Memory Expert Michael Tipper’s New Memory Improvement Book
I told you in a recent post about my new book that is going to be published next year. Well this morning I received the artwork for the cover and I thought I’d take this opportunity to give you a sneak preview of what the cover will look like (but you must promise not to…
Use What You Already Know To Learn and Remember New Words In A Foreign Language
If you are a native English speaker and you have tried to learn one of the main European Languages (French, German, Spanish or Italian) then you will no doubt have discovered that there are many similarities between English and each of these languages. I don’t know the full background to this but it has something…
My Powers Of Concentration Have Doubled Just By Doing Some Simple Memory Exercises
If you have been reading my other posts, you may recall that at the beginning of September I told you how my concentration was way out. I discovered this as I was getting back into memorising packs of cards. Having not had the need to wade through 52 playing cards in a standard deck and…
Gavin McCoy Interviews Michael Tipper About Memory Improvement on BBC Radio Wiltshire
As you will know from my post last week, the brilliant Gavin McCoy from BBC Radio Wiltshire interviewed me about memory and memory improvement. We also talked about how learning a musical instrument can improve your memory. Once again Gavin was the consummate professional and you will hear that when you listen to the interview.
Why Music Lessons Are Good For The Memory
A recent study carried out with some young children has identified that learning to play a musical instrument from a young age promotes different patterns of brain development and actually improves memory. So here is what I can glean from the reports on this study. First of all it was carried out with a group…
Another Memory Joke (They Get Worse!)
“I saw the doctor today about my loss of memory.” “What did he do?” “Made me pay him in advance.”
Can You Ever Forget Painful Memories?
I have read a tremendous amount of personal development books over the years as I have searched out not only the mechanics of being better at what I do and who I am but also for the inspiration to continue on my path in life. One of the authors I have come to know and…
Use Mind Mapping To Improve Your Memory
One of the reasons that I started doing this work and made a complete career change was the effect that Mind Mapping had on my work and now my life. I try hard not to be evangelical about this powerful tool that was developed by Mr Tony Buzan but it is hard not to when…
Memory, Self-Talk and the Age Issue
I went out to a party the other night in the middle of rural Berkshire. A friend of a friend of a friend (how tenuous is that!) was having a party to celebrate an engagement. It was at a farming tourist attraction where you can see deer and horses close up. It was a bring-a-bottle…
An Elephant Joke About Memory
An elephant is drinking out of a river when he spots a turtle asleep on a log. The elephant ambles over and kicks the unsuspecting turtle clear across the river. “Why did you do that?” asks a passing giraffe. “Because I recognized it as the same turtle that took a nip out of my trunk…