Limitless by Jim Kwik

 Quotes

• If an egg is broken by an outside force, life ends. If broken by an inside force, life begins. Great things always begin from the inside - Jim Kwik
• We don't need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already - J K Rowling.
• We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn - Peter Drucker.
• The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else - Eric Ries. 
• I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow - Woodrow Wilson.

• Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life believing that it is stupid - Albert Einstein.
• It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. - Mark Twain.

• LIfe has no limitations, except the ones you make - Les brown.
• Reasons reap results - Jim Kwik
• We first make our habits, and then our habits make us - John Dryden.

• Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters - Nathaniel Emmons.
• The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn - Alvin Toffler.
• Nothing has such a power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically - Marcus Aurelius.

• If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves - Thomas Edison.
• The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest to it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds - Tyron Edwards.
• The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over those who don't read. - Mark Twain
• Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few people engage in it. - Henry ford.
• The life which is unexamined is not worth living - Plato.

Other lines

• Compared to 15th century, we now consume as much data in a single day as an average person from the 1400s would have absorbed in entire life time.
• Our brains are more like a muscle, rather than hard drive that fills up. More you use it, the stronger it's gets.
• An amalgm of critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity that is an essential skill for being limitless.
• If schools tell us what to learn, but not how to learn, then we need to do the rest of the work ourselves.
• Our natural ability to concentrate wanes b/w 10 -14 minutes.
• Pomodoro Technique : 25 min study + 5 min rest.
• Life is C b/w B and D - Jean Paul Sartre
• life we live is the choices we make b/w Birth B and the Death D.
• Write down what you are going to do. When we write something down, we are more likely to do what we promise.
• Brain is primarily a deletion device; it's designed to keep information out. The conscious mind typically processes only 50 bits per second. The filtering part of brain is Reticular Activating System RAS. RAS is like that sites Algorithm. It shows you more of what you express interest in, and it hides the things you don't engage in.
• ASK QUESTIONS. 
• thinking is a process of reasoning i.e, ask questions then answer it.
• Those who don't ask enough questions when they read, compromise their focus.
• 3 magic questions
• How can I use this
• Why must I use this 
• When will I use this
• Everytime you answer a question, and do a new activity, you re-wire the brain.
• Learned Helplessness
• Young elephant who tied to a pole when grows up doesn't try to move away from pole due to the belief that it can't be done.
• LIE: Limited Idea Entertained.
• With Great power comes great responsibility and with great responsibility comes great power. When we take responsibility for something, we are imbued with great power to make things better.
• Background and circumstances may have influence who we are, but we must be accountable for who we become.
• Understand that we are responsible for our assumption and attitudes. And when you accept that all your potential is entirely within your control, then the power of that potential grows dramatically.
• Superman doesn't think that, maybe on a good day, he might be able to leap a tall building or may be a couple of stories atleast.
• The key to making yourself limitless is unlearning false assumptions. We don't accomplish something because we've convinced ourselves that we can't do it.
• Roger Bannister in 1954, broken the assumption that it was physically impossible for an athlete to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. After his record breaking it just took 2 months to set new record and that record was broken more than 50 times.
• There are multiple form of genius.
• When you are experiencing positive emotions like joy, contentment, and love, you will see more possibilities in your life.
• Learn, Earn, Return is the mantra for success

FASTER method to read and remember

• Forget: 
• Remove or forget that which distracts you.
• Have a beginners mind while reading. Children can learn anything because of this mindset.
• Forget what's not urgent or important.
• Forget about your limitation.
• What you resist persists. When thought comes while you read or doing anything , capture it on notebook.
• Act
• Human brains very less from consumption compared to what it does by creation.
• State
• Your state is a current snapshot of your emotions. It is influenced by your thoughts and physical condition.
• Consciously choose states of joy, fascination and curiosity.
• Teach
• Learn anything with the intention of teaching to someone else.
• Always try to find a learning buddy or book club where you can discuss your ideas.
• Enter
• Schedule using your calender.
• Review
• Active recall what you learned with spaced repetition.
• before each new session take some time to revisit mentally what you studied in earlier session.

7 Lies of learning

• Intelligence is fixed
• it can be developed through efforts
• Growing mindset is needed.
• We only use 10% of our brains
• When we can access 100% of brain what happens: we would be capable of exactly what we are doing now, which is to say, we do use 100% of brain.
• While we use all of our brain, some people use their brain better than others. Just as all of us use our body 100% but some use it better.
• New belief: I am learning to use my whole brain in the best way possible.
• Mistakes are failures
• A person who never makes a mistake never tried anything new.
• Instead of looking at mistakes as proof of failure, take them as proof that you are trying. Learn from mistakes.
• New Belief: There is no such thing as failure. Only failure to learn.
• Knowledge is power
• Knowledge without action is useless.
• Knowledge is not power, it only has the potential to be converted to power.
• It's easy to talk about what we learned, but it is difficult to show what we learned. It's better well done than well said; Don't promise, prove. Your results will speak for themselves
• New Belief: Knowlege X Action = Power.
• Learning New things is difficult
• It's not how smart you are, but how you are smart.
• The key is consistency. You must have the patience to consistently come back at it again and again. When you do, you will not only reap the rewards of your hard-earned knowledge, but you'll be better person for having cultivated the tenacity to keep trying.
• New Belief: When you learn new ways of how to learn, the challenge of learning new things can be fun, easier and more enjoyable.
• The Criticism of Other people matters
• The biggest travesty in the world is people preventing and limiting themselves from exprssing who they really are because they're afraid of what other people think.
• Fastest learners on the planet are children, and that's partly because they don't care what others think of them. They have no shame around failing. They will fall 300 times and get up 300 times in the course of learning to walk, and don't feel embarrassed.
• Part of being limitless is learning to let go of the fear of criticism from other people.
• The lack of public recognition didn't faze the Writght brother. They knew they had more work to do and set about perfecting their flying machine, which eventually did earn the recognition that it deserved. Public imagination is woefully underwhelming, and people have a hard time reconciling what they believe is possible with what is actually happening.
• Creating the life you want can be scary. But scariest is not doing it, i.e, regret. People will doubt you and criticize you no matter what you do. You will never know your true potential untill you break the unfair judgements you place on yourself. Don't allow other people's opinions and expectation to run or ruin your life.
• New belief: It's not your job to like, love or respect me. It's mine.
• Genius is Born.
• Greatness isn't born, it's grown. Through deep practice, ignition, and master coaching anyone can develop a talent so deep that it looks like genius.

Motivation

• Motivation = Purpose X Energy X S3
• S3 = Small simple stepls
• Often our greatest struggle leads to our greatest strengths.
• Goal is the point one wishes to achieve. A purpose is the reason one aims at to achieve a goal.
• SMART Goal
• Specific: well defined. It's not getting rich but about specific number of money.
• Measurable: those which can't be measured cannot be managed. Six minute running instead of running.
• Actionable: Develop action steps to achieve your goal.
• Realistic: Put realistic targest. Your goals should challenge and stretch you, but not so much that you give up on them.
• Time based: A goal is a dream with a deadline. Setting a time to complete your goal makes you that much more likely to reach it.
• HEART Goal
• Healthy: goals should contribut to your mental, physical, and emotional health.
• Enduring: Your goals should inspire and sustain you during the difficult times when you want to quit.
• Alluring: Goals should be exciting, enticing and engaging that you're pulled toward them.
• Relevant: Your goals should relate to challenge you are having, your life's purpose, or your core values.
• Truth: Don't set a goal just because your neighbor is doing it or your parents expect it of you. Make sure your goal is something you want, something that remains true to you. 
• The greatest task we have in life is to share the knowledge and skills we accumulate. It doesn't have to be more complex than that.
• Feeling good is not required to feeling motivated.
• Pain can be your teacher, if you use it and not let it use you.
• Set your phone alarm to remind yourself to move for a few minutes every hour.
• Killing ANTs
• ANT: Automatic Negative Thoughts
• Meditation
• Simple Small Steps
• Incomplete tasks and procrastinating often lead to frequent and unhelpful thought patterns. 
• break the task into bite-size pieces, which lead to habits that lead toward success.
• Zeigarnik Effect: You are not going to be able to ease your mind about this task until you complete it.
• Some where b/w 40-50% of what we do every day is the product of a habit.
• The habits you repeat or don't repeat every day largely determine your healt, wealth and happiness.
• Habit loop has 4 components: Cue, Craving, Response and Reward.
• It takes 18-254 days to form a new habit.
• 3 things to build a habit
• Desire to do it.
• Skills to do it
• Something to get the habit loop started i.e, Cue.
• From now onwards brush your teeth with opposit hand.
• Make your bed when you get up is the military routine to accomplishment feel when you get up.
• When you get up 
• Have gratitude
• have a glass of water to hydrate
• Celery juice
• brush teeth with opposit hand
• 3 minute mini workout
• Cold shower
• series of breathing exercise
• Journal your thoughts
• 3 things personally and 3 thing work to be accomplished.
• Read a book a week.
• Flow
• Eliminate distractions. Concentration is the crux of of all human success and endeavor. If you can't concentrate, you can't manifest. The more you learn to concentrate, the more you better at it. 
• But most of us practice is distraction. We allow our mind to jump from task to task. Technology overuse.
• Perfectionism is super villain
• Focus
• Concentration as ability to keep my awareness on one thing for an extended period of time.
• Declutter your environment
• Anxiety can lead to overthinking, which makes you more anxious, which lead to more overthinking and so on.
• 4-7-8 method: Deep cleansing breath.
• Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound. 
• Close your mouth and inhale quietly through your nose to a mental count of 4
• Hold your breath for a count of 7
• Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound to count of 8.
• Schedule your distraction time.
• When a worry comes to you, say to yourself I will worry about it at 4.15 pm.
• Study
• most successful people in the world are lifelong students.
• Active recall is a process through which you review material and then immediately check to determine how much of it you've remembered.
• Forced recall of what you have studied is must for remembering.
• Spaced repetition is simple but highly effective because it deliberately hacks the way your brain works. Review material in similar intervals.
• The more positive and resourceful your state, the greater the results you'll produce. 
• If you are studiying for a big test, put a bit of particular essential oil in your wrist while you are studying and then make sure you do same thing in your exam hall.
• Play classical light music in low sound.
• HEAR during your lecture
• Halt : everything else and focus completely on your teacher by focusing on sound, body language etc.
• Empathy: think yourselves in the shoe of teacher.
• Anticipate: what is going to coming.
• Review: Engage with speaker by asking questions, clarifying doubts etc.
• Note Taking
• don't write every word of mouth.
• decipherable only to you is the best.
• use your own words wherever possible.
• make sure you are listening too.
• Capture and create. Capture what you want in short in left side of paper then later create what you got in your language in write.
• TIP
• Think: before starting of session.
• Identify: listen carefully and identify what's important.
• Prioritize: While reviewing your notes.

Memory

• If you don't exercise your brain, you lose that muscle.
• It is impossible to think creatively into the future without a sense of what is known.
• MOM
• Motivation to remember.
• Observation
• Methods
• Loci Methods
• Aling the things you want to remember with specific points or places that you know well (use HALL of my house in clockwise direction). Dont zigzag.
• Remembering Names: BE SUAVE
• Believe you can.
• Exercise or Practice frequently.
• Say it when you hear
• Use it frequently in your conversation
• Ask for the meaning behind their name or why they got their name.
• Visualise
• End by saying name.
• Vocabulary or Foreign Words
• Substitution,
• turn intangible or hard to picture into tangible or easy to relate words.
• Creating a picture of word is making intangible thing tangible.
• Baroque music is very effective at helping to learn languages.
• Masculine and Feminine
• had hat to musculine and dress to feminine.

Speed Reading

• Focus and concentrate.
• Bored mind cannot concentrate well.
• Expand your peripheral vision: 
• to multiple words together by practice.
• Counting to avoid inner voice.
• Picturise

Thinking

• Accomplishing something big often requires new approaches to thinking.
• We can't solve problem by using same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
• Perspectives should be challenged frequently.
• Exponential thinking is when you start to see things from a different mindset. 
• It's not about thinking outside the box, it's about thinking in a completely different box.
• Incremental midset focuses on making something better. While exponential mindset is focused on making something different.
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