Motives


                                          I have had a major memory problem since childhood, affecting all areas of my life - for instance it took me five months to remember my wife’s name after we first met (even after we were engaged!). I averaged between 40-60% in my exams, passing only two subjects’ School Certificates. Upon leaving school and entering a trade, I had to resit a number of my trade exams, just scrapping through them.
In 1990 I entered a fully accredited college in The United States (North Central Accreditation - acknowledged by virtually any university anywhere in the world) to study psychology. I found the same problems reoccurring in my mid-term exams. I chose mnemonics as the subject for a required research paper, and thus began the development of my own memory systems. By the end of the semester, I was Acing many of my classes, got on the Dean’s list (top 10 per cent at university), and due to the grades I was obtaining, 95% of the next year’s tuition was covered by grants. Yet I put in a fraction of the effort I had put into the trade exams.
Due to outside reasons (most notably the birth of my first child) I never completed my studies there, but upon return to and when the opportunity arose here, I returned to school here New Zealand to complete the American degree. My average class mark has again been in the 90’s or high 80’s.
My fascination with mnemonics continued, along with my deep desire to help others learn what I had discovered. This led me to researching learning styles and other study techniques, in the hope of enabling as many people as possible to reach their previously unrecognized potential.
This system is not a “quick fix” and it initially requires an effort to master the techniques involved. But it is my sincere hope that you will persevere and benefit as much as I have.

Chris Pudney