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Memorize Something – Day 12

Post author By Dave Guerra
Post date September 12, 2016

Day 12 of 100 Days of 100 Ways To Rule Your World

MEMORIZE SOMETHING

You remember cramming an entire semester’s worth of Political Science into one all-nighter the night before finals? Or when you crammed all the traffic signs and rules just before you took your driver’s license test. It was great when you passed but when you didn’t, well that’s a different story. Now you don’t have to cram. However, it is good to memorize something, especially as we get older. There is a general theory about maintaining good brain function into your old age and that’s to memorize at least one new thing every day. It helps to keep your memory sharp, your mind operating in top form, and you able to recall almost anything. Give it a shot, you might just learn something.

If you are not sure what to memorize, why not start off simple and small then work your way up to epic poems or quotes by notable philosophers, dignitaries, and a good joke or two. Still not sure how simple to start? OK, let me give you one suggestion; The Periodic Table of Elements.

Yep, memorize all 118 elements, their symbol, and what the symbol stands for, especially if the element and the symbol do not share any letters. Of course, I am not saying you should do all 118 in one day but do one a day. Start with H and end with Uuo and you are set for the next 118 days. It will be a lot of fun. FYI, my favorite is: Plumbum.

Get to memorizing.

Thank you,
Dave
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Day 11 of 100 Days of 100 Ways To Rule Your World

GET OUT THERE!

The world may be your oyster; however, very few of us have an oyster bed in our backyard. That means that in order to get those oysters you are going to have to get out and interact with the world. I promise you no one is going to ring your doorbell and hand you the riches of the world and the secrets of the universe. REALITY CHECK: It is not going to happen (not in million years). Now you can sit there continuing to believe that the man or woman of your dreams will be standing in your doorway the next time the doorbell rings, or a completely random and unexpected check for two million dollars will be in tomorrow’s mail. It is not going to happen.

All of this is possible and can only happen when you decide to leave your safe zone and get out there and face the world. Face it head on, meet new and interesting people. Do new and exciting things. Then who knows your Ryan Gosling or Scarlett Johansson might just be standing at your front door ready to hand you a check for untold riches.

Until that moment comes you have to do everything in your power to make it happen and you can do that by getting out there.