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Ron White's Newsletter
June 9, 2010
Issue 122

Welcome!

Do you like the History Channel? I love it, and even better, I will be on it this November as a guest on Stan Lee’s Superhumans. Stan is the creator of Spider-Man, X-Men and The Fantastic Four, among others. In his new show, he travels around the world finding “real-life superhumans.” It was an honor to be chosen to appear on this show. We just filmed my segment last weekend, and I had tons of fun. We went to a hardware store and put items in a shopping cart (about 50 items altogether) and then went to the check-out counter. As the cashier scanned the items, I called off the prices, matching my memory against the store computer. I can’t give the results of the show, but I can tell you it was high-drama and you won’t want to miss it!

They even did an MRI of my brain while I memorized to discover how my brain worked. It was interesting! I encourage you to watch all the episodes of Superhumans. You are going to see my friend Scott Flansberg, the “Human Calculator,” as he goes up against college students with calculators and beats them to the answers. You’ll also see a samurai who can slice a bullet in midair with his sword and some other real-life superhumans!

After we filmed the show, I must confess that I was feeling pretty good about myself—after all, I am a superhuman! My level of confidence was incredibly high. I reminded myself that nothing about me had changed in the last 24 hours, and to keep this state of confidence all the time. Then it hit me: When a student listens to my CDs, and I get them to a level they didn’t think I could get them—superhuman or not—I am giving them confidence! When you get my CDs to improve your business, I am really helping you find confidence when you are tapping into your hidden superhuman powers that we all have to some extent.

Do you want yourself or your student to feel like a superhero with a cape? What would that confidence be worth to you?

I apologize. It is time for me to run. My Spider-Man senses are telling me it is time to head to the Bat Cave and fight the forces of evil. For your future, I hope you choose to tap into your superhuman powers!

Ron White

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In This Issue......

1. What Am I Doing Wrong? by Ron White
2. Quotes of the Week
3. Steps to Doubling Your Income and Doubling Your Time by Brian Tracy
4. Brian Tracy Has a Plan for Your Life That Works...
5. More Information

1. What Am I Doing Wrong? by Ron White

A few years ago, I called a special meeting. I went to my staff, and I told them that the next day at 1:00 we were going to have a special meeting. The topic of the meeting was going to be all the areas that I, as their boss, could improve upon. One of my employees stood up and said, “OK, right now?”

I replied, “No, we will do this tomorrow at 1:00.”

She said very matter of factly, “Oh. I am ready now.”

I smiled and told her that I wanted her to at least pretend that it would take her 24 hours to think of how I could improve!

The next day at 1:00, I found out that this employee had gone home and spent an hour composing a list. I think it was the first time she ever put in any effort after 5 p.m.! She had 23 areas that I needed to improve upon. The others at the meeting had suggestions as well, but not to that extent.

Before the meeting, I informed everyone that their job was secure, whatever their suggestions were. I wanted them to be brutally honest so that I could get better and the company could improve. They were indeed honest, and, because they trusted me, they did not fear for their job with their statements. Of the suggestions, 75 percent were good and accurate. Another 25 percent were totally off-base and wrong. With that said, not once in the meeting did I defend myself. With every suggestion—right or wrong—I thanked them and wrote it down in my notebook. Never once did I defend or explain myself.

It was a very productive meeting for everyone involved. My employees felt valued because I came to them for advice, and the company improved because we changed some procedures. It is hard to accept constructive criticism. However, if you desire to be successful, it is a quality you must embody.

Ask for constructive criticism from those around you. They will feel valued that you asked and, most likely, you will become a better friend, manager or spouse because of it. Don’t defend yourself—just get better.

2. Quotes of The Week

Productivity

“The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.” —Tom Peters

“Companies think they ‘save money’ by cutting back on employees who serve (help) customers. Big mistake. The only people happy about that are companies who have plenty of people (and make plenty of money), like Home Depot.” —Jeffrey Gitomer

“Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning and focused effort.” —Paul J. Meyer

“One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community.” —Albert Einstein

“You perform at your best when you are working continually on high-priority goals and objectives.” —Brian Tracy

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3. Steps to Doubling Your Income and Doubling Your Time Off
by Brian Tracy

The key to doubling your income and doubling your time off is simple.

Identify Your Key Tasks
First, identify those few tasks that contribute the greatest value to your work. Think your work through carefully in advance. Discuss it with your boss and your co-workers. Identify your key tasks with absolute clarity so that you know, without the shadow of a doubt, what it is you can do that makes the greatest contribution.

Stop Doing Low-Value Tasks
Identify all those routine tasks and activities that consume so much time but which contribute little or nothing to your long-term goals at work. Begin delegating those tasks to others, one at a time. Eliminate them altogether wherever possible. Outsource anything that can be done by another person or company. Reduce the amount of time that you spend in low-value, time-consuming activities. Be adamant about discontinuing tasks and activities that are of little importance.

Take Time Off
Decide today to take at least one full day each week off work, during which you spend time exclusively with your family and on your personal pursuits. During this time off, absolutely refuse to do anything associated with work. You do not read, make telephone calls, catch up on your correspondence, work on your computer or anything else. Let your brain completely recharge and rejuvenate by turning your attention to something totally separate and apart from the work you do during the week.

Once you are comfortable taking one day off each week, expand your time off to two days, a full weekend, every week. Begin to schedule a three-day vacation away with your spouse every three months, and eventually, every two months. Begin to schedule two to four weeks of vacation with your family every year. Reorganize your life so that time off and time with your family becomes a major priority.

The more you get your time and your life under control, the more you will get done and the more enjoyable your work will be. The more you get done, the more free time you will have. The more free time you have, the better rested you will be. The better rested you are, the more alert and productive you will be when you are working, thereby getting even more done.

Think Through Your Activities
Start today to pay closer attention to the things you do. Be more conscious and aware of yourself and your actions. Think about your tasks carefully before you begin. Identify your most important tasks and concentrate on them single-mindedly. The very act of continually thinking through your activities before you begin will develop within you new habits of thought and action that will lead to ever greater levels of productivity and performance. You will be amazed at the improvements that take place in every part of your life, and they will take place far faster than you can imagine.

4. Brian Tracy Has a Plan for Your Life That Works...

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• Managing and organizing your most important priorities
• Time-management tips for staying ahead of the game
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• Learning how to say no to the unimportant things
• Developing a game plan for your life that works
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Ron White's Newsletter
March 3, 2010
Issue 115

Hello, everyone!

The USA Memory Championship is this Saturday, March 6. I am EXCITED! I have been training for this for months, and I am so ready to compete and defend my title!

I have an announcement to make, as well. I am predicting that I WIN! You heard it right. I am predicting that I win on Saturday! Bold? Sure. Confident? Sure. As a matter of fact, I GUARANTEE you that I win on Saturday! No questions asked. 

Now, before you spread the word to my competition that I am predicting a win on Saturday, let me explain. Every year before the tournament begins, Tony Dottino (the event founder) tells the group that each person has already won. What he means is that the people in that room are people who are pushing themselves, getting smarter, testing the limits of their minds and mentally growing, and, because of that, they have already won.

I have trained harder for this memory tournament than any in the past. I didn't think it was possible. The time I have invested has been grueling at times, and I am pleased to announce I have gotten better. Because of that, I have already won. Because I wasn't satisfied with my mental status quo and pushed my mind to get better, I won. The results of the tournament are just icing on the cake.

My prediction for you is that you can also be a guaranteed winner at your goals. How do you guarantee a win? You simply get in the ring and give it all you have. That is what I am going to do on March 6, and I encourage you to do the same in your chosen arena.

Ron White

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In This Issue......

1. Potential by Ron White
2. Quotes of the Week
3. Four Benefits of Pursuing Your Potential by John C. Maxwell
4. Winter Reading Special
5. More Information

1. Potential by Ron White

The stage was a Texas Rangers baseball game. I stared at the batter and muttered “potential” as he held the bat over his shoulder waiting for the pitch. No sooner had the word escaped my mouth when my friend leaned over and said, “What did you say?” I replied, “I said potential.” Her confused question was, “OK…? Potential in regard to what?”

I then explained. “Well, in science they have something called potential energy, and it basically says that the higher an object is, the more potential energy it has. For example, a rock on top of a building has a potential energy in it—if it were to fall. I was just thinking about the potential energy in the player’s bat and how that relates to me.”

She looked at me intensely, somehow sensing that I was telling the truth that these were my thoughts. She proclaimed, “I never cease to be astounded at the weird things you think about.”

Perhaps it is an odd thought to cross my mind at a baseball game, but it happened. Potential energy basically says that the higher an object is, the greater the potential energy. A ball on a six-story building has more potential energy than one on a three-story building. As a matter of fact, the doubling of the height doubles the potential energy.

At the baseball game, when I started thinking about potential energy, I was considering it in regards to me—and you, for that matter. You see, it has been said that from those to whom much has been given much is expected. Based on the fact that you have access to a computer, understand how to read and have a thirst for learning, you have been given much. Or, in scientific terms, you have tremendous potential energy. You are like that rock on a tall building. However, if you sit there, the potential energy is never utilized or accessed.

One of the greatest tragedies of life is when an individual has tremendous potential energy and squanders it. That is one of my greatest fears. I am constantly faced with the prospect of not using my potential energy. To me, that is one of my largest motivating factors. Every day as I age, I look in the mirror and question if I did everything I could to use my potential energy. Did I do everything I could to figuratively jump off that building and expend the energy?

Pent up inside of you right now is tremendous potential energy that could be utilized to cure cancer, send humans to Mars, write a novel or become president of the United States. The great tragedy is not expending your potential energy and falling short. The great tragedy of life is to be that boulder—to have tremendous potential energy—and squander it through inaction.

There you have it. I was thinking about potential at the baseball game. I was thinking about it because I know that humans with nothing more than primitive tools constructed the pyramids, Stonehenge and the Great Wall of China. These are testaments to human potential. They are testaments to certain individuals thousands of years ago expending their potential energy for the ages to witness and marvel at. The challenge today for you may not be a monument for society or culture; however, it is a call for you to understand potential energy and implore you to seize yours.

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2. Quotes of The Week

Potential/Possibilities

“The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.” —Brian Tracy

“Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.” —George Bernard Shaw

“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” —Helen Keller

“The only waste of human resources is letting them go unused.” —Mark Victor Hansen

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” —George Eliot

3. Four Benefits of Pursuing Your Potential by John C. Maxwell

(Here’s a short excerpt from an article by best-selling author and leadership expert John C. Mawell. Enjoy!)

• Higher self-esteem. People who are constantly learning and growing have a good self-image.

• Willingness to change and risk. One of the obvious evidences of growing people is that they are constantly changing and risking. Show me a person who doesn’t change, who doesn’t risk, and I’ll show you a person who’s not growing.

• Passion increases. When we begin to grow personally, our passion for life and learning begins to increase proportionately.

• Lifting the lid for others. What a leader does determines what everybody else is going to do. The people don’t pass the leader. An organization’s growth doesn’t outpace the leader’s progress. As you lift the lid for yourself, you lift the lid for others.

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