Memory Building
Memory Building
(
(Brain Exercises)
)

Easy Genius
Awakening Your Whole Brain to
Awakening Your Whole Brain to
Build a More Powerful Memory
A book from
A book from
Chance Massaro, M.A.
and
Steve Wallis, M.A.
Steve Wallis, M.A.

Your brain is very like
the rest of your body in
that the more it is used
the stronger it remains.

We exercise our bodies
W i b di
by walking, by walking,
stretching and putting
stretching and putting
mild strain on our bones
and muscles.

We know this to be a
great influence on our
brains as well.
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We exercise our
brains by thinking
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in lots of different
ways.
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Here, then is a little
fun set of exercises
which will keep your
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brain elastic and plastic
and ready to serve you
and ready to serve you
for years to come.

1.
Move your eyes from extreme
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left to extreme right, from
extreme up to extreme down
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and roll them around.
30 seconds a day will make a
noticeable difference in just one
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month.

2.
Move your arms and legs across
the midline of your body. Wiggle
the toes of your left foot while
wiggling the fingers of your right
hand.

3.
Sing! Sing, sing Row row, just sing!
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4.
Add, subtract, multiply and divide.
Add, subtract, multiply and divide.
Any simple math will activate and
p ese e you e t b a
preserve your left brain.

5.
Imagine general to specific. Think
“car” then think “hybrid”, think
“cat” and think “lion” etc.
cat lion
Now do it backwards: think
“Empire State Building” and then
Empire Building
“skyscraper or “Dubai” then
“Middle East country”.
Middle ast country .

6.
Wash your hands (shave, dress)
differently each day. Trade clothes
with someone your size!
t so eo e you s e

7.
Take your brain for a trip around
the world: imagine New York
(picture it in you mind),
then London, then Paris, then
Bonn, then Milan then Teheran etc
until you get to Hawaii.

8.
Picture people. Think of the people
you know and recreate their face in
your imagination. Recreate their
voice, gestures too.

9.
When you watch TV or other
people in your environment
imagine moving like they move.
ag e o g e t ey o e

10.
Imagine yourself as something
non‐human: be a tree, a car, a
flower, a bird etc. Imagine
how the world seems to that entity.

11.
Breathe easily and deeply and
really experience your breath. How
many places in your body can you
feel yourself breathe?

12.
Become compulsively curious.
Constantly ask yourself and others
“Why?” and “How?” and
Why? How?
“What color?” and “How fast?” and
“Where?” etc.
Where?

13.
Learn a new game, a new language,
a new route to the bathroom.

14.
Play with associations; wherever
you are ask yourself “What does
this remind me of?” This can be
of?
very entertaining.

15.
Write poetry. Learn poems by
te poet y. ea poe s
heart. Read poems aloud or your
favorite subject book, article etc
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16.
Collect jokes in a notebook or
journal. Share jokes every day, ask
people for the joke of the day.
Remember the humor formulation
poem: magnify, minify, slapstick,
pun…rearrange context, opposite
fun.

Thank you,
amirsaiftaz@gmail.com
www.amirsaiftaz.blogspot.com