techniques. These are: The Memory Palace TechniqueAlphabetical associationNumerical association (where relevant)Spaced repetition based on solid active recall principles Now, I know that weaving together so many memory techniques to memorize poetry or even song lyrics, sounds like a lot. But if you want to memorize poems fast, stick with me. Bringing all of these strategies together is much easier than it might seem at first glance. But first, let me demonstrate that I can actually memorize poetry. I believe proof is important because there are a lot of people out there who talk about skills they cannot do. In the case of mnemonics, there are even entire forums filled with people giving advice about memory techniques when they clearly haven’t lifted a finger to memorize a poem. That, or they’ve used rote memorization and are only pretending they used mnemonics. So with those issues in mind, here are a few examples. Please be sure to watch each example because I will refer back to these recitations to help you rapidly memorize poems of your own. Example One: A Univocalic Poem In this video, you’ll see me at the Memory Palace Bookshop I’m developing practicing the recitation of a univocalic poem by Christian Bök: https://youtube.com/shorts/b6oFIOnAwng?feature=share That’s from a fantastic book of poetry called Eunoia. Example Two: Shakespeare This video not only shows me reciting lines from Titus Andronicus. It includes a very important teaching point. That’s because I also demonstrate reciting the lines forward and backward to help teach you how to more easily commit even the most difficult poem to memory using a process I call Recall Rehearsal: https://youtu.be/nhjIkGu32CA?si=s6gIJz6Poq9Zpo6C&t=1380 Now, I regularly memorize Shakespeare. But in the case of the example shared in the video above, I had a special purpose in mind. I was doing it to reproduce the memory technique Anthony Hopkins describes in his autobiography. Here’s the full case study. Example Three: Song Lyrics In this video, you’ll see and hear me singing a famous song called The Moon Represents My Heart in Chinese: https://youtu.be/dCyPV6qfKkI The entire song took just over forty minutes to commit to long-term memory. Even though it’s been a few years since I sang the whole song, I still remember most of the lyrics to this day. Every once and awhile, I whip it out and it always brings a smile to my wife’s face. The reason this Chinese poem set to music took a bit longer to memorize other poems I’ve memorized is because it’s in a foreign language that I was only just beginning to study at the time. Example Four: Poetry Quoted in a Speech When I wrote my TEDx Talk, I incorporated lines from a Sanskrit piece called the Ribhu Gita. This was an interesting challenge because it called me to recall the speech and the poetry that had already been memorized. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvtYjdriSpM This particular performance was a lot of fun, but also challenging due to the combination of a live audience, cameras and the fact that the world was starting to go into lockdown at the beginning of Covid. I had a lot on my mind, but thanks to the memory techniques you’re about to discover, I still think the talk came off fairly well. It’s been seen over four million times now, so I must have done something right. Example Five: Real-Time Poetry Memorization If you want to see me memorize in real time, check out this discussion with Guru Viking. Steve, the host, throws Shakespeare at me and I memorize a few lines and discuss how I did it in real time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J62IN_ngYH0 Now let’s get into the steps, many of which come directly from my premium course on memorizing poetry. Step one: Use the Memory Palace Technique A Memory Palace is essential for memorizing poetry, or anything verbatim. What is this technique? A Memory Palace is a mental recreation of a familiar location. For ...
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  • Method of Loci: Memory Improvement Tactics with Case Studies

    Method of Loci: Memory Improvement Tactics with Case Studies
    2026/02/14
    Imagine being able to recall names, speeches or the key points from complex books with ease. That’s the power you’ll enjoy after you use today’s tips to master the method of loci. Also known as the Memory Palace technique or Mind Palace, this approach to learning leverages your spatial memory to help you transform even the most abstract ideas into unforgettable mental associations. You’ll be able to recall both the mnemonic association and the target information because of how this technique helps you anchor them in familiar locations. However, there are a few aspects to the technique that a lot of people miss, a key one being that the method of loci is actually part of a larger equation. Your loci are meant to be used in combination with mnemonic associations and a rehearsal process people now call spaced repetition. One of the earliest descriptions of loci being used with associations and review patterns was given by Aristotle, and his approach is very powerful. On this page, I’ll give you the complete, no-nonsense guide to how this system works, drawn from history, my personal experience as the founder of the Magnetic Memory Method and acknowledged demonstrator of these techniques. I used them to help me pass university, learn languages, deliver a very popular TEDx Talk and more. Fortunately, I learned from the best, including Tony Buzan while he was still alive. And I’ve also learned a lot from the thousands of people I’ve taught. So whether you’re just starting or refining your practice, this guide gives you the historical foundations, practical tactics and real-world examples you need to make the method of loci your own. Ready? Let’s dive in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOVr7K7x6Bo What Is The Method of Loci? Loci is the plural of locus, meaning a place, location, or as I prefer to call it a “Magnetic Station.” For example, have a look at this image of one of my Memory Palaces: Each of the tritons is an individual locus. The red string shows the journey between the loci. And that’s ultimately what the method of loci is: a strategy for stringing together a number of places along a journey used to help us recall information. Because this method helps you move across a series of locations, the technique is synonymous with a technique called the “Journey Method” as well as “Memory Palace” and “Mind Palace.” To help you see exactly how it works, check out my Memory Palace Guide and watch the Memory Palace walkthrough video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STlYIiF9RzI Core Uses for The Method of Loci Although many people think the technique is restricted to memorizing lists, that’s just not true… lists are involved, but with a twist. That’s because all of the uses below essentially involve committing lists to memory. You can use this technique to: Memorize speeches (a list of sentences)Learn monologues as an actorCommit numbers to memory (including up to 100,000 digits)Learn languagesRemember namesPass examsWin memory competitionsSet recordsRead and understand more thoroughlyEnjoy a greater quality of mind Origins of the Term and Other Uses: From Simonides to Songlines The terms “loci method” or “method of loci” mean at their core that we’re turning space itself into a mnemonic device. In other words, you can think of this memory tool as a “location-based mnemonic.” No one knows exactly where the term comes from. But memory expert Frances Yates details how the Greek tradition of memory entered into the medieval world through Rome in her book The Art of Memory. The Greeks attributed the loci technique to Simonides of Ceos, but as Lynne Kelly demonstrates in The Memory Code, it’s actually much older. In fact, Aboriginals and other cultures around the world have been using the sky and landscapes to help them remember information since prehistoric times. Using the sky as part of the method of loci is sometimes called a “Songline,” just one of several ancient memory techniques. It was probably the Romans who influenced the development of the term Roman Room, which is yet another variation of the term method of loci. But in my view, the earliest and most thorough description is found in Aristotle. Yates discusses it, but does not fully understand why Aristotle labels each locus with an alphabetical letter as I share in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3N2i73LKt0 The reason Aristotle does this is because he’s teaching you his version of spaced repetition. Noting that the exact text has been corrupted, here’s an extract of what Aristotle says. I am taking this from my version of Aristotle’s On Memory, where I also provided ample commentary of this work: It often happens that you cannot recall at the moment, but can search for what you want and find it… But you must seize hold of the starting point. For this reason, some use places (or loci)… Then, when discussing the act of recollecting from loci, Aristotle says: ...
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