Total Memory Workout: 8 Easy Steps to Maximum Memory Fitness

by Cynthia R. Green

How to remember what you don't want to forget.Frustrated by your forgetfulness? Don't be. Memory lapses aren't necessarily a sign of age -- more often they are a sign of the times, as we're all inundated with important information to remember, from PINs and cell phone numbers to children's schedules and crucial business facts. Dr. Cynthia Green, founding director of The Memory Enhancement Program at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, shows you how to make the most of your memory, sharing her powerful yet practical eight-step program for improving your recall. Do you sometimes enter a room and forget what you went there for?-- page 29 Do you find yourself struggling to remember details from an important meeting?-- page 110Are you constantly misplacing your keys or glasses?-- page 113Do you find it impossible to remember directions, phone numbers, or computer passwords without writing them down?- - page 136Do the names of people you've just been introduced to slip your mind?- - page 193

Genres: Nonfiction, Health, Self Help

258 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 31, 1999

Reviews

[Jinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you're a regular to this blog, you know that I'm queen of forgetfulness so I thought I'd do something about it. Hence, I browsed the nonfiction aisle late last month in the library and this book jumped at me. It was a quick read for a nonfiction. It was outlined quite nicely so it was easy to skim as well. But was it informative? Sure. It contained simple-practical tricks to memory building, addressed factors that decrease or enhance memory, and much more.

Did it help me? Hmm, I didn't take notes so I don't recall the exact steps therefore I can't say I'm exercising all to build memory muscle that the book outlined. BUT, I did take out something that stuck and the part of memory that concerned me most (involving daily habits; not concerned about having to memorize a poem or such). Basically, I learned to be conscious about being focused and to have a specific physical/mental place for certain things I don't want to forget. That's all, you ask? Baby steps .. reading one book will not magically cure me of forgetfulness. Yet, just from that I have noticed that I'm a little more focused or notice when I wasn't. Plus, I haven't lost my keys in awhile. :)

In short, this book is a good outline for self-help and I believe that the reader can find something useful and specific to his/her memory concerns.

Jinky is Reading

[Mostafa]

very good

[Jennie]

so far, so good

[Jacqueline Masumian · Rating 2 out of 5]

A rather silly book with suggestions for learning and remembering random information. Some good tips on remembering names, though.

[Nupur Vanderlick · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is actually very good book. It takes you through 8 weeks of exercises to strengthen your mind.