Memory Champion: Hacks to Never Lose Your Keys Again

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The memory champion admits he still loses his keys and shares a simple trick: picture them in an exaggerated, bizarre location.

Brian Kilmeade interviews six-time USA memory champion Nelson Delis, who explains that he trained his ordinary memory after his grandmother's Alzheimer's diagnosis. Delis shares practical techniques like the memory palace and offers hacks for never losing your keys, memorizing speeches, and improving focus, arguing that technology like GPS and AI can make us 'dumber' by outsourcing cognitive work.

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A brisk memory interview that stays on the method and keeps the caution about outsourcing mental work close by.

Nelson Delis comes across as practical before anything else. The segment starts with his titles, but it settles quickly into the work behind them: he says he was not born with a sharp memory, then traces his interest back to watching his grandmother live with Alzheimer's and die…

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