Limitless

limitless by jim quick over the next 30 minutes we're going to be doing a detailed breakdown of everything this book has to offer we're going to go over flow states the top 10 brave foods to supercharge your brain the four modern day villains that are holding you back how to find your laser focus the eight intelligences unlocking your memory and heaps more let's jump into it.
alright so i'm super excited to be breaking down this book today this was by far one of my favorite books i've read this year mainly because i found this book to be super practical and it seemed more like a practical guide than just a heap of information about self-help at the end of each section there were plenty of practice exercises that you could implement into your life straight away
so the book is broken down into four main parts freeing your mind mindset motivation and methods so what is mindset
the deeply held beliefs attitudes and assumptions we create about who we are how the world works and what we are capable of and deserve and what is possible.
this anecdote comes a little bit later in the book but i found it a useful example so i'd like to share it here first
he gives an example of a young elephant that is chained to a stake in the ground and as the elephant grows into a fully mature elephant its mind has placed limitations on itself although it could easily rip the small flimsy stake out of the ground to be free it has developed this learned helplessness so it doesn't even try
The unlimited method
and the book goes into this concept of unlimiting which is the act or process of casting aside inaccurate and restrictive perceptions and embracing the reality that with the right mindset motivation and methods there are no limitations. so the book is broken down into these sections accordingly mindset motivation and methods and this is the core philosophy of the book.
modern day supervillains the 4ds
these are the modern day villains that 15 years ago we weren't even dealing with so let me introduce the four villains and then i'll give you some of the remedies that the author suggests for each one.
the first of the d's is digital deluge compared to the 15th century we now consume as much data in a single day as an average person from the 1400s would have absorbed in their entire lifetime so that is amazing and we are being bombarded with data we're always switched on we're always hooked up to the net humans today are consuming three times more than our parents in the 1960s there's just too much information too much neural activity going on and all of that extra activity can have ill effects on our brains it can lead to things like brain fog subpar memory and fatigue chances are that you guys have probably felt that body fatigue after a long period in front of a screen the second d is digital distraction so we live here now and because of our always-on ever-connected devices we're struggling to find connection when we're with friends and family and we're struggling to stay focused at work so this is where we live now we're connected to the web in every downtime moment waiting for the bus waiting in a line um we need to think what happens when this is our constant way of being when every downtime moment is filled with shining screens and all this extra stimulus this is leading to less social interaction with friends and family because our devices make us feel more secure but actually we're less happy next, digital dementia neuroscientist manfred spitzer uses the term digital dementia to describe how overuse of digital technology results in the breakdown of cognitive abilities he argues that short-term memory pathways will start to deteriorate from under use if we overuse technology in the past we needed to remember things like people's phone numbers street addresses things like this nowadays our short-term memories are just being underused uh you probably couldn't tell me the phone number of your your child or your significant other off by heart because you know you you just rely on your phone to have that saved.
the fourth d is digital deduction in a digital first world where millennials obtain all their answers to problems at the click of a mouse or the swipe of a finger the reliance on technology to solve every question confuses people's perception of their own knowledge and intelligence and that reliance may well lead to overconfidence and poor decision making before the internet we didn't have the immediate and readily available access to the opinions of others we needed to reflect reason draw our own conclusions from our own insights so if technology is doing all the deductions for us then we will gradually be losing our ability to problem-solve and that ability to problem solve is so integral to the human experience.
he also talks briefly about a 50 we also need to be careful of which is digital depression with the emergence of platforms like instagram and facebook photo filters photoshop comparison culture these are increasingly becoming a problem in our society people are beginning to feel unworthy they are wanting to reach unattainable outcomes
here are some tips that the book gives for dealing with each of these villains for digital deluge take a moment and schedule 30 minutes of white space in your calendar for this week this is time to be spent away from technology time dedicated to clear your mind relax and be creative
for digital distraction go to the notification settings on your phone and turn off all unnecessary and distracting pings and dings do this now
for digital dementia take a minute to exercise your memory memorize the phone number of someone you communicate with regularly
and lastly for digital deduction think about a decision you need to make schedule some time to work on that decision without the use of any digital devices
next neuroplasticity and the second brain
neuroplasticity is dependent on the ability of our neurons to grow and make connections with other neurons in other parts of the brain in the book he talks about a study that was conducted on london taxi drivers and they found more matter in the hippocampus of the taxi drivers who needed to remember streets and drive their way through the maze of london than people of similar age and intelligence they also found that the longer that person had been driving the larger the hippocampus was in their brain so in short the brain is malleable it's able to expand and change over time and it can change its structure to meet its cognitive load
our second brain is the brain in our gut or the ens the enteric nervous system scientists don't know everything there is to know about the smaller brain however they are beginning to understand how it can affect our mood and our behavior without going into too much detail it is believed that the second brain in our gut may be able to communicate with the brain and the nutrients that are absorbed through our intestines can make a huge difference in the way that our brains function
finally in this first section of the book the author lays out some methods to help you study and learn more effectively which he refers to as the faster method your time is one of your greatest assets it's the one thing you can't get back
f is for forget always have an open mind to receive new information and don't think you already know all the information the first thing to forget is what you already know when you think you already know all that there is to know about a subject it can become a barrier to new knowledge secondly try to forget things that aren't urgent to you right now if something else pops into your mind while you're trying to study always have a notepad handy write down that thought and you can come back to it later the of simply writing something down allows your mind to just let go of it for now a is for act
traditional education has trained many people that learning is a passive experience. You consume the information, you sit in the class and you listen to the professor. But learning is not a spectator sport. And the human brain does not learn as much by consumption as it does by creation. So you want to take notes, highlight, link new concepts to practical examples or stories, that can help you to solidify that knowledge.
s is for state
all learning is state dependent. your state is a current snapshot of your emotions, it is highly influenced by your thoughts your psychology and your physical condition of your body physiology. So you might want to ask yourself how motivated and energized are you to learn what you have to learn. What are some things you can do to change your state, maybe change your posture, do some stretching, some breathing exercises. You can try some of these before you sit down to study
t is for teach
if you want to cut your learning curve dramatically, learn with the intention of teaching the information to someone else.
e is for enter
¿what is the simplest and most powerful personal performance tool? your calendar. You know, work meetings, children's events, taking the dog to the vet. People schedule things all the time but the one thing that people don't schedule time for is time for themselves. So things for things like personal development, growth, study. So what you want to do is clear some time in your calendar and make sure you write it down
lastly r is for review one of the best ways to reduce the effects of the forgetting curve, is to actively recall what you learned with spaced repetition.
that concludes the first section of this book freeing your mind.
now let's move on to section two which is mindset - the what
types of genius
¿when you think of geniuses who are the first people that come to mind? chances are that people like einstein, hawking, tesla. These are the types of people that immediately come to your mind. In the book jim goes over some different types of genius.
so experts differ on the number but it is generally believed that genius expresses itself in four different manners.
dynamo humans with dynamogenius have amazing creativity and ideas. An example of such person would be william shakespeare.
blaze genius an extraordinary ability to connect and socialize with people. An example would be someone like oprah.
tempo genius an ability to see the big picture and stay on course towards a grand vision without deviating or losing uh interest in the cause. An example would be someone like nelson mandela.
and lastly we have steel genius. humans who are great at the details. An example of someone with steel genius would be sergey brin of google.
the main concept here is that genius extends beyond academics.
so don't limit yourself by negative self-talk like: i'm just not intelligent, i always got bad grades at college so therefore i mustn't even be in the realm of genius. you can be a mixture of different geniuses. So have a think about what your genius is and let it free
overcoming limiting beliefs before we go over the steps that he advises to overcome limiting beliefs, i think it's important to understand why positive thinking and overcoming these limiting beliefs is so important. This isn't all just pie in the sky, kumbaya spiritual kind of stuff. you know. it's been scientifically proven that positive thinking reduces stress. so reduced stress means lower cortisol levels in the body, which can lead to increased lifespan, lower rates of depression, greater resistance and greater resistance the common cold better immunity, better psychological and physical well-being, can improve your cardiovascular health and reduce the risk of things like heart attacks and cardiovascular diseases. and in general, it just helps you to better cope with the hardships and stress stresses of life.
now if we come back to the example of the elephant from earlier that we spoke about, its limiting belief was that it was stuck forever chained to the small stake in the ground. So step one is to name that limiting belief. let's give it a name. in that case it might be something like stuck at the stake for you and maybe something like i'm not an entertaining person, i'm unintelligent or i'm not a good companion to be around. Maybe you had a socially awkward situation when you're a child or when you were growing up and ever since then you've had this negative self-talk. So try to get to the original source of that limiting belief and when you do this it allows you to realize that these aren't facts about you, they are merely opinions and there's a great chance that those opinions are wrong. If you find yourself saying something to yourself like: "man i always screw up this sort of thing" or "i'm just not a good companion to be around" try to counteract that with something like: "just because i haven't always been good at this in the past doesn't mean that i can't be great at this now and in the future". So that is step one make sure you get to the source of it and identify it give it a name step two get to the facts. the steak is small in size i'm a strong fully grown elephant what is to stop me from ripping that steak right out of the ground. ¿are you really unable to break free from the steak? ¿are you really the least entertaining person in the room? and where is your evidence to support that claim. How many times have you actually been in situations where you were an unentertaining or poor companion and you need to be careful because small situations can happen in your past and if you keep telling yourself something long enough, then you start to believe your own opinions
step 3 creating a new belief. First it is important to try and combat that negative self-talk, which is your inner critic. So try to give it a name, a persona different to yourself. You can call it bilbo or gollum or anything you like. but you want to make it seem like a cartoon and like a b grade movie and whenever that inner critic. you know starts giving you opinions, you want to just roll your eyes and say, you know not today, gollum not today bilbo and you just want to mock that that character, that persona for its dedication to bringing you negativity. A good thing to try is to replace your inner dialogue with: i am statements. so something like i am a good companion. remember the time i did such and such, i may not be entertaining and a good companion 100 of the time but in many situations i have been including this time and that time
in the last section of mindset there are seven lies that we tell ourselves about learning.
when kwik uses the word lie throughout the book he means limited ideas
00:17:30entertained so lie number one is intelligence is fixed
00:17:36the new belief that you want to create is that your intelligence can grow
00:17:40if you believe it can grow and then you can put in the work to make it grow
00:17:45lie number two we only use ten percent of our brains
00:17:50new belief i am learning to use my whole brain
00:17:53in the best way possible line number three mistakes are failures
00:18:00the new belief you want to create is that mistakes are signs that you're
00:18:03trying something new and they are opportunities to learn life
00:18:07isn't about comparing yourself to anyone else
00:18:10it's about comparing yourself to who you were yesterday
00:18:13there's no such thing as failure only a failure to learn
00:18:17line number four is that knowledge is power
00:18:21new belief knowledge has to be acted on
00:18:25knowledge combined with action equals power
00:18:28line number five learning new things is very difficult
00:18:33a new belief that you can create is that when you learn how to learn
00:18:38the challenge of learning new things can be fun enjoyable
00:18:41and easy line number six the criticism of other people matters
00:18:50new belief it's not other people's job to like
00:18:54respect or love you that's your job and your job alone lie number seven
00:19:01genius is born the new belief that you want to create is that genius is not
00:19:06born however it is made through deep practice
00:19:17motivation the why the author defines motivation as
00:19:21the purpose one has for taking action and the energy required for someone to
00:19:25behave in a particular way there are three lies
00:19:29about motivation line number one is that motivation is fixed in truth you can
00:19:36increase your motivation lie number two you have to enjoy something to be
00:19:41motivated to do it the truth is that quite simply all you
00:19:46need to do is have a strong enough reason to do that thing
00:19:49even if you don't enjoy doing it if any of you have seen the movie
00:19:53the pursuit of happiness then you will you will know this to be true
00:19:58lie number three motivation is something i either have or i don't have
00:20:03but in truth motivation can be created so according to limitless
00:20:10the formula for motivation is simple motivation equals
00:20:14purpose times energy times small steps
00:20:21so we need a clear purpose we need
00:20:24energy to get it done and we need small simple steps
00:20:29s3 to prevent us from getting overwhelmed and
00:20:33paralyzed let's go a little bit deeper into purpose
00:20:38as we establish earlier we don't have to enjoy something to be motivated to do it
00:20:42however you do need to have a clear purpose for
00:20:46why you were doing something you can ask yourself
00:20:51why must i study this or why must i learn this
00:20:56the book also outlines not to get confused between
00:20:59passion and purpose your purpose is what you are here on earth for
00:21:04and maybe it is to help people so the author jim's passion is learning but
00:21:11his purpose is teaching people how to learn
00:21:16so do you know your purpose if you don't that's fine
00:21:20but maybe you can write down a few ideas as to what
00:21:24it may be and if you're struggling to find your why then there is a great book
00:21:29that i would suggest by simon sinek which is
00:21:31called start with why
00:21:33you can also check out his other book which is find your way
00:21:36i recommend this book if you're struggling to find your purpose in life
00:21:41and maybe i'll do a summary on that book in the future let me know in the
00:21:44comments below if you would like that or if you have any other books actually
00:21:48that you would like to see summarize please let me know in the comments below
00:21:53so who do you think you are they say the two most powerful words in
00:22:00the english language are the shortest i am whatever you put after those two
00:22:04words determine your destiny if you tell yourself you're a slow
00:22:08inefficient learner your subconscious mind will manifest that into reality
00:22:13instead try and try telling yourself i'm a fast and
00:22:17efficient learner write down a few i am statements that might steer your
00:22:22motivation and growth in the right direction
00:22:26stephen covey the author of the seven habits of highly effective people also
00:22:30talked about how important and beneficial i am statements can
00:22:34improve your life i also did a summary of this book the
00:22:38seven habits of highly effective people i'll leave a link in in the description
00:22:42below if you'd like to check out that video
00:22:45lastly on purpose having a hierarchy of values in your life
00:22:52for the author jim quick his values are love growth
00:22:55contribution and adventure and they are in that same order
00:23:00his values allow him to choose what things to pursue in life
00:23:03and what things to deny he doesn't mind having
00:23:06uh fomo which he he calls fomo which is the fear of missing out
00:23:12especially if that thing that he is being asked to be a part of doesn't
00:23:15in any way contribute to his values or his uh purpose in life
00:23:23and he uh he actually had a word uh which i'm currently blank on
00:23:30uh uh jomo uh jomo he said to encourage you to have
00:23:38jomo which is the joy of missing out instead of fomo the fear of missing out
00:23:50okay energy there are five main components that can maximize your
00:23:56energy number one being food there are certain
00:24:00nutrients that are more conducive to a healthy
00:24:02functioning and focused mind number two regular exercise
00:24:08this improves and protects your memory and thinking skills
00:24:12even just 10 minutes a day will give you a heap of benefits you don't need to
00:24:17work out like an elite athlete or anything like that
00:24:21number three having a tidy and clean work environment
00:24:26four a positive peer group in your life
00:24:29if you surround yourself with negative people you too will almost certainly
00:24:33become influenced by their negativity and finally five sleep make sure you're
00:24:39getting enough quality sleep
00:24:43in the book his top 10 brain foods uh avocados blueberries broccoli dark
00:24:50chocolate eggs green leafy vegetables vegetables
00:24:54salmon sardines caviar turmeric walnuts and water
00:25:02the book also has quite a few different recipes for shakes and meals that he
00:25:06says can improve your brain function i won't
00:25:11be including that in this video but if if that interests you i i definitely
00:25:15recommend you guys go and grab a copy of his book
00:25:21okay uh small tiny steps a small simple step or s3
00:25:29this is the tiniest action you can take to get you closer to your goal
00:25:33one that requires minimal effort or energy
00:25:36over time these become habits so break everything down into smaller
00:25:43parts otherwise you're going to risk becoming
00:25:45over um overcome by uh paralysis by analysis
00:25:51um i'm sure you guys have had times in your life when a task just seemed
00:25:56unattainable but when you sat down and broke it down into
00:26:01you know attainable chunks it become it became manageable
00:26:08flow state okay let's take a
00:26:12quote from the book i'm sure there have been times when you were
00:26:16so completely caught up in what you were doing that everything else disappeared
00:26:20and it just felt like the most natural thing you've ever done
00:26:23time probably melted away from you during those experiences
00:26:27people regularly tell me about focusing so deeply on what they are doing
00:26:31that they had no idea that afternoon had become night
00:26:34or they had missed multiple meals in the process
00:26:38this experience is flow also directly from the book i'm not
00:26:45going to pronounce this doctor's name because i'm going to
00:26:49ruin it completely but this doctor describes flow as having eight
00:26:53characteristics one absolute concentration
00:26:58two total focus on goals three the sense that time is either speeding
00:27:03up or slowing down four a feeling of reward from the
00:27:07experience five a sense of effortlessness six
00:27:12the experience is challenging but not overly so
00:27:16seven your actions almost seem to be happening on their own and
00:27:20eight you feel comfort with what you are doing
00:27:27the book goes into stages of flow the first is struggle
00:27:31when you first sit down your brain is trying to concentrate
00:27:35the second stage is relaxation when you start to become relaxed
00:27:40and ease into that task the third state is where you want to get to and that is
00:27:46the flow state this is where you experience all of the
00:27:49eight characteristics that the doctor described
00:27:53it's intense focus and effortlessness the final stage of flow is consolidation
00:28:01this state is where you pull together everything you accomplished in
00:28:04in the flow and this can feel like a bit of a downer like
00:28:08uh kind of the kind of feeling a drug addict may feel when they're coming down
00:28:12off drugs but obviously much less severe
00:28:16and this is because all of the happy chemicals you were experiencing
00:28:20during the flow state
00:28:24so how can we find the flow state faster and more efficiently the first thing you
00:28:30can do is to eliminate eliminate all
00:28:32distractions so you want to de-clutter and tidy up your workspace
00:28:39believe it or not every object and different color in your peripheral
00:28:43vision is competing for your brain's finite energy
00:28:47so a messy desk with many different objects and colors
00:28:51will make your brain more fatigued than having a tidy clean desk without
00:28:55any distractions and this is essential that all
00:29:00all distractions are eliminated because it can take almost
00:29:0320 minutes to refocus and get back into the flow
00:29:06if you get kicked out of it by a distraction so
00:29:10make sure you do whatever you can to eliminate any potential distractions
00:29:14next allow enough time if you're serious about getting into a flow state
00:29:20ideally what you want to have is around 2 hours but at least 90 minutes
00:29:25this is mainly because it takes at least 15 minutes to get
00:29:29uh to begin getting into the flow um but you don't hit your peak until you're
00:29:36around 45 minutes in okay third do something you love if you
00:29:44love what you're doing you can achieve a flow state much much
00:29:48easier lastly have clear goals make sure you have a clear written goal
00:29:54of what you're hoping to achieve within that period of time
00:30:01okay and to conclude flow there are four main enemy
00:30:05enemies that the author goes through these are the four enemies of achieving
00:30:09flow multitasking if you want to find flow
00:30:14don't even entertain trying to achieve flow whilst
00:30:18multitasking stress stress is the flow killer it is the
00:30:24kryptonite of flow so deal with and reduce your stress
00:30:27before even attempting to get into flow uh having a lack of conviction
00:30:34to the brain uncertainty is a threat so if you don't believe you're going to
00:30:38accomplish anything of importance you'll guarantee uh that outcome
00:30:44and fear of failure perfectionism reduces creativity and
00:30:48innovation so you need to convince yourself that
00:30:52a little bit of a lack of perfection is actually okay
00:30:56okay so that concludes flow and i gotta say i think this was one of my favorite
00:31:01parts of the book um getting into these concepts of flow
00:31:05and how to get into flow in a more efficient manner i think
00:31:09the mistake that i was making in the past was that i just wasn't allowing
00:31:12enough time for myself to you know ease into that flow and hit
00:31:17that peak so nowadays i'm making sure that i allow
00:31:20at least 90 minutes for whatever i'm focusing on
00:31:29the final part of this book is part three which is methods the how
00:31:33when the billionaire investor warren buffett was asked what factor do you
00:31:37feel has been the most important in getting to where you've gotten in life
00:31:40buffered immediately replied focus and bill gates who is sitting next to him
00:31:45agreed steve jobs has also harped on the importance of focus
00:31:50for steve jobs focus was the ability to say no to almost everything
00:31:55and carefully choose what to spend his precious time on
00:31:59so focus is what defines the difference between an average performance
00:32:03and super performance imagine a magnifying glass
00:32:08and when you harness the sun and burn a leaf there is one point that is laser
00:32:12focused
00:32:14your mind needs to become that focused beam of light
00:32:17you don't want to be spreading your focus and the sun is your energy
00:32:21and the laser beam of light is your focus
00:32:25if you're someone that gets distracted easily the good news is that your focus
00:32:29can be trained like a muscle you can think like think of your
00:32:32awareness like that glowing ball of light
00:32:35that moves to different parts of your mind and in order to excel at
00:32:39concentration you need to make yourself keep that ball
00:32:42of light trained on one spot in your mind for long periods
00:32:47and like most things in life this won't be easy
00:32:50at first however with some conscious effort to exercise your willpower
00:32:56in this in this way it will likely lead to notable results
00:33:01so getting into that habit of refocusing will become natural
00:33:05over time if you have a scattered brain a lot on your mind finding focus will be
00:33:11difficult to begin with so you need to first calm
00:33:15that busy mind quick gives us some breathing techniques
00:33:19which can help to do just that he calls it the 478
00:33:22breathing model and here's how that works
00:33:26first you want to exhale fully close your mouth
00:33:30inhale through your nose for the count of four
00:33:33hold your breath for seven and then exhale completely through the mouth
00:33:39making a whoosh sound for a count of eight and you wanna you
00:33:43wanna repeat that cycle four times so if something is stressing you out and
00:33:51the breathing techniques also fail the only thing you can do next is to
00:33:55confront that stress uh confront that thing that is causing
00:33:59you stress and lastly schedule time in your
00:34:02calendar for whatever is distracting you or giving you distress
00:34:09okay moving on study why are most of us restrained in our
00:34:15ability ability to study most people do not know how to study of
00:34:19effectively because they were never taught
00:34:22many people naturally assume they already know how to learn
00:34:26the challenge is that most of the techniques that we use now
00:34:30are old and ineffective many of them date back hundreds of years
00:34:36we now live in a highly competitive information age where information is
00:34:40everywhere
00:34:40yet we're still using the same methods to observe
00:34:44sorry to absorb and process it all so we have a limited time and there's
00:34:51only so much information that we can learn in that time
00:34:55and that is why it's so important to study efficiently and effectively
00:35:03the author gives us seven habits that we can follow to make sure that we're being
00:35:07effective learners the first habit is employing active recall so
00:35:14people often study using passive recognition
00:35:17which means you simply read and try to remember what you saw on the page
00:35:21when you're reviewing it it's easy to say like okay i've got this
00:35:25but when it when it comes time to put that knowledge into action
00:35:29it becomes difficult to remember if you want to actively recall something
00:35:34after you study something close your book
00:35:38read out loud what you learnt and remembered or write down what you learnt
00:35:43these activities can help you to retain that information
00:35:47more effectively if you are someone that crams information
00:35:52then the second habit is for you the second habit is space
00:35:56repetition cramming is a stressful task you may remember the information for a
00:36:02day or maybe two but after that test or exam you're
00:36:06probably going to forget close to all of that so
00:36:10quick recommends reviewing once in the morning and once again before dinner
00:36:15four days in a row before any important exam or test
00:36:22the third habit is to manage the state that you're in when you
00:36:26perform any activity your state of mind will have the greatest
00:36:29impact on your success be aware of your posture
00:36:34if you're slumped over this can stifle your breathing
00:36:38and it will make you prematurely tired so you want to sit up straight improve
00:36:43your posture and see if you can feel or see if you
00:36:47can change that state
00:36:54the sixth habit is to listen with your whole brain
00:36:57so you want to get better at listening and actually listening
00:37:01to someone when they're speaking not just waiting to reply to the person
00:37:06so you want to hold yourself actively listen
00:37:09don't think about your to-do list or what you're going to watch on netflix
00:37:12tonight try to show that person some empathy and
00:37:16actually listen next habit is to take effective
00:37:20notes begin taking notes knowing your purpose
00:37:23in the first place for taking the notes try to use your own words wherever
00:37:28possible instead of transcribing word for word what the speaker said
00:37:32when you do this you're actually processing what the speaker said and not
00:37:36simply transcribing the information
00:37:40on the left side of your notebook what you want to do is capture the things
00:37:44that the speaker said but on the right side you want to create
00:37:47your own notes by answering questions like how is this
00:37:50applicable why must i remember this and when and
00:37:54where will i use this information
00:38:00okay the next habit is to use your sense of smell
00:38:04smells are especially effective at bringing memories to the forefront of
00:38:08our brains so you can put certain essential oils or
00:38:12perfume cologne on your wrist while you study
00:38:16and then you want to smell that same smell during the exam or during
00:38:23whatever it is that you need to remember to improve that memory recall
00:38:30the last habit is music for the mind so you want to use music to your advantage
00:38:36to shift your state he recommends baroque music
00:38:39at 50 to 80 beats per minute because it's able to stabilize the mind and help
00:38:44you reach deeper levels of concentration and focus
00:38:50music can help you learn vocabulary memorize facts
00:38:53and it helps you to read more effectively so go ahead
00:38:57and check out some free baroque music playlist today on youtube
00:39:01or another platform all right moving on to
00:39:04memory there are many techniques in the book
00:39:07for unlocking your memory the first one is visualization
00:39:12so this is the act of linking a word to an image of something
00:39:16if you're trying to remember someone's someone's name when you first hear it
00:39:19you want to try and link it to a visual image so
00:39:23if their last name is baker then you might want to imagine
00:39:26a baker with a big white hat next is to link words via association
00:39:33so try to link new information to old information
00:39:36if you can associate the new information with something that you're
00:39:40already familiar with it will greatly improve your memory
00:39:45so what comes to your mind when you think of a cherry perhaps red
00:39:48sweet fruit pie round seeds okay these are words and pictures that
00:39:54you have learnt to link to the word cherry
00:39:58so what you did was you associated something you knew to something you
00:40:02didn't know at one stage in time next one is
00:40:06emotions adding emotions makes something more memorable information by itself is
00:40:13forgettable but when information is combined with
00:40:16emotions it can become a long-term memory
00:40:19when we add emotions to something we make it adventurous we make it
00:40:22action-filled we can make it humorous and when we do
00:40:26that we're much more likely to remember it
00:40:29lastly you want to create a story if you need to memorize a sequence or a long
00:40:33list of words
00:40:35telling a story can really unlock that memory
00:40:41let's say your chemistry teacher asks you to memorize a periodic table
00:40:45for example
00:40:46do you think you could do that maybe you could do it if you went through it over
00:40:51and over and over again but uh this type of learning is very
00:40:55time consuming and very inefficient so instead you could you
00:40:59could use some association visualization and storytelling so
00:41:08maybe hydrogen let's make that a fire hydrant because it sounds very
00:41:14similar helium what's something that has helium
00:41:19hmm balloons okay i can remember that same deal with lithium lithium batteries
00:41:25okay for beryllium we make we may make it uh some berries
00:41:31because they sound very familiar
00:41:37now imagine you're standing next to a giant fire hydrant
00:41:40then you attach hundreds of balloons to the fire hydrant
00:41:44the balloons somehow take the hydrant up into the sky and off the ground
00:41:48so that it flies high up into the sky
00:41:51suddenly it starts raining batteries and berries
00:41:54the balloons pop and the berries splatter all over the ground
00:42:00so we could continue in that fashion but i think you get the idea
00:42:04you could break down each line of the periodic table into a short story
00:42:08or you could break down each list that you have into
00:42:12a short story and that will greatly help
00:42:14you to memorize the information
00:42:22okay so let's move down here to speed reading
00:42:26now he dedicates quite a few pages to speed reading in the book
00:42:30but for the purpose of this summary i'll
00:42:32only be going over some of his suggestions very briefly
00:42:36however if you are interested in pursuing this topic further i would
00:42:40highly recommend grabbing the book so
00:42:44he tells us that regression and sub-vocalization slow you down
00:42:49regression meaning um losing where you are
00:42:52on the page and having to go back uh sub-vocalization being the little
00:42:58voice inside your head as you read so to improve your reading
00:43:03speed he suggests to use your finger or pen as a tracker
00:43:08you can also count while you read this will help to prevent that
00:43:13inner voice the sub vocalization he suggests to expand your peripheral
00:43:18vision so that you can take in more words
00:43:23he suggests 20 minutes on and 5 minutes off and lastly
00:43:30he suggests looking at the page directly so don't look at the page on an angle or
00:43:35slanted because this can cause eye strain
00:43:43and the final topic in the methods part
00:43:45of this book are mental models and thinking
00:43:51we can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used
00:43:55when we created them albert einstein
00:44:02the six thinking hats the core notion is to separate thinking into six distinctly
00:44:09defined functions by progressively donning
00:44:12a series of metaphorical hats
00:44:16so for the white hat this is when you're in
00:44:19information gathering mode okay the yellow hat this is where you want to
00:44:25argue the positives and pros of the situation the black hat is the
00:44:29opposite of that so you want to argue the negatives and the cons
00:44:34the red hat is where you want to analyze any emotions at play
00:44:39so are there any emotions that are affecting your decision
00:44:43making ability the green hat is to brainstorm
00:44:48solutions to the problem and the blue hat is when you're in management mode
00:44:53so this is where you make sure that you've addressed everything
00:44:56on the agenda and within this mental model
00:45:00i think this is a great exercise to do if you're in
00:45:03if you're by yourself or in a team and the reason why i think this is a great
00:45:08mental model is because what most people do is they view
00:45:12problems from their own perspective that that one perspective and what i
00:45:17think this method allows you to do is view the problem from multiple
00:45:22different perspectives the eight intelligences
00:45:27why is it important for us to have tools to help us think in different ways
00:45:31because people usually have a dominant way of using their intelligence
00:45:36so these eight intelligences can be used to
00:45:39identify your strengths and how you think for most people they will have
00:45:44multiple intelligences but are usually only dominant in one or two
00:45:49people with spatial intelligence think think in terms of space
00:45:52around them so you might want to think of artists or
00:45:56pilots second we have bodily kinesthetic and someone with this intelligence uses
00:46:04their body so an example would be athletes
00:46:08third we have musical so this is a strong sensitivity to rhythm
00:46:13tone melody pitch things like this an example maybe someone like mozart
00:46:19for linguistic intelligence
00:46:23this is someone that's very attuned to the use of words
00:46:27so this could be someone like shakespeare
00:46:31the fifth intelligence is local sorry logical mathematical this is someone
00:46:38great at seeing logical relationships among actions or symbols an example of
00:46:43this intelligence would be someone like albert einstein
00:46:46the sixth intelligence would be interpersonal
00:46:49so this is someone with a deep innate ability to
00:46:53connect with others you may want to think of someone like
00:46:56oprah seventh intrapersonal this is someone great at
00:47:03understanding and managing their own inner feelings
00:47:07and finally we have naturalistic so this is an ability to see the world of nature
00:47:14in all of its different complexities and an example of this intelligence would be
00:47:18someone like jane goodall
00:47:22okay moving down now we have the three learning styles
00:47:30just as types of intelligence vary from person to person
00:47:33the way one learns varies this theory of learning has been known for
00:47:38nearly 100 years now so a visual learner is someone who
00:47:43prefers to learn through pictures videos and
00:47:46charts an auditory learner is someone who prefers to learn through listening
00:47:50and a kinesthetic learner is someone who prefers to have some kind of physical
00:47:55interaction or hands-on approach
00:47:59if you guys are interested in finding out what type of learner you are
00:48:03go ahead grab a copy of this book as it gives you a quiz
00:48:07that helps you find which learning style you are
00:48:10for myself i was a visual learner
00:48:19okay next the 40-70 rule
00:48:23never make a decision with less than 40 of the information
00:48:26you're likely to get and together no more than 70
00:48:29of the information available anything less than 40
00:48:33and you're just guessing anything more than 70
00:48:36and you're stalling over making the decision so this was a rule that really
00:48:40hit hard with me because i find that uh in general i'm someone
00:48:44that's a bit of a perfectionist i need everything to be you know very
00:48:49clear and perfect so i love this rule and i'm
00:48:54really going to try and implement it into my life
00:49:01okay not to-do lists so many many people
00:49:08create to-do lists but what happens is that these lists
00:49:13end up just becoming long and overwhelming
00:49:16and what you want to do is you want to have a not to-do list okay so this will
00:49:24help eliminate any distractions that you're
00:49:26having in your life it'll help you not engage in unimportant tasks
00:49:32and finally a not to-do list would be something like not checking
00:49:38social media between this hour and this hour
00:49:43not answering emails first thing in the morning
00:49:46uh not doing this errand because it doesn't align with my overall values
00:49:54okay now lastly second order thinking
00:49:59and exponential thinking
00:50:01always ask yourself and then what think in increments of time
00:50:06what do the consequences look in five days five months and five years
00:50:12first order thinking is easy but it's second order thinking that allows us to
00:50:16go deeper through time and consequences
00:50:19best of all it allows us to see what others can't see
00:50:24now this isn't directly from the book but let's run through an example of
00:50:28ordered thinking and consequences so let's say you decide that you're
00:50:33going to buy a subscription to netflix because
00:50:37everyone's using netflix and it's a cool thing to do so why not
00:50:42so this is where most people's thinking resides
00:50:45in the first order most people don't even get to that second order of
00:50:49thinking
00:50:50but let's uh let's ask ourselves and then what
00:50:55well you're going to need to get your money's worth right
00:50:59so the average netflix subscriber watches around one hour of netflix per
00:51:03day so let's say you're going to be an
00:51:06average netflix subscriber and you're going to do just that so
00:51:11second order thinking would tell us that we need to have around one hour per day
00:51:15to dedicate dedicate to watching but let's go even
00:51:19further let's extrapolate this out over a longer
00:51:23time horizon so in one week that's seven hours you're dedicating to netflix
00:51:29in a month that's 30 hours in a year 365 hours
00:51:34okay but let's go even further let's say this becomes
00:51:38an ingrained habit okay you at this point in time maybe you're
00:51:43getting up to that two hours per day but let's just keep it at one
00:51:46so the fourth order consequence over the next five years 1825
00:51:54hours of your life have been given to netflix
00:51:58think of what you could have accomplished if you dedicated that 1825
00:52:02hours to something productive
00:52:07and that is how you can go through uh ordered thinking okay it's a great it's
00:52:14it's an amazing mental model that you should always go
00:52:18through every time you're about to make a big purchase
00:52:21or make a big decision in your life and
00:52:24finally guys we have exponential thinking
00:52:27so the incremental mindset focuses on making something better
00:52:31whilst the exponential mindset is focusing on making something different
00:52:36incremental is satisfied with 10 percent better exponential
00:52:40is out for 10x so you can think of people like jeff bezos
00:52:45elon musk these are people who have that exponential thinking and are always
00:52:52you know questioning the principles of what people say are possible or
00:52:56impossible they're always trying to push the boundary
00:53:01all right so that brings us to the end of this summary guys we covered
00:53:05freeing your mind mindset
00:53:08motivation and the methods to becoming limitless
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