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Lewis Howes"This SECRET Will DOUBLE Your Learning SPEED!" | Jim Kwik & Lewis Howes
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Jim Kwik Shares Memory, Learning, and Brain-Boosting Strategies for Everyone
- Jim Kwik describes growing up with learning challenges after a childhood head injury, nearly quitting college, and then teaching himself how to learn after a hospital stay.
- He argues that learning is a superpower and a force multiplier, and that memory affects business, relationships, and everyday life.
- He lays out the MOM framework for memory (motivation, observation, mechanics) and the BE SUAVE method for remembering names.
- He lists ten daily habits for brain health, including diet, exercise, sleep, positive peers, new learning, and stress management, and says about two-thirds of memory is within a person's control.
- He closes with a story of coaching the X-Men cast, the idea of staying childlike and playful, and his view that greatness means becoming a superhero who uses unique strengths for a purpose.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasIntelligence and memory are not fixed
Kwik says the idea that genius is fixed like shoe size is a lie, and that anyone can improve with the right methods. He points to his own turnaround within about 60 days of studying how to learn.
Motivation drives memory
Using the example of a suitcase of $100,000 for remembering a stranger's name, Kwik argues everyone could do it when the stakes are high. He says people need a big enough why, and that reasons reap results.
Memory problems are often attention problems
Kwik says many people blame retention when the real issue is observation, meaning being truly present. He cites Bill Clinton's powerful presence as coming from being powerfully present, and notes that people often think about their reply instead of listening.
Remembering names shows you care
Kwik says remembering someone's name makes them feel important, while forgetting it signals you don't care. Lewis Howes adds that showing care has mattered more to his success than showing what he knows.
Turn names into pictures within six seconds
Kwik says you have about six seconds to do something with a name before it is gone. Turning it into a mental image, such as Mike with a microphone, uses more of the brain and holds the name long enough to lock it in.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesI think that if there's one skill to master in the 21st century, it's the ability to learn rapidly.
— Jim Kwik
I find that a lot of people blame their memory issues, and they think it's like a, a retention issue, but I find it's really a attention issue.
— Jim Kwik
His powerful presence comes from being powerfully present.
— Jim Kwik
There's no magic memory pill. There is a memory process.
— Jim Kwik
I would define greatness as people who become the superhero that they were meant to be.
— Jim Kwik
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SPEAKERS
Lewis Howes
hostHost and interviewer on Lewis Howes’ show, The School of Greatness.
Jim Kwik
guestMemory and learning expert known for teaching accelerated learning and brain performance strategies.
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