1146: How to Reclaim Your Focus and Unlock Your Genius with Memory Champion Nelson Dellis

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🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Memory champion Nelson Dellis shares simple techniques to upgrade your thinking to genius level.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The core skills behind genius-level thinking

2) How to learn faster and better using one powerful tool

3) Why you shouldn’t write off your intuition

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— ABOUT NELSON —

Nelson Dellis is a six-time USA Memory Champion, two-time Guinness World Record holder, Grandmaster of Memory, keynote speaker, and world-renowned memory coach. He teaches at the university level, holding degrees in computer science and physics, and is also an accomplished mountaineer with four Mt. Everest expeditions.

Beyond the classroom and the mountains, Nelson has medaled in international competitions, contributed to remote viewing research on stock prediction, and even played on a professional card-counting Blackjack team that won over $100,000. He shares his passion for unlocking the mind’s potential with over 300,000 YouTube subscribers, where he makes complex skills practical, fun, and accessible to anyone willing to train their brain.

• Book: Everyday Genius: Hacks to Boost Your Memory, Focus, Problem-Solving, and Much More

• Website: NelsonDellis.com

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• Book: Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter

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0:00.0	Focus is a trained ability.
0:11.0	And the more you work on it, and the more you set yourself up to have success without getting distracted,
0:17.0	the longer you'll find that you can focus on things more intently.
0:23.0	And when you can do that, you can get more work done.
0:25.6	You can have better memory, read more, all those things.
0:32.6	That's Nelson Dulles.
0:36.8	He's a six-time USA Memory champion, two-time Guinness World Record Holder, Grand Master of Memory, Keynote Speaker, and World Renowned Memory Coach.
0:39.6	He shares his passion for unlocking the mind's potential with over 300,000 YouTube
0:43.4	subscribers where he makes complex skills, practical, fun, and accessible to anyone willing
0:49.0	to train their brain.
0:50.0	His new book, Everyday Genius, Hacks to Boost your memory, focus, problem solving, and much more,
0:55.2	shares how we can all access genius level thinking.
0:59.1	So you'll learn, one, the core skills behind genius level thinking.
1:02.5	Two, how to learn faster and better using a powerful tool.
1:05.8	And three, why you shouldn't write off your intuition.
1:08.9	And if you want a quick sum of your write up with the actionable wisdom that Nelson shares,
1:12.6	you can sign up for our free gold nugget email newsletter
1:15.2	found at awesome at your job.com.
1:17.5	I'm Pete McItis.
1:18.5	This is how to be awesome at your job.
1:20.0	And now here's Nelson.
1:26.4	Nelson, welcome.
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