If you want to remember what you learn, read this. After cracking...
Fernando Cao@thefernandocz
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Jul 17, 2024
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If you want to remember what you learn, read this.
After cracking his head at 5, Jim Kwik was known as “the kid with the broken brain.”
Today he is the brain coach for Will Smith, Bill Gates, Tom Brady, Richard Branson...
Here is his blueprint to speed learn anything:
After cracking his head at 5, Jim Kwik was known as “the kid with the broken brain.”
Today he is the brain coach for Will Smith, Bill Gates, Tom Brady, Richard Branson...
Here is his blueprint to speed learn anything:
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@jimkwik devised a 3-step “limitless model” for how we can:
• Overcome limitations.
• Reach our full potential.
• Achieve our goals and beyond.
And it’s rooted in learning how to learn:
• Overcome limitations.
• Reach our full potential.
• Achieve our goals and beyond.
And it’s rooted in learning how to learn:
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Kwik’s 3-step model is:
1. Mindset - Cultivate curiosity. Ask questions. Do not limit your beliefs
2. Motivation - Connect to a deep purpose
3. Methods - Explore practical techniques. Understand how learning works
Kwik’s methods include:
1. Mindset - Cultivate curiosity. Ask questions. Do not limit your beliefs
2. Motivation - Connect to a deep purpose
3. Methods - Explore practical techniques. Understand how learning works
Kwik’s methods include:
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Balance Learning Across Growth Areas
Focusing on your strengths may feel good.
However, addressing weaknesses is where you can stretch cognitive development by feeding your brain challenges.
Focusing on your strengths may feel good.
However, addressing weaknesses is where you can stretch cognitive development by feeding your brain challenges.
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Our brains release dopamine when we encounter novelty.
So, make learning multi-sensory and imaginative:
• Vivid visuals
• Captivating stories
• Thought-provoking questions
So, make learning multi-sensory and imaginative:
• Vivid visuals
• Captivating stories
• Thought-provoking questions
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Using Spaced Repetition
Review material systematically. Increase the time between each review as your knowledge cements.
This will reinforce knowledge over time.
Review material systematically. Increase the time between each review as your knowledge cements.
This will reinforce knowledge over time.
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Using Active Recall
Test yourself.
Ask questions, write summaries, and draw diagrams.
You’ll solidify concepts by engaging with them.
Test yourself.
Ask questions, write summaries, and draw diagrams.
You’ll solidify concepts by engaging with them.
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Teaching Others
There is no better way to locate gaps in your understanding than
transferring your knowledge to another person.
“To teach is to learn twice.”
There is no better way to locate gaps in your understanding than
transferring your knowledge to another person.
“To teach is to learn twice.”
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Take Micro-Steps
Want to read more? Commit to one page per day.
Learning Spanish? Start with one new word at breakfast.
Small steps, taken daily, lead to better results and long-term motivation.
Want to read more? Commit to one page per day.
Learning Spanish? Start with one new word at breakfast.
Small steps, taken daily, lead to better results and long-term motivation.
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Understand what your brain dislikes:
• Poor diet
• Physical inactivity
• Stress and anxiety
• High blood pressure
• Excessive consumption of alcohol and cigarettes
• Poor diet
• Physical inactivity
• Stress and anxiety
• High blood pressure
• Excessive consumption of alcohol and cigarettes
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If you want to make your brain happy?
Ensure:
• Quality sleep
• A quality diet
• Enough exercise
It’s everything we’ve heard before. But when executed, the difference is astounding.
Ensure:
• Quality sleep
• A quality diet
• Enough exercise
It’s everything we’ve heard before. But when executed, the difference is astounding.
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The good news is that lots of these factors are linked.
Exercise and diet are likely to influence blood pressure as well as sleep.
The effects of one healthy habit will compound.
Exercise and diet are likely to influence blood pressure as well as sleep.
The effects of one healthy habit will compound.
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More good news:
Failure and mistakes are not just tolerable. They are essential.
When we get something wrong, our brains are stimulated to pay closer attention next time.
Progress > Perfectionism.
Failure and mistakes are not just tolerable. They are essential.
When we get something wrong, our brains are stimulated to pay closer attention next time.
Progress > Perfectionism.
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Your brain is a marvelous gift.
Bad news: it takes effort to tap into that potential.
The good news: it’s not as hard as you think.
Bad news: it takes effort to tap into that potential.
The good news: it’s not as hard as you think.
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