by Roger Seip
Music
Comedy
Yoga
Inspirational videos
Inspirational reading
Scripture reading
Prayer
Running
Kissing and hugging family members
Eating specific foods
Dancing
So make it work for you! You'll find that a daily energy management practice that you like and make a habit of might do more for your life than any other single concept in this book.
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Conclusion
What to Do with What You've Learned
Congratulations—you've reached the end of Train Your Brain For Success! We've covered an enormous amount of information—you've gotten a big pile of ideas, strategies, and specific techniques for remembering more, reading smarter, and breaking records in any area of your life. I trust that along the way you've found and begun to unlock and unleash more of you on the world.
You've heard me say (and imply) numerous times throughout this work that it's great to get new ideas, but what's more important is what you do with those ideas. It's been said that unused potential is humanity's greatest burden.
So where do you go from here? In the introduction I encouraged you to take an active approach to this book and implement the strategies you find. Specifically, here are some Do's and Don'ts to help you continue your record-breaking march to victory.
1. Do use this book as an ongoing resource. Mark it up, highlight it, make notes in it, and come back to it often. Don't just let it sit on your bookshelf. This work is essentially a manual for breaking records, so refer to it often
2. Don't try to do everything different all at once. Pick a handful of these strategies and get to work on making them habits. That takes 21 to 30 days, so give yourself a little time to let your new habits develop.
3. If nothing else, do commit to implementing the Two-Hour Solution and creating a Power Hour (or at least a Power Half-hour) for yourself. These two practices give you the necessary space to get at the root of what works for you and I've found they have the most profound impact in the shortest amount of time.
4. If you haven't done this by now (shame on you) do visit www.planetfreedom.com with the access code in the About the Author section for your Memory Optimization™ and bonus materials. Planet Freedom is a really neat community—be part of it!
And lastly, do feel free to reach out to me and my staff. Continue to invest time and resources in yourself. For me, I find that the books I've read have had an enormous impact on me in and of themselves. I've also found that spending time with like-minded people and/or having someone hold my hand and walk me through the process of personal development is often the next thing you need to catapult what you get from a book to the next level. If you were blown away with how much your memory or your reading skills improved here, continue the journey with a live or online workshop. If the Two-Hour Solution or the Power Hour or any other systems you developed here are already elevating your results and you want more…believe me, there's more. More that you can Be, more that you can Do, and for sure more that you can Have. My company and I exist to serve by delivering freedom—come and get some! We are here for you.
The impact of investing in yourself is impossible to overstate. My associates and I truly appreciate the investment you've made in yourself. Keep making it and you'll find that it's the best investment you can make.
Be free!
Roger Seip
About the Author
Roger Seip
International Speaker and Performance Coach
Co-Founder, Freedom Personal Development
Intelligent, insightful … and hilarious!
These are the words that Roger's clients use when they experience his programs. He has a knack for taking principles of effectiveness that most humans struggle with and crystallizing them into clear strategies and action plans that get record-breaking results. He's also one of the world's foremost authorities on how to train the incredible creative capacity of the human mind.
When it comes to creating record-breaking results, Roger walks the walk. Some examples:
In his first sales career, Roger became one of the top 20 producers out of over 200,000 in the 160-year history of the company. That's the top 1 percent of the top 1 percent ever.
Roger co-founded Freedom Personal Development, one of the world's premier personal development firms. His company has thrived and broken records for more than 15 years.
Roger has personally inspired hundreds of thousands to be more personally effective, make more money, and have more fun in his workshops and presentations across the globe.
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Roger, his wife Shannon, and two sons reside in Madison, Wisconsin. He can be followed on Twitter @RogerSeip1, found on LinkedIn and Facebook, and checked out at www.deliverfreedom.com/bio_roger_seip.html.
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Index
A
Abstract concepts
Abundance, as core value
Abundant Living Retreat
Accept, in model of thinking
Accomplishments, goals and
Accountability
Accurate thinking
Acting Out of Context
Action
Action taking, as emotional barrier
Activities:
components of
time and
Add by subtraction
“Administrative time.” See Red time
Aggressive mental care, practicing
Analysis paralysis syndrome
Answer, The (Assaraf and Smith)
Assaraf, John
Attitude, about
B
Bach, David
Background knowledge, speed reading and
Balance, achieving
Barriers:
emotional
mental
Baseline memory evaluation
primacy and recency
rule of 7, plus or minus 2
Baseline test
Basic association technique
Be, Do, Have model
Bizzi, Bill
Blame, accepting
Body, as first filing system
Body files grocery list quiz
Body-files to-do list quiz
Boundaries setting, technology and
Brain. See also Mind
focus and
speed and
taking care of your
visual centers of
Bregman, Peter
<
br /> Business(es):
goals
value of “last 5 percent” and
C
C.I.A. model of thinking
Canfield, Jack
Carnegie, Dale
Centerpointe Research Institute
Changes, personal vision statement and
Cheat Reading. See Smart Reading
Chopra, Deepak
Comfort zone
Commitments, reviewing
Comprehension, fast reading and
Confidence, gaining
Control, in model of thinking
Cooper, Robert K.
Core values
about
categorizing results
deciding on definitions
figuring out principles
narrowing down principles
ranking principles
Cornell Notes notebook
Covey, Stephen
Criticism, fear of
D
Daily Big Six method
Daily energy management practice
Daily to-do-list
Daydreaming, reducing
Deadlines:
compressing
goals and
Direction, goals and
Discipline your eyes exercise
Double pointer pull
Dream building
E
Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve
Effective highlighting, as retention booster
“Eisenhower Matrix,” 124–127
Emotion
Emotional barriers
Energy
“Enough” time
Evaluation, of baseline memory
Excellence:
as core value
time, scheduling
Eyes, understanding your
Eye span
F
F. I. G. See Mental file folder system (F.I.G)
Failure, fear of
Filing system. See also Mental filing system
body as first
next
Finger pull techniques
Fixation
Flex time, scheduling
Focus:
goals and
with keystone goal
mind and
time and
Foer, Josh
Foolish, unwillingness to look
Freedom, as core value
Freedom Personal Development
Full notes, as retention blaster
G
“Gears” concept in Smart Reading
Gee, Alex
Get Out of Your Own Way (Cooper)
Goals
accomplishments and
approaching
business
characteristics of
creating supporting rituals
direction and
focus and
identifying keystones
narrowing down
productivity and
reconnecting with
turning into images
Going back, reducing
Gratitude list
Gray, Albert
Green time:
guarding
scheduling
Grocery list
H
Hands, proper use of
Hand technique (pace card)
Harmony
Hill, Napoleon
Holosync Solution
Home study resources
100 percent responsibility concept
Hyman, Mark
I
Image(s):
abstract concepts conversion into
emotions and
mental
turning goals into
turning names into
Importance vs. urgency
Influence, in model of thinking
Information:
deleting
holding multiple sets of
retaining
visualization of, recall and
Instant recall memory:
discovering memory power
speaking memory language
using new mental files
Integrity, as core value
Interruptions, scheduling
J
Joy, as core value
K
Keystone goal, identifying
L
“Last 5 percent,” Value of
“Latter factor,” 225
Law of attraction, focus and
Law of increasing entropy. See Thermodynamics, Second Law of
Learning desire, Teachability Index and
Learning foundations:
instant recall memory
smart reading capacity
Lee, Ivy
Life:
about
areas and categories of
creation of
cutting things out and
value of "last 5 percent"
vision for
Listener, becoming
Listening:
effective
memory and
Little victories, concept of
Living document, personal vision statement as
Loehr, James E.
M
Margin notes, as retention booster
McCarthy, Kevin
Measurement, goals and
Memory. See also Memory training
evaluation of
listening and
power of
speaking the language of
Memory training:
fun and brain
maximizing value of
Memory Training and Smart Reading
Mental ability, stress and
Mental barriers
“Mental creation” of life
Mental file folder system (F.I.G)
Mental filing system. See also Next filing system
deleting information
holding multiple sets of information
maximizing effectiveness of
retaining information
Mental image, developing
Mental whispering, reducing
Mind:
flow points in
focus and
good news about
GPS and
problem with
reducing wandering of
Mong, Alan
Moonwalking With Einstein (Foer)
Multiple sets of information, holding
Multitasking
N
Names remembering:
long term
short term
New mental files:
body files grocery list
long-term recall
names remembering
next filing system
taking care of your brain
Next filing system
Nightingale, Earl
O
On-Purpose Business, The (McCarthy)
On-Purpose Person, The (McCarthy)
Organizing, end of the day
Overview, using Smart Reading in
P
P.A.C.T (Personal Accountability Training and Coaching) program
Paralysis, issue of
Parkinson's Law, taking advantage of
“Perfect correlation,” 130
Personal coaching programs
Personal vision statement
Planning, the rest of the week
Plantenberg, Eric
“Point of failure,” 218
Poldrack, Russell
Power hour
Power of Full Engagement (Loehr and Schwartz)
Prigogine, Ilya
Primacy and recency, principle of
Primetimes, working during
Priorities, time and
Procrastination syndrome
Productivity, supercharging
Professionals, improved memory and
Professional vision
Purpose statement
Q
“Quadrant of deceit,” 125
R
Ran
dom practice technique
Reading habits, reducing
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
Reading like sixth-grader
baseline test
“Gears” concept in Smart Reading
reading scores
reading skills
reducing reading habits
the very best of all time
Reading process, mechanics of
Recall, long term
Record-breaking life:
aggressive mental care
goals and
using the basics
using time
Re-creation time, scheduling
Red time, scheduling
Regression, reducing
Reinforcement and Bonuses
Rent Axiom, The
Responsibility
Retaining information
Retention, key to
Reticular Activating System (RAS)
Reviewing:
commitments
goals
names
Smart Reading
RIF. See Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
Rockefeller, John D.
Rote memorization
The Rule of 7, plus or Minus 2
S
Scarcity mentality
Scheduling:
excellence time
flex time
green time
interruptions
re-creation time
red time
Scores, reading and
Self-discipline, ramping up
7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The (Covey)
Sidetracking, as mental barrier
Size of goal
Smart Reading
Smart Reading tools, 58. See also Smart Reading tools for comprehension and retention
finding your smile
reading process mechanics
using hands properly
Smart Reading tools for comprehension and retention:
the balance
interactive processing
smart read why and how
Smile, finding
Smith, Murray
Spaced repetition concept
Spaced repetition protocol
Speed, challenging brain with
Stress, mental ability and
Students, improved memory and
Subvocalization, reducing
Success:
common denominator of
as defined by Nightingale
Success Principles, The (Canfield)
Supercharging productivity
Supporting rituals, goals and creating
T