Dora Farkas

Why I Started Training My Memory (and What Changed) A few years ago, I started noticing small things.

And Why You Can Improve Your Memory After 40 Recently I advanced to the next level in a Toastmasters speech competition.

A few years ago, I was asked to organize a project for a trade show.

A crazy idea occurred to me a few weeks ago.

Do you ever feel like you’re back in middle school — wondering if you’ll fit in, second-guessing what you brought to the table (or the lunchroom), and hoping no one notices you’re “different”?

People think I’m a little crazy for doing this — but on July 12th, I’ll be competing in the USA Memory Championship, where I’ll memorize a shuffled deck of cards, long strings of numbers, and lists of names, words, and images — all in just minutes.

I Thought I Couldn’t Speak Without Notes… Until I Did If you had asked me a year ago whether I could give a talk without notes, I would have laughed—nervously.

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned—both through motherhood and writing—is this: You don’t have to figure everything out alone.

In January of 2007, a clerk at Logan Airport in Boston almost didn’t let my mom return to Hungary because of her name.