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BRAIN TRAIN MACHINE Knowledge Beyond Expert By Rodney Scow

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Preface. 4 PART I: TRAINED VS UNTRAINED... 6 Chapter 1: The Untrained Brain Chapter 2: The Photographic Memory (a skill, not a gift) Chapter 3: Everyone Memorizes. Chapter 4: Reciting (the training, the power) 6

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PART II: BRAIN TRAIN MACHINE (a system that works)... 10 Chapter 5: What to Memorize. 10 Chapter 6: Memorization Process 13 Chapter 7: Reciting Schedule 15 Chapter 8: The Machine...... Chapter 9: Adding to Your Machine... Chapter 10; Memorize S-k-e-l-e-t-o-n, Remember Animal.... 17 19 20

Chapter 11: Periodic Maintenance.. 23 Afterword.................................. 25

Appendices Appendix A Quotable Quotes 25 Appendix B Poems............. 28 Appendix C Scriptures.... 32

PREFACE
I live by the philosophy if information is going to be remembered, and utilized, it needs to be taught short and sweet with lots of meat. I have tried to do that in this book. It just doesnt have to be that difficult; you dont need ten moving parts and three syllables to be effective. Lincolns Gettysburg address, probably the most memorized and quoted speech in the U.S. only has 240 words, 202 of them are one syllable. There are only ten digits but look what Einstein did with those ten digits. There are only three pure colors but look what Michelangelo did with those three colors. There are only seven notes but look at what Chopin, and Beethoven and Mozart did with those seven noteshuhlook what Elvis did with TWO! Zig Ziglar This booklet is, therefore, presented simply: 1) The Why (Trained vs. Untrained) and 2) The How (The Brain Train Machine: a system that works). The subtitle to this booklet, Knowledge beyond Expert requires a short explanation. What is an Expert? For my purpose, I will use the definition: someone who knows more about something than the majority of people. I have been told you could break the word down into its roots (i.e. an ex is a has-been and a spurt is a drip under pressure) but thats too far for my purpose. Using the Brain Train Machine, I want to take you to the step beyond expert. Instead of simply knowing more information than most people because the information has become part of you by memorizing it, as well as having the ability to recite it from memory when you are presenting thoughts and ideas; you go beyond expert by gaining credibility by citing your source (i.e. author and book; or chapter and verse, in scripture). I will even go so far as to say people will attribute a greater level of intelligence to you than you may even possess, because you KNOW what you are talking about and WHERE others can find the information for their own study. It is much more powerful to say I think meditation is an essential characteristic in mans search for truth because Paramahansa Yogananda, in his book The Autobiography of a Yogi quotes a Persian proverb which states seek truth in meditation, not in moldy books, look into the sky to find the moon not in the pond; rather than saying, I think people should pray and meditate. When you have memorized information so you can do more than just state who said it, but include the book and even the page number; people will credit you with a higher intelligence and will therefore listen more carefully to your opinions. When speaking and throwing in a couple of source statements this way, future thoughts, ideas, and expressions you share will not only carry more weight, they will be more easily believed and accepted by others. Its easy to make the Brain Train Machine and train your brain so it works at this optimal 4

level. Yet, the power only comes when you use it. If you make it but place it on a shelf to collect dust, you are no better off than someone who doesnt even have one. The nice thing is, it takes very little time to use it, not even 15 minutes spread out over an entire week (depending on how many things you have memorized I have over 850 works in my machine and about twice a week I sit down and spend 15 20 minutes organizing things). I want to be sure you understand Im not counting the reciting time in this. You will be reciting during peripheral time. (see Adding to Your Machine, P21) Tools needed to make a Brain Train Machine: 3 x 5 cards Card holder Pen Pencil 3 x 5 day-of-the-month tabs 3 x 5 month-of-the-year tabs Something worth memorizing and becoming part of who you are

PART I: TRAINED VS. UNTRAINED

CHAPTER 1 The Untrained Brain
People are born with various levels of ability to remember things. You will meet people who find it very easy to remember other peoples names or faces; you will find those who have a very easy time remembering phone numbers, addresses, or other such things. However, most of us have a brain similar to a desk with scattered papers all over it. Sometimes things are easy to find because they are right on top, or you know exactly where they are. Yet many times you search and dig but just cant seem to find that piece of paper with the persons name on it, to remember it. A trained brain acts more like a filing system with the file folders neatly organized to quickly retrieve information. You may know people who can remember faces but not names, or vice versa. There are people who can easily remember phone numbers but cant remember they were supposed to meet you for dinner. In these instances, you have a partially trained brain, which may be more a function of gifts from birth; rather than training one section of their brain. They have one section of their filing system well organized with information easily recallable, while other areas of their mind are scattered with information just like everyone else. Scientists have proven you actually remember everything that happens to you. You remember every person you have ever met and everything you have ever done. However, normally its all dumped in a huge pile of papers scattered around inside your mind and whats accessible are those things you use the most. The items you have looked for in the pile most frequently will tend to be on the top of the stack or effectively placed somewhere for easy retrieval. These would be things like your phone number, address, friends names, etc. Having said this, then, you will learn the Brain Train Machine is an organizational system. Happily you dont have to go into your brain and grab all the individual pieces of information and organize them, which would take days or weeks. You just begin now to organize the things you really want to remember and, as your skill level improves over time, the other things will begin to organize themselves. 6

CHAPTER 2 The Photographic Memory (a skill, not a gift)

In reality everyone has a photographic memory. When you think of a moose or a camel you dont see the letters or words m-o-o-s-e or c-a-m-e-l in your minds eye. You see a picture. The photographic memory idea, is best defined as someone who is able to read something once and then recall it verbatim later is, in reality, merely an organized or trained brain. Every person has the ability to train their brain to a greater degree than they currently enjoy. Some people are born with their brain already programmed, or trained, to store and retrieve information. This is very much like someone who is a born athlete or artist, without the need to work at it to achieve magnificent skill. They are born with the gift or skill and dont need to develop it. The rest of us have been given the opportunity to gai n something we didnt have before, a new or better-improved skill. So, we get the benefit of creating or improving what we have been given. As with any new skill, it takes effort and practice to develop, however, once you learn it, then you can do it! In fact when you listen to a pianist who has worked for years to develop their skill to the point where, every time they touch the piano something beautiful comes out, you see this fact clearly. The wonderful thing about gaining a skill is, once it has become yours, you can use it with ease, even dispensing with some of the initial rote methods you had to use in the beginning. The beauty of knowing this is a skill, gives one the power to control whether or not they want to add this to their personal repertoire of abilities, and, therefore, use it to improve faster and increase their personal intelligence rather than remain in their smallness. Zig Ziglar read somewhere one of the best things a person can do for their self-esteem is to improve their memory. Speaking from personal experience, the benefit of training your memory strengthens feelings of self-worth and accomplishment! Not to mention the added ability to understand what great men have written. It is chiefly through books that we enjoy superior minds, in the best books great men talk to us, share with us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. William Ellery Channing When you begin to truly retain what you have read, you will see the power of your knowledge expand, over time as you add more information and experiences. It will become obvious to you that you have an infrastructure of powerful thought that, when magnified with personal experience and wisdom, will become a powerful and effective instrument for yourself and everyone around you.

In the 1960s, due to the uncertainties surrounding the United States government, David O. McKay said: We wish that all of our citizens around the world were participating in some type of organized self-education in order that they might better appreciate what is happening and know what they can do about it. We see much in the way of government and economic uncertainty around the globe and the best thing we can do to start having an effect isnt just to read more, but retain what we hav e read. Then we will have useful knowledge that will open the doors we need to pass through and affect the changes we would like to see, wherever we live.

CHAPTER 3 Everyone Memorizes

If you have a name, have ever lived anywhere, or had a phone, you know how much more effective it is to have the information about it, available off the top of your head in order to exist in this society. However, you also recognize that when you move or change phone numbers you have to re-learn that information (i.e. your address or phone number). The only way to learn this information is to memorize it. Though you may never have consciously memorized anything, when it is repeated often enough, you memorize it, because your brain has been presented with the need for that specific information often enough to keep it available for easy recall, it has been trained in that area. For example, when I was young I learned my name quickly because I was always getting into things and my mom was always following me around saying No Rodney, dont do that. After a few hundred times I knew the sound that made up the word Rodney was my name. My mom continued reciting that name so often that it eventually moved into my long-term memory and now if you wake me up at 3:00 in the morning and ask me my name, there is a pretty good chance I can tell you. Most often people recite things only when they need to use them (i.e. phone number, address, birthday, etc.) and if these bits of information are brought to our attention and used frequently enough, they will move into our long-term memory (e.g. when you move you have to change your address with your bank, phone company, electric & water companies, post office, magazines, etc. friends and family, you often forget to tell some, so over a month or so, you end up telling so many people it doesnt take too long before you have it memorized). If we dont access that information with enough frequency, then we will have the wait let me look that up, I have it written down somewhere experience . The Brain Train Machine will systematically prompt you to recall information you have told it you want easy access to. Thus, you will remember a multitude of information simultaneously, bringing it together in your own unique way, and creating new ideas and concepts. 8

CHAPTER 4 Reciting (the training, the power)

When you look at the previous explanation, hopefully you see the key to the whole thing isnt so much memorizing or learning it the first time. The key is reciting the information often enough to create a well-used path in your memory. This changes the information from being scattered across the desk to being clearly marked and placed in a file folder with the information inside easily readable whenever you need it. By saying it over a nd over and over, you create a pathway to the drawer and darken the writing, so to speak, making it easier to find and read once you get to the folder. Taking the time to memorize information to begin with, places you among extremely few people who take education, and even life, seriously. Add to that, a plan or schedule to review it, ensuring you will have access to the information in the future; and you have positioned yourself among the elite. Additionally, as you come across thoughts, ideas or other perspectives, new concepts will be born as you create a relationship by linking prior information to the new stuff. This will add deeper levels of understanding about all the information in your brain, thus creating an incredible force and motivation with your knowledge. Motivation is to pull out or draw out that which is on the inside . Zig Ziglar Since you are reciting the information frequently in the beginning, youll be reviewing it under a variety of circumstances, which will develop a fuller and deeper understanding of what you are learning. You will have the opportunity to analyze the memory work numerous times as you create pathways from multiple locations in your brain. The creation of new thoughts and ideas comes from the union and harmony developed through all the information in your mind, complimented with the life experiences you have had and are having to create a rich soil for thought, from which new ideas emerge. If you have ever learned a language or how to play an instrument, you are familiar with the importance of memorizing the basics to build on. Every skill we acquire whether it be in work (e.g. selling, programming, driving a tractor trailer, etc.), art (e.g. painting, playing an instrument, sketching, etc.), or sports (e.g. skiing, basketball, golf, etc.) has certain basics that must be learned, before you can do it. Anyone can make noise on a piano, but if you want to create a sound that is pleasing and inspiring, there are rules you must follow and technique to develop. Likewise anyone can push a gas pedal or a brake, but if you want to load the trailer, drive safely over the road and unload the cargo, again there are certain skills and abilities you need, before you can be safe and successful. First you learn it, then you can do it. Skills of the mind work on the same principle. 9

Principles are simple yet powerful models that help us understand how the world works. Principles cant be overused. They dont wear out, rust out, or give out they last forever, they are timeless and tireless. I discover principles that work and I work them. Robert Allen (The One-Minute Millionaire) Principles are concentrated truth packaged for application to a wide variety of circumstances. A true principle makes decisions clear even under the most confusing and compelling circumstances. It is worth great effort to organize the truth we gather into simple statements of principle. Richard G. Scott (LDS General Conference, October 1993) Once we discover a principle, we can then use it to our advantage. The principle of: getting information from your short-term memory (where it can be misplaced in a sea of information) and organized into your long-term memory where it can be utilized, is the principle of repetition. Repetition is the mother of learning; that makes it the father of action; and the architect of accomplishment. Zig Ziglar I have read books and articles about the mind, which point to the fact; it takes roughly 300 repetitions of a piece of information, in order to move it into your long-term memory. With kids it may take 300 repetitions just to get their attention, but thats beside the point, we are focusing on personal improvement here. So we want a mental training machine that is versatile, will accept any amount of information, and be able to process the information into the long-term memory for later recall and use. The Brain Train Machine is built on a concept/principle presented in two books by the author LaRae Collette Robertson: You can be a Book of Mormon expert in 5 minutes a day and You can be a Doctrine and Covenants expert in 5 minutes a day written in 1977 and 1980, respectively. The concept uses a 3 x 5 recipe card holder with accompanying cards, organized according to a daily recitation schedule. LaRaes Memory Box schedule is: When you have first memorized an item, review it every day by recitation, for a month (several times a day for the first week). After reciting it, place the card under the very next days date. After a month recite it once a week. After two months recite it once a month. (You Can Be a Book of Mormon Expert In 5 Minutes a Day, page 106) LaRaes schedule didnt recite the work enough for my brain, so I have created a remedial method for those who have a more difficult time. This new pattern fulfills the long-term memory requirement of reciting it nearly 300 times, by the time you are reciting it every other month. I am also experimenting with an advanced program I received directly from the Lord through personal information, after using the remedial system for over 23 years. The equation for the Brain Train Machine looks something like this: 10

Memorize + Recite = Know Whether the reciting piece takes 3-5 minutes, or an hour for longer works, isnt as important as following the schedule. LaRae said: We read and forget, read and forget, read and forget, and then forget to read and thats the end of it. She said, You dont have to memorize new information every day; you can take time off to rest, but never stop reciting. If you do, you will have to start over by re-memorizing the information again, later. (B of M Expert, emphasis mine) Fortunately, the reciting part of the whole process doesnt take any additional time. You dont have to sit down and focus on reciting for a period of time each day. (See Adding to Your Machine, P21)

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PART II: BRAIN TRAIN MACHINE (a system that works)

CHAPTER 5 What to Memorize
The process starts with choosing something, which has a profound emotional impact on you, when you read it. How many a man has dated a new era in his life, from the reading of a book. Henry David Thoreau Everyone who has read much, or listened to quotes from great authors, has had the experience of hearing or reading something that moved them deeply. Something rang true within them and they were changed; simply through exposure to the words, and feelings aroused by the information. When this happens while reading, often people will highlight the passage or write it down; sometimes it even makes it as far as a personal journal. Yet, when times come that such a passage would lift, inspire, or bring comfort for others (not to mention ones self), it is rare for a passage to be recalled and shared precisely enough, if at all, to fill the need. People will sometimes have the experience, I read something that would really help in this situation, let me see if I can find it. Or, I read a quote that really applies here, let me see if I can remember it, I think it goes something like Either way, the moment when i t could be used most effectively will have passed. On the other hand, having trained your memory, those opportunities are captured, intensified and savored, much more often than they are lost. It is very likely you can think of some works, which impacted you when you first read or heard them. Decide which ones have the good, clean, pure, powerful and positive vibrations that you want to become part of you. Now get a 3 x 5 card and carefully print on it, in all capital letters with a black pen, what you want to memorize. If it takes two or three cards to write it all down, thats fine. Remember though, some information in long works has power independent of the whole (i.e. it may be more effective to memorize just one paragraph at a time/per card 12

instead of 8 paragraphs all at once). Having the ability to recall the pieces separately, will avoid the need to start at the beginning and recite clear through until you get to the part that applies to the situation. Additionally, you will still be able to call up the entire work from memory in paragraph order to recite the whole piece, when that is most appropriate. Now, you have filled out your first card, hand printed in all capital letters, with black ink. This has been a key for me, rather than typing it up, printing it out and pasting it on a card. By carefully printing it, you are reciting the work over and over, becoming familiar with the words, remembering the thoughts you first felt, and analyzing why it impacts you (If you can still read it by printing it with your non-dominant hand, i.e. your left hand if you are right handed, that is even better). This initial experience creates tremendous power, and, when the work is well chosen, it is a pleasurable experience in itself. The black ink on the white card is a nice contrast and easy for review in the variety of lighting situations you may encounter as you recite the work, over time. Now you have the lined side of the 3 x 5 card filled out with the precise wording you want to remember, for the work you are memorizing. You have already done far more than most people when they hear or read something powerful. You have become an expert on that one thing. That is only part of the purpose of this paper; we are looking to go beyond expert. On the other side of the card, you write the reference where you found what you memorized. Include the author, book, and page number (if it applies) and anything else you feel is pertinent to help someone else find the same quote if they want to, after you have been prompted to share it with them. With the actual wording on one side, and the reference about it on the other, your first card is almost complete. I will address how these work together, when we discuss the Reciting Schedule. In the center of the card, on the side with the reference (the unlined side) use a pencil and write the date you memorized it. (Additionally, I write the month and year I memorized the work in pen just under the reference, to track how long it takes me to get it into my long-term memory, but this isnt necessary to the system?)

CHAPTER 6 Memorization Process

This is the process for getting the information off the card into my brain, INITIALLY. This is before the reciting process. There are many ways to memorize something, while trying to figure out a method that would work for me, I researched, invented and tried out several methods. The one that I have used the most, regardless of the size of the work, has been: Read through the material a couple of times (or more) to become familiar with the flow of thoughts and feelings in the piece. (Note: I have had some pieces of literature; on which I have spent weeks reading over and over, in its entirety once or twice a day, before I feeling I understood it well enough to begin committing it to memory.)

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Read the first phrase plus the first word or two of the next phrase (this is a grand key, and I have used this to memorize songs on the piano, phrases in foreign languages, and anything else I needed to put into my memory). By doing this you arent stopping at the end of the phrase like most people do, which is usually where your brain turns off (i.e. when you try to recite something from memory you usually stop dead at the end of a phrase because you cant remember the first word of the next phrase). After learning the first phrase, look away and recite it, including the magical first word or two of the following phrase. Then look back at the phrase to see if you said it precisely. If not, repeat step 2 and 3 until you can read the phrase, then look away and say it exactly. (I have found that reciting out loud adds to the impressions placed into your mind and, thus, helps. However, I have also memorized a lot of information without ever saying it out loud, just reciting it in my head. Either way has worked; use what you feel most comfortable with.) When you can look away and say the phrase exactly, then repeat it 5 times (I have tried 3, 5, and 7 I have found I like to recite it more frequently, because I want to own the information, so I now stick with 7 times to get it down). When you have completed reciting 5 times without any mistakes, you are ready to move on. If you make even one mistake go back and repeat steps 2, 3, and 4. Even though I am rigorously strict with myself on this step I have found I dont always remember things word for word but close enough to be satisfied. If you find the same problem, just increase the number of times you repeat from 5 to 7, 10 or higher and see what works for you. Now start with the next phrase. Be sure to begin with the magical first word or two you have just completed reciting as the extra words after the previous phrase. Follow the same order as steps 2, 3, and 4 with this new phrase. This doubles up on the magical or linking words and ties the phrases to gether so your memory flows smoothly from one phrase to another. At this point you have two phrases memorized, independently, plus a word or two from the beginning of the third phrase. Now link the first two phrases together reciting until you can say the whole thing 7 times with no mistakes. Finally do another phrase (plus the magic word or two) memorizing it independently at first and then adding it to the total. Continue until you have the whole piece in your short-term memory. Following this process I can easily memorize four-lines or one stanza of a poem in under 3 minutes. You may want to start with several small works to build your confidence and skill before tackling something more lengthy. This skill alone has been the process by which some peop le have obtained a photographic memory. President Thomas S. Monson (president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -Day 14

Saints), who is known for his fantastic memory is quoted as saying: Memorize one scripture each day for a year and you will have a photographic memory. Let me stress again, this concept is focusing on the memorization, not the reciting. You will see in the next section if you memorize a scripture a day (under the remedial system) and try to put it into the reciting schedule, by the end of the first two months you will be reciting 120 scriptures daily, and by the end of the next two months it will be up to 180. It becomes quite overwhelming to find enough peripheral time (see Chapter 11) to recite that. If you want to follow the above suggestion from President Monson, I have two suggestions, either: Focus on the scripture a day specifically to improve your memorizing skill, but dont add each one into the reciting schedule, just the most powerful ones. If you want to keep what you take the time to memorize, so you want to be sure to recite everything, use LaRaes more advanced system, or my new one (you can email me if you would like it rodscow@gmail.com), either of which assumes a greater facility with memorization and works the memory work into your long-term memory much faster An Alternative Method I have used when I just can't seem to get something into my head with the above method. I learned this method as taught by Howard S. Berg and Marcus A Conyers in Speed Read the Easy Way. Their suggestion is to write down what you want to memorize, 25 times! They also stress you need to repeat it out loud, as you write. I would also suggest you print as carefully as you can, in all capital letters, at the same time. This simply involves dramatically more brain concentration and physical muscles, making the information seem to simply flow into your memory. have tried it with great results, even writing it only 3-7 times, but with particularly difficult information, the 25 times, really makes a difference!

CHAPTER 7 The Machine

You are now ready to start the Brain Train Machine working for you. The little cardholder is the machine and you build it by putting the Months of the Year and Days of the Month (30) tabs into it. To start, put the Day tabs in front, and the Month tabs behind. For our purposes we will just be doing 30-day months (this will create a little extra memory work in February, but its usually just a few more minutes, and every other month you have just 1s and 2s on the 31st day). After you have the tabs out and ready, start with tomorrows date and go through the remaining days of the month by filing them into your 3X5 card holder (e.g. if today is the March 16, take the tab marked 17 and put it in the front of the card holder, with 18 -30 behind it). After the 30th day, put next months tab in place (e.g. keeping the example of March 16, the April tab will go after day 30 followed by days 1-16). As you pull current cards out, take 15

your day tab and rotate it back to the next month (e.g. tomorrow morning, after pulling out the cards for March 17, take tab 17 and put it in the April section behind tab16). The remaining month tabs go at the very back of the card file, keeping them in order as you work through the calendar (so, tomorrow, after the day 17 tab you have just put behind 16, you will have May, June, July, etc. through to March because you pulled March out on the 1st day and rotated it to the back). Now take your memory work card(s) and put them into the schedule based on when you will be reciting them (see Chapter 8 Reciting Schedule). Once you have recited your new #1 card once, turn it over and put it at the back of your cards for the day (you may only have a couple as you get started). Recite through the pile and when the #1 card comes up again, recite it a second time looking at the reference. You will do this turn over process each time, regardless of the number on the card, so if you pull out a 3 and you are looking at the reference, you quote whats on the back (without looking), then turn it over and file it out 3 days later. In 3 days when you pull the card out you will see the quote, state the reference (without looking) and recite the work while reading through what you have written, to make sure you are still accurate. Turn the card over to the reference side and file it back 3 more days. By turning the card over and memorizing each side, you are stretching your memory. One time you see the wording and have to remember the reference information, the next time the reference information is what you see first to prompt you to remember the quote. Thus you are training your brain in two ways 1) increasing your memorization skill and 2) memorizing the reference to remember the quote, which will help you begin to see the outline of a skeleton process (explained in Memorize a Skeleton to Remember the Animal, Chapter 10). As you are beginning this process, you will find some literary pieces are so powerful, you need only recite a few times and they easily pass into the higher numbers (i.e. 5, 6, 7) without the need of following the full process of 2 months for level 1 and 2 months for level 2, etc. They will be so powerful you may easily pass them to the higher numbers much more quickly. This happens for a number of reasons. You may have already memorized the work before. You have heard or read it many times. It had an extremely powerful impact on you so it vibrates congruently with your bodys energy. Hence it is already part of you. In the beginning, you may want to focus on things you have already memorized before. This will build energy and confidence as you see your Brain Train Machine grow and become a powerful tool. As it grows you will gain the desire to keep the work fresh and be inspired to continue this new habit. Also, you may be able to start some of your works at 3 or 4 or even higher, depending on your comfort level. You analyze your comfort level when the work comes up on the reference side of the card. If you can easily quote it, then it may be ready to move to the next step. If you have trouble

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quoting it, you may need to move it to a lower number and recite it more frequently again. Once in a great while I have found some works I really have a hard time moving through the scale. I have one Ive been reciting once a week for the last ten years and I just cant get it to the twice a month schedule. Im still satisfied, since there are so few it happens with, and they are important enough for me to leave in the system, plus Im not competing with anyone and I know my skills are improving. For the most part its exciting to have powerful literature work into my memory, giving me such a deep level of understanding about the individual, written works. When opportunities arise to recite them in situations, I know them so well, I can recite them as though I created them; with energy, feeling, and power; putting emphasis on the phrases that are important to me and adding additional levels of meaning, which only comes through good oratory.

CHAPTER 8 Reciting Schedule

Now you your memory work placed firmly in your short-term memory. It is in a very jumbled and insecure place, with a lot of other information. However, you have started the process for making this information a part of who you are as a person. If you are familiar with computer terminology, the information is in a place similar to RAM (Random Access Memory) which only stores information on the computer while it is turned on, but as soon as it is powered off, the RAM is erased and you start fresh the next time you turn it on. For most of us, the shortterm memory, powers off and erases when we go to sleep, and we start fresh in the morning as we turn on again. For me, the biggest obstacle to remembering information is getting it dark enough on the paper in my memory, so I can still read it (retrieve it) in the morning. It is similar to the old carbon copy forms you would fill out and have to press hard to get the information o nto the back pages. When you first memorize something it is often like page ten at the back, very light and difficult to read. You darken the information, or solve this little challenge, by reciting it several times each day throughout the first few days. I find this easy because, to me, I feel like a winner when I recite something new! It is new energy and power to my entire being and I find myself thinking about it a lot. When it comes to mind, I just run through the whole passage mentally. Obviously you will have recited the whole piece at least 7 times to memorize it, then you should recite it a couple of times in a row, 3 or 4 times over the course of the rest of the day (for a total of 7 X 2 X 3 or 4 = 42 or 56 times minimum the first day, then do it 5 or 6 times each day for the next few days). I have had success, after freshly memorizing something new, to recite a previous piece or two of memory work; then go back and recite the new memory work again, followed by a couple more old pieces and the new again. Then I let a few hours go by before reciting the new work a few more times.

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LaRae Collette Robertson said it is especially good to recite new information just as you drift off to sleep and first thing as you are waking up. I completely agree! When I have started a new day (I have powered up my RAM and have a clean mind), if I can comfortably recite new information from the night before, then I consider it memorized and I move the item into the following schedule: Twice a day for two months (this is only a minimum particularly the first few days, its best to recite 5-7 times just to make sure, for the first week or so) This you will recite twice a day for the next 2 months. Recite once from the reference side, then feed the card to the back of your memory work pile with quote side face up (the lined side). When it comes up the second time, read through the quote and recite the reference. Turn it over and put it aside for tomorrow. This way you will train your memory to recite the quote from the reference trigger and then recite the reference from the quote trigger. During the first week you will go through each quote several times, flipping the card over each time, darkening the information in your memory, every time you recite it. Once a day for two months After the two months have expired the card becomes a level #2 memory work. You will then recite it once each day, some days it will appear with the reference in front so you recite it, turn it over and put it into your card holder (explained in Chapter 7) for the next day; the next day when you see the card, you see the quote, read through it and recite the reference, flip the card and put it in the next day. Twice a week for three months After two more months, the card becomes a level #3. I recite the cards at this level every 3 days. I have tried doing it every 4 days but that wasnt often enough to retain the information for me. Once a week for six months After 3 months more have passed the piece is now a level #4. Recite these every week. Just recite it, turn it over and put it into the cardholder behind the day a week from now. Twice a month for a year When six months have passed as a level #4, the card is now ready to become a level #5 card. I recite these every 14 days. Once a month for a year Now that a year has gone by as a level #5 card, it is ready to become level #6. All through the process I make sure each time I pull a card out, I know it solidly from memory. Only then, am I comfortable about moving it to the next level. If at any time I pull a card out and have trouble, I will either leave it 18

longer at the current level or move it to a lower number, for another round of reciting; before progressing (I sometimes will make note that I am having trouble with the card (on the reference side) to remind myself to recite it 7 times in a row each time it comes up for recitation by placing a 7X, just as an added benefit). Every other month forever Completing another year reciting this card, I consider it part of my long-term memory. I have had cards I had to pull back to 4 or 5 from 7, because the information was getting rusty and I didnt want to have to rememorize it again. I figure, if you are reciting something every other month and know it cold, its personal knowledge. I had thought about creating a level 8 for quarterly recitation, because with over 400 at level 7, I needed to cut down my daily reciting amounts so I could add new stuff. I find when the daily amount of reciting cards hits between 80 and 100, it becomes a struggle to find enough peripheral time. Changing the reciting schedule to move information more quickly to a monthly recitation, though, has solved the problem for now. Let me explain how to annotate the cards so you remember when to rotate them from a level #1 to #2 or #2 to #3, etc. On the reference side of the card, where you have written the date you memorized it, recognize the month and year of that date will change through this process, hence the need to write in pencil. For card levels 1, 2, 3, & 4; you erase the month number and replace it with the date two months from now (or three months or six months as the case may be), and you may also need to change the year based on the time of year you are rotating (November and December will always require changing both month and year). For example: Initially I dont write a date on it until I have it memorized (based on morning recall), at which time I will write, in pen, the month and year (e.g. 3/10), then I will write in pencil, not todays date (3/1/10 for this example) but I will write 5/1/10, the date two months from now, when it changes to level #2. Because this is new memory work and you will recite it twice a day for two months, I will write a 1 in front of the date so the notation looks like: 1 5/1/10

You memorized the work the first time on 3/1/10 and will be reciting it twice a day until 5/1/10. On 5/1/10 when you see the memory work during peripheral time, if you know the information well, erase the 1 and write a 2 in pencil and change the month from 5 to 7 so now the front of the card looks like: 2 7/1/10

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When you get to level 7, I erase the entire date and level number, and just write the number 7 in the center of the card.

CHAPTER 9 Adding to Your Machine

You will learn, as your machine grows, how many reciting pieces you can handle throughout a normal day. Memorize when you can sit quietly, focus, and think for a few minutes. Reciting is done during peripheral time or while you are doing something else that doesnt require mental focus (e.g. standing in line, riding in a car, ironing, walking, etc.). I have found, over the years that my magic number is between 80 and100 cards per day. Some days that is too much, other days I could do more, but it is a good rule of thumb for me. When you start, you may have several works you want to put into the program. Keep in mind though, if they start as a #1, you will be reciting twice as many per day (e.g. if you start with 4 or 5 cards, you will be reciting 8 or 10 pieces each day, because you recite the #1s twice a day). So when you add a new work to your machine, the first 2 months it counts as two. If you find yourself getting overwhelmed with too much to recite in peripheral time, you have two options: Take a break from adding new material for a couple months, until the existing memory work can move further down the scale and you arent reciting it as frequently Or go through your 1s and 2s and see if you know some of them well enough you can move them to 3 or 4 and still keep them clearly filed in your brain. Continuing this process, lets look at what could happen. Since it is very possible to recite 100 works per day, (keep in mind at that level if you get sick and miss a day or two of reciting, you will need to set aside some focus time to catch up) but if you were reciting 100 per day and they were all at level 7 (meaning they are part of your long-term memory) you would be reciting them once every other month. At this point you would have command of 6,000 pieces of information! That is an incredible number in any industry or any endeavor. Simply having mental command of 100 things focused in one particular area puts you into a category of expertise enjoyed by few, then multiply that by 10, not to mention 60, and you have power to become far more than you ever thought you were capable of being! That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased. Ralph Waldo Emerson If we did all that we were capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. Thomas Edison

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CHAPTER 10 Memorize S-k-e-l-e-t-o-n, Remember Animal (Key to vast knowledge)

This little skill has unlocked the door to vast amounts of knowledge already stored in my head, which, for years, was piled on the floor with no place to be filed. Using this concept has helped me gather this knowledge rapidly into organized file folders, easily retrievable. Taking the time to sort through the paper and find those pieces of information that are key points of reference (the skeleton) on which I can build, or flesh out the rest of the knowledge, I have, in effect, made file folders to put all the information in. So I have a skeleton of memory work over which I have additional knowledge that fleshes out the whole creature. Ill give you an example. Many people have read the book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. Most often I hear people make comments like, tha t is a great book, the concepts in that book are very powerful, or I really learned a lot from that book. Occasionally I will ask, Really? What did you learn? What are the 7 habits? This is almost always answered by a blank stare and then some kind of excuse or feeble attempt to remember something, even anything about the book to show they really did read it. I picture little men in their mind frantically scrambling around and searching through the pile of papers to try and find the ones marked with something about the Seven Habits. I know this is what is happening to most people, because I have done it. I read the book 3 times actually. I read it once many years ago, then a couple years ago I had someone recommend it, and didnt remember having read it, until I was finishing it for the second time. I had to read it a third time because I wanted to try this skeleton/animal technique on the book, so I wouldnt EVER need to read it again. Plus, I knew other books on my reading list would add to the skeleton of knowledge from this one. The third time I read it, I took the time to write down the 7 habits on a 3 x 5 card and commit them to memory, so as I write this, here they are from my memory: Be proactive Begin with the end in mind Put first things first Think win-win First understand, then be understood Synergize (Creative Cooperation) Sharpen the saw Now I have the skeleton of knowledge. Plus, I could do a fair job of explaining what each one means, how it applies in different situations, and what other books, scriptures and quotes 21

lend support and credence to this list, based on what I already know. Dr. Covey has already done a great job of supporting himself, but by committing the skeleton to my memory, I can motivate (to motivate is to pull out or draw out that which is already on the inside) what I already know and create new information from the marriage of Dr. Coveys work and my lifes experience. Thereby creating powerful, personal information for current and later use. When we discover principles written in powerful books and memorize them, we are adding tools of power to our own abilities, which will add to our ability to achieve the purpose of our existence. Additionally, understanding that principles change their application as a person grows, you begin to recognize different levels of application at higher levels of knowledge (e.g. the PRINCIPLE of gravity caused everything to fall to the ground, until the Wright brothers, and others, learned how to apply the principle of gravity differently. Now the power of gravity is used to make things fly. So it is a PRINCIPLE because it changes its application as a persons knowledge grows.) Examining the skeleton principle, one can quickly see far-reaching application in so many different areas. I took all 50 chapters in the book of Genesis, in the Bible, and summarized it onto one 3 x 5 card so I know the main idea outline of the entire book. I can instantly turn to the main stories in the book, especially if I am faced with a situation where the use of one of them would help someone with a problem they are facing (I have included this outline in Appendix B). Taking things a step further, I have been experimenting, with great success, reducing the outline of steps, concepts, or chapters, into an acronym or made up word that helps me remember the whole thing. For example in Appendix B youll find I am a Winner by William Arthur Ward. I struggled to memorize that for years and never could get it to go very far (moving to a 6 or 7) because I was struggling to remember the order. After deciding to try the acronym or made up word approach, I took the first letter of each sentence and made three words called TSST LCL PME. Now I easily run through the memory work each time it shows up in my reciting, which is every other month. I moved it from weekly right up to a 7 because I had made up my own word. There is incredible power in personal creation, because when you make something, it is yours! You own it and it is so much easier to remember. In school, you can quickly summarize the key points in a textbook; often they are in boldface type throughout the chapter. Some chapters you may want to organize into an acronym so you can remember the order, if the order is important. If you are going to teach a lesson, you can use the acronym-skeleton process, and you dont need to worry about making notes. You will be able to run right through the lesson without a problem. Once you have the main idea, you may want to drill down deeper in some areas, be cause there may be more meat or pertinent information you want to have memorized. Therefore create a skeleton card and quote cards, separately. Feed these cards into your Brain Train Machine and run it through the process. If the time comes you no longer need to know that information, you are free to remove it from your machine and discard it, making room for new information. 22

This way you can use the Brain Train Machine to benefit you for certain classes in school (which may be relatively short term) but you need the information now and for a test. Expanding and shrinking the machine to the level that fits your need makes the machine your own, which will inspire you to use it and keep using it.

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CHAPTER 11 Periodic Maintenance

I tend to leave my cards on my desk and only sort them into future day tabs about every three or four days. Usually I just get up in the morning, grab my cards for the day, and put them in my shirt pocket. At the end of the day I pull off my 1s and 2s from the daily group of cards and the rest I put on my desk to file later. The next morning I grab the 3s through 7s for the new day, put them with my daily 1s and 2s and head out for the day. After a few days I sit down and separate them into piles and file them. This reduces the time I spend filing, to just a few minutes each week. I keep the cards in order by putting the 6s immediately into the same date you just finished (e.g. if I just finished my cards for March 17th then I pull my 6s out and put them with the 17 day tab I file behind the April tab, remember we are only using 30 days for each month). Then the 5s will be put behind the 1st of April, and I usually put them in front of the 6s so the cards I recite most frequently are in the front of the stack as I go through the day. The 4s go behind the tab on the 24th, a week out; the 3s would go behind the 20th, and they would be the very front cards. The 2s and 1s I always leave out because they are recited every day. I usually only review the dates on the cards the first few days of each month and rotate cards through into later numbers (i.e. 2s to 3s, etc.). Then I dont have to worry about it the rest of the month. For example, if I memorize a card on 3/17/10, I may not rotate it exactly on 5/17/10. I may wait until the first Saturday of June to go through all the cards for May and decide which progress, and which need more time, etc. It takes a little more time to do that than my weekly 15 minutes, so I do it on the weekend when I have a bit more time. The 7s I let accrue into the following months in a group. When it comes time to start a new month, I divide the cards by 30 and rotate them in behind the 6s. For example, when I finish the cards for March 17th, I will take my 7s and put them two months o ut, at the back of all the 7s in May (placing them at the back of all the 7s for May). When April is over, I will file the 7s into the day tabs of May by dividing them by 30 and feeding them behind each of the days in May so they are the last thing recited each day (except for the second round of 1s). About once a year, I take some time to go through all the cards and even them out. For example, I try to make sure all the 3s have 4 or 5 cards each rather than having 10 on one day and 2 each of the other days. This balances things out and I can count my cards on any one day to get an idea how many cards I have to recite each day. Counting my cards periodically for a specific day, is how I gauge whether I can add new information, or if I need to hold off for a few days or weeks. When I have new literature, but Im not ready to add it in, I usually just keep it as a pre #1 with no date markings, and read it over once or twice a day. Sometimes its just too good to let the moment pass by thinking, Ill get to it later.

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I am sitting here at the close of this book, amazed at what I have been able to put on paper, largely from memory (except for a few words I looked up on the Thesaurus). It has been an amazing 20 years of study and I wasnt even aware I wa s preparing my own literary work, what a wonderful gift that has unfolded through trial and error. I hope you are able to use this information and become much more than you ever thought possible. Let me reiterate: If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. Thomas Edison

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AFTERWORD
Now go out and read something with the intent to remember it forever. May God bless you in your efforts to become all you are capable of being. I would encourage you, along with your memorization, to improve your reading speed. I have taken 6 different speed-reading courses and, though I havent tried all that are out there, I suggest Wade Cutlers book Triple Your Reading Speed. I like his approach and was able to triple my reading speed with his book, twice. It took 3 weeks each time. I would also strongly suggest reading Paul Scheeles book The Photoread Method. It introduces an entirely new concept to reading and, though I am still learning it myself, I believe it has true merit and potential, which may catapult you into a new realm of expertise. If you are able to remember the key points of a book and commit them to memory, plus you are reading a book each month, you can see how you will benefit. Now take that same idea and read 10 books each month. How much more will you become with that idea? Tim Ferris in his book, The 4 Hour Work Week makes the statement, to be an expert in any field you merely need to read 3-5 books. You can become a scholar in limitless areas! Enjoy.

APPENDICES
Here are a few items to wet your appetite and get you started, but you are not restricted to these, nor forced to use them. They are just part of my repertoire and have had a powerful impact in my life. I have given examples of different types of literature as well as examples of both full quotes and skeleton to animal.

Appendix A Quotable Quotes

Seek truth in meditation, not in moldy books; look into the sky to find the moon not in the pond. Persian Proverb Let not a man glory in this, that he love his country Let him rather glory in this, that he love his kind. Persian Proverb It is chiefly through books that we enjoy superior minds, in the best books great men talk to us, share with us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. William Ellery Channing We wish that all of our citizens around the world were participating in some type of organized self education in order that they could better appreciate what is happening and know what 26

they can do about it. David O. McKay Motivation is to pull out or draw out that which is on the inside. Zig Ziglar Principles are simple yet powerful models that help us understand how the world works. Principles cant be overused. They dont wear out, rust out, or give out they last forever, they are timeless and tireless. I discover principles that work and I work them. Robert Allen (The One-Minute Millionaire) Repetition is the mother of learning; that makes it the father of action; and the architect of accomplishment. Zig Ziglar We read and forget, read and forget, and then forget to read and that is the end of it. She said You dont have to memorize new information every day; you can take time off to rest, but never stop reciting. If you do, you will have to go back to re-memorize the information again and start over. LaRae Colette Robertson How many a man has dated a new era in his life, from the reading of a book. Henry David Thoreau That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased. Ralph Waldo Emerson Different isnt always better, but better is always different. Douglas Andrews Im not here just to make a living, Im here to make a difference. Helice Bridges Ideals are like starts, you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters you choose them as your guides and following them, you reach your destiny. -- Carl Shurz (Senator from Wisconsin) Virtue is not advanced by written law but by the habits of every day life, since the majority of men tend to assimilate the manners and morals amid which they are reared. Furthermore they held that where there is a multitude of specific laws it is a sign that the state is badly governed since men who are badly reared will be willing to transgress laws which are drawn up with minute exactness whereas those who are well brought up will be willing to respect even a simple code. Isocrates Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving. Albert Einstein I find television very educating, every time someone turns on the set, I go in the other room and read a book. -- Groucho Marx You can never get enough of what you dont really need -- Sister Edmunds When I watch TV I am investing uncompensated time as a commercial viewer and my time is being sold to a network, no thanks. Ive got better things to do. James A Herrick 27

Success is the ability to get whatever one wants in life, without interfering with the rights of others. Napolean Hill One of the great tragedies we witness almost daily is the tragedy of men of high aim and low ambition, their motives are noble, their proclaimed ambition is praiseworthy, their capacity is great but their discipline is weak. They succumb to indolence, appetite robs them of will. Gordon B Hinkley To be vulgar is to do that which is not the best of its kind. It is to do things in poor ways and to be satisfied with that. It is vulgar to wear dirty linen when one is not engaged in dirty work. It is vulgar to like poor music, to read weak books, to feed on sensational newspapers, to enjoy vulgar theatre, to find pleasure in cheap jokes. David Starr Jordan (former president of Stanford) Life isnt about waiting for the storm to pass, its about learning to dance in the rain. Unknown Spirituality impels one to conquer difficulties and acquire more and more strength David O McKay The greatest challenge you have is your own self doubt and uncertainty. They define and limit who you are, if you will take on your self doubt and uncertainty, you will find the door to your freedom. Robert Kiyosaki (Retire Young Retire Rich, page 5) The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King Jr. Even if youre on the right track, youll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers The speed with which we head along the path is not as important as the direction in which we are traveling. David J. Ridges (50 signs of the times) If joy were ceaseless here in this world, would man ever seek for another? Without suffering he scarcely cares to recall that he has forsaken his eternal home. Pain is a prod to remembrance, the way of escape is through wisdom. Paramahansa Yogananda (The Autobiography of a Yogi P 270) Its not the critic that counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena. Whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, because there is no effort without error and shortcomings. But who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions who at best knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails at least he fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

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In moments of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. Theodore Roosevelt You cant grow without risk, you cant risk without failure. Failure doesnt shape you, how you respond to it does. Unknown Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams

Appendix B Poems
Invictus William Ernest Henley
Out of the night that covers me Black as the pit from pole to pole I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul In fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody but unbowed Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the horror of the shade And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid It matters not how straight the gate How charged with punishments the scroll I am the master of my fate I am the captain of my soul.

The Bridge Builder William Allen Dromgoole

An old man going a lone highway Came at the evening cold and gray To a chasm vast and deep and wide Through which was flowing a sullen tide The old man crossed in the twilight dim 29

The sullen stream had no fears for him But he turned when safe on the other side And built a bridge to span the tide Old man, said a fellow pilgrim near You are wasting strength with building here Your journey will end with the ending day You never again must pass this way You have crossed the chasm deep and wide Why build you a bridge at the eventide? The builder lifted his old gray head In the path I have come, he said There follows after me a youth today Whose feet must pass this way This chasm that has been but not to me To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be He too must cross in the twilight dim Good friend I am building this bridge for him

Dont Quit - Unknown

When things go wrong as they sometimes will When the road youre trudging seems all uphill When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but dont you quit! Life is strange with its twists and turns As every one of us sometimes learns And many a failure turns about When he might have won, had he stuck it out Dont give up, though the pace seems slow You may succeed with another blow Success is failure turned inside out The silver tint of the clouds of doubt And you never can tell how close you are It may be near when it seems so far So stick to the fight when youre hardest hit Its when things seem worse that you must not quit!

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The Road Less Traveled Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth Then took the other as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black Oh I kept the first for another day Though knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence Two roads diverged in the wood and I I took the one less travelled by And that has made all the difference.

Footprints (at least three known authors, I memorized the 1963 version by sixyear-old Carolyn Carty) One night a man had a dream He dreamed that he was walking along the beach with the Lord Across the sky flashed scenes from his life For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand One belonging to him and the other to the Lord When the last scene of his life flashed before him He looked back at the footprints in the sand He noticed that many times in his life there was only one set of footprints He also noticed that it happened At the very lowest and saddest times in his life This really bothered him And he questioned the Lord about it Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you Youd walk with me all the way But Ive noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life Theres only one set of footprints in the sand I dont understand why, when I needed you most You would leave me? 31

The Lord replied, My precious, precious child. I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, When you see only one set of footprints in the sand, It was then that I carried you.

I am a Winner William Arthur Ward

(TSST LCL PME) I am a winner: Because I think like a winner, prepare like a winner, and perform like a winner Because I set high but attainable goals, work toward those goals with determination and persistence and never stop until I reach them Because I have learned to say no to those things that would make me less than my best, and to say yes to those things that will help me grow and improve my life Because total commitment is my constant companion and personal integrity is my lifetime mentor Because I have learned to avoid the tempting shortcuts that could lead to disappointment and unhealthy habits that could result in defeat Because I have a well-earned confidence in myself, a high regard for my teammates and coworkers, and a healthy respect for those in authority over me Because I have learned to accept criticism, not as a threat but as an opportunity to examine my attitudes and improve my skills Because I persevere in the midst of obstacles and fight on in the face of defeat Because I am made in the image and likeness of my creator who gave me a burning desire, a measure of talent, and a strong faith to attempt the difficult and overcome the seemingly impossible Because of my enthusiasm for life, enjoyment of the present and a hope for the future.

Great Men Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Motivational Speech Unknown

I wont is a good for nothing I cant is a quitter I dont know is lazy I might is just waking up I will try is on his feet I can is on his way I will is at work I did is now the winner

Rumi
You were born with potential You were born with goodness and trust You were born with ideals and dreams You were born with greatness You were born with wings You were not meant for crawling so dont You have wings, learn to use them and fly!

Not You - James Rohn

Let others lead small lives, but not you Let others argue over small things, but not you Let others cry over small hurts, but not you Let others leave their future in someone elses hands, but not y ou.

Appendix C
I have memorized literally hundreds of scriptures. This whole idea started out as a scripture mastery idea, on steroids. It stayed that way for the first 15 years. I used LaRae Collette Robertsons book to memorize the main idea outline of the Book of Mormon (basically shrinking the chapter summary down to one sentence and memorizing that, though going back through and memorizing the information in the teaching and prophecy sections has been incredible, too) I then memorized the Articles of Faith followed by the 100 scripture mastery scriptures for seminary, and then the outline of the Doctrine and Covenants. When I had finished, my machine was still screaming for more input so I used the LDS institute manual to start the Old Testament, and I have done Matthew, Mark, and Revelation in the New Testament. Around this time I began to see the incredible power of relating this to the Ensign, conference talks and great quotes. It has grown from there. If you would like more 33

information, or have further questions or ideas, please feel free to contact me at rodscow@gmail.com.

Scriptures
Genesis
50 Chapters 1-2 The creation, 3 The fall, 4-5 Adam and his generations, 6-10 Noah, 11 Tower of Babel, 12-17 Abram to Abraham, the father of the faithful, 18-23 Abraham model of faith and righteousness (18-19 Sodom & Gomorrah, 22 Abraham and Isaac) 24-36 The covenant line continues with Isaac and Jacob 37-50 Joseph - the power of preparation (48 blessings to Ephraim and Manasseh, 49 blessings to the 12 sons of Israel) Thats enough to get you started with the Bible and give you an idea of how to go about it. I have largely used the outline information found in the LDS Institute manual, with some modifications. The Book of Mormon information I have memorized, completely follows LaRae Collette Robertsons book. If you have trouble finding them, or would like some help there, feel free to contact me. I have learned that the Doctrine and Covenants has much more to share if one studies it on their own and draws conclusions. I am currently studying the D&C information along with the teaching and prophecy sections in the Book of Mormon and creating my own outlines of what I want to know about them.

100 Scripture Mastery Scriptures

The following list of scriptures used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in seminary and institute classes is a basic start of important scriptures:

Old Testament
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Genesis 1:26-27 Genesis 39:9 Exodus 20:3-17 Exodus 33:11 Leviticus 19:18 Deuteronomy 7:3-4 Joshua 1:8 Joshua 24:15 1 Samuel 16:7 Job 19:25-26 Psalm 24:3-4 Proverbs 3:5-6 Isaiah 1:18 Isaiah 29:13-14 Isaiah 53:3-5 Isaiah 55:8-9 34

17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

Jeremiah 16:16 Ezekiel 37:15-17 Daniel 2:44-45 Amos 3:7 Malachi 3:8-10 Malachi 4:5-6

New Testament
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Matthew 5:14-16 Matthew 6:24 Matthew 16:15-19 Matthew 25:40 Luke 24:36-39 John 3:5 John 7:17 John 10:16 John 14:15 John 17:3 Acts 7:55-56 Romans 1:16 1 Corinthians 10:13 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 1 Corinthians 15:29 1 Corinthians 15:40-42 Ephesians 4:11-14 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 2 Timothy 3:1-5 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Hebrews 5:4 James 1:5-6 James 2:17-18 Revelation 14:6-7 Revelation 20:12-13

The Book of Mormon

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 1 Nephi 3:7 1 Nephi 19:23 2 Nephi 2:25 2 Nephi 2:27 2 Nephi 9:28-29 2 Nephi 28:7-9 2 Nephi 32:3 2 Nephi 32:8-9 Jacob 2:18-19 Mosiah 2:17 Mosiah 3:19 35

12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Mosiah 4:30 Alma 32:21 Alma 34:32-34 Alma 37:6-7 Alma 37:35 alma 41:10 Helaman 5:12 3 Nephi 11:29 3 Nephi 27:27 Ether 12:6 Ether 12:27 Moroni 7:16-17 Moroni 7:45 Moroni 10:4-5

The Doctrine and Covenants

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. D&C 1:37-38 D&C 8:2-3 D&C 10:5 D&C 14:7 D&C 18:10, 15-16 D&C 19:16-19 D&C 25:12 D&C 58:26-27 D&C 58:42-43 D&C 59:9-10 D&C 64:9-11 D&C 64:23 D&C 76:22-24 D&C 82:3 D&C 82:10 D&C 84:33-39 D&C 88:123-124 D&C 89:18-21 D&C 121:34-36 D&C 130:18-19 D&C 130:20-21 D&C 130:22-23 D&C 131:1-4 D&C 137:7-10

The Pearl of Great Price

1. 2. 3. 4. Moses 1:39 Moses 7:18 Abraham 3:22-23 Joseph Smith-History 1:15-20 36