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How to Be Awesome at Your Job · 2026-04-16 · 46 min · 8,792 words

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

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Focus is a trained ability and the more you work on it and the more you set yourself up to have success without getting distracted, the longer you'll find that you can focus on things more intently. And when you can do that, you can get more work done. You can have better memory, read more, all those things. That's Nelson Dallas. He's a six-time USA memory champion, two-time Guinness World Record holder, grandmaster of memory, keynote speaker, and world-renowned memory coach.

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. His new book, Everyday Genius, Hacks to Booster Memory, Focus, Problem Solving, and much more, shares how we can all access genius level thinking. So you'll learn one, the core skills behind genius level thinking, two, how to learn faster and better using a powerful tool, and three, why you shouldn't write off your intuition. And if you want a quick

summary write up about the actionable wisdom that Nelson shares, you can sign up for our free gold nugget email newsletter found at awesomeatyourjob.com. I'm Pete McKaidis. This is how to be awesome at your job. And now, here's Nelson. Nelson, welcome.

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