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Praise for Dhaval Bathia “Dhaval Bathia is a celebrity trainer. Whenever he takes the stage, he leaves the audience spell bound!” — Arab Times “An honorary patron of the Indo-Kuwait Friendship Society, Mr. Dhaval Bathia is promoter of mind power sciences.” — Kuwait Times “Dhaval Bathia packs in quite a cerebral punch. A unique blend of talent, insight, hard work and sheer determination. A ROCKER.” — Education Times, The Times Of India “A WIZARD. Dhaval Bathia needs just a split second to recall details of 100 year old calendars, hundreds of phone numbers and to solve complex arithmetical problems.” — Bombay Times, The Times of India “A unique achiever. We wish him all the best for his future projects.” — Lohana Shakti “Dhaval Bathia is simply astounding. His workshops are commendable.” — Maharashtra Times “A young achiever. His seminars receive a tremendous response from the CORPORATE WORLD.” — Education World “White-lightning success.” — Sakal “He can recollect all facts on any subject by reading them just once!” — Navbharat Times “After attending his seminars, students have found a sharp increase in their confidence level and their performance in exams has also improved.” — Abhiyaan “Dhaval Bathia’s seminar was definitely a high point. He tantalized the crowd with his mental prowess.” — JAM Magazines “Our country not only produces great talent but also nurtures it so that it reaches its fullest potential which enables it to reach the sky. Since times immemorial India has not only given great intellectuals, sportspersons, revolutionaries, socialists but also great artists, painters, scientists to the countrymen and society in general. Adding another name to this great stardom is Mr. Dhaval Bathia.” — Jazbaat Magazine “The scientific systems in the book create a paradigm shift from hard work to smart work. The whole emphasis is laid on the fact that education is a process to be enjoyed and cherished.” — Afternoon “Dhaval’s tricks are unbelievable...he can tell you when is your birthday without you telling him.” — Le Mauricien (Mauritius) “Indian Wizard.” — The Gulf Today (UAE) “Studies need not be grueling. meet Dhaval Bathia. the mind power expert who will help you remember your studies with ease.” — Times of Oman “Dhaval has some unbelievable math and memory tricks up his sleeve.” — The Khaleej Times “An inspiration to the youth.” — FM Gold “Dhaval Bathia is a revolution.” — S TV DISCLAIMER While every effort has been made to trace copyright holders and obtain permission, this has not been possible in all cases; any omissions brought to our notice will be duly acknowledged in future editions. Published by Jaico Publishing House A-2 Jash Chambers, 7-A Sir Phirozshah Mehta Road Fort, Mumbai – 400 001 [email protected] www.jaicobooks.com © Dhaval Bathia MEMORY POWER! ISBN 978-81-8495-650-4 First Jaico Impression: 2015 No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Contents 1. Preface – From an ordinary child to a whiz kid 2. About the Author 3. Introduction 4. Acknowledgements 5. 1. A Challenge, and a Promise 6. 2. Concentration – The Basic Requirement 7. 3. Myths of Memory 8. 4. Three Golden Rules of Memory 9. 5. The Mnemonic System 10. 6. The Link System 11. (a) How to Remember Speeches or Long Answers 12. 7. The Substitution System 13. (a) Remembering Places (Geography) 14. (b) Remembering Spelling 15. (c) Remembering English Vocabulary 16. (d) Remembering Foreign Languages 17. (e) Remembering Scientific Terms 18. (f) Remembering Books and Authors 19. (g) Remembering Case Laws 20. (h) Remembering Names and Faces 21. (i) Remembering the Periodic Table 22. 8. The Conversion System 23. (a) Remembering Dates in History 24. (b) Remembering Playing Cards 25. 9. Remembering the Calendar 26. 10. The List System 27. 11. The Peg System 28. 12. The Repetition System 29. 13. Remembering Skills 30. 14. Customize Your Own Technique 31. 15. Memory Games 32. 16. An Introduction to Vedic Mathematics 33. 17. The Ten Commandments 34. Afterword 35. Organize A Workshop Preface From an ordinary child to a whiz kid This incident took place in my early teenage years. I was watching a TV show with my family, where a senior university professor performed a seemingly unbelievable stunt in front of the audience. He memorized a deck of well-shuffled cards and recited the name of each of the 52 cards (four of spades, seven of hearts, etc.) in front of the audience with unfaltering accuracy. All of us watching this show were highly impressed. At that point, we presumed that this professor was perhaps an extraordinary individual, blessed with supernatural intelligence. How else in the world could he possibly memorize an entire pack of well-shuffled cards? However, the most interesting part was yet to come. The second participant in the show was an 18-year-old girl, who claimed that she had memorized all the calendars of the past century. In other words, if you asked her any date from the year 1901 to 2000, she could tell you the day of the week corresponding to that date. The anchor of the show asked her random dates (such as February 2, 1931 or December 4, 1974). The girl was able to state accurately whether that particular day was a Tuesday or a Friday or a Sunday. The show went on to feature some spectacular and bewildering demonstrations of the power of memory by many other participants. I was so impressed by the show that I could not help discussing it with my family at the dinner table that night. Seeing my enthusiasm, my father decided to cancel all his social appointments for the upcoming weekend and spend time with me on further research. I clearly remember it was a Saturday morning and we were both hooked to our laptops; running Google searches for every single video, e-book, presentation and audio file that was available on memory, mind power and
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