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Re:How to Train Your Brain to Remember Everything by pramodbiligiri on Monday April 02, 2012 @12:48PM (#3788956)
I concur. I too chanced across that Harry Lorayne book in high school and it made rote memorization much less of a chore during those years :) Even now I occasionally use it for phone numbers.

For the others, this is the book: http://www.amazon.com/How-Develop-Super-Power-Memory/dp/0811...

Re:How to Train Your Brain to Remember Everything by lusr on Tuesday April 03, 2012 @01:58AM (#3791692)
He has many other books describing his techniques but that was easily the best one. I remember being able to memorize the sequence of half a deck of cards, forward and back, on my first attempt. It's amazing what you're capable of if you put the effort in (unfortunately I stopped...).