The Manual: A Guide to the Ultimate Study Method - Concentration, Super Memory, Speed Reading, Note-Taking, USM, & Rapid Mental Arithmetic

by Rod Bremer

REVISED, UPDATED, AND RE-EDITED SECOND EDITION The Manual is the definitive guide to Enhanced Concentration, Super Memory, Speed Reading, Optimal Note-Taking, Rapid Mental Arithmetic, and the Ultimate Study Method (USM). The techniques presented are the culmination of decades of practical experience combined with the latest scientific research and time-tested practices. The system described herewith will allow the practitioner Read faster with higher comprehension. Store information in long-term memory. Enhance concentration and focus. Access deeper levels of the mind. Induce relaxation. Master the Ultimate Study Method (USM). USM is a synergistic combination of established techniques for Concentration, Long-Term Memory Storage, Speed Reading, and Note-Taking. It involves a systematic procedure that allows the practitioner to study any topic fast, efficiently and effectively. USM can be applied to all areas of educational study, academic research, business endeavours, as well as professional life in general. The techniques and applications in this book will allow you Spend less time studying—while getting better grades and while enjoying the process. Expand your vocabulary. Increase your knowledge exponentially. Sharpen your brain and improve your mental faculties in general. Enhance your creativity. Learn and retain foreign languages effortlessly. Master numbers in your daily-life. Remember names and faces easily. Master the Human Organiser a mental system for instantly recording your schedule and appointments, contacts, ideas, speeches, shopping list, to-do list, and notes. chess openings, paintings, recipes, poems, wines and spirits, stamps, perfumes, maps, computer code, telephone numbers, mathematical formulae, chemical notation, presidents and rulers, directions, Morse code, and more. Some of the specific implementations and examples presented herein have not been documented in print before. The book follows a gradually increasing level of complexity—with later chapters incrementally building on earlier ones. The techniques are described in depth, with a profusion of examples and applications. And a precise training schedule is supplied for each part of the book, to provide a clear route to mastery.

Genres: Self Help

498 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 19, 2015

Reviews

[Jennifer Zartman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book provides step by step instructions for increasing concentration, and improving memory, mathematical ability and study methods. These instructions are clear, and the usefulness of each technique is documented to my satisfaction. Possible variations of technique are piled one on top of the other, which I found a little overwhelming, and I thought the book was very dry reading, but that is to be expected in a manual.

I did well in school, and never felt the need for these techniques, and I don't particularly have a need at this time, either. The section on speed reading was especially irrelevant for me. I enjoy reading, and since I have become an author, I notice more and more of the nuances that make up an author's style. I really want to read all of what is written. You might get the jist of a book by flying through it, but I think you'd miss a lot of the scenery.

I am uncomfortable with meditation that requires a vocalized mantra, which the author makes an essential part of his program. He insists that daily, regimented practice of eastern style meditation to relax the mind must be grasped before you attempt the remaining abilities, which discouraged me from trying them.

Despite my reservations, I think that people who don't mind eastern meditation practices and have a need to improve concentration, memorization, etc. could find this book to be very helpful.

I was given a digital copy of this book in exchange for a review.

[Patrick S Kelso · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've certainly had better luck with this over other memory books. It's putting the methods into practice that's all on me now.

[J. Ewbank · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Manual by Bremer is a thorough study of study methods. The major toopics are concentration, memory, speed reading, the ultimate study method, and rapid math. Not only does he cover the material in each of these cases he helps us to set up our study methods for the topic under consideration. Those who are really serious about one of these topics with find all they need to begin the work of gaining in their study methods. Good job Rod!

J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the Isms" "Wesley's Wars" "To Whom It May Concern" and "Tell Me About the United Methodist Church"

[William Tarbush · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very comprehensive learning method

The USM, or universal study method, can be used to increase reading speed and comprehension. Mathematics and reading are both covered, and most any learning is made up of math, reading, and disciplined practice. I have begun work on this and the revision mapping method to gain more learning while preparing history curricula. Great book!