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Dave Faro discusses how childhood diagnoses of ADHD and dyslexia led him to develop brain training methods aimed at practical learning rather than “memory athlete” competition, including inventing five techniques and a “memory modes” syllabus tested in a double-blind study at McGill University. He explains that mnemonics work by making information feel novel, and argues people differ in what triggers novelty (action, exaggeration, personalisation, oddity, fantastical), with “teacher bias” causing mismatches. Faro recounts his Guinness records memorising 59 shuffled decks (3,068 cards) using compression and training. He teaches a names-and-faces “costume party” method using the first visualizable association, plus recall “shadow memory” tactics (look up/slow breathing; question technique; journaling questions before sleep). He covers stress effects (cortisol), meditation, ADHD as risk-oriented wiring, “focus bursts” timed study intervals, his multi-business experience during COVID, his PR agency’s trend-and-demographic publicity formula, and basics of sight-based speed reading.
00:00 Meet Dave Pharaoh
01:09 Why Memory Training
03:10 Memory Modes Breakthrough
04:24 Guinness Card Record
06:50 How Mnemonics Work
10:02 Finding Your Style
13:47 Names and Faces Trick
17:14 Trusting Your Memory
25:44 Recall and Shadow Methods
31:50 Staying Calm Under Pressure
38:27 Mindfulness Over Panic
39:36 ADHD Rise and Stimulation
42:16 Risk Trait Theory
46:43 Focus Bursts Method
51:57 Managing Many Projects
55:53 PR Formula That Works
01:02:44 Speed Reading Basics
01:08:47 Books Films and Purpose
01:15:07 Dharma and Final Wrap
For show notes see: https://www.cameronnorsworthy.com/flow-unleashed
To purchase the book ‘How to Find Flow’, visit https://geni.us/HowToFindFlow
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