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The Victorious Mind: How To Master Memory, Meditation and Mental Well-Being QUOTES

1 " During my PhD, I had also learned hypnotherapy and so-called neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). These are other realms where you learn how far and low some people will go to make a buck (although you can find a few virtuous cats at play in these fields if you search long enough). You also learn how susceptible you’ll always be to language patterns that can create states of trance. These patterns can be personally useful when you know how to induce them in the “Virtuous Scheme Laboratory” of your own mind. "

― Anthony Metivier , The Victorious Mind: How To Master Memory, Meditation and Mental Well-Being

2 " But this book you’re reading now has a dual purpose: to share both my journey through the storm and the techniques that enabled me to sail to calm waters. By telling the story and detailing the techniques that enabled me to thrive, I hope to help others learn to find peace and even victory in life, every day. "

― Anthony Metivier , The Victorious Mind: How To Master Memory, Meditation and Mental Well-Being

3 " But stories have power—including the power to heal. As Brené Brown points out, “When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write a brave new ending.” If my stories of overcoming major limitations help you own your stories, perhaps you’ll be encouraged to take action. Perhaps you’ll rise to meet the challenges of these techniques and, thus, experience the rich rewards they offer. The uncomfortable parts of life have taught me the most. I’m not going to leave anything out retelling them here. "

― Anthony Metivier , The Victorious Mind: How To Master Memory, Meditation and Mental Well-Being

4 " I also often refer to the “Magnetic Memory Method”, which is the systematic, 21st-century approach I developed to memorizing foreign language vocabulary, dreams, names, music, poetry and much more, in ways that are easy, elegant, effective and fun. "

― Anthony Metivier , The Victorious Mind: How To Master Memory, Meditation and Mental Well-Being

5 " Become the Storm,” refers to Sam Harris’s point that you are not influenced by the storms of external circumstances so much as “you are the storm.” I take this further by arguing that you need to do more than recognize the wisdom of Harris’ insight—you need to “become the storm.” Becoming the storm and staging the dual games of memory and mindfulness practice will help you remain in a watchful state of becoming. "

― Anthony Metivier , The Victorious Mind: How To Master Memory, Meditation and Mental Well-Being

6 " What exactly is concentration, then? The simple answer: concentration is the ability to pay attention to just one thing or set of related things at a time. "

― Anthony Metivier , The Victorious Mind: How To Master Memory, Meditation and Mental Well-Being

7 " Good medicine, bad medicine. Every pill has its place in the story of how this “self” assembles with people around the world to joyously teach, mostly for free, the memory techniques that saved my life and keep saving it. And none of it would have happened if a stranger hadn’t tackled a confused mental patient who was about to “commit suicide. "

― Anthony Metivier , The Victorious Mind: How To Master Memory, Meditation and Mental Well-Being