Everyone wants a better memory-and in today's information-filled, multitasking age, having a good memory is more important than ever. 30 Days to a More Powerful Memory is designed to help anyone improve his or her memory. Besides drawing on the latest findings frombrain and consciousness researchers, psychologists, and others about what works and why, it includes a variety of hands-on techniques and exercises, such as memory-building games and mental-imaging techniques. While some chapters deal with basic ways of preparing yourmind and body to remember more, such as improving your overall health and well-being, the main focus is on the techniques you can use day to day to improve your memory. Plus it includes chapters on creating systems so you have memory triggers or you can reduce what you have to remember, so you can concentrate on remembering what's most important to you.It suggests committing a 30-day period to working with these techniques, while readers can select the chapters that most interest them. This 30-day period is a time to hone new memory skills and make them a regular part of one's life. The book also includes a few introductory chapters that describe how the brain works and the different types of memory that create a memory system. While the focus is on using these memory skills for work and professional development, readers can use these skills in their personal life, too.This completed book features these chapters:1. How Your Memory Works2. How Your Long-Term Memory Works3. How Good Is Your Memory?4. Creating a Memory Journal5. Pay Attention!!!6. Improving Your Health and Your Memory7. Decrease Stress and Anxiety to Remember More8. Increase Your Energy to Boost Your Memory Power9. It's All About Me!10. Remembering More by Remembering Less11. Using Schemas and Scripts to Help You Remember12. Chunk It and Categorize It13. Rehearse . . . Rehearse . . . Rehearse . . . and Review14. Repeat It!15. Talk About It16. Tell Yourself a Story17. Remembering a Story18. Back to Basics19. Take a Letter20. Linked In and Linked Up21. Find a Substitute22. It's All About Location23. Be a Recorder24. Record and Replay25. Body Language26. Let Your Intuition Do the Walking27. Remembering Names and Faces28. Remembering Important Numbers29. Walk the Talk: Speeches, Presentations, and MeetingsResources and References GINI GRAHAM SCOTT, Ph.D., J.D., is a nationally known writer, consultant, speaker, and seminar/workshop leader, specializing in books about business and work relationships, professional and personal development,social trends, popular culture, lifestyles, criminal justice, and writing, publishing, and promoting books. She is founder and director of Changemakers and has taught classes at several colleges, including California State University, East Bay, Notre Dame de Namur University, and the Investigative Career Program in San Francisco. Besides writing nonfiction, she writes scripts for films and teleplays.She has published over 50 books on diverse subjects. Her latest books on business relationships and professional development include: WRITING, PRODUCING AND DIRECTING THE LOW BUDGET SHORT FILM; USING LINKEDIN TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS OR YOURSELF; DOING YOUR OWN PR; WANT IT, SEE IT, GET IT!; DISAGREEMENTS, DISPUTES AND ALL OUT WAR; 30 DAYS TO A MORE POWERFUL MEMORY; A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO MANAGING EMPLOYEES FROM HELL; A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR WORKING WITH BAD BOSSES; and A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR WORKING WITH HUMANS (all from AMACOM 2004-2009).Scott's books on social trends and popular culture include: THE VERY NEXT NEW THING (ABC-Clio 2011); PLAYING THE LYING GAME (ABC-CLIO 2010); AMERICAN MURDER (Greenwood 2007), HOMICIDE BY THE RICH AND FAMOUS (Berkley 2006, Greenwood 2005); HOMICIDE: 100 YEARS OF MURDER IN AMERICA (Contemporary 1998), YOU THE JURY (Seven Locks 1997), CAN WE TALK? THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF TALK SHOWS (Plenum 1996), MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS: THE BATTLE FOR PERSONAL PRIVACY (Plenum 1995), THE TRUTH ABOUT LYING
