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Dominic O’Brien is the eight time winner of the The World Memory Championships and has a number of entries in the Guinness Book of Records including the memorization of 54 packs of shuffled cards after just a single-sighting of each card. How does he do it? What is his system and how can it help YOU remember names, faces, telephone numbers, pass exams, learn languages, win at Trivial Pursuit and clean up at the Blackjack table? How to Develop a Perfect Memory will show you in simplelanguage and easy stages.This manual explains Dominic O’Brien’s system intended to help the reader remember names, faces, telephone numbers, pass exams, learn languages, win at Trivial Pursuit and clean up at the blackjack table.Contents:1. Introduction2. How to remember lists3. What’s in a name?4. How to remember numbers5. The mental diary6. The mental in-tray7. Memory and job interviews8. How to remember speeches9. How to remember directions10. Learning the twentieth century calendar11. How to recall ‘lost’ chapters of your life12. How to learn languages13. How to remember geographical facts14. How to remember history15. Popular mnemonics16. How to memorize a pack of playing cards17. How to win (always) at trivial pursuit18. Memory and sport19. How memory can improve your golf swing20. How memory can improve your chess game21. How to memorize thirty-five decks22. Number crunching23. Remembering binary numbers24. How to win at blackjack25. How to beat quiz machines26. Memory and the greeks27. Famous memory men28. Conclusions