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Ron White

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3565 total appearances

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

The things that I was interested in, I applied it to.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

So one of the things that in Psalms, in the Bible, in Psalms chapter 1, it says that the man who meditates on scripture will prosper in whatever he does.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

So I'm like, OK, I think I'm going to memorize and meditate upon some scripture.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

So I applied it to the things I was interested in.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

And that's where those niche products that you mentioned evolved from.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

Interesting.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

Well, it's a series of modules, and sometimes it's in person.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

Sometimes I'll teach it in person at a conference.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

You mentioned the memorizing of 200 names.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

when people arrive for a conference, I'll memorize two or 300 names.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

So oftentimes I don't have to even talk to them.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

I can just read their name tag and it says Sean, or it says Brent, or it says Sarah, or it says Terry, or it says Darren, and I'll just read their name tags.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

I don't even have to say, and then I'll get up on stage and I'll say, if you're one of the two or 300 people I met, stand up, two or three people stand up, and then I'll run around and I'll call off their names.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

So every course I teach always starts off with, hey, look at this, so it gets their interest.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

But then it's just a series of modules that walks them through how to memorize.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

One lesson, I'm going to talk about how to visualize, how to turn stuff into a picture.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

If you want to remember something, you need to be able to see it.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

For example, you meet me today and six weeks from now, you're out at your favorite restaurant and you look over there and you think, man, I've seen that guy before.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

I know that guy.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#307 Ron White - The 2,500-Year-Old Memory Skill the Romans Used That We've Completely Lost

Who is that guy?