Accelerated Learning, Memory & Mental Mapping Training Course - 1 Day

The origins of accelerated learning.
What accelerated learning can do for you.

Memory training is not a single skill, but is a system of related skills based upon:

R= Repetition
A= Association
I= Imagination
S= Structure
E= Energy

To master any skill, we need a certain amount of repetition.

But endless repetition is not necessary. There is an optimum amount and frequency of repetition, that will yield maximum results in minimum time.

You will learn how to schedule your review periods, so you get more memory for every minute invested.

The human memory is not like a computer. It is more creative and associative. Human memory works by association; one thing reminds you of another. The key concept of all memory training is:

“To associate what you want to remember, to something you already know”.

That is the cardinal rule upon which all memory is built. We will show you how to put that rule to good use.

Albert Einstein said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge”.

You are born with imagination, but not born with knowledge. The imagination is the powerhouse of the mind. You use your imagination to forge associative links between individual facts, to build complex knowledge, which in turn grows to become wisdom.

We will show you how to combine the power of imagination and association to memorise anything.

Unstructured knowledge soon falls apart in the memory and disintegrates into dust. You need to impose an order onto your knowledge, in order to make sense of it. The structure can be of various kinds:

• Problem cause solution
• Chronological
• Biggest to smallest
• Cheapest to most expensive

The structure of your information depends on the context, but the key point is, you must structure your message, if you want to understand it, remember it or act on it.

Energy is the stuff of the universe. Nothing happens without energy. Memory requires mental energy, and that leads us into the discussion of brain health and nutrition.

We will learn how diet and habits affect mental health and memory.

Chaining is the first mnemonic device. Chaining means associating one idea to the next.

Examples:

• The word to its definition.
• The country to its capital.
• The face to the name.
• The cause to the effect.

This leads to that: In the last analysis, learning amounts to connecting one thing to another thing.

Complexity arises from simplicity by building associative chains, made of connecting links. "This to that" and then “that to the next”.

This extending chain leads to apparent complexity, which can always be simplified back by retracing the steps.

You can use this idea to learn anything by breaking it down into its component parts.

Association of ideas in numerical order.

We explore associating ideas to numbers.

For example: You could use this system to memorise the periodic table of elements. Or you could use it to memorise a sequence of events. Or you could use it to memorise a list of names, in historical order. Or you could use it to memorise the ideas you want to explain in a presentation.

This method of memory uses your natural spatial memory to remember anything you wish. By means of association and imagination you associate information to physical places, that you already know. For example, the journey to work could furnish you with 100 stops, where you would place the information you wish to remember.

You can remember an unlimited number of individual “loci” (places) therefore you can also remember an unlimited number of things.

This is an extremely powerful technique.

We will show you how to harness its power.

Thought is ephemeral. It is mysterious and elusive.

If we don’t capture our thoughts and crystallise them into a physical form, they will evaporate, and we are left with nothing.

Mental mapping is the best way to crystallise thoughts and put them into an order that makes sense and lends them permanence.

Knowledge is hierarchical. It can be organised into branches or sets.

1. Fundamental issues
2. Main branches
3. Minor branches
4. Subset-minors
5. Details

The trunk of the tree are the fundamental issues. The fundamentals divide into the main branches. The main branches separate into minor branches, which themselves split into subset branches, which resolve into numerous details.

All knowledge has this hierarchical, tree-like structure.

We will show you how to use this idea to be more analytical, and creative.

Analysis is the act of breaking the subject down into its parts and understanding which parts are fundamental, which are major, which are minor, subsets and which are tiny details.

You will learn how to analyse anything, to understand its composition and structure.

The mind is also capable of thinking in the opposite direction; of fusing two or more parts to make a larger whole. Some people call this process synthesis, others call it integration.

It is the act of putting two and two together. Combining ideas to make the tree out of the individual parts.

You will learn how to integrate parts to build the whole idea.

Creative thinking is making links from one branch of the tree to another branch. Or even swinging from one tree to a different tree, which some people call a paradigm shift.

Breakthroughs often occur when an insight gained in one area of knowledge, illuminates another area, by cross fertilisation. For example, the chemistry of nucleic acids, informed our knowledge of evolution.

You will learn how to make your knowledge yield more creative insights.

There are many ways to use these methods:

• You can use mapping to make decision trees
• You can use mapping to plan out projects
• You can use mapping to clarify any thought process

And since every human action is guided by a human thought, you can use mapping to improve your performance.

The best way to learn mapping is to try it. We will give you plenty of opportunities to practice your new skills.