# Ep. 1386: Nelson Dellis Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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Podcast: [Michael Covel's Trend Following](https://stenobird.com/podcast/michael-covel-s-trend-following-532790)
Published: 2026-04-20T02:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://trendfollowingradio.com/ep-1386-nelson-dellis-interview-with-michael-covel-on-trend-following-radio
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Duration seconds: 3039

## Resource

My guest today is Nelson Dellis. He is a memory athlete and consultant. Nelson is a six-time USA Memory Champion, holding the record for most wins of the national memory champion title. Nelson also runs Climb 4 Memory, a nonprofit which aims to raise funds and awareness for Alzheimer's disease research through mountain climbs around the world. The topic is his book Everyday Genius: Hacks to Boost Your Memory, Focus, Problem-Solving, and Much More. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Memory techniques as systems and frameworks Pygmalion effect and belief shaping performance Memory as foundation for faster learning and creativity Training the brain like a muscle and preventing cognitive decline Name memorization using visualization and association Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

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