How Terribly Short Your Life Really Is - Everyday Habits To Find Focus, Purpose & Meaning | Jim Kwik

Rangan Chatterjee

Jul 10, 2024

Episode description

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After suffering a traumatic brain injury as a child, this week’s returning podcast guest was labelled "the boy with the broken brain" by teachers and peers, shaping his beliefs about his own capabilities and potential.

Fast-forward to today, and he’s transformed his challenges into strengths, becoming a world renowned brain coach who’s helped thousands of people around the world enhance their memory and improve their brain performance.

I’m delighted to welcome Jim Kwik back for our second conversation. If you don’t know Jim, he’s spent the last three decades teaching his learning techniques to students from universities such as Harvard and CalTech. He’s also helped executives and employees from companies such as Google, Virgin, Nike and institutions like the United Nations to get the most out of work and life.

Jim is also the author of the bestselling book Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, And Unlock Your Exceptional Life and his first appearance on my podcast 12 months ago now, is one of the most downloaded episodes in this podcasts’ history.

In today's conversation, we cover many different topics relating to our brain and its limitless potential, including:

• the importance of continuous learning,
• how small changes can lead to big improvements in brain function,
• the impact of our self-talk,
• the role of our environment in shaping our productivity,
• the importance of managing our energy and emotional states,
• the power of choice in personal growth, and we discuss many practical techniques for better time management and focus.

One of the highlights of this episode is a real-time memory activity that Jim guides us all through, demonstrating the practical application of his techniques and showcasing how anyone can improve their memory and cognitive abilities if they have the right strategies.

Jim is such a wonderful and caring human being and a quite brilliant communicator, who has lots of practical knowledge that he is super passionate about sharing. And, I think his own journey from struggle to success, serves as a powerful reminder that each of us has a brain with incredible, limitless potential.

#feelbetterlivemore
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Sign up for Jim's FREE Brain Summit on 5-7th August https://www.jimkwik.com/livemore.

Connect with Jim:
Website https://www.jimkwik.com/
Podcast https://www.jimkwik.com/podcast/
https://www.facebook.com/jimkwikofficial
https://www.instagram.com/jimkwik/
https://www.youtube.com/JimKwik
https://twitter.com/jimkwik

Jim’s book: Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life US https://amzn.to/3SbNWwZ UK https://amzn.to/3PVpwqS

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Episode description

Download my FREE Habit Change Guide HERE: http://bit.ly/3QKGGFW

Find out about the Three Question Journal here https://bit.ly/3TSaYtX

Download my FREE Sleep Guide HERE: https://bit.ly/3OzqCap

After suffering a traumatic brain injury as a child, this week’s returning podcast guest was labelled "the boy with the broken brain" by teachers and peers, shaping his beliefs about his own capabilities and potential.

Fast-forward to today, and he’s transformed his challenges into strengths, becoming a world renowned brain coach who’s helped thousands of people around the world enhance their memory and improve their brain performance.

I’m delighted to welcome Jim Kwik back for our second conversation. If you don’t know Jim, he’s spent the last three decades teaching his learning techniques to students from universities such as Harvard and CalTech. He’s also helped executives and employees from companies such as Google, Virgin, Nike and institutions like the United Nations to get the most out of work and life.

Jim is also the author of the bestselling book Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, And Unlock Your Exceptional Life and his first appearance on my podcast 12 months ago now, is one of the most downloaded episodes in this podcasts’ history.

In today's conversation, we cover many different topics relating to our brain and its limitless potential, including:

• the importance of continuous learning,
• how small changes can lead to big improvements in brain function,
• the impact of our self-talk,
• the role of our environment in shaping our productivity,
• the importance of managing our energy and emotional states,
• the power of choice in personal growth, and we discuss many practical techniques for better time management and focus.

One of the highlights of this episode is a real-time memory activity that Jim guides us all through, demonstrating the practical application of his techniques and showcasing how anyone can improve their memory and cognitive abilities if they have the right strategies.

Jim is such a wonderful and caring human being and a quite brilliant communicator, who has lots of practical knowledge that he is super passionate about sharing. And, I think his own journey from struggle to success, serves as a powerful reminder that each of us has a brain with incredible, limitless potential.

#feelbetterlivemore
-----
Sign up for Jim's FREE Brain Summit on 5-7th August https://www.jimkwik.com/livemore.

Connect with Jim:
Website https://www.jimkwik.com/
Podcast https://www.jimkwik.com/podcast/
https://www.facebook.com/jimkwikofficial
https://www.instagram.com/jimkwik/
https://www.youtube.com/JimKwik
https://twitter.com/jimkwik

Jim’s book: Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life US https://amzn.to/3SbNWwZ UK https://amzn.to/3PVpwqS

#feelbetterlivemore #feelbetterlivemorepodcast

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Sign up to my newsletter - FRIDAY FIVE https://drchatterjee.com/fridayfive
Find out about THE THREE QUESTION JOURNAL https://bit.ly/3TSaYtX
Pre-order MAKE CHANGE THAT LASTS. US & Canada version https://amzn.to/3RyO3SL, UK version https://amzn.to/3Kt5rUK
Order HAPPY MIND HAPPY LIFE. US & Canada https://amzn.to/3DRxjgp, UK https://amzn.to/304opgJ
Read FEEL GREAT LOSE WEIGHT. US & Canada https://amzn.to/2GWPgls, UK https://amzn.to/2W6bsOE
Order FEEL BETTER IN 5. US & Canada https://amzn.to/2EB2oM0, UK https://amzn.to/2G0XK7l
Read THE STRESS SOLUTION https://amzn.to/2MZ8u8h
Order THE 4 PILLAR PLAN available via http://amzn.to/2yGfpuB Or the US version is HOW TO MAKE DISEASE DISAPPEAR https://amzn.to/2Gj1YEL
-----
Listen to all podcast episodes on https://drchatterjee.com/podcast or via these podcast platforms by searching for 'Feel Better, Live More'.
Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/6NyPQfcSR9nj0DPDr2ixrK
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Newsletter: https://drchatterjee.com/subscription

DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

Mindsip insights from this episode:

Strive for harmony to create a beautiful life symphony

Instead of seeking a stressful balance of equal time for all life areas, aim for harmony where different elements contribute unequally but create a beautiful symphony.

Invest your 86,400 seconds daily in what truly matters

Treat the 86,400 seconds in a day like money in a bank account that vanishes at midnight, investing it only in what truly matters.

Design your perfect day by setting daily targets

Every morning, ask yourself what three personal and three professional things would need to happen for you to consider the day amazing, and make those your targets.

Maintain a daily 'to-learn' list for lifelong growth

To foster lifelong growth and avoid the cognitive decline seen after graduation and retirement, maintain a daily 'to-learn' list alongside your 'to-do' list.

Engage in activities that ignite passion to prevent burnout

Burnout may not come from doing too much, but from doing too little of the things that truly light you up and make you feel alive.

Make four fundamental choices to create change

To create any new result in your life, you only have four fundamental choices: stop something, start something, do less of something, or do more of something.

Practice right techniques to ensure permanent improvement

Be mindful that practice doesn't necessarily make you perfect; it makes your current method permanent, so it's crucial to practice the right techniques from the start.

Reframe energy as an active process to enhance agency

Reframe concepts like energy, focus, and motivation not as things you possess, but as processes you actively do, which gives you the agency to generate them.

Transform knowledge into action with three key questions

To apply what you learn, ask three questions: How can I use this (head), why must I use this (heart), and when will I use this (hands)?.

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