Sunday, June 22, 2014

Chain of Names (No. 1) P2E2E2

Before starting this exercise which is similar to the Chain of Words exercise:

1) Take a pen and a few sheets of paper, entitle the first sheet as "Chain of Names No. 1".

2) You should accomplish this practice in 30 minutes.

3) As for the Chain of Words exercise, fully concentrated. Nobody in the room, no noise and nothing to interrupt you; turn off your cell.

4) You should do this exercise with your ultimate speed, in a high speed that you will not be able to do more than that any more; your highest speed.

5) Write down a list of English names for human, starting with Alice. The second name should start with an "E", because Alice ends with "E". The third name in the list should start with the last letter of your second name. Each item in your list should be a single-word English name (personal name). Example: Alice, Elliot, Tom, Megan, ...

Take a clock/timer to measure time; remember in 30 minutes; without any kind of interruptions.

Your list should be long; the longer the better, so try to write names fast as much as possible.

Ready?

Start!

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OK, when finished, write the count of names in your paper, and keep your list as a record to compare with what you would do in the future posts.

Monday, June 9, 2014

Chain of Words (No. 1) P2E1E1

Before starting this new exercise:

1) Take a pen and a few sheets of paper, entitle the first sheet as "Chain of Words No. 1".

2) You should accomplish this practice just in 20 minutes.

3) Fully concentrated. Nobody in the room, no noise and nothing to interrupt you; turn off your cell.

4) You should do this exercise with your ultimate speed, in a high speed that you will not be able to do more than that any more; your highest speed.

5) Write down a list of words, starting with April. The second word should start with an "L", because April ends with "L". The third word in the list should start with the last letter of your second word. Each item in your list should be a single word: a verb, an adverb, a noun, etc. but not a person name. Example: April, lion, nest, title, evolve, earth, hot, tip, point, ...

Take a clock to measure time; remember in 20 minutes; without any kind of interruptions.

Ready?

Start!

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OK, when finished, write the count of words in your paper, and keep your list as a record to compare with what you would do in the future posts.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Memory Challenge P1E11M3 - Medium

In the Memory Challenge P1E10E8 - Easy, how many items could you remember? If less than 20 then do that exercise again by one of the following two methods:

1. Make a story that somehow includes or employs the 24 objects of the challenge; something like this: There was a Cat on a Tree where a Bird lived, that tree was in the yard of the Greek Colosseum ....

2. Classify the objects of the challenge in several groups such as Animals, Accessories, etc. and then memorize the groups and the items for each group.



Now, as a new game (exercise), try to memorize the following list of items in three minutes; then, put it away and take a pen and paper. Try to remember what you saw on this list and write it on the paper. You have 3 minutes to remember. You may use one of the above two methods to memorize this list easier.

How many items you could write? Give yourself a score out of 24 as there are 24 items in the list.



1. Bullet
2. Mug
3. Chain
4. Belt
5. Prison
6. Wire
7. Powder
8. Sword
9. Carrot
10. Car
11. Hose
12. Nail
13. Column
14. Cigarette
15. Grass
16. Boat
17. Skull
18. Canary
19. Tile
20. Handcuff
21. Sugar
22. Printer
23. Deer
24. Cheese

Monday, May 19, 2014

Memory Challenge P1E10E8 - Easy,

Look at the following items for 3 minutes:






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Now, try to remember what items you saw on the above picture and write the names on a paper. You have 3 minutes to remember!


Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Memory Challenge P1E9M2 - Medium

Study the grid below for 30 seconds!


Now, without looking at the above grid, identify which of the following pictures can be a copy of the grid!

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Answer

Answer:

D