Episode 5: Unicorn Tears and the Founding Fathers

The use of a commonplace book is one of the key ingredients in the recipe for a more productive, persuasive, and prosperous life. I know it is hard to believe that something like a commonplace book ("It's just a notebook, Joey!") can truly transform so many areas of your life, but it can. It has changed my life and it changed the life of our Founding Fathers, and it changed the lives of so many of the great people in history. Keeping a commonplace book is a significant part of any true classical education. Classical education cannot genuinely be classified as classical if it doesn't require the keeping of a commonplace book. I know from my own experience of the impact on my ability to remember, my ability to speak persuasively, my ability to communicate more clearly and confidently, and my desire to fill my noggin with the very best writings of the very wisest people. Why unicorn tears? I have no idea. I don't know the chemical composition of unicorn tears that makes them better suited for making paper than say a Sasquatch. I don't know. Why that specific elevation? Again, I don't know. But I DON'T CARE! I just know it works, guys. Find your notebook. Find your pencil. Begin today the habit that will insensibly transform you into a person of influence. I don't mean, necessarily, global influence, but influence in your home, in your school, in your sphere. Don't forget to share your thoughts about today's commonplace book quotation by writing them as a comment to this video. I'll do the same with mine. Ponder it for a while. Run it 'round the old noodle. Then, please, please share your insights with me as a comment to this video. I guarantee you that if you begin this practice, it is a habit you will have for a lifetime because the benefits are so quickly seen. Besides, who doesn't want to write? It's so bizarre that we can make little scratches, little lines, and have them create thoughts inside someone else's mind! That's mind-blowing!