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Ron White Memory Guy Salutes US Veterans On Memorial Day

Two time USA Memory Champion and Ron White memory guy shares about his time as a member of the US Navy and celebrates Memorial Day with all other Americans:

READ ALL THE WAY TO BOTTOM TO SEE THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF 1,343,812 and 38,159

This Memorial Day I am not in the United States. Today I find myself writing this note from Melbourne, Australia where I am here on a memory training tour as the memory expert teaching memory seminars. It is an odd feeling for me because I served as a US Navy reservist from 2002-2010. If I had stayed in the reserves in 2010, I would be writing this note from Kabul, Afghanistan with my friends like Mr. Dugas, Mr. Ramirez, Mr. Hightower and others. Instead, I am in a luxurious hotel in Australia being catered to as a memory expert and there is some measure of guilt with that. My friends, I miss you and respect you for your choice.

Today I must take time to pause and salute the men and women – past, present and future who have chosen self sacrifice over self gratification as they wore the uniform of the US military and served with honor.

I joined after 9/11. Going to boot camp at age 29 was a tough but invaluable life experience. Each morning, we had seven seconds to get out of our racks. One morning I was disoriented and sat up to get my bearings. That extra five seconds cost my unit an hour of brutal, nonstop pushups, sit-ups and jogging. Everyone learned that day that a group is only as strong as its weakest link. But it was a lesson none of us ever forgot. Today, I am the two-time USA Memory Champion, but not because of my memory skills. I am the champ because of the discipline and attention to detail I learned in the Navy.

I have shared the stage with many powerful speakers and struck deals with big-time businessmen, but none have impressed me as much as Senior Chief Reid. While in Afghanistan, he and I were going on a convoy just days after a series of attacks on convoys. I walked towards the first vehicle and he said, “White, take the second vehicle. If we get hit, it is going to be me first.” The Navy is full of people like that, and it is with a saddened but proud heart that I am walking away.

As the corporate world—where the prize is financial—often struggles to plan and achieve goals, the military is planning missions in which life and death hinge on the outcome. At the very moment that a salesperson is giving up on his goals, a service member is going as far as he can and then further to grasp the victory of his mission.

To all with whom I served: From the 130-degree sands in Kuwait to the mountains of Afghanistan, to two-mile marches in 40 pounds of body armor in the brutal South Carolina summers, to that room without windows in Fort Worth, it was the honor of a lifetime to serve beside each one of you. I am proud of the work we did, and I know you will continue the fighting spirit of the Navy.

I joined simply to serve, but I got so much more than I ever gave. Thank you for making me a better man, leader, memory expert, businessman and person. Serving beside each of you was the highest honor of my lifetime.

Here is a photo of myself with an Afghanistan National Army soldier in 2007 in Kabul

So on this Memorial Day I find myself outside of the USA. No picnics, baseball, bar-b-cue or kids running in a park for me. No flags or red, white and blue ballons. Yet, as I travel outside the borders of the USA on this Memorial Day teaching memory training seminars on another continent my heart is with the men and women who wear the uniform of our military and sacrifice on a daily basis so that we may all continue to enjoy the freedoms that we all so often find it easy to take for granted.

The pay they receive pales in comparison to the work, but life isn’t all about the pay. They are giving so much for others and get very little in return – but they don’t do it for what they get…they do it for what they give.

To my friends that I served with and many who are still there – it was an honor. I proudly salute your courage and bravery and am honored to call you friend. It is with a humble heart that I take the lessons you taught me without trying and apply them to my daily life. Not a day goes by that my mind doesn’t drift back to you. I have a chair waiting for you at my table when you return – see you soon and come back safe…

 

 

 

War or conflict Date Deaths Wounded Total dead
and wounded		 Missing Sources/
notes
combat other total
American Revolutionary War 1775–1783 8,000 17,000 25,000 25,000 50,000 [a]
Northwest Indian War 1785–1795 1056+ 1056+ 825+ 1881+ [1][2][3]
Quasi-War 1798–1800 20 494[4] 514 42 556 [4][5]
First Barbary War 1801–1805 35 39 74 64 138 [6][7][8][9]
Other actions against pirates 1800–1900 36 158+[10] 194+ 100+ 294+ [5][11][12][b]
Chesapeake–Leopard Affair 1807 3 0 3 18 21 [5]
War of 1812 1812–1815 2,260 ~17,000 ~20,000 4,505 ~25,000 [13]
Marquesas Expedition 1813–1814 4 4 3 7 [7]
Second Barbary War 1815 4 134[14] 138 10 148 [15]
First Seminole War 1817–1818 47 47 36 83 [16]
First Sumatran Expedition 1832 2 2 11 13 [5]
Black Hawk War 1832 47 258[17][18] 305 85 390 [19]
Second Seminole War 1835–1842 328 1207 1535 [20]
Mexican–American War 1846–1848 1,733 11,550 13,283 4,152 17,435 [21]
Third Seminole War 1855–1858 26 26 27 53 [22]
Civil War: total 1861–1865 212,938 ~625,000 [c][not specific enough to verify]
Union 140,414 224,097 364,511 281,881 646,392
Confederate 72,524 ~260,000
Dakota War of 1862
(Little Crow’s War)		 1862 70–113 70–113 150 220–263 [23][24][25][26]
Shimonoseki Straits 1863 4–5[5][27] 0 4–5 6[5] 10 [5][27]
Snake Indian War 1864–1868 30 30 128 158 [28]
Indian Wars 1865–1898 919 1,025 [21]
Red Cloud’s War 1866–1868 126 126 100 226 [29][30][31]
Korea (Shinmiyangyo) 1871 3 3 9 12 [32]
Modoc War 1872–1873 56 56 88 144 [33][34]
Great Sioux War 1875–1877 314 314 211 525 [35][36]
Nez Perce War 1877 134 134 157 291 [37][38]
Bannock War 1878 12 0 12 22 34 [39][40]
Ute War 1879 15 0 15 52 67 [39][41]
Ghost Dance War 1890–1891 35 35 64 99 [42][43]
Sugar Point
Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians		 1898 7 0 7 16 23 0 [44]
Spanish–American War 1898 385 2,061 2,446 1,622 4,068 [21]
Philippine–American War 1898–1913 1,020 3,176 4,196 2,930 7,126 [21]
Boxer Rebellion 1900–1901 68 63 131 204 335 0 [45]
Mexican Revolution 1914–1919 35+ 70
Occupation of Haiti 1915–1934 10 138 148 26+ 184+ [5][46]
World War I 1917–1918 53,402 63,114 116,516 204,002 320,518 3,350 [21][d]
North Russia Campaign 1918–1920 424 [47]
American Expeditionary Force Siberia 1918–1920 160 168 328 52+ 380+ [48]
China 1918; 1921; 1926–1927; 1930; 1937 5 78 83 [49]
US occupation of Nicaragua 1927–1933 48 68 116 [49]
World War II 1941–1945 291,557 113,842 405,399 670,846 1,076,245 30,314 [21]See Note DA below
China 1945–1947 13 43 56 [49]
Berlin Blockade 1948–1949 31 [50]
Korean War 1950–1953 53,686 92,134 128,650 4,759 Note: 4,759 MIA-See Note E below
U.S.S.R. Cold War 1947–1991 32 12 44 [49]
China Cold War 1950–1972 16 16 [49]
Vietnam War 1955–1975 47,424 10,785 58,209 153,303 211,454 2,489 [21][51]
1958 Lebanon crisis 1958 1[52] 5[52][53] 6 1+[54] 7+ [55]
Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961 4 4 4 [56]
Dominican Republic 1965–1966 13 200 213 [49][57]
Iran 1980 0 8 8 4 12 0 [58]
El Salvador Civil War 1980–1992 22 15 37 35 [59][60][61][62]
Beirut deployment 1982–1984 256 266 169 [63]
Persian Gulf escorts 1987–1988 39 0 39 31
Invasion of Grenada 1983 18 1 19 119 [63]
1986 Bombing of Libya 1986 2 0 2 0 2 [64]
Invasion of Panama 1989 23 40 324 [63]
Gulf War 1990–1991 113 148 258 849 1,231 0[65] [66]
Somalia 1992–1993 29 14 43 153 [63]
Haiti 1994–1995 1 4 3 [63]
Colombia 1994–Present 0 8[67][68] 8 [69]
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1995–2004 1 12 6 [70]
Kosovo 1999–2006 1 19 20 2+ 22+ 0 [71]
War on Terror: total 2001–Present 4,628 1,244 5,796 41,221 47,017 3 [72]
Afghanistan 2001–present 1,081 332 1,413 9,971 12,035 1 [73][f][74]
Iraq War 2003–2010 3,510 920 4,430 31,965 36,395 2 [73]
Grand Total 1775–Present 848,163 437,421 1,343,812 1,529,230 2,489,335 38,159
 

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Bangkok Memory Training Seminar

Two time USA Memory Champion and memory training expert Ron White shares his travels through Asia teaching memory training seminars:

I just completed a memory training seminar in Bangkok that my friend Amin Rais hosted. Amin and I have been working together since 2008. He has brought me to Bangkok for 4 memory seminars in that time and a few in Malaysia. It is nice to be Ron White Memory Expert in the USA but it is even more fun to travel as the memory expert.

The first event he hired me to speak at in 2008 he really packed the house with 500 people. If you think it is hard to memorize 100 names in 30 minutes try doing it in Thailand! Ha!

Above is Amin and I with his wife in a taxi in Malaysia a few years ago. This year, the number of people wasn’t near 500 but it was a fun and successful memory training seminar.  We had a room full of eager learners with names like

Ashesh (I visualized ashes), Roonpecht (I visualized a ‘wrong pet’) and Suweddi (I visualized sewing a wedding dress). During the seminar I played a video of a 6 year old little girl using my memory system to memorize the presidents of the USA. It really is the cutest video on the planet of the cutest 6 year old on the planet (I am biased…she isn’t mine but I couldn’t love her more if she was).

After I played the video I said, ‘If you have children and you don’t get my memory training CDs for your children your kids need to be taken away from you and given to someone who loves them!’ Everyone laughed and then I got serious for a minute and said, ‘You know why I taught Kailey that memory method? Because I love her….’ Of course I followed it up with, ‘….and if you don’t love your kids that is okay don’t get my memory training CDs.’ Ha! Luckily they saw it as funny too and even luckier they did buy the CDs!

After the seminar I got out of my suit as soon as possible and relaxed and went shopping for some folks back home. I had been given the mission of purchasing a Bento box (don’t worry I didn’t know what it was either), only to find out after hours of searching it is a Japanese tray and I was in Thailand. No Bento box was found :cry:

Now I head to Malaysia where once again I will be introduce as Ron White memory expert and will teach a 90 minute memory training class. The exciting thing for me is that one of the other speakers at the event is Lou Ferrigno, the Incredible Hulk!

Hope your week is going well in whatever part of the world you are in and DON’T FORGET TO REMEMBER!!!

 

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Ron White Meet INcredible Hulk

Two time USA Memory Champion and memory expert Ron White shares his journey from Moscow to speaking with the Incredible Hulk, Lou Ferrigno, in Singapore and Malaysia.

When I was asked to speak in Singapore a few months ago I had no idea what an incredible adventure it would be! It was an adventure for many reasons. First of all the speech in Singapore was Sunday May 22 and I had a speech in New Orleans on Friday May 20th. This means after my speech ended I headed straight to the airport and was on my way to Singapore via Moscow! How interesting it was to land at the airport in Moscow. In the last few years, I have been to Japan (the country my grandfather battled in WWII in the Pacific) and no Moscow the country my father stood against in the Army in Korea (indirectly as the Soviets were backing N Korea). Isn’t it amazing how time heals wounds?

My layover in Moscow was about 2 hours and I walked around but in reality an airport is an airport and you don’t get much of a feel for the country. Back on the airplane for me and the memory guy was off to Singapore now. 24 hours after I left New Orleans I landed in Singapore and a few hours after that I was standing on the stage in front of 1500 ready to teach my memory training seminar.

I had not slept in 24 hours but I really poured my heart into a 90 minute talk on the power of a trained memory and how to use memory techniques to improve grades, memorize names, recall poems or anything else. I memorized a 50 digit number live on stage with no sleep and was cruising along. Then the moment of truth arose….do I sell a product package for $500? or go for the biggest product package sale of my life and sell a 2 day seminar for $2,000 per person? In this decision that I am sure will shape all future speeches I give, I sold a $2,000 per person 2 day seminar and then walked off stage not knowing what to expect……

In a 15 minute period that confirmed the value my memory training brings a line longer than I ever imagined formed to enroll in my 2 day event. The value for this training is there. The value of this memory training is $2,000 per person and I am going to hit a HOME RUN in delivering the event to these lucky folks.

As if it wasn’t enough to hit a home run with a great speech and then sell out on my 2 day seminar at $2,000 per person I got to meet the speaker who followed me. Who would that be you ask? LOU FERRIGNO THE INCREDIBLE HULK!! Now how cool is that!? Someone I grew up watching on television was now standing beside me about to go on the stage I just left. To make the story even more interesting, The Incredible Hulk was created by Stan Lee and Stan Lee is the host of the new show I am on called ‘Superhumans’. So in essence two of Stan Lee’s creations were meeting for the first time in Singapore!

Today I am in Bangkok preparing for my talk here and then I head to Malaysia to share the stage with The Incredible Hulk once again in a few days. This has been an incredible trip in terms of the travel and getting to see Moscow (even if just the airport). It was incredible because of delivering a great speech on no sleep, raising my level of belief in my memory training product package and of course meeting THE INCREDIBLE HULK!!! What an awesome experience!!!!

 

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Memory Training in Africa

Two Time USA Memory Champion and memory training expert Ron White shares his account of his memory training tour through Africa:

I was set to deliver 8 memory training talks in 4 countries over a period of 12 days and I was determined to make it a positive trip and…oh wow! Has it ever been positive!

My first talk was in Kenya where I was greeted by my friendly host Hasit. He had arranged for me to speak for students in the day and then teach memory training that night to his organization. At the event there were 80 people and 75 had Indian names I had never heard! Much to my own surprise I was able to flawlessly recall all 80 names! (Examples : Darsham, Rajesh, Kalpesh, Minesha)

Next up was Zimbabwe and I had a heck of a time getting through customs. When they heard I was speaking for YPO they asked what that was and I said, ‘Young Presidents Organization’. This sent a panic through the customs agents as that sounded like a political organization and with the tension in Egypt and Libya they didn’t want anything political. Much to my delight Kalpesh (from the Kenya event) was on the same flight and he came to the rescue and explained my situation. The event in Zimbabwe was a pleasure with about 80 people all there to learn how to improve memory. The ‘old’ currency in Zimbabwe was hit with TREMENDOUS inflation and I purchased an ‘old’ 100 Trillion dollar note for $4!!! I actually left Zimbabwe with over 300 Trillion dollars! In old Zimbabwe currency that is…but it is nice ‘kinda’ being a Trillionaire :)

In Cape Town (my 3rd stop) I woke up to see the beautiful Table Mountain outside my window and also a HUGE Lego statue! :)

We had a great event in Cape Town where I taught my memory training seminar for a group of about 50 students and amazed them as much as I could as a ‘ memory expert ‘. After the students it was on to 200 of the world’s top business leaders and when I say that I don’t mean casually…I mean very successful men and women.

My next stop was a place I had never heard of in my LIFE before I arrived. A small island nation called Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It is a 4 hour flight from South Africa as you pass over Madagascar…and all I can say is WOW!! Sure I came here to teach a memory training seminar but memory training has been the furthermost thing from my mind since I arrived. WOW! I am staying at a resort called ’20 Degrees South’ (The Latitude line here) and it is magical!

Almost reluctantly I taken from my hotel to the event I was asked to speak at as a memory expert and conduct my seminar on how to improve your memory. The event was held at what residents of Mauritius refer to as a ‘castle’ I think in the USA it would be more of a plantation home or a mansion. Regardless, it was INCREDIBLE! It was constructed over 300 years ago by a Russian man and it is still in his family today. Yet, today the family has turned it into a place open to the public for tours and events. Incredible home!

Now, I am still enjoying 2 more days of beautiful Mauritius before I head to Johannesburg (or Jo-Berg) as they call it to teach my final memory training seminar of this Africa trip and then I head home! I will get to spend 40 hours at home in the month of April and it will be next weekend and then off to teach memory training seminars in Indonesia, Bangkok, Malaysia and Singapore. But for now, I am going to enjoy Mauritius and try not to think too far ahead….don’t want to miss too much of this beautiful ‘hidden’ island….

 

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He Remembers Names

Two time USA Memory Champion and memory training expert and memory speaker Ron White shares his story about his favorite dry cleaner:

So there I was, just another normal day bringing my laundry to the cleaners. I was hurried and a bit frazzled from a stressful day. Sometimes I need to be reminded that my stresses aren’t the only stresses in the world and my cleaner came to the rescue this day. Oddly enough, he showed me this truth by becoming interested in me.

I have taught memory seminars and taught people how to memorize names for almost 20 years. However, I must confess that I didn’t know the name of my cleaner that I saw twice a week. For me, it was more a matter of walking in, leaving my clothes and going about my way. But on this day, I walked in and Nick (I would learn that was his name), smiled from ear to ear and said, ‘Hello Mr. White! Glad to see you today!’ In this moment, several things went through my mind:

1. Wow, this guy remembered my name!
2. It feels good that he took the time to memorize my name
3. I must be special!
4. Crap, what the heck is HIS name?

For a few minutes I fumbled through a conversation, looking all around his office for something that might display his name and then another customer walked in the door and Nick smiled from ear to ear and said, ‘Hello Mr McMahon, how are you today?’

WOW! Not only had Nick took the time to memorize my name. It seems that he had memorized the names of several customers. Over the course of the next year, I witnessed Nick greet customer after customer by name and it is remarkable to me. A man with no formal memory training (that I am aware of) but understand the importance of a good memory in business. Nick is a good businessman.

Two months after I moved 20 miles away my phone rang, ‘Mr. White this is Nick I noticed you haven’t been in in a while.’ I then informed him that I moved 20 miles away. But after I hung up the phone I thought, ‘This man has my business.’ It has been 18 months since I moved 20 miles away from Nick’s shop but to this day I take my cleaning to him. When I am going to his area, I simply bring my cleaning along.

Nick earned my business because he took the time to remember my name. Dale Carnegie said that,’Everyone’s favorite subject is them self and the sweetest sound to a person’s ear is the sound of their own name.’ Zig Ziglar says, ‘People don’t care how much you know until they first know how much you care.’

Whether you are using memory training or simply have a naturally gifted memory. The value of remembering a person’s name is invaluable in business. Heck, I must confess I love to hear, ‘Hello Ron White!’ and the truth be known we all love to hear someone call our name. If you would like my memory training on names click NAMES MEMORY TRAINING

So my hat is off to you Nick and thank you for taking the time to remember my name.

 

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How to Become a Subject Matter Expert

Two Time USA Memory Champion and memory training expert and memory speaker Ron White shares how he can make anyone a subject matter expert overnight.

You don’t have to have a very long conversation with me to discover that I served in the US Navy for 8 years from 2002-2010. It is without question the highest honor of my life. During my time in the Navy, I served in Naval Intelligence and value my experiences and the knowledge about the world I gained.

Early in my Navy career I was in a school and they were teaching us how to give military briefings. They would assign us a subject (in this case a country) and then asked us to research it for 2-3 days and then give a classified briefing on the country. While some in my class were assigned Germany, Thailand or Kenya I received Israel….GREAT! There is nothing complicated about that country! This should be easy! :)

Over a period of 3 days I researched Israel and used my memory training to memorize details and facts about the country. In just a matter of days, I literally had hundreds of facts in my memory because I was using my memory training. Then when my briefing was over a Chief (kind of like my boss) asked me, ‘Petty Officer White, what do you do in your civilian career? Are you a professor at a college on Israel?’ I laughed and said, ‘No Chief I am memory training instructor and I teach people how to memorize anything and I just memorized this info over 3 days.’

The Chief was BLOWN AWAY that anyone could become a subject matter expert in just a matter of 3 days on a country as complicated as Israel.

Then a few years later, on a television show called, ‘Stan Lee’s Superhumans‘ on the History Channel they took me to a Home Depot and I memorized the product prices and then we compared my memory to the computer. Not only did I remember all the prices correctly…I beat the Home Depot computer!

In a few days, with memory training, I became a subject matter expert on Israel. In just a few hours, with memory training, I became a subject matter expert on Home Depot products and even once memorized Martha Stewarts magazine for a segment on her show.

The truth is that anyone can become a subject matter expert on any subject faster than they ever imagined but they have to use the correct memory training strategy. If you are needing to learn information FAST and become a subject matter expert overnight…don’t give up you can! Use the memory training method of loci that I used and teach.

Let me know if you have any questions!



 

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Speaking for YPO groups Around The World

YPO Resource and Memory Expert Ron White Amazes

Two Time USA Memory Champion and Memory Keynote Speaker Ron White shares his journey around the world teaching memory training seminars for YPO around the world:

Today I am typing this from a hotel lobby in Asheville, North Carolina. I spoke for my good friend, Craig Lawn’s sales conference today. I will be sleeping in a hotel room 38 of the next 44 days teaching seminars in San Diego, North Carolina, San Francisco and Miami. Then I head off to Africa and speak in Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mauritius. Then to Asia for the last part of April speaking in Indonesia, Bangkok, Malaysia and Singapore.

All of my talks in April will be for an organization known as YPO (Young Presidents Organization).

YPO is a worldwide organization of CEOs who meet in chapters around the world. They meet for friendships with fellow CEOs, business connections and wisdom they can share with one another as they are all experiencing the same types of challenges as their companies grow.

It has been a fun experiencing speaking for this group of CEOs. My first real entry into this world was with the speakers bureau Gail Davis and Associates. Gail suggested I speak for YPO in Barcelona at their GLC (Global Leadership Conference). It was a risk. The cost for me was $2,000 for the right to speak to the group for 15 minutes, airfare to Barcelona and hotel stay in Barcelona. Yet, in the 15 minutes I must have really captured their attention because one year later I have been around the world speaking on the power of a trained memory to these CEOs.

Why would a CEO need to improve their memory? One of the CEOs has 900 employees and he wanted to be on a first names basis with all 900 and I ended up being his personal memory coach. Another saw value in what I did and wanted me to come to his company and teach his employees how to remember product knowledge. The theme of my talks for YPO tend to center around how to remember names and faces, how to give speeches from memory, how to memorize chapters of books or key points from a seminar.

And I have some good news! These ultra successful men and women seem to struggle with the same challenges as you and I and one of those challenges is having a poor memory. So YPO and I have found a great partnership. I help them with their memory training and they pay me well to travel the world speaking for their organization. As a matter of fact, YPO is keeping me so busy right now my number one desire is just to go home and sleep in my own bed….

With that said, this is a once in a life time opportunity to be connected with YPO and I am thoroughly enjoying it. If you are a high powered CEO I would encourage you to look into YPO for the lifetime friendships and relationships that you can build. And if you are breathing I would encourage you to look into memory training for the health of your brain and business!

Now if you will excuse me I am sure I have a flight to catch or hotel room somewhere to check into…..

 

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Stewart Sykes testimonial of how the Ron White Memory Program Works

It is very exciting to see a client use my material to get the results with their memory we know they can have.  Here is a video of Stewart Sykes talking about how he has effected his colleagues and family using my memory system.

 

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Life Lessons From a Navy SEAL by Ron White


Life Lessons From a Navy SEAL by Ron White

Do you know what a Navy SEAL is?… It is basically an Olympic athlete with a gun.

When I meet someone who is a Navy SEAL I am always in awe. There is absolutely no way in few paragraphs that I could convey to you what goes into being a Navy SEAL. Probably 5% of the world’s population has the physical ability to become a SEAL. I would guess that less than 2% have the mental toughness and maybe 1% have both.

When you effort to become a SEAL, you enter a program called BUDS. This is a multi-week program designed to get rid of the mentally weak and physically inadequate. A typical BUDS class might have 150 men and only 20 will complete the program. You might ask, ‘What happened to the other 130 men? Were they kicked out or asked to leave?’ The answer is…neither.

When you enter BUDS it is because you have prepared for this program for years. You don’t just decide one day that you are going to become a SEAL. You dream about it and plan for it for years-just to get to this point. Do you know how you leave BUDS? You walk over to a bell and ring it and when you leave it is your decision. You see, 150 men will enter a program that they have prepared for years and then in just a matter of days or weeks, they ring a bell and say to the world, ‘I am not cut out for this. I quit. I give up on my dream.’

That should be amazing to you. It should be amazing that 90% of people can have a dream they have sacrificed for years and then after just a few days or weeks give it up. However, it happens all the time in BUDS and in life.

TC Cummings is a former Navy SEAL and professional speaker. I recently watched him on DVD and he said that almost everyone in his BUDS class had the physical ability to be a SEAL. After all, they had conducted countless hours of physical training for years just to get to this point. The difference was mental toughness. Although, they had developed physical strength, they had not worked out their minds to develop the mental toughness required.

TC made it and the others could have as well if they had his mental strength. He said that CEOs, sales people and business professionals fail because they don’t have mental toughness.

He explains that the same thing that will keep a sailor from becoming a SEAL is the exact same thing that will keep you from your goals. That is self-doubt, feelings of inadequacy or lack of confidence. At this point, I was hanging on the edge of my seat waiting for TC to tell me how to get the confidence of a Navy SEAL. Do you know what he said? He said, ‘Setting goals and accomplishing them…even if it as small as making your bed everyday builds confidence.’

So I have given myself several small goals. One is simply making my bed. The others are items like reading books, getting my private pilot’s license and exercise. Guess what? As I accomplish these goals, my confidence is building and I am becoming a better salesperson and speaker! Thanks TC!

I wish I could share with you all that I have learned from TC! Oh wait…I can. I encourage you to invest in the same DVD I watched. It is 2004 Jim Rohn Event below. Not only will you learn from TC Cummings, you will also watch Jim Rohn, Brian Tracy, Denis Waitley, Chris Widener and more! It is below.


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Ron White is the author of Memory in a Month – Train Your Mind to Work Like a Human Computer in Only 30 Days!, How to Develop the Mind of Einstein, Write It On Your Heart – Simple Steps to Scripture Memory,  and 22 Success Lessons From Baseball (eBook). To subscribe to the Free Ron White Ezine go to http://www.memoryinamonth.com or send an email with Join in the subject to ronwhite@yoursuccessstore.com Copyright � 2011. All rights reserved worldwide.

 

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This Is Classified by Ron White

This Is Classified by Ron White

It must be really interesting to be in the CIA, Naval Intelligence or some top-secret organization. Imagine knowing the nation’s secrets—wow! I bet that has to carry with it tremendous pressure, but it must also be neat having access to the inner workings of what is really going on in the world. Well, I guess I will just have to live vicariously through James Bond movies or Matt Damon in the Bourne Identity because I will never walk in those shoes.

Listen to this next part closely…YOUR LIFE IS NOT CLASSIFIED DATA!

What do I mean? A friend of mine and I were out at a restaurant recently and he had noticed a beautiful woman. I said, “Go talk to her.”

“What would I say?” he asked.

“Anything!” I replied.

“Nah….”

“Okay, I will get it started but after that you are on your own.” He looked up with hope in his eyes.

I went over to her table and said, “How are you?”

“Good, and you?” she replied.

“Well, I got some great news today.”

“What?” she inquired.

“I just saved a ton of money on my car insurance with a 15-minute phone call!”

She laughed and I introduced my friend and left. Hours later they were engaged in a deep conversation that would have never taken place if my friend had followed his plan of living his life as if it was classified. Get out there and talk to somebody!

I have watched salesmen stare at the telephone, instead of picking it up and telling someone—anyone—about their product. Your product is not classified! Get out there and make some cold calls!

Failure in business is guaranteed if no one knows about your product or service. However, fortunately for you—you are not sworn to secrecy. Although sometimes I think some business professionals believe they are! Make cold calls, join a leads group or Chamber of Commerce. Pass out your business cards at every opportunity and make sure that everyone knows what business you are in. If not, close your business and join the CIA because you are much better at keeping secrets.

If you have a top-secret clearance for the safety of the country, keep your mouth shut about it. If not, talk to that stranger. If in sales, pick up that phone and a million-dollar sale might be a few minutes away.

Yet if you remain frozen as if you are handling classified information, you will not only lead a boring existence, you will soon be out of business!

Now, let’s all get out there and live a little. Maybe even rent a James Bond movie to remind ourselves that our lives are not classified.

 

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