A Drink of Fruit and Vegetable Juice a Day Keeps Alzheimers Away
The American Journal of Medicine has just published a report on a study that seems to indicate regular intake of fruit and vegetable juices may contribute to the prevention of the development of Alzheimer’s disease. At the end of this article I will show you the abstract of the report that you can also find…
World Memory Championships 2006
And so today was the final day of the 2006 World Memory Championships held in London at Imperial College. After being runner up in the competition and then running it for a couple of years, I had moved away from competition memory to concentrate on teaching others how to improve their memory, remember much more and retain information…
I Want To Be A Memory Expert When I Grow Up
I am approached all the time by journalists looking for a “memory expert” to comment on this or that or to provide a few tips about some aspect of memory. Exam preparation time is another common time of the year to be consulted about tips to do better in exams. I have also been contacted…
Your Brain’s Ability – Use It or Lose It
In the Times last week there was a very interesting piece on how machines are once doing the work that our memories once did. If you think about telephone numbers, how often do you think about a number to dial it? Chances are, you will open up the address book on your mobile phone, look…
Helping MBA Students At The London Business School
Today I have been working on a client’s behalf with students from the Executive MBA at the prestigious London Business School. Boy are those guys dedicated. Can you imagine working at a demanding, high profile job AND take every other weekend out to study at one of the top 5 business schools in the world for…
Michael Tipper Goes MAD!
This week has already been an exciting week for me and it got off to a great start when I went and spoke at a client day held by The Go MAD Thinking Group run by Andy Gilbert and his team. I have known Andy for a few years now and have watched the Go…
My Ebay Auction Results
Well the results of my e bay auction are now in….I had one bidder who snapped me up for the princely sum of 1p! Well I was delighted that someone had bothered to bid and to be true my self worth took a bit of a knock at such a massive bid. I know that…
How To Be A Better Student – Local Newspaper Coverage
Fame at last. I have reached page 4 of The Chippenham Gazette and Herald. The story about me offering my services via auction to help a GCSE student has certainly attracted some interest locally. First there was the BBC last week and now one of the local papers. Hopefully this will give someone the inspiration…
How To Improve Your Memory – Michael Tipper On BBC Radio Wiltshire With Gavin McCoy
Well after putting out my press releases for my eBay auction in the middle of the week to offer my services to help a Wiltshire based GCSE student with their revision in the run up to the exams, I was contacted by the BBC and invited to do an interview with Gavin McCoy on the…
If You Are Doing GCSEs You Can Buy Me On eBay!
I was in the shower yesterday morning and I was just mulling over stuff (as you do) and I suddenly had a flashback to when I was 16 years old. It is April, Easter hols coming up and what was I doing back then? Well I was revising for my O levels (they are called…