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CHAPTER 1
Introduction
I know what it is like to forget someone's name. In my time, I have forgotten appointments, telephone numbers, speeches, punchlines of jokes, directions, even whole chapters of my life. Up until recently, 1 was the most absent-minded, forgetful person you could imagine. I once saw a cartoon of two people dancing rather awkwardly at the Amnesiacs' Annual Ball. The man was saying to the woman, 'Do I come here often?' I knew how he felt.
Within the last four years, I have become the World Memory Champion. I regularly appear on television and tour the country as a celebrity 'Memory Man', rather like Leslie Welch did in the 1950s. There's no trickery in what I do - no special effects or electronic aids. I just sat down one day and decided enough was enough: I was going to train my memory.
LEARNING HOW TO USE YOUR BRAIN Imagine going out and buying the most powerful computer in the world. You stagger home with it. hoping that it will do everything for you, even write your letters. Unfortunately, there's no instruction