Twice in the last few years I have declined requests by publishers to write a book about my time in Afghanistan and the few years after that as I trained and eventually won the USA Memory Championship twice. I declined for several reasons: 1. Privacy 2. I have 4 journals of my time in Afghanistan
You shake someone's hand and two seconds later you can't remember their name. What a terrible memory you must have! Actually....no. Think about it. It is impossible for a normal healthy brain to hear a name and two seconds later not be able to remember it. It is not a memory problem it is a
Ok....this may shock you.... But everyone always tells me that I need to get my memory training into the school system. I don't have that as a goal. I really don't... I don't even pursue it. Why? The school system frustrates me and I don't see it as an efficient way to get my message
I have competed in the USA Memory Championship 4 times and never finished less than 4th place. 2008 I was 12 weeks away from the sands of Afghanistan and competed and came in a very respectable 4th place. I was happy considering I had no clue what to expect!! 2009 I was a MAN ON
One of the greatest lessons I learned when training for the USA Memory Championship was the impact of focus on your memory and brain. To hone my focus, my US Navy SEAL coach (yes, I actually had a Navy SEAL coach me) had me train in situations that would normally distract me. While my competition
So I am at home working on my email newsletter and I get a phone call from a pretty well known political website called politico.com The reporter, Patrick began asking me questions about my presidential campaign. From my hesitation in my answers I think he could sense much of my campaign was really just playfulness
Sure, it was fun to be on the History Channel, Nat Geo and Martha Stewart Show. But it was nice to also be asked by the local news station to be on their broadcast. Here is a link to a video I did for the local Dallas news station. I explained the memory training method
What would it be like to have a president who could memorize a deck of cards in 60 seconds? Well, maybe you will find out!! Ron White here, two time USA Memory Champion, and I am announcing that I am running to become the 45th president of the United States!!! Join me in this fight
Remember the Simon memory game?! Well check this out :) embed it on your website or blog with the 'get this widget' feature!
I haven't posted many blogs in January! I was busy traveling and speaking! But I did have my web programmer design a new game that I think you will get a kick out of! Play this new memory game with flags of the world!! Get the embed code and put it on your blog or