title: Learn: memory techniques: How to learn faster and think more clearly
author: Steven West
description: Steven West is a businessman and has a keen interest in personal development and self-improvement.
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  # ![Illustration](../Images/title.png)
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Introduction](../Text/frontmatter01.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Memory Techniques](../Text/chapter01.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Memory Tasks](../Text/chapter02.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Mammoth Memory Test](../Text/chapter03.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Answers](../Text/backmatter01.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Index](../Text/backmatter02.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Acknowledgements](../Text/backmatter03.html)
  
  
  ### Introduction: thanks for the memory
  
  
  
  
  
  #### Compulsory introduction – this means YOU!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Memory is like a muscle – the more you work it, the stronger it gets.**
  
  
  
  
  
  Most introductions just fill up a bit of space at the front of the book. This
  one tells you important stuff about memory, how to improve it and how this
  book works. So read it. Please.
  
  
  
  
  
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  My aim is simple: to give you a powerful memory in the shortest time po