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Want to Improve Your Memory? Expand Your Mind at Memory School. - By Zoe HartIn 1995, Mark Channon created BBC1`s game show Monkhouses Memory Masters and came sixth in the World Memory Championship, ranking 3rd in the world as an International Grand Master of Memory. In the competition, he had an hour to memorize the order of as many random digits as possible; he correctly remembered 744 numbers sequentially. He also successfully memorized the order of a newly shuffled pack of cards in 1.5 minutes. And now, he is sharing his memorization skills through Memory School, an online interactive learning centre which he hopes will bring mnemonics into the public eye and help anyone improve their memory.It all began in 1990, when a friend loaned Mark an audio version of a memory course, rumors are he forgot to give it back. He became fascinated with memorization and honed his techniques for the next four years. By 1994, while working as an actor in a West End production of `Crazy for you`, he came up with an idea for a television show called Memory Masters. He took his idea to a game show production company (Action Time) and within 10 months it had a weekly slot on BBC1 and was hosted by Bob Monkhouse. Memorization is traditionally associated with learning `tricks`, but Mark wanted to change that. Over the last 3 years Mark has been working on the idea of a fully interactive Memory School; a place where people can learn how to apply mnemonic techniques in their everyday life. He calls his Memory School method `A new way of thinking`. Based on mnemonics, his technique combines logic with creativity and seeks to harness the brain`s natural capabilities. Mark explains, "This is a very exciting time for us. For years mnemonics have been misunderstood and have never been properly utilized by the masses. I guarantee you if kids were taught to think this way at school the effects would be awesome. Our goal at Memory School is to support all your memory improvement needs and open your mind to a new way of thinking about and using mnemonics which makes their application infinitely more useful." You can now register at his new site, www.memoryschool.com , registering with Memory School is free; initial registration includes access to a free downloadable memory meditation session MP3 as well as access to a memory workout area and memory forums where you can find answers to your questions. Memory School`s first online interactive e-class, `Developing your mind` has recently been launched. This is the closest thing you will get to actually being in a seminar. You can take a preview of this e-class here: http://memoryschool.com/eclasses/dym/preview/DYM_preview.html This e-class contains the basic building blocks for improving your memory and gaining an excellent understanding in mnemonics (memory techniques). A second e-class - `Advanced thinking` is planned for early 2005 and will contain some advanced memory techniques, created by Mark Channon, which have never been seen before. Other e-classes are in development as well as a ground breaking product called the `MnemonicNet`, a computer program which mimics the mnemonic techniques used in Memory School allowing easy organization, memorization, revision and recall of information. The MnemonicNet is planned for late 2005 and should have a big impact in the field of memory improvement. So if you want to improve your memory and learn how to use your brain in a more effective way, give Memory School a visit ? www.memoryschool.com Don`t forget! Mark has had a very varied background. As a memory expert he has appeared, or taught memory improvment skills on many TV shows including: BBC1`s Monkhouses Memory Masters, Good Morning with Richard and Judy (ITV), Childrens BBC and The Hidden Camera Show (BBC1). Mark trained as an actor in London at the age of 16 and started working professionally at 18. His theatre work includes: When the Dons where Kings (Lemon Tree), Among Unbroken Hearts (Traverse/Bush theatre), Singin in the Rain (West Yorkshire Playhouse/RNT London), Tap Dogs (European Tour), Peter Pan (RNT London), The Cripple of Inishmaan (RNT London), A Chorus Line (Derby Playhouse), Crazy For You (West End), Scrooge (West End), Annie Get your Gun (West End), 42nd Street (Tour/West End). TV and Film credits includes: Rockface (BBC1), Sir Gadabout (ITV), I am my Father (Film), The Cleaners (Short Film), Hard Men (Film), Rab.C.Nesbitt (BBC 1) and Enid Blyton`s Enchanted Lands (BBC1). Mark`s other job for the past 6 years, has been a part-time web-developer for the IR Group - a company who designs, builds, hosts and manages corporate web sites. Victim Mentality - By Barbara BakerHow would you answer this question: I am out of my abuse and have moved on with my life. There is something that I have been wondering about. How and when does the abuse stop playing a significant part of my life? I have seen others who have moved on and I would like to know how they did it.The woman who asked this, asked a valid question. There are many men, women and children who no longer are victims, but feel like they cannot leave it behind. It stays as much a part of themselves as it did while they were being abused. The only difference may be there is no physical or emotional abuse happening in their worlds. What is victim mentality? A victim mentality is one where you blame everyone else for what happens in your world. (Another definition not as commonly used is one that says a person thinks the future only holds bad things for them.) If you do not get the promotion it is because Mr. Johnson was out to get you. Not because he found you playing on the Internet every day. Your best friend called and said she could not have dinner with you. She is always doing that to you; not showing. You`ll show her. You won`t invite her when you go out again! Instead of remembering she has just started school and you did call her at the last minute. Victim mentality. Recently I spoke with someone who no longer lives with a victim mentality. She has gone on with her life and is free from some of the extra baggage that come with being a victim. We discussed forgiving our abusers and how in that process you also need to forgive yourself. With that came loosing the victim mentality. When she was living under the victim mentality she found herself angrier. She found herself swirling in a sea of resentment towards her abuser. She stayed locked in that cycle and never seemed to move forward. If she got sick, she became angry at him. If the kids messed up, she became angry at him. He was no longer in the picture, but it was all his fault. It was not hers; he made things this way Life is easier when you can play the blame game. The blame game makes it easy for your life not to move forward or for you to grow. The day came when she tired of the mentality. She wasn`t a victim anymore and the time had come for her to move beyond the victim mentality. I asked her how she stopped the self destructive cycle. The first thing she did is something many abuse victims may have a hard time doing. She forgave her abuser. She did not say that she forgave him for breaking her ribs, she acknowledged that he had a problem and that he needed to get help. Wishing him ill will kept him in her mind more then he should have been. By acknowledging that he had hurt her, that he did have a problem, she was able to feel some relief. There was more though. As important as forgiving him was, she needed to forgive herself too. She needed to forgive herself for exposing the kids to the abuse. She needed to forgive herself for not reporting him to the police all the times he had hurt her. She needed to forgive herself for being afraid. She needed to forgive herself for not having walked away all the times she could have. She needed to forgive h erself.. She did all those things so she could mentally move forward. Forgiving herself allowed her to get past some of the more intense things she had experienced. The physical bruises had all gone away. The emotional had stayed. It had clung to her and kept the victim mentality alive. Next week we will go into Part 2 Two on victim mentality. We will talk about moving into a non victim mentality. Something to think on until then: The average child receives 432 negative comments per day versus 32 positive ones. The average child in America receives only 12.5 minutes per day in communications with their parents/caretakers. Of that time 8.5 minutes are spent correcting, criticizing or arguing, leaving a whopping 4 minutes per day for the instruction of values, morals, ethics, attitude and self esteem. You were once this child. You also lived a life of abuse, so where do you stand? I live in Las Vegas with my husband and two labs, ATOM and Eve. I have 4 children and 8 grandchildren. I am the President of TEAMCares Inc. an online organization that provides support and advocacy for victims of abuse. Project index
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