Why Curiosity and the Forever Search of Random Meaningless Information Doesn’t Waste Time

Growing up in the MTV generation, I was influence by pop-culture and the forever quest of useless knowledge.

Like a sponge that holds as much water as possible; I retained as much information as I possibly can. I memorized jingles, lines in movies, rock anthems, gossip, world history, future history, astrology (I am a Gemini, if you care to know), video game codes (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A), sports history, names of cities, anything I can get my hands on and I tried to research it.  However, believe it or not, I found myself disenchanted with school topics. English class was boring. My attention span was at zero in AP Government.  French made no sense to me, and Math was only good for counting cards. Now mastering the art of spitting out lines of a movie, that was awesome! Hanging out with your geek friends talking about how “Andy” was a dude’s name but in the Goonies, she was kind of hot. Considering that the human brain could only retain so much information (at least mine), I fill it up with corn syrup as fuel and not the 91 octane premium junk.

Now you may be asking yourself (If you feel lucky) that you just spent the last 30 seconds reading the paragraph above. You may think it was a waste of time. If you think you feel a bit dumber or need better time management skills, continue reading. If you agree that searching for random meaningless doesn’t waste time, please skip to the last paragraph.

 People enjoy buying from people they like. What is the easiest way to get a client to like you? Have similar interests and be ever-knowing in random topics. I have closed deals based on the discussions about Voltron and the Thundercats. Like intellects gathering in the center of town, I gather at John’s house and draft my top 26 fantasy baseball players. One of my clients asked me to join his league. My personal book of business has just tripled.

So if your child is asking to watch Youtube videos or anything Viral indulge them. Let them be the sponge that I was. I think I turned out alright.

You have completed the Choose Your Own Adventure quest. Please pass Go and collect your $200.00.