Episode
947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
1:47:37
Published: Wed Apr 29 2020
Description
“Say no to good to say yes to great.”QUESTIONSHow do we learn with the dominant hand rather than the opposite hand? (6:30)What are the two questions you’ve asked yourself that have been dominant? (26:00)How important is acquiring new skills (41:00)What’s the process of mastering a new skill especially when it’s really challenging? (53:20)YOU WILL LEARNHow to learn anything faster (1:20)Why the idea of “knowledge is power” is a lie (12:00)Why questions are the answer to subscribing to either negativity and opportunity in your life (17:04)How to unlearn that we are limited (19:12)The three questions to turn knowledge to power (22:30)How sleep apnea has been a struggle in Jim’s life and how he overcame it (27:30)How to quit asking limiting questions and ask empowering questions (30:50)How genius leaves clues (43:00)How many times to try something new (48:30)What a lie is (59:00)The key to sustainable motivation (1:00:20)How the Zeigarnik Effect works (1:09:21)Why we backread and subvocalize (1:15:21)The 4 supervillains in our life (1:17:31)The four Gs to greatness (1:38:53)LINKS MENTIONEDLimitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional LifeLimitlessBook.comSimon SinekBrendon BurchardMindset by Carol DweckIf you enjoyed this episode, show notes and more at http://www.lewishowes.com/947 and follow at instagram.com/lewishowes
Chapters
Jim Quick, founder and CEO of Quick Learning, shares his journey to learning about his brain, overcoming a childhood brain injury, and becoming a master of memory and learning.
00:00 - 03:01 (03:01)
Summary
Jim Quick, founder and CEO of Quick Learning, shares his journey to learning about his brain, overcoming a childhood brain injury, and becoming a master of memory and learning. He offers advice for upgrading your brain function and becoming limitless.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Jim Kwik shares tips on how to improve one's memory and learning abilities, emphasizing the importance of utilizing one's brain to its maximum potential in order to succeed in various fields.
03:01 - 06:22 (03:21)
Summary
Jim Kwik shares tips on how to improve one's memory and learning abilities, emphasizing the importance of utilizing one's brain to its maximum potential in order to succeed in various fields.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
An athlete describes their experience of not being able to learn in traditional academic settings but being able to quickly learn and excel in their sport through visual and physical instruction.
06:22 - 11:46 (05:24)
Summary
An athlete describes their experience of not being able to learn in traditional academic settings but being able to quickly learn and excel in their sport through visual and physical instruction. They discuss the challenges of learning styles not matching teaching styles.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Jim Kwik shares the importance of taking care and loving our brain to improve emotional and mental health.
11:46 - 15:45 (03:59)
Summary
Jim Kwik shares the importance of taking care and loving our brain to improve emotional and mental health. Sharing that reading books written by people with decades of experience can help us download decades of knowledge in just a few days.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
In this podcast, the speaker discusses the power of dominant questions and how they determine what we focus on.
15:45 - 18:20 (02:34)
Summary
In this podcast, the speaker discusses the power of dominant questions and how they determine what we focus on. He highlights the importance of identifying our own dominant questions and changing them if necessary.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Our minds work like social media algorithms, feeding us more of what we engage with.
18:20 - 22:04 (03:44)
Summary
Our minds work like social media algorithms, feeding us more of what we engage with. Paying attention to what we focus on can help us shift our perspectives and priorities.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
The speaker shares a note-taking strategy which consists of putting a line down the page and taking notes on the left side while summarizing on the right side.
22:04 - 26:06 (04:02)
Summary
The speaker shares a note-taking strategy which consists of putting a line down the page and taking notes on the left side while summarizing on the right side.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
The guest talks about the importance of using the right side of the brain for creativity when listening to podcasts instead of being distracted, and points out the significance of knowing "why" to fully utilize the newly acquired information.
26:06 - 28:45 (02:39)
Summary
The guest talks about the importance of using the right side of the brain for creativity when listening to podcasts instead of being distracted, and points out the significance of knowing "why" to fully utilize the newly acquired information.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
The speaker shares their experience with severe obstructive sleep apnea, where they would stop breathing over 210 times a night, which greatly impacted their ability to sleep, and how they dealt with it.
28:45 - 31:56 (03:11)
Summary
The speaker shares their experience with severe obstructive sleep apnea, where they would stop breathing over 210 times a night, which greatly impacted their ability to sleep, and how they dealt with it.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
In this episode, the speaker talks about the importance of morning routines and how it helped force him to do what he talks about.
31:56 - 37:50 (05:54)
Summary
In this episode, the speaker talks about the importance of morning routines and how it helped force him to do what he talks about. He also shares his personal experience of growing up in a family that had to work many jobs and how it shaped his perspective on hard work, along with field-tested tips he's used to help those with learning challenges.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
The speaker shares his experience of trying to overcome his phobia of public speaking, driven by his allergies and introverted nature.
37:50 - 41:51 (04:01)
Summary
The speaker shares his experience of trying to overcome his phobia of public speaking, driven by his allergies and introverted nature.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
The host discusses the patterns and habits that successful people have and how focusing on those can help in a near-death experience or other challenges in life.
41:51 - 48:55 (07:04)
Summary
The host discusses the patterns and habits that successful people have and how focusing on those can help in a near-death experience or other challenges in life.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
The speaker shares the lessons he has learned from spending time with Jim Carrey, including the importance of improving oneself before embarking on a project and the impact of actors and their movies.
48:55 - 51:48 (02:53)
Summary
The speaker shares the lessons he has learned from spending time with Jim Carrey, including the importance of improving oneself before embarking on a project and the impact of actors and their movies.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
The key to mastering skills is learning how to learn efficiently, and developing habits that keep us on track towards making better choices.
51:48 - 56:56 (05:08)
Summary
The key to mastering skills is learning how to learn efficiently, and developing habits that keep us on track towards making better choices. This podcast discusses the importance of mindset habits, physical habits, and motivation, and introduces the limitless mindset process.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
The importance of mindset in learning and self-improvement is discussed in this episode.
56:56 - 1:00:52 (03:56)
Summary
The importance of mindset in learning and self-improvement is discussed in this episode. Jim Kwik shares how limiting beliefs can hold people back from learning and achieving their goals.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Learn the key to sustainable motivation and how to overcome procrastination, which is crucial to achieving your goals and avoiding the common misconception that motivation is just a temporary state of rah-rah excitement followed by a lack of action.
1:00:52 - 1:05:08 (04:15)
Summary
Learn the key to sustainable motivation and how to overcome procrastination, which is crucial to achieving your goals and avoiding the common misconception that motivation is just a temporary state of rah-rah excitement followed by a lack of action.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
The speaker discusses how they address purpose and optimizing energy in their book, focusing on topics like passion and life purpose, and how it influences their daily habits.
1:05:08 - 1:08:56 (03:47)
Summary
The speaker discusses how they address purpose and optimizing energy in their book, focusing on topics like passion and life purpose, and how it influences their daily habits.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Learn how taking small, simple steps can improve productivity and help avoid procrastination, as well as the importance of energy management.
1:08:56 - 1:12:17 (03:21)
Summary
Learn how taking small, simple steps can improve productivity and help avoid procrastination, as well as the importance of energy management.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
The ultimate state of reading is being in the flow state, where you lose sense of self and read much faster, but reading all the words in a book is limiting to your reading speed.
1:12:17 - 1:17:47 (05:30)
Summary
The ultimate state of reading is being in the flow state, where you lose sense of self and read much faster, but reading all the words in a book is limiting to your reading speed. A free masterclass on reading faster and better is available on the speaker's Instagram page.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Discover the benefits of faster reading, including gaining back hours of productivity every week, and how to improve your reading speed with practice and focus.
1:17:47 - 1:21:31 (03:44)
Summary
Discover the benefits of faster reading, including gaining back hours of productivity every week, and how to improve your reading speed with practice and focus.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Picking up your phone first thing in the morning can rewire your brain to be distracted and reactive, leading to a loss of productivity.
1:21:31 - 1:23:54 (02:23)
Summary
Picking up your phone first thing in the morning can rewire your brain to be distracted and reactive, leading to a loss of productivity. Your inbox serves as a convenient organizational system for other people's agendas, not your own.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Remembering personal details such as someone's name can demonstrate care and attention for their future.
1:23:54 - 1:26:24 (02:30)
Summary
Remembering personal details such as someone's name can demonstrate care and attention for their future. Physical fitness is also important as it can impact one's efforts and energy levels.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
The book "Limitless" offers techniques for overcoming four digital supervillains and includes lessons on speed reading and effective studying.
1:26:24 - 1:31:30 (05:06)
Summary
The book "Limitless" offers techniques for overcoming four digital supervillains and includes lessons on speed reading and effective studying. These techniques can help readers be more productive and focused in our digital age.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Teaching others is a powerful way to learn something yourself, and combining listening to classical music from the Baroque era can put you into an alpha state and help you learn a new language faster.
1:31:30 - 1:35:14 (03:43)
Summary
Teaching others is a powerful way to learn something yourself, and combining listening to classical music from the Baroque era can put you into an alpha state and help you learn a new language faster.
Episode947 Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Become Limitless with Jim Kwik
PodcastThe School of Greatness
Taking accountability for mistakes, instead of blaming others, is crucial for personal growth.
1:35:14 - 1:38:39 (03:25)
Summary
Taking accountability for mistakes, instead of blaming others, is crucial for personal growth. Committing to lifelong learning and taking steps to fix past mistakes are crucial elements in personal growth and development.