Introduction p5

What are the advantages of possessing advanced thinking and memorising skills?

How strong is your Brainpower?

What You will Learn from the Course

Our Brains and the Information Age we live in p9

        Our Great Chaotic, Disorganised, Lazy Brain

The Information Age

Setting Goals and Finding Motivation with our Busy Lifestyle p13

Goal Sheet

Goal Plan

Your Personal Goal Plan

Help with Motivation and Self-discipline

Mammoth Memory - About Memory and Mastering Mammoth Memory Techniques p15

Test 1

Your Natural Ability to Visualise

Test 2

Improving Your Visualisation

Visualisation in Your Studies

Using the Power of all your Senses

Rediscovering your Imagination

Reviving the Imagination You Had as a Child

Exercise

Using Association as a Memory Tool

Test 3

Memorising Ordered Lists of Items

The Number Rhyme System

Stretching your Imagination

The Link Association Method

Memory Movie

Exercise

The Number Shape System

Exercise

The Alphabet System

Exercise

The Major Memory System

The sound alphabet for the numbers 0-9

Major Memory Anchor Words (0 – 100)

Exercise

Usual and Unusual Numbers

Remembering Names and Faces

Important Steps to Remembering People’s Faces

Name Categories

Verbal Observation

Physical Observation

Observation Exercise

About our Powerful Brain and how it Works p47

Brainwaves

Your Like and Dislike Section

Your Mind 1 and Mind 2

Stress, Relaxing and controlling your Mind p55

Relaxation Techniques and Thought Control

Learning to Relax

A Real Stress Reliever

Thought Control

Emptying your Thoughts

Planning your day

Insomnia

Relaxing Time

Learning to Listen with Music

How Confident are You?

Confidence through the Power of Positive Thought

Positive Power Gives Thanks

Examining Your Life Through the Eyes of a Mentor

First Time Situations

Getting Back on Track

The Building Blocks of Positive Thoughts

Reach for your Dreams p79

Changing Dreams

Mind Exercise

Your Dream Plan

Losing A Dream

Dream Power

Web Notes/ Mind Maps – Taking Notes for Maximum Memory Retention p83

The Problems with Linear Writing

Mind maps have many uses

Advantages of Mind Maps

Key Words

Exercise

The Brainstorm Mind Map

The Mind Map

The Rules to follow when Mind Mapping

Exercise

Lazy Learning - How to get easy A’s with Maximum Retention and Less Effort p91

Where Do We Learn Best

Observation and Concentration

Quality Reading for Maximum Retention

How your mind sees

Making a Molehill of a Mountain

Effective Study Management

Setting Goals and Objectives

Mental Preparation

How to Read for Best Absorption

Keywords and Key Areas

Mind Map Revision Notes

More about the Effectiveness of Mind Maps

Exercise

Revision

Revision Books

How to Recall What You Have Learned, but Forgotten

Ideal Study Periods for Maximum Understanding and Memory Retention

Your Memory Retention Cycle

The Clever Solution

Recalling What You Have just Learned

How Often Should I Revise?

Revising and Recalling Timetable

How to Recall and Revise

The Imaginary Teacher and Revision

Self-discipline when We Study

Power Thinking - Give your Brain Formula 1 Power p107

Why is Effective Thinking so Important for Our Success?

The Opinion Trap

The Emotion Trap

What is Effective Thinking?

Why is Good Thinking Essential for Studying?

Two Important Exam Hints to Note!

Short Answers for Long Questions

The Concise Structured Brainstorming Method (CSB Method)

The Brainstorm

Positive and Negative Points

Thinking Tools

Select and Sort

Mind Maps

Exploring Alternatives and Possibilities (EAP)

Exercise

Forecasting

Exercise

Examining the Other Side

Other People’s Point of View

Reverse Thinking

Exercise

Positive and Negative (PaN)

Targets and Goals

Thinking Plan

Thought Patterns, Creativity and Lateral Thinking

Self-analysis

Final Note