Jim Kwik Quotes

The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre noted that, “Life is C between B and D,” meaning that the life we live is the choices we make between the “B” of birth and the “D” of death.

I will see it when I believe it.

In a era of autonomously driven electric cars and vehicles capable of taking us to Mars, our education system is the equivalent of a horse and carriage.

you make mistakes; mistakes don’t make you.

Are you really terrible at speaking in public? Are you really bad at leading a group? Are you really the least interesting person in the room wherever you are? What’s the evidence to support that?

by taking breaks, you create more beginnings and endings, and you retain far more of what you’re learning.

Unfortunately, our world doesn’t foster a healthy environment for our brain. Before Jim Kwik provides a road map to become limitless, he indicts the four growing villains that are challenging our capacity to think, focus, learn, grow, and be fully human. The first is digital deluge — the unending flood of information in a world of finite time and unfair expectations that leads to overwhelm, anxiety, and sleeplessness. Drowning in data and rapid change, we long for strategies and tools to regain some semblance of productivity, performance, and peace of mind. The second villain is digital distraction. The fleeting ping of digital dopamine pleasure replaces our ability to sustain the attention necessary for deep relationship, deep learning, or deep work.

The 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; they just know they want to walk. As we get older, we have a harder time staying this open. We might take a singing lesson, or maybe a coding class, and if we hit a flat note or make a mistake as we learn, we shrink or stop.

It’s not how smart your children are, it’s how are they smart.

What would you call this chapter of your life? And remind yourself the next one is still unwritten.

All behavior is driven by belief, so before we address how to learn, we must first address the underlying beliefs we hold about what is possible.

How important is it to you to vote?” The second group’s questionnaire had slightly altered questions, like “How important is it to you to be a voter

Make sure you have a block of time set aside to get into flow. It’s commonly believed that, when conditions are right, it takes about 15 minutes to achieve a flow state and that you don’t really hit your peak for closer to 45 minutes. Clearing out only half an hour or so isn’t going to allow you to accomplish much. Plan to set aside at least 90 minutes, and ideally a full two hours.

a beginner’s mind.” Remember that your mind is like a parachute — it only works when it’s open.

For the dressing: 3 tablespoons raw apple cider vinegar ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil ½ lemon squeezed