Nelson Dellis

What if genius isn't something you're born with—it's something you build? Everyday Genius, by six-time USA Memory Champion Nelson Dellis, upgrades your everyday life through practical skills, whether it's memorizing names at a new job, doing lightning-fast mental math when it counts, honing decisive intuition, and beyond. Written by Remember It! author Nelson Dellis with a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Barbara Oakley, Everyday Genius teaches you the skills that make genius-level thinking accessible to anyone. Better memory. Sharper focus. Faster learning. Creative problem-solving. No natural talent required, just the right methods. In 2009, after watching his grandmother struggle with Alzheimer's, Nelson Dellis set out to strengthen his own mind. That mission led to six USA Memory Championships, two Guinness World Records, and a career dedicated to proving that anyone can develop genius-level cognitive abilities. Everyday Genius teaches you to memorize names and faces instantly, speed-read with deep comprehension, calculate mentally with surprising accuracy, and focus intensely when it matters most. You'll learn strategies for chess and strategic games, techniques for acing exams and public speaking, and methods for creative problem-solving that help you see connections others miss. From mastering a Rubik's Cube to holding complex ideas in your head, from reading a room to thinking on your feet – this book gives you the mental toolkit for a sharper, more engaged life. At a time when outsourcing our thinking has never been easier, Everyday Genius shows you how to reclaim and strengthen your most valuable asset: your brain. You have far more potential than you realize – an inner genius waiting to be awakened. This book unlocks it.

Five-times American Memory champion, Nelson Dellis, will show you how to unlock the incredible potential of your memory with this practical book, cards and poster kit. Anyone can become an expert memorizer - if only you know how. In this inspiring guide, memory maestro Nelson Dellis will demonstrate the techniques that he himself used to transform himself from a man of average memory into a world-leading, title-holding, competitive memorizer. From the famous Memory Palace technique to the Linking Method, this book explores the powerful associative and visualization techniques that will revolutionize your memory recall. Once you have worked your way through the book and picked up a host of expertly described memorization skills, you can put your new talent to the test with a variety of fun games using the cards and poster included. Play alone or compete with others to see how much you can improve your memory Includes: - 52 memorization cards - A full-color guide to several memorization techniques - A fold-out memory map poster Unlock the full potential of your mind with this entertaining toolkit, contained in a sleek lidded box.

A fun and highly practical guide to helping kids achieve remarkable memorization skills The Memory Thief wants to steal your memories! Luckily, Nelson, the Memory Champ, is on hand to guide you through the Forest of Forgettable Names and around the Great Word Pyramids. Nelson will help readers escape the Pirates of the Periodic Table and journey through the Himalayan Memory Palace. The quest for an infallible memory will culminate on the Number Trek to finally defeat the Memory Thief once and for all. Guided by national memory champion Nelson Dellis, readers will learn the tricks and secrets to remembering everything from the world capitals to the elements of the periodic table to speeches and soliloquies—and even enjoy themselves in the process!

Throughout his research into memory theory, Nelson Dellis found existing memory improvement guides to be wanting—overcomplicated, dry, and stodgy. So he decided to write a book that is approachable and fun, centered on what people actually need to remember. In Remember It!, Dellis teaches us how to make the most of our memory, using his competition-winning techniques. Presenting the information in a user-friendly way, Dellis offers bite-size chapters, addressing things we wish we could remember but often forget: names, grocery lists, phone numbers, where you left your keys—you name it! This fast-paced, highly illustrated tour of the inner workings of the brain makes improving your memory simple and fun.