Buzan's Book of Genius and how to Unleash your own

Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene

• 1. Developing Your Mental Skills
• 2. The Hall of Fame
• 3. Mental World Records

• 1. Vision
• 2. Desire
• 3. Faith
• 4. Commitment
• 5. Planning
• 6. Persistence
• 7. Learning from mistakes
• 8. Subject Knowledge
• 9. Mental literacy
• 10. Imagination
• 11. Positive attitude
• 12. Auto-suggestion
• 13. Intuition
• 14. Mastermind group (real)
• 15. Mastermind group (internal)
• 16. Truth/honesty
• 17. Facing fears/courage
• 18. Creativity/flexibility
• 19. Love of the task

The Brain

A Healthy Mind in a healthy Body

• a) General Physical Fitness: Aerobic Training, Strength, Flexibility, Poise
• b) Diet - fresh food, varied diet, condition, bad eating habits A Good Basic Diet - Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts, Seeds, Whole Grains, Fish, Meat. Brain Food: amino acids, B vitamin, essential fats (fish), minerals.
• c) Drugs - Nicotine, Alcohol, Caffeine not mentioned!
• d) Sleep and Rest
• e) Sex
• f) Mental Attitude

The Brain Principles: Formulae for Genius

• Creativity
• Memory, Affirmations, Mind Maps
• Speed Reading
• Mind Mapping
• Mind Sports - Strategy Games: Chess, Go and Draughts.