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Originally Posted by naerey  Hi, this is my first post on this thread, though I've been following Steve for a while..
Personally I'm very interested in the course, especially because of what it promises.
I've read the whole thread here (geez, it's 1am already!), but.. I've got some questions.
Ok - so, you manage to complete the course well and get to apply the whole thing.
1. Do you need to keep practicing the lessons? Is it like playing piano - if you stop for 2-3 months, you'll have a hard time getting back on it?
One thing is practicing the method, another is keep studying the method...
2. I've only heard of people that have started using this thing, but nobody that completed the course and used the method for a while has said a word..
Is it because people stop using it because they start forgetting it?
Reminds me of the Uberman Sleeping method... yes you can apply it and learn it.. but it's impossible to use for long in our society. Is this the case? |
1 - It's not so much about the methods or techniques. After all, they are offered for free in the GMS manual. It's about having a skill-set needed for fast, efficient memorization. Through the course, students develop the mastery of the techniques, visualization ability, attention stability, and mental capacity required to really have a phenomenal memory. Like any other skill, there are different levels. You can be bad, ok, good, great, superb, etc... With memorizing it's the same way. If you really want to have your mental clarity and memorizing ability on a completely different level, you only need to keep using it.
If you do stop using it for an extended period of time, however, it only takes a few days get yourself back to the level you were at.
2 - Most people that finish the course just go back to their lives and use it. There are a few graduated students that I still talk to occasionally. I have a friend using GMS in his college studies in Florida. A lady that was taking the course at the same time as me was using it to memorize the official scrabble dictionary last time I talked to her... They don't write up reviews and create websites and take the time to re-write on forums everything they have memorized.
Sometimes, though, some people do
Honestly, I hate writing about what I'm memorizing. It seems to take twice as long to write it down as it does to memorize it. I think it's beneficial though, for people to see projects like that, which is why I created my blog in the first place.
-Zachary