The Art of Manliness The Mental Skills for Becoming an Everyday Genius
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Mar 24, 2026 
Nelson Dellis, six-time USA Memory Champion and educator, makes the case that everyday genius can be trained. He gets into memory-building tricks, focused reading, and study methods that help information stick. He also explores mental math, fast unit conversions, smarter problem-solving, game-winning patterns, and the stranger side of intuition, dreams, and remote viewing.
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Memory Gives You Something To Think With
- Memory matters because you cannot think critically without facts already stored in your head.
- Nelson Dellis says schools reject memorization because they equate it with dull repetition instead of fast, image-based recall that makes later understanding possible.
Use Vivid Images And A Memory Palace
- Convert abstract information into vivid images, then attach each image to a familiar location so recall follows a route.
- Nelson Dellis demonstrates with milk, broccoli, and bread placed at a front door, entryway, and TV room inside a memory palace.
Read Faster By Forcing Better Focus
- Read with focus by removing distractions, avoiding backtracking, and guiding your eyes with a finger or pen.
- Nelson Dellis reframes speed reading as focused reading and says less subvocalization also pushes you to visualize more and remember better.
