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Jim Kwik
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August 29 - August 30, 2020
Our most precious gift is our brain.
It is what allows us to learn, love, think, create, and even to experience joy.
It is the gateway to our emotions, to our capacity for deeply experiencing life, to our abili...
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It allows us to innovate, grow, an...
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we can enhance our brain and supercharge our ability to learn.
If our mindset is not aligned with our desires or goals, we will never achieve them.
Limitless teaches us the five key methods to achieve whatever we want: Focus, Study, Memory Enhancement, Speed Reading, and Critical Thinking.
Learning how to learn is the ultimate superpower, the one that makes every other skill and ability possible,
One of my core beliefs is that human potential is one of the only infinite resources we have in the world.
Often when you put a label on someone or something, you create a limit—the label becomes the limitation. Adults have to be very careful with their external words because these quickly become a child’s internal words.
“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”
if knowledge is power, then learning is our superpower. And our capacity to learn is limitless; we simply need to be shown how to access it.
my life’s mission: to teach the mindset, motivation, and methods to upgrade your brain and learn anything faster so you can unlock your exceptional life.
What’s one of your dreams? One that is ever present, like a splinter in your brain? Imagine it in vivid detail. Visualize it. Feel it. Believe it. And work daily for it.
I came to discover that my perceived restrictions were not really restrictions at all. They were merely obstacles I needed to overcome or limitations I needed to unlearn.
It’s about progressing beyond what you currently believe is possible.
We convince ourselves that the circumstances we are in, the beliefs we’ve accepted, and the path we are on is who we are and who we will always be.
there is another choice.
You can learn to unlimit and expand your mindset, your motivation, and your methods t...
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The key when you are taking your steps is to have a map, a model of success.
if there is a gap between your current reality and your desired reality, here’s the reason: There is a limit that must be released and replaced in one of three areas: A limit in your Mindset—you entertain a low belief in yourself, your capabilities, what you deserve, or what is possible. A limit in your Motivation—you lack the drive, purpose, or energy to take action. A limit in your Methods—you were taught and are acting on a process that is not effective to create the results you desire.
Mindset (the WHAT): deeply held beliefs, attitudes, and assumptions we create about who we are, how the world works, what we are capable of and deserve, and what is possible. Motivation (the WHY): the purpose one has for taking action. The energy required for someone to behave in a particular way. Method (the HOW): a specific process for accomplishing something, especially an orderly, logical, or systematic way of instruction.
“four horsemen” of our age: digital deluge, digital distraction, digital dementia, and digital deduction.
There is a growing body of evidence that suggests that if we never let our mind wander or be bored for a moment, we pay a price—poor memory, mental fog, and fatigue.
Before mobile devices, we would say “brb” (be right back) all the time when we were online. We don’t say it anymore. We no longer leave.
“Our brain appears to strengthen a memory each time we recall it, and at the same time forget irrelevant memories that are distracting us,”
There’s research that says our brains are more like a muscle, rather than a hard drive that fills up. That the more you use it, the stronger it gets, and the more it can store.
deduction—an amalgam of critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity that is an essential skill for being limitless
digital depression, a result of the comparison culture that emerges when we let the highlight reels of the social media feeds of others cause us to perceive ourselves as less than.
You were born with the ultimate technology, the greatest superpower.
Our brains are what separate us from the rest of the animal kingdom.
But because of the power of our brains, we are overwhelmingly Earth’s most dominant species.
The brain is part of the central nervous system (CNS).
The brain has three major areas: the brain stem, the cerebellum, and the cerebral cortex
Our brains have the capacity for neuroplasticity, which means that it can be changed and shaped by our actions and by our environments.
Your brain is always changing and molding itself to your surroundings and to the demands you place on it.
the brain’s neuroplasticity, or ability to reorganize and transform itself as it is exposed to learning and new experiences.
Neuroplasticity, also referred to as brain plasticity, means that every time you learn something new, your brain makes a new synaptic connection.
Our brain is malleable. We have the incredible ability to change its structure and organization over time by forming new neural pathways as we experience, learn something new, and adapt.
Neuroplasticity helps explain how anything is possible.
those that procrastinate, think excessive negative thoughts, or can’t stop eating junk food may also rewire and change their behaviors and transform their lives. If learning is making new connections, then remembering is maintaining and sustaining those connections.
Plasticity means that you can mold and shape your brain to suit your desires.
Plasticity means that your learning, and indeed your life, is not fixed.
You can be, do, have, and share anything when you optimize and rewire your brain.
the enteric nervous system (ENS).
We’ve entered an expert economy in which brain power trumps brute strength.
The faster you can learn, the faster you can earn.
How do you install new software into your brain? One of my favorite ways is what you’re doing right now. It’s called reading.
Research suggests humans forget approximately 50 percent of what they learn within an hour, and an average of 70 percent within 24 hours.1
the Pomodoro technique, a productivity method developed by Francesco Cirillo based on the idea that the optimal time for a task is 25 minutes, followed by a 5-minute break.
