Question for Ron P

[PFWinkler]

Ron – Huge fan of all that you do. Your Thursday’s with Ron videos are pure gold. In several videos, you have said something to the effect of ‘Make sure you know it’ or ‘Drill this if you need to remember it’, when referring to a concept or rule etc. I also remember that you mentioned you had a poor memory, or something along those lines (something about needing always make lists etc) due to a head trauma as a child. Just wondering how you dealt with that?!

Peace & Chicken Grease,
-PFWIII

Source: a curious mind

[RonPurewal]

questions like this are always interesting to me. basically, "what's it like to live with ___?"
...to which my stock answer is, "i dunno, what's it like NOT to live with ___?"

i mean... i don't have any spectacularly insightful answers for you. i just accept things as they are, and deal accordingly.
if anything has any importance, i always write it down, usually in a couple of different designated places.

there are upsides, too. for instance, i can conceptually grasp things very fast—something that's definitely due (at least in part) to my inability to remember things. you know, the same way blind people are better than sighted people at listening, smelling, etc.

i failed a couple of high-school history classes in which the tests were based almost entirely on memorizing dates and names. oh well, that's life.

[PFWinkler]

thanks.

[tim]

You too!