Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life

by Jim Kwik

Finding your passion is not about choosing the right path or finding the perfect professional destiny. It’s about experimenting to see what ignites your joy. Passion comes when we rediscover our authentic, alive self, the one who has been muted and buried beneath a pile of other people’s expectations.

To sum it up, passion is what lights you up inside. My passion to learn was born out of such a struggle that it became a major part of my life’s identity.

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Purpose, however, is about how you relate to other people. Purpose is what you’re here to share with the world.

It’s how you use your passion.

you know your life’s purpose? Even if you don’t yet, write down a little bit about what it could be.

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I am a fast learner I am a self learner I am dedicated to learning I am a strong person I am passionate I am purposeful I am a difference maker

For example, someone who wants to remember people’s names should value relationships and their connection to other people. Your behavior has to support your values in some way, or there is no drive for it.

Value is to be a great consultant to translate complex topics to clients and co-workers and add value to the project I am working on Be a role model to my family and friends and make a difference in their personal lifes

Reasons that are tied to your purpose, identity, and values will sufficiently motivate you to act, even in the face of all of the daily obstacles that life puts in your way. The healthy 70-year-old doesn’t go to the gym at 4:35 A.M. because he likes it—he goes because maintaining his health so he can continue to be with his family is motivation enough to him, even though he would much rather sleep in.

Consider your passion, your desired identity, and your values: How can they create the basis for your reasons?

Right now, stop and consider three reasons that you want to learn better. Your reasons should be concrete, like:

I want to learn cloud concept so I can add value to my projects I want to learn scripting so I can automate manual tasks I want to learn to read faster to I can read a book a week

I don’t have the energy to spare. And I can honestly say that I don’t suffer from FOMO (fear of missing out). In the last few weeks I’ve been invited to a handful of social and work gatherings but declined because I’m clear about my purpose and motivation in spending time writing this book. I’d love for you to join me in celebrating JOMO—

While it’s great to be open-minded and consider options, when you say yes to something, you need to

be careful that you’re not inadvertently saying no to yourself and your own needs.

What is motivation? Motivation is a set of emotions (painful and pleasurable) that act as the fuel for our actions.

Write down all the disadvantages you have to face if you do not learn to use the material in this book.

I will be stuck as I have been with promotions I will not be as intellect as I could be I will not allow my brain to develop

Pain can be your teacher, if you use it and not let it use you.

Now, here is the more exciting part. Write down all of the benefits and advantages you will receive from learning the skills and techniques in this book.

I will make more money and able to support my personal and family goals I will be able to go on more vacations and spend time with my family I will able to go and see my family overseas I will be able to do more for my family overseas

The reality is that you do motivation. Ultimately, motivation is a set of habits and routines, guided by your values and your identity, that you carry out every day.

Here are my 10 recommendations for generating limitless brain energy. For each tip, please rate, on a scale of 1 to 10, how much attention you are putting into that specific area. You may be surprised by your answers.

1. A GOOD BRAIN DIET

Refined sugar, for example, contributes to impaired brain function, leads to inflammation, and can even cause depression (something you might want to consider the next time you reach for a tub of ice cream to contend with a tough day).

2. BRAIN NUTRIENTS

In my podcast episode with Max Lugavere, author of Genius Foods,

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For a list and links to my favorite brain supplements, go to www.LimitlessBook.com/resources.

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3. EXERCISE

4. KILLING ANTS Dr. Daniel Amen, a clinical neuroscientist, author of the bestseller Change Your Brain, Change Your Life,

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What is your biggest ANT? What could you replace it with?

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5. A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT

6. A POSITIVE PEER GROUP

Motivational speaker Jim Rohn says that you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

7. BRAIN PROTECTION

8. NEW LEARNING

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9. STRESS MANAGEMENT

Whenever we experience stress, a hormone known as cortisol is released to alleviate the physical rigors of stress on our bodies.

for example, the prefrontal cortex—and more activity in the primitive parts of their brain that are focused on survival, such as the amygdala.

What is your favorite thing to do to cope with stress? When was the last time you did it?

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Recent findings suggest that sleep plays a housekeeping role that removes toxins in your brain that build up while you are awake.10

“When the brain is awake and is at its most busy, it puts off clearing away the waste from the spaces between its cells until later, and then, when it goes to sleep and doesn’t have to be as busy, it shifts into a kind of cleaning mode to clear away the waste from the spaces between its cells, the waste that’s accumulated throughout the day.”

Fortunately, you have a tool available to you at all times that can help you deal with this: meditation. The benefits of meditation are numerous (and there are many, many books out there that detail them), including everything from boosting immune function to decreasing anxiety to actually increasing your gray matter.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON Fueling your brain is fundamental to becoming limitless, and we have lots more to get to in order to make this happen. But first, let’s stop and focus on a few things from this chapter: Put a shopping list together for all the brain foods you don’t currently have in your home. I realize that not all of these foods are going to be compatible with your palate, but really try to include as many as you can. Then take this list with you to the store. Spend some time identifying your ANTs. What limitations are you placing on yourself? Give yourself a few minutes with this. What are you telling yourself you can’t do? Write this down. Think about how you’d like to expand your learning. What have you always wanted to master that you haven’t found the time to master? Is it a different language? Computer coding? A new sales or marketing technique? What can you do to fit that into your life right now? Use one of the tools we talked about here to improve the amount and quality of your sleep. Keep track of this for at least a week. I made two videos for you on how to easily memorize the top 10 brain foods and my 10 brain energizing recommendations. Go to www.LimitlessBook.com/resources to watch.

A small simple step (S3). The tiniest action you can take to get you closer to your goal. One that requires minimal effort or energy. Over time, these become habits.

Podcast guest Dr. B. J. Fogg, the founder and director of the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University and the author of Tiny Habits,

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“Without habit loops, our brains would shut down, overwhelmed by the minutiae of daily life,” writes Charles Duhigg in his best-selling book, The Power of Habit. “People

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James Clear, author of the best-selling book Atomic Habits, says, “The habits you repeat (or don’t repeat) every day largely determine your health, wealth, and happiness.

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a cue, a craving, a response, and a reward.