Online Courses

My online self-study courses  are a mixture of written, audio and video elements all designed to help you make real progress and establish new, effective habits.  You can take them at your own pace, in your own time. Ongoing support is available if you have any questions or feedback.

Accelerated Learning

This course comprises three elements:

• Master Your Memory
• Intelligent Speed Reading
• Introduction  to Mind Maps

The aim here is to provide you with the ability to learn, absorb, retain and access information much more effectively using skills  employed by memory champions and champions speed readers as well as showing  you how to record information in a brain friendly way.

Master Your Memory

• Learn the skills used by memory champions
  
• Skills that can be  used in education, business or your personal life
• Apply these skills to different memory challenges such as lists of facts, procedures, skills, names & faces or whatever else you  may need
• Learn how to combat forgetting and deal with absent mindedness​

Intelligent Speed Reading

• Learn to read much more quickly than you do now.
  
• Utilise the skills used by speed readers to read up to 1000 words per minute
• Understand and remember more of what you read
• Use intelligent reading techniques to get through textbooks, reports and non-fiction much more effectively

Introduction to Mind Maps

• Use mind maps to record information, takes notes and monitor your thoughts more effectively
  
• Record information in a way that is  in sync with how your brain works
• ​Use mind maps to boost your understanding, recall and creativity
• Plan writing - speeches, essays, reports, even books, with ease

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Powerful Thinking Skills

Thinking isn’t one single skill. It comes in different forms, and here we focus on three essential types:

• Analytical thinking – used to examine and assess information critically and draw conclusions from the information we have. These conclusions might be courses of action, truth or falsity, right or wrong
  
• Creative thinking – used to generate new ideas, make connections and innovate
  
• Strategic thinking – used to plan, prioritise, and reach long-term goals
  

Each type of thinking plays a different role but together they allow you to make better choices, adapt to new challenges, and take control of your life and work with intelligence and intent.

Analytical Thinking

• Step by step guide through all the elements that comprise effective reasoning
  
• Decision trees to help you  along the way
• ​Analyse situations effectively, determine the best course of action in any situation
• Determine whether claims are true or false 
• Analyse the thinking of other people to determine whether what they are saying makes sense
• Ideal for those in education or in business or any situation where clear thinking is vital

Creative Thinking

• Learn that creativity is a vital skill in all aspects of life
• Understand that no matter what, you can develop your ability to think creativity
• Use a structured step-by-step approach to generate new ideas
• Learn that new ideas do not come out of nowhere: you already have the resources you need

Strategic Thinking

• Use specific approaches to help you achieve large, long-term goals
  
• Break down plans into small achievable, incremental steps
• Develop plans for the unexpected contingencies and for when things go wrong
• Learn what games and game theory can teach you about strategy

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