Okay, I am not just a passive Texas Rangers fan. I have been a die hard fan since I was 8 years old watching Buddy Bell play third base. I would get a framed picture I had of Buddy and prop it up against my bed and with a marker in my hand (acting as if it was a microphone) I would pretend to interview Buddy after games.

My love for the Rangers has been very steady for 30 years. I once set my alarm for 2am when I was in Europe to listen to a Texas Rangers game online. No this wasn’t a playoff game or even an important game. It was a game in mid May in just another non playoff year. When the Rangers made the playoffs in 2010 I called 3 speaking engagement I had in AUSTRALIA and told them something came up and I couldn’t make it. Then I went on the road to games in Tampa, New York and San Francisco in the most exhilarating baseball experience of my life.

This year I am a season ticket holder so when they called and told me they were wanting to spot light a season ticket holder I was ecstatic. I was in Atlanta but changed my flight and took an early flight home to make the game. I couldn’t believe how nervous I was getting before the camera came over. I have spoken on huge stages and memorized numbers with intense pressure on national tv but I was soooo nervous and I knew all I had to do was smile!!

What an honor to be on this screen!!! The TEXAS RANGER’S STAFF ROCKS for doing this!!!! Here is the short 30 seconds of my time on the video board.

Next time you see me on the video board, I will be being introduced to bat for the Rangers. This may be one of my last blogs for Ron White Training. I do believe the Rangers scouts saw my obvious athletic frame when I was on the screen and I expect any minute now a contract to be offered. Until then I probably have a few more days as the memory guy….

I have three favorite channels:

1. The History Channel
2. Fox News
3. Any channel with baseball

So when I was a guest on the History Channel’s show Stan Lee’s Superhumans that was just too cool! Then, I was featured on Fox News! Wow! Next is the MLB Channel I suppose! HA!

Seriously though, this is a cool interview I did on Fox News it was with my personal coach and former US Navy SEAL, TC Cummings. It confused people often, why in the world would I hire a Navy SEAL to coach me for a memory tournament? Wouldn’t it be better to be coached by a memory champion? Maybe, but I wasn’t looking for a new memory system (I had been teaching memory seminars for 16 years when I first started competing in tournaments.)

What I was needing was discipline, organization, focus and winning spirit. I figured, who better to teach those things than a former Navy SEAL! And boy was I right! TC got me in the right frame of mind and it was one of the most magical two year stretches of my life. I became a two time USA Memory Champion and held the record for the fastest to memorize a deck of cards in the USA for 2 years.

Fox News wanted to interview me on their show but only if I brought TC with me. OKAY WITH ME! Here is a little insight into the mind of a Navy SEAL via Fox News

Oh by the way, if you would like to get the same Mind of a Navy SEAL training I received here is our Mind of a SEAL workshop.

Well it has been a unique month or so for me. Borderline scary…

I have made my living for years training people on the power of their minds and demonstrating that power with memory demonstrations that I routinely perform on stage. However, the last few months I have been drawing blanks on names of people that I have known for a YEAR! Once during a speech I tried to recall a 50 digit number and my mind went 100% blank. It was awful. I began to question if I was losing my memory at the age of 38? If so, what would I do as a career?!!

Actually, even if I was losing my memory ability it wouldn’t impact my career that much. I have made my living for the last 20 years in the memory training field not because of the demos I could perform, tournaments I won or records I broke. I would say this is only 15% of my success. The majority of my success in this business is because I am a good salesman, speaker and marketer and I can help people. That will continue whether I lose my mental quickness or not. With that said, why in the WORLD would I want to have a memory that isn’t firing on all cylinders!?

So I have to ask myself:

- Have I been allowing myself to become stressed lately? Yes, I have and stress is a terrible enemy to your memory

- Have I been exercising to keep my blood flowing well (including to my brain)? No, I haven’t. I haven’t worked out regularly in 8 months

- Have I been eating healthy and good brain foods? No I haven’t…junk, junk, junk and plenty of ballpark hot dogs

- Has my alcohol consumption been more than just a few glasses on nights before a big speech? Yes it has and this clouds the memory in a terrible way

- Have I relied on sleep aids such as Tylenol PM to go to sleep the last few months? Yes, I have and this clouds the head the next day

So there you have it. I am not getting old. I have just been doing a TERRIBLE job at taking care of my memory. Enough is enough! I started today taking care of my brain again and after 1 day complete in the books I feel a little better. I will keep you posted on my progress and I encourage you to protect your brain as well!

Any memory speaker out there would love to be on the Martha Stewart show and I am one of the few who has been.

It was quite and honor to sit beside the icon in March 2010 after I had become the two time USA Memory Champion. I have been on a lot of shows but I must say Martha (she lets me call her Martha! ha!) was probably the biggest name I had met. Let’s face it, 90% of America has heard the name Martha Stewart. I found her warm and friendly. Some of my friends said she was rude to me or harsh on me but I don’t think she was. After I had demonstrated that I had memorized every single page of her magazine she then began to quiz me:

What was the guys name who does make up for our show? What was he wearing?

What was the producer’s name? What was she wearing?

Well, it may or may not surprise you that I knew the females name (the producer) and what she was wearing but couldn’t tell you the make up artist Bradford’s name!

I am not the only memory speaker that Martha Stewart has had on her show. I heard that she had one on in 2008 or 2009 (but they didn’t say his name) then in 2011 the author of the book Moonwalking With Einstein Joshua Foer was on her show. So it does seem Martha has an interest in memory training and memory improvement.

In conclusion, I found Martha Stewart to be a very sharp, professional and fun woman. It was incredible to be interviewed by hear and I am just luck I guess that she likes memory speakers so well!

Here is the video of me on her show : (Oh by the way I would love to speak for your organization sometime!)