Ron White's Ezine
October 28, 2009
Issue 106
Welcome!
Her name is Kailey; she is 5 years old and one of my best friends. Not long ago she was having nightmares of alligators every night and was having trouble sleeping. One night before bedtime, I tugged on her ear and said, “I am pulling all the bad dreams out.” I then tightened my fist as if I was holding the bad dreams and threw them across the room. I then massaged her forehead and said, “I am putting good dreams in.” The peaceful smile that spread across her face was priceless. Much to her delight and my surprise, it worked! The alligators were gone!
Not long after that, she returned the favor. We were watching a video of the 2009 USA Memory Championship. There was a split screen of me and another competitor. She asked, “Are you having a contest with him?” I smiled and said, “I am.” Her reply without hesitation was, “I bet you win!” I turned my head to look at her and she nodded as if to assure me I would win. It felt good! The competition had been over for six months when she said that. I did win, and that felt good, but to have one of my friends believe in me (even if she is 5) felt just as good.
The lesson? Don’t underestimate what encouragement and believing in someone can do. You may say, “Who am I to encourage this person? I am not on their economic level, status or I am only 5!” But, in reality, that is irrelevant and will inspire them on to better things. I can’t tell you how eager I am to win the next tournament just so I can tell Kailey about it and thank her for her encouragement. I am also ready to fight off the alligators for her.
Go for More this Week!
Ron White
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In This Issue......
1. Gradual Adaption by Ron White
The older I get the more I notice that my metabolism seems to be moving slower than most glaciers. I was watching a turtle the other day make its way across the grass and I could have sworn that I heard my metabolism say, “Hey turtle, slow down…what is your hurry?”
It has become a monumental struggle to maintain the weight that I prefer. Other than eating the right foods, I have become a runner. That is right—a runner. It is the last thing I thought you would ever hear me say. A few years ago, it would have been more likely that I join a Polish circus as a fire juggler. Yet, here I am, a runner.
A concept that running has taught me is the one of “gradual adaptation.” When I started running, one and a half miles seemed unfathomable. As I lumbered around the track that first jog, it felt as if my eyes were rolling back in my head. I could feel my lunch making its way to resurface and my lungs gasped to grab all the oxygen in my time zone.
Now, as I glide past the 1.5-mile mark, I haven’t even gotten warmed up. What made the change? Gradual adaptation.
A fellow runner suggested that I run for 20 minutes at a slow pace. He convinced me that it was the duration and not the intensity that was important. I soon reported back to him that I was able to run 20 minutes with great ease at 6.3 mph. “Super!” he replied. “Next time you run, run for 25 minutes.”
In my mind, he might as well have told me to sprout wings and fly. Yet, I nodded my head and told him I would give it a try. To my amazement, the extra five minutes came easy. Within a few weeks, I was running 30 minutes, then 35, then 40, then 45 and then 60 consecutive minutes!
If I had started at 60 minutes, I would have most likely been wheeled to the hospital afterward and never run again. Instead, I chose the option of gradual adaptation.
Whether your goal is running, building a business or learning a new skill, the concept of gradual adaptation is one that you must implement to be successful.
Don’t attempt to change the world in a day. Brian Buffini says that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year (this is because they don’t practice gradual adaptation) and underestimate what they can accomplish in a decade.
How to implement gradual adaptation:
- Decide what your ultimate goal is
- Understand this will also be a lesson in patience and do not rush the end result
- Establish stages or levels of the larger goal
- Focus on the next stage, not the end result
- Remind yourself of the end result to maintain excitement and passion while still focusing on the next stage
- Measure your progress with a chart
Realize that your results in any endeavor will be slow at first, but as you gain momentum the results expand geometrically. This is why most overestimate their accomplishments for a year and underestimate the possible accomplishments of a decade.
This six-step process will work if you are building a business, a workout routine or learning a new skill. Remember that no one ever ran a marathon the first time out of the blocks and neither will you.
Practice gradual adaptation.
—Ron White
Have you ever seen the memory experts on television who can memorize 200 names in 20 minutes, a deck of cards faster than you can flip through them, 400-digit numbers or a long list of words? Well, not only can I do these things, but I can teach you how to do them! Learn more now!
2. Quotes of The Week
SKILLS
“You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills.” —Jim Rohn
“The better you get at your key skills, the more you accomplish in a shorter period of time.” —Brian Tracy
“If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.” —Vincent Van Gogh
“Learn to hide your need and show your skill.” —Jim Rohn
“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot; others transform a yellow spot into the sun.” —Pablo Picasso
“That’s the secret: be interesting. If you can’t be interesting, shut up. There’s nothing wrong with silence.” —Earl Nightingale
“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” —Thomas H. Huxley
“To survive, to avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before.” —Alvin Toffler
3. You Are a Genius—Unlocking the Power of the Mind by Jim Rohn
Take care to feed and stimulate your brain, and you will expand your mind. A healthy brain is central to a healthy mind. The two are inextricably connected. We need to see the human brain and mind with wonder, awe and inspiration.
But first, what do we mean by “learning?”
Here’s how some dictionaries define it:
--the act, process, or experience of gaining knowledge or skill
--knowledge or skill gained through schooling or study
--behavioral modification especially through experience or conditioning
--to gain knowledge, comprehension, or mastery through experience or study
Keep this in mind; learning is gaining knowledge through various means.
Now, a little about the brain:
The brain is the equivalent of a human supercomputer. Your brain is more complicated than any computer mankind has ever made. Maximizing your brain’s ability is essential to becoming the success you desire to become—because it controls who you are. It is the command center involved in and controlling absolutely everything you do. Your brain determines how you think, feel and act.
Simply put: When your brain is working at peak performance, it allows you to be your best, because it controls the rest.
Here are some facts about the brain:
It is about 2% of body weight.
It consumes about 20-30% of the body’s energy.
There are about 100 billion neurons in the brain.
Each neuron or nerve cell is connected to other nerve cells in the brain.
There are more than 1,000,000,000,000,000 connections in the brain.
Each one of these neurons is a little “learning center” capable of storing knowledge.
Needless to say, most of us have barely scratched the surface when it comes to tapping into those neurons!
There are some basic influences on the brain that shape how it functions and how far it develops. Some of these include genes, health, injury, self-talk, life experiences, stress and study (or lack of it). Notice I said that these influence the brain, but they do not determine how far you can go or what you can learn, except perhaps in the case of severe injury or mental retardation. In other words, you have the incredible opportunity to go as far as you desire!
—Jim Rohn
4. If You Don't Remember Anything Else, Remember This...
Your brain is the greatest computer ever created!
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