Build a Memory Palace to Upgrade Your Productivity – Alon Braun with Dave Asprey, Part 1 : 841

<p>In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, guest Alon Braun scales enterprises and scientific innovations, especially in the deep tech industry.&nbsp;</p><p>He founded Neurotech Analytics, a neurotech-focused analytical hub that produces advanced analytical reports on the whole scope of neurotech industries. That said, my first question to him could be, “what can’t you do?” He’s been a marine biologist, a member of Israel’s cyber special forces unit, a children’s book author, a body movement teacher and more.</p><p>Using his background in technology, Alon’s developed a kind of virtual machine we can use to boost our brain power.&nbsp;<strong>In this first of a two-part episode</strong>, I talk with him about how to create a new relationship with your memory by building a&nbsp;<em>memory palace</em>. When you do this, it boosts your efficiency, creativity and decision-making ability.</p><p>Before Alon started using a memory palace, he was barely able to remember six numbers in a row. After he started using memory palaces, he was able to remember 100 numbers forward and backwards. But it’s not just a technique you use to show off your memory.</p><p>“You put all the wants [into your memory palace],” Alon explains. “I took all this project management system, and I uploaded it to the memory palace. I needed to make an object for every project. Make an object that reminds me of this want, and I took the list of objects [and put it into my memory palace].”</p><p>This technique allows him to work and cross things off his to-do lists without checking his phone or computer. It can allow&nbsp;<em>you</em>&nbsp;to connect with a project while still going about your day.&nbsp;</p><p>On a mathematical level, building a memory palace is about creating an algorithm for your brain to prioritize your values. On a general level, it’s about creating a sorting process for everything going on inside your brain.</p><p>“​​Right now we have so many choices,” Alon says. “You open Netflix… you open the internet, what do you choose?"