One of the easiest ways salespeople, self-employed professionals, and just about anyone else can get ahead is to enhance their memory. Learning to remember important details about clients, executives, coworkers, and other contacts can be just the ticket. These details include names and faces, of course, but could also be things like their birthday, […]
Tag: Keynote Speaker
Memory Keynote: They Aren’t Just for Students and Salespeople
Not long ago, someone asked me what the most unusual group I had ever spoken for was. I suppose the answer depends a bit on how you define “unusual,” but in terms of an association booking a memory keynote speaker, the first that comes to mind was the Ontario Sewer and Watermain Association. Just to […]
How to Turn Your Next Major Presentation Into a Walk in the Park
Executives and professionals in nearly every industry are called upon to make presentations at some point in time. There are also numerous other occasions to make public presentations, whether it’s at a school board meeting, in your church, or some other setting. Unfortunately, many people don’t feel confident in their public speaking skills. What’s worse, […]
A Birdcage with Underwear….meet Avery Haines
In this video I share a memory system invented by a genius over 300 years ago. It is the most powerful system in the world today for memorizing numbers. It allows me, in my corporate demonstrations, to recall the populations and areas in square miles of every country on the planet, and also allows me […]
Why do we stand in front of an open refrigerator door?
How often have you walked halfway up a set of stairs just to stop and wonder why you’re going up them in the first place, or stood in front of an open refrigerator door looking at its contents trying to remember what you wanted to snack on? Have you found that by retracing your steps […]
So where did I put my car keys?
And other aggravating memory lapses. Where did I put my keys? Did I turn off the coffeepot? Did I unplug the iron? Where did I put my glasses? Did I lock the back door? I must remember to put that file in my briefcase? Did I turn off the computer? And on and on. […]
Homing Pigeon carrying a Shy Ant
If you happened to click on this article and are interested in memorizing the previous forty-five capitals you will find them archived on this web page. So here is my tenth and final post on memorizing the US state capitals. Again, please take a moment to read the April 2011 post regarding how our memory […]
Stone Cold Steve Austin wrestles a Longhorn
If you happened to click on this article and are interested in memorizing the previous forty capitals you will find them archived on this web page. So here is my ninth post on memorizing the US state capitals. Again, please take a moment to read the April post regarding how our memory tends to cling […]
Eating a hairy burger with a pencil! Oklahoma to S. Carolina
If you happened to click on this article and are interested in memorizing the previous thirty five capitals you will find them archived on this web page. So here is my eighth post on memorizing the US state capitals. Again, please take a moment to read the April post regarding how our memory tends to […]
A Hamster flying the Concorde! Montana to New Jersey.
Here is the sixth post on memorizing the US state capitals. The first twenty five capitals, Alabama to Missouri, you can find under my May and June posts. Again, please take a moment to read the April post regarding how our memory tends to cling to the absurd and make sure you are reviewing the […]
