The Mel Robbins PodcastSuper Brain: 10 Things to Eat, Think, & Do to Improve Your Memory and Learn Faster
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Intro
- MRMel Robbins
(ticking clock) I can't remember anything. Do you ever walk into the kitchen, and you get to the kitchen, and then you're like, "Wait a minute. Why did I come into the kitchen?" I have brought in today the most respected brain coach on the planet to help you and me. You're gonna know his technique for remembering people's names. And personally, I need this one, a super interesting thing you can do to never lose your keys again. How cool is that? (upbeat music) Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. Have you ever worried about your memory? You know, like, you put your keys down and then you can't find 'em, and you're like, "I know they were right there." And then you start to wonder, "Am I freaking losing my mind or something?" Well, this happens to me all the time. Do you ever walk into the kitchen, and you get to the kitchen, and then you're like, "Wait a minute. Why did I come into the kitchen?" And then you walk out of the kitchen 'cause you can't remember why you walked into the kitchen. And I have had this happen so often recently that I'm starting to wonder, is this early-onset dementia? Now, look, I'm not trying to make a joke about a serious topic, but I will be honest with you. Here is a thought that crosses my mind at least once a week. There's something wrong with my brain. There's something wrong with my brain. Like, I can't remember people's names. I, I, I just feel overloaded all the time. I'm forgetting things. And I don't know about you, I can't stay on top of it all, and I've got a million excuses for why. Oh, it's menopause. Oh, it's busy. Oh, it's the three kids, and a husband, and a full-time job, and two dogs, and a cat that's on medication for a UTI, and I need to give it to him twice a day and I keep forgetting, and that makes me a bad pet owner. But the bottom line is, I can't remember anything. It's like information is just dripping through the holes in my brain. I don't even know if your brain has holes, but I know you feel what I feel, right? Between the information overload, way too much going on at work or school or at home, you're overloaded too. Well, guess what? You and I are in luck, because I have brought in today the most respected brain coach on the planet to help you and me. He says that we have super brains, we just don't know how to tap into it. And in fact, you wanna know why I believe him? I'll tell you why. Because I first met Jim Kwik, that's his name, I'll tell you more about his credentials in a minute, but let me tell you how I met Jim. So Jim and I were both hired to come in and give a presentation at one of the largest, uh, management consulting firms in the world. And so he's on stage and he's teaching all of these skills and amazing things that you're about to learn to increase your memory, to help you read faster, to tap into the super power of your brain. And all of a sudden, he does this thing where he says, "All right, everybody who's wearing red, raise your hand." And we're talking an audience of several thousand people, and I'd say a couple hundred people raised their hand. And he asked them all to stand up. And then he did this insane trick in front of all of our eyes. This is what he did. He had the person in the back left-hand corner of the room start, and he had everybody standing say their name. I'm talking a couple hundred people. And without skipping a beat, as soon as they were done, he said their names and he did it in reverse. Now, I was standing backstage 'cause I was going on after him, and I'm very kinda skeptical of this kinda stuff. So I had my, like, super eagle eyes on him, and he was not wearing anything in his ears. He was not writing anything down. This was his memory. You wanna talk about a super brain? And here's what Jim Kwik says. Jim Kwik says that he can teach you and me how to do it. In fact, he's going to reveal the secret of how he remembered 200 names in reverse later in our conversation today. But the bottom line is, one-third of your brain is predetermined by genetics and biology. Jim Kwik is here to teach you that two-thirds of your brain is within your control, and you have way more influence over your brain and how it works than you think. By the end of the conversation today, you will know a simple technique that will help you read up to 50% faster and retain it all. You're gonna know his technique for remembering people's names. And personally, I need this one, a super interesting thing you can do to never lose your keys again. How cool is that? For the past 30 years, Jim has worked with elite athletes, actors, and executives. He's taught what you're about to learn to people at Harvard, Google, Nike, Zappos, and even the United Nations. And his New York Times bestselling book, which is the handbook on how to create limitless capacity in your brain, now has a new expanded edition and is here to teach you absolutely all the tricks and tools that you need to know. If you've ever wondered, like I've wondered, how the heck does a Broadway actor remember two hours of a script? Well, Jim is a memory coach that has worked with some of the most famous actors in Hollywood and on Broadway. That's how. You are simply not going to believe what he's about to teach you in less than an hour. This is a skills-packed, brainiac, amazing episode that is gonna help you and me tap into the two-thirds of our brain and create what Jim calls a super brain. And make sure you stick around all the way to the very end, because at the end of this conversation you're about to hear, he reveals the secret to memorizing 200 names. And in fact, he's going to teach you, in real time, 10 things to remember to create a super brain so you never forget it. This is so cool. I can't wait for you to drop into this conversation. Without further ado, meet your brain coach, Jim Kwik. Hey, it's Mel. And before we get to the episode, I just wanna thank you for being here and watching the Mel Robbins Podcast on YouTube. We were just named the number five most followed podcast of 2023 by Apple Podcasts, and I've got a favor to ask you. Are you a subscriber?I found out that almost 70% of the people that watch our YouTube channel are not subscribers, and one way that you could really help our small but mighty show out is to just hit subscribe. It is free, it means you will never miss out an episode, and it would really help us out. My goal is to get to 50%, so if you could help us by hitting subscribe and continuing to share the episodes that you get value out, I would really, really, really appreciate it. All right, don't forget. And that's kinda funny for me to say that 'cause the episode today is about building a super brain. Let's go to it.
- JKJim Kwik
Mel, thank you so much for having me. I've been looking forward to this, and thank you everybody who's joining this brainy conversation.
- MRMel Robbins
Jim, you're a world-renowned brain coach who has worked with athletes, actors, and executives, and in addition to that, you've been running a brain institute for the past 30 years. Do you really believe absolutely anyone can improve their brain? I mean, come on, nobody's walked through the doors of your institute that you're like, "Oh boy, couldn't help this person."
- JKJim Kwik
It's been my experience coaching people every single day for the past 32 years is that regardless of your age, your background, your career, your diet, your education level, if it's your financial situation, your gender, your history, IQ, that we all can improve. It's about progressing beyond what you're currently demonstrating or what you believe is possible.
- MRMel Robbins
So you're saying it's not about being born smart. You're saying that we all have the ability to be a super learner, no matter what your IQ is?
- JKJim Kwik
We know that about one-third of your brain's, uh, performance, if you will, like its memory, is, is predetermined by genetics and biology.
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
And, but that means two-thirds is in your direct control. The, the, the idea here is we have more influence than we think.
- MRMel Robbins
Jim, how did you become a brain coach? I mean, do you go to school for something like that?
- JKJim Kwik
So my inspiration, you could say was my desperation. I, one day in kindergarten class, I'm five years old, this would have been in 1978, there was this commotion outside, sirens and, um, honking, and all the kids obviously wanna see what's going on outside, but we're five years old, we can't see outside the windowsill. And so we all had this idea to grab our chairs and prop them by the, the window and stand on them. Anyway, I lost my balance and I went headfirst into one of the radiators, and was rushed to the emergency room. It really affected me in school. I had poor focus, poor memory. I had processing issues where a teacher would repeat themselves like three or four or five times and I still wouldn't understand. I, I would compress my body all the time because I didn't wanna be called on, 'cause I never knew the answer, right? And so I would sit behind a tall kid or I'd make myself so sick before an exam. I remember when I was nine years old, God, this brings back this kind of... (laughs) It's funny how feelings work, right? I, um, I was being teased more than usual because I was slowing down the class, I wasn't understanding lessons, and a teacher pointed to me to come to my defense. She said, "Leave that kid alone. That's the boy with the broken brain." And all I took out of it was that I was broken, and I guess adults have to be very careful of their external words 'cause they often become a child's internal words.
- MRMel Robbins
Mm.
- JKJim Kwik
Um, because every single time I did badly in school, which was weekly, every time I wasn't picked for sports, I was always the last
- 9:42 – 16:46
How your brain is more powerful than you think
- JKJim Kwik
one, I would always say to myself, "Oh, it's 'cause I have the broken brain." And that became my, my inner talk, and I think our minds always eavesdrop on that inner talk, right? And it wasn't just something that I dealt with for a year or two. It was elementary school, it was middle school, junior high, and all through high school. Our struggles can become strengths.
- MRMel Robbins
I love that. Our struggles can become our strengths. Anyone ever tell you, you kind of talk like a superhero? Our struggles can become our strengths. But did you always have that mindset?
- JKJim Kwik
For, for me, I was really driven 'cause I wanted to make my parents proud. My parents immigrated to the United States. We lived in the back of a laundromat that my mom worked at, um, and they had a lot of jobs. Through school, it was a challenge and then I was lucky enough to get into a local state university, and I thought freshman meant I could make a fresh start.
- MRMel Robbins
(laughs)
- JKJim Kwik
Uh, I'm gonna show the world, show myself that I could do this, but I took all these classes and I did worse.
- MRMel Robbins
Oh.
- JKJim Kwik
I wasn't equipped. And so I was ready to quit school because I'm the oldest of three kids. I wanna be a good role model for my younger brother and sister, and yet also I don't have the money even to be in school, and it's better that they have it. I'm not smart enough. This is like my belief system. And a friend said, "Hey, I'm going home this weekend. Why don't you come with? I mean, saying you're gonna quit school to your family is a big deal, you know. Why don't you get some perspective?" And I noticed, Mel, that when we change place or we change people we're spending time with, it gives us a different point of view.
- MRMel Robbins
Yes.
- JKJim Kwik
So I, I do agree to go, and the family is, is pretty well off, have a beautiful home on the water, and the father walks me around his property before dinner and asks me a very innocent question. He says, "Jim, how's school?" Right? And I am introverted and I'm very shy at the time, and yet I start bawling like crazy, crying like crazy in, in front of this complete stranger that I just met like 30 minutes before.
- MRMel Robbins
(laughs) Oh my God. What did he do?
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah, I mean, he was freaked out because he didn't know my situation, but I gave him the full download. I, I told him about my brain injury, labeled broken, how I'm, I, I have to quit school, it's just I'm not smart enough, uh, it's just not who I am.
- MRMel Robbins
Yeah.
- JKJim Kwik
I don't, I don't know how to tell my parents 'cause they're gonna be heartbroken 'cause they worked so hard.
- MRMel Robbins
Oh.
- JKJim Kwik
He asked me an, a question, and it's interesting. Not only does perspective change your point of view, but so do the questions that we ask. He says, uh, "Hey, Jim, well, why, why are you in school?" I didn't have an answer other than this is just what you do. You go to school, and that's what my parents, you know, expected of me. And so he, he dug deeper there and said, "Well, why are you in school?" He said, "What do you wanna be? What do you wanna do? What do you wanna have? What do you wanna create or contribute?" And Mel, I didn't have an answer for any of those things, because nobody's ever asked me those questions before, right? And so you ask a new question, we get new answers.
- MRMel Robbins
Mm.
- JKJim Kwik
Um, I didn't know what I wanted to be, um, or do, or contribute. He forced me to stay in that space, to not escape it and change the subject, and I start to just kind of fantasize. He asked me to just, just imagine anything. You could do anything or be anything or have anything. And then he takes out a, like a little... like, a journal or notebook in his back pocket and gives me a couple sheets, and he asked me to write 'em down.
- MRMel Robbins
Mm-hmm.
- JKJim Kwik
It's the first step in taking something that's invisible, that's in your mind-
- MRMel Robbins
Right.
- JKJim Kwik
... and then all of a sudden it's visible outside of yourself. And I fill up two pages and I start folding up the pages to... the paper to put in my pocket, thinking this exercise is done and we could eat.
- MRMel Robbins
(laughs) Let's go.
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah, and then as I fold the sheets of paper to put in my pocket, he has the audacity to reach out and grab them outta my hands. And now (laughs) he's reading to himself all of my dreams and goals or fantasies, and I don't know how much time goes by 'cause it... I'm just thinking the whole time, uh, you know, I was like a lot of people, I don't wanna be judged. When he's done, this is what he does. He takes his fingers, and if people are just listening to the audio, I'm spreading my index fingers like a foot apart, and he says, "Jim, you are this close to everything on that list." And it's like out of a movie, right? And I'm thinking this is my honest conversation in my mind if I'm real and raw, I was like, "There's no way," and this is what I'm telling him. I'm like, "There's no way. Have you not heard my story?" I'm, like, fighting for my, my story, right?
- MRMel Robbins
Right.
- JKJim Kwik
You know, I, I have a broken brain, you know, horrible in school, and give me 10 lifetimes, I'm not gonna crack this list. And he takes his fingers that are spread apart a foot apart, and he puts them to the side of my head, meaning what's inside, you know, my, my brain is like the key. And he takes me into home, but before dinner, he walks me into a room that just honestly freaked me out. It was wall to wall, ceiling to floor, covered in books. Now, I've never read a book... It's like being in a room full of snakes, (laughs) 'cause like I'm very intimidated by books.
- MRMel Robbins
Right.
- JKJim Kwik
But what makes it worse, Mel, is he starts going to the shelves and pulling snakes off the shelf and handing them to me, you know?
- MRMel Robbins
Mm-hmm.
- JKJim Kwik
And he says, "Jim, you need to read to succeed. Promise me you'll read one of these books a week and then you could have them, uh, because it'll allow you to, you know, achieve the... what you want on this list," and (laughs) but I can't. And he, very smart man, he reaches into his pocket, Mel, and pulls out my dream list.
- MRMel Robbins
(gasps) .
- 16:46 – 19:26
The best ways to retain information
- JKJim Kwik
to the power of your... the mind, and I wanted to find out how does my brain work so I could work my brain. And I started studying it, and I was very functional because I had a reason. It wasn't just learning facts to understand facts and vocabulary. Like, I, I had a real problem I needed to solve that I'd been struggling with my whole life. And I started getting answers and just gained a little bit of momentum and a little bit more confidence. And it was like 60 days, two months into it, a light switch just, just flipped on, and I started to understand things for the, like, the very first time I felt. It gave me a lot of hope, and I was really upset, first of all, that there were simple things that I could have done that would've made my life a whole lot easier. Um, you know, I felt like my whole childhood was just trying to just work really hard without getting the results. And then the other thing was I felt a, a purpose because I wanted to share this with others-
- MRMel Robbins
Mm.
- JKJim Kwik
... uh, like, like almost as an evangelist 'cause I was just like, "How does not... everyone not know these things?" Learning is our superpower, and it's the superpower we all have. You know, we just aren't really shown how to unlock it and unleash it. But the other thing I realized was, was my mission, my purpose, to build better, brighter brains, right? No, no brain left behind.
- MRMel Robbins
And you have now gone on to build an institute and work with the world's leading brands and teach everybody things from reading faster, to better memory, to being present. It is incredible because when I hear your story and I then think about how much you've accomplished and how many lives you've changed, I go, "Well, Jim and with his broken-ass brain can do it."I can certainly improve my brain.
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah.
- MRMel Robbins
If he can understand how to leverage the capacity of his brain to help him achieve his goals, then I bet I can.
- JKJim Kwik
I, I believe, truly believe, that an individual's ability to adapt, to learn, to unlearn, to relearn is one of the most important things that people could, could, could invest in. 'Cause if there was a genie who could grant you any one wish, but only one wish, everyone would wish for limitless wishes, right? (laughs) If there was a learning genie that could help you become an expert in any one subject or any one skill, what would the equivalent be of asking for limitless wishes? Would it be learning coding? Would it be, would it be learning to be able to speak another langu- It would, it'd be learning how to learn.
- MRMel Robbins
Hmm.
- JKJim Kwik
Because if you can learn how to learn, focus, think, you know, read, retain, um, apply, you could apply that towards everything, medicine, marketing, money, motivation, martial
- 19:26 – 25:36
Why you need to always be a student
- JKJim Kwik
arts. And anything gets easier, right? 'Cause it's a lead domino. It's the one thing you hit and, and everything gets... You sharpen that saw, which is your mind. So I really think that, uh, this is, uh, the, this technology we always hear everyone got the new iPhone and upgraded their apps and get the new devices, but when's the last time we u- took time to upgrade?
- MRMel Robbins
So Jim, I wanna just take a second and talk to the person listening. And as you're listening to Jim, I want you to now make this really personal. Let's, let's put what Jim's telling us to the test, okay? And I'm gonna go first, because here's what I'm thinking on behalf of both you and me. Jim, how the heck can I and the person listening upgrade the brain? Can you give us simple tricks? Because here's the thing, I'm already overwhelmed, and between the ADHD, the menopause, the three kids, all the stuff that I'm forgetting all the time, I mean, how am I going to also add upgrading my brain to the list? And look, I don't have a story that I have a broken brain. And for you listening, I don't know what your story is, but I can see that I have a belief about my brain that is limiting, and I believe that I'm always just gonna be forgetful. I believe that I have a hard time remembering names. I believe that it is impossible for me to learn a foreign language, because I'm dyslexic. I believe that I'm overwhelmed and I'm just going to be overwhelmed, that my thoughts are gonna spin. And now that I'm saying all this, Jim, I realize that I have a lot of limiting beliefs. And as you're listening, I do want you to stop and think about what is your limiting belief. Do you think you're not smart? Are you like me and you're like, "I can't learn a language," or, "I'm not good with math," or... Here's another limiting belief of mine. Um, I have menopause and everything that I'm learning is that your brain fog is something that comes with menopause. So am I still gonna be able to upgrade my brain with menopause and all this stuff that I'm telling myself, seriously, like an iPhone, Jim?
- JKJim Kwik
So the good news is I would say yes.
- MRMel Robbins
Well, that's encouraging.
- JKJim Kwik
So we have students in our online academy in the same 194 countries. We get a lot of feedback and we have a lot of data.
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
Um, I've had the honor of sharing stage with you many times. Um, if there's time, I'll do these demonstrations where I'll have, uh, they'll pass around a microphone in an audience and introduce themselves and I'll memorize like 50 or 100 people's names, right? Or they'll challenge me to remember 100 numbers or words and I'll do it forwards and backwards. But I always tell people, "I don't do this to impress you. I do this to express to you as possible," because the truth is, we could all do that, we just weren't taught, right? It's a skill. If you, if you go to somebody, like your, your kids, and you say, "Focus."
- MRMel Robbins
(laughs)
- JKJim Kwik
"Memorize this. Study."
- MRMel Robbins
Yeah.
- JKJim Kwik
That, that's the equivalent of going to somebody saying, "Play the ukulele," who's never taken a class on how to play the ukulele before. But we didn't have a class called focus, right? Or-
- MRMel Robbins
Oh, I just had a huge breakthrough. Oh my God, I think I got it.
- JKJim Kwik
(laughs)
- MRMel Robbins
The ukulele example is exactly... That just cracked the code for me, Jim.
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah.
- MRMel Robbins
All of the education that we have had has been for the purpose of absorbing something to spit it back out and then moving on-
- JKJim Kwik
Right.
- MRMel Robbins
... to the next thing that you're going to absorb and spit back out. And what you're basically saying is that you became an expert at figuring out the skill of learning and of memory retention. (phone ringing) That's probably my daughter calling me. That, that, you know what? This is a good sign, Jim. It's always-
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah, it's always.
- MRMel Robbins
... a great episode when one of my kids FaceTimes me in the middle of it, so.
- JKJim Kwik
(laughs)
- MRMel Robbins
Um, but I, I, I just got it. Like, that's what you're teaching us.
- JKJim Kwik
Like, we were taught how to read, but when's the last time we took a class called reading? We were like six or seven. So we, even if we learned a skill, we haven't updated that skill. I, I feel like... And the difficulty and demand of our reading has increased drama- exponentially, but how we read is the same. So that growing gap creates a lot of stress, information anxiety.
- MRMel Robbins
Right.
- JKJim Kwik
So, skill acquisition is important. I do believe that genius is, is not so much born. Genius really is more built.
- MRMel Robbins
I love the idea that genius is built. I mean, it makes me feel like I got a chance, you know, in this race. If you've ever told yourself this story that you're not smart or that it's not gonna work out for you, I love what you're telling us, Jim. Genius is built. And Jim, I would imagine that the way that you build a better brain and the way that you build genius is through the skills that you've been talking about and that you practice them. And so when we come back, here's what I wanna do. I wanna go straight into skills, because Jim has specific skills that you can learn that will help you read 50% faster. Simple skills that will help you remember names, and a very surprising technique...So that you always remember where you put your keys or your purse or your wallet, and of course, do not forget to come back after this short word from our sponsors because he also is gonna share that surprising secret trick to how he remembers 200 names. Stay with us. Welcome back. It's your friend, Mel, and I'm so glad you're still here because you're getting a private session with one of the world's leading brain coaches, and I want you to get ready because in Jim's book, Limitless, he gives a ton of tips on reading faster, many of which I'd never heard before. So Jim, what are they?
- JKJim Kwik
Here are a couple of tips that could really help listeners not only read faster, but improve their focus and their retention, and understanding of the information because if you ever read a page in a book and just forgot what you just read and you had to reread it and then you still forgot what you just read, this could really help. So the first thing is we all have books on our shelf we haven't read yet, right? And the goal is when you pick up the book, if you use a visual pacer when you read, you'll read
- 25:36 – 29:23
How to read 50% faster with ONE simple tool
- JKJim Kwik
it faster and now what's a visual pacer? It could be your finger, it could be a pen, it could be a highlighter, it could be a mouse on a computer, and what you're doing is you're not touching the page or the screen, you're just going right above it and just underlining what you're reading. Now, I want you to not just believe everything I'm saying. You could test it out also. When we're done with this episode, pick up a book that you're reading, put a mark in the margin where you left off, and what I want you to do is set your phone, your timer to go off in 60 seconds, so we're gonna read for 60 seconds, and I want you to read how you would normally read, not using your finger but just how you would normally read for comprehension, and then at the end of 60 seconds, I want you to put a mark in the margin where you left off and then count the number of lines that you just read and that's the lines per minute. Now set the timer again for another 60 seconds and then pick up where you left off but this time just underline the words and you're just underlining the words as, as, as you would read and then at the end of 60 seconds put a mark in the margin and then count the number of lines you just read. For the majority of the listeners, they'll find that second number will be 25 to almost 50% greater and you don't have to work any harder so it's not about working harder, it's about wor- working more intelligently, right? And so the reason why it works is number one, one of the challenges we have when we read is we back skip.
- MRMel Robbins
Back skip? Wh- wh- what is back skip? What does that even mean, Jim?
- JKJim Kwik
We reread words.
- MRMel Robbins
Oh.
- JKJim Kwik
And this keeps you from doing that. Some people reread whole lines, right? On the other side of it, your eyes are attracted to motion. So if something ran across your room, you wouldn't look at me, you would look at what moves because as a hunter-gatherer, your eyes are trained to look at movement because if you're in a bush and you're hunting lunch, let's say it's a rabbit or a carrot depending on your diet, if the bush next to you moves you have to look 'cause number one, it could be lunch or number two, you could be lunch. So when your finger is going across the page, it draws your attention through as opposed to your attention being outside of you. And then the final reason, use your finger while you read, it's kinda interesting. Kids use their finger while they read naturally until you, organically, until we tell them not to and you do also because when I ask people to count the number of lines, maybe they didn't use their finger when they initially read but if I asked you to count the number of lines, what do you do? You use your finger as a, as a, as visual aid to help you to focus but the final reason is your, your certain senses work very closely together. For example, have you ever t- like had a great tasting fruit right, right from the farmer's market but you're not actually tasting a peach, you're smelling the peach but your sense of smell and taste are so closely linked your mind can't tell the difference? It, it can tell the difference when you're sick, when you can't breathe out of your nose, what does food taste like? It tastes more bland, right? And so just as your sense of smell and taste are closely linked, so is your sense of sight and your sense of touch, that when you use your finger while you read people will say they literally feel more in touch with their reading.
- MRMel Robbins
Seriously? This one tool, just using a visual cue or pacer or whatever you called it can increase your reading speed by 50%? Is that really true?
- JKJim Kwik
Absolutely. 25, 50%. Some of the listeners doing this exercise will actually double their reading speed and think about it, the value of that. The average person spends about four hours a day processing information. You think about social media and emails and books
- 29:23 – 30:55
How to be MORE productive but work LESS
- JKJim Kwik
and reports and research, whatever you have to go through, the newspaper. If you could just cut that in half, you double your reading speed so you save two hours a day. What's two hours a day over the course of a year? In fact, what's just one hour a day saved over the course of a year? 365 hours. How many 40-hour work weeks is that? Over nine. Over nine weeks of productivity you gain back, you reclaim. Two months of productivity is back to yours saving it into something ubiquitous like reading.
- MRMel Robbins
You know what I really love about this, Jim, is that you don't have to try harder. What you just taught us is a skill that will help us read 50% faster just by using the tip of a pen and leveraging the super wiring of how our eyes are wired to track to movement. That's incredible. So let's jump into the next skill which is what is your technique for always remembering people's names?
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah. So a name is, is very important. I always say remember mom. This is just, uh, I mean there, there are couple dozen examples in the book on techniques but remember name, uh, name as they say is the sweetest sound to a person's ears.
- MRMel Robbins
Mm.
- JKJim Kwik
It's probably the number one networking business etiquette skill 'cause how are you gonna show somebody you care for their future, their health, their family, whatever you have to offer if you don't care enough just to remember them? Right? Maya Angelou say...People forget what you say, they'll forget what you did, but they'll always remember how you made them feel.
- MRMel Robbins
Yes.
- JKJim Kwik
You know, and that's so important to remember names. MOM, of course it's an acronym 'cause I'm doing this short form, in podcast form.
- 30:55 – 32:19
How to remember someone’s name
- JKJim Kwik
The first M is just, is motivation, meaning having that purpose. A lot of people won't remember names 'cause they, they don't, they haven't touched the reason.
- MRMel Robbins
Hmm.
- JKJim Kwik
So if you ask yourself, simple thing you could do, before you meet somebody ask yourself, "Why do I wanna remember this person's name?" Just get in the habit of doing that. Maybe it's just show the person some respect. Maybe it's to make a connection. Maybe it's make a new friend or get a referral, make a sale. If you don't have a reason, you won't get the result. If you come up the reason... So for example, if there was a suitcase, like most people say, "I'm horrible at remembering names." But I challenge people on their BS, right? Their belief systems. If there was a suitcase, if Mel and I had a suitcase, a million dollars cash tax-free, if you just remember the name of the next stranger you meet, who's gonna remember that name?
- MRMel Robbins
I am. (laughs)
- JKJim Kwik
Everybody. Right? (laughs) Everybody will. So what, as, as a coach, I'm gonna call people on their BS, right? Their belief systems. It had nothing to do with your capabilities. You can remember names. Are you motivated to remember that name, right? And one of the ways to do it is ask a question and tune into why.
- MRMel Robbins
Okay. So to remember names, you have to remember MOM. And the M stands for motivation. Got that. Why are you motivated to remember their name? That makes sense. What does the O stand for?
- JKJim Kwik
The O in MOM, this is big, is observation. A lot of people aren't forgetting the name, they're just not paying attention.
- MRMel Robbins
Ooh.
- JKJim Kwik
The art of memory is the art of attention. Like I, I remember years ago I got to, I got to go to this fundraiser and it was 2,000 people and we're
- 32:19 – 40:06
How to crush any job interview
- JKJim Kwik
sitting at the table. I'm the first one there. And after that th- another person, uh, Forest Whitaker, the Oscar winner sits right next to me.
- MRMel Robbins
Yeah.
- JKJim Kwik
And then Richard Branson sits right next to him. And then Ashton Kutcher and Ashton Kutcher's twin brother, who I didn't know he had a twin brother, sits there. And then President Clinton sits right next to me. Now, I had met him a few years before, very briefly. And he, when he saw him at the table, he called me by name. He said hello by name. And I was like, "Wow, that's pretty impressive 'cause I'm sure he meets a lot of people." And then I was like, "Oh, okay." People, and he knew who he was sitting with, right? Obviously. And then I swear he picks up on the conversation that we had three years before, and nobody was privy to that. And I was like, you know, "I'm a memory guy, right? I need to know how you're doing this." And he tells me the story of his grandfather in Arkansas in the living room, and he would tell stories, but afterwards, to the, to kids, he would quiz each of the kids to see if they were paying attention.
- MRMel Robbins
Hmm.
- JKJim Kwik
Now when he's explaining this to me, I also noticed at a meta level, I was like, "Wow, I feel like I'm the only one in this room." 'Cause the way he's communicating with me, it's like there are a lot more, more important people in that room, especially at that table. And yet I feel like he's not looking over my shoulder or seeing who else is important. And I realized, politics aside, he, people would say he's a great communicator, great connector, great charisma, and he's got an incredible memory, and this powerful presence. And I think, Mel, his incredible memory and his powerful presence comes from being powerfully present.
- MRMel Robbins
Hmm.
- JKJim Kwik
That his incredible memory and his powerful presence with people comes from being powerfully present with people, right? 'Cause most people, they're not forgetting the name, they're just not even hearing the name. Why? 'Cause they're looking around or they're thinking about how to respond. They're waiting for their turn to speak. And so an easy way to remember names, LISTEN. And even if you want to do a brain exercise, think about the word LISTEN and scramble the letters, and it spells another word perfectly. It spells the word SILENT. And so just be there and listen.
- MRMel Robbins
I love that, because being truly present when you're with someone will help you make them feel like they're the only one in the room. And you just taught us that incredible memory comes from being powerfully present. And so when you're sitting there and you're present and you're silent and you're taking in what the heck they're saying, you're also going to remember what they're saying. That's so cool. So what is the last M in MOM?
- JKJim Kwik
The last M are the methods, right? And here's the quick method, SUAVE. When you're, next time you're at an event and you wanna, you wanna say, "I'm gonna remember names. I'm gonna be more conscious of it 'cause I listened to that episode."
- MRMel Robbins
Right.
- JKJim Kwik
Look at yourself and say, "I'm gonna be SUAVE." The S, say the name right away. When somebody gives you their name, greet them back using their name, 'cause it means you get to hear it twice. And also it means you, you don't wanna have a 20-minute conversation with somebody, like say there's a lot of background noise, 20-minute conversation with Ted and say, "Goodbye, Ed." Right? You wanna be corrected upfront.
- MRMel Robbins
I like the fact that you say the name immediately, because even if you say it wrong, they'll correct you and they're not gonna be offended-
- JKJim Kwik
Yes.
- MRMel Robbins
... because if you say it immediately, they, it's just that you heard it wrong.
- JKJim Kwik
Yes.
- MRMel Robbins
It's not that you didn't remember it. And also if you notice... Well, so keep going. So y-
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah. No, absolutely. So you say the name, then you use it three or four times in the conversation, and then the A in, in, in SUAVE, ask. This works really well for people who have unusual names or names you haven't heard of before. What can you ask about a person's name?
- MRMel Robbins
How do you say your name?
- JKJim Kwik
How do you say your name? How do you spell your name? Where is it from? Who were you named after? Does it mean something in another language, right? So everyone's favorite topic is their name. Actually, when you're talking about the reticular activating system, which is gears your focus by asking questions 'cause we're mo- our brain is mostly deleting information, the name is, is up on top 'cause think about it, it's probably one of the first words you heard, probably one of the first words you learned how to write. And then think about all the encouragement, the emotional like, "Wow." Right? Like, so it's, it's, it's one of the reasons why it's the sweetest sound. But ask about a person's name, they'll be flattered, especially unusual names.
- MRMel Robbins
Okay. I just wanna make sure that as you're listening to Jim, you picked up on the fact that he has this acronym SUAVE. And SUAVE is what we're using as the tool to help us remember someone's name. He said it kind of fast, Jim, so I'm just kind of slowing it down for those of us who may not be as quick in the super brain as you are. The S is for say it. Got that. Makes sense. Say it as soon as they say their name. U is for use it, which also makes sense 'cause the more you use it in a sentence without being creepy, the more you're likely to remember it. A, ask about it. What does the V and SUAVE stand for?
- JKJim Kwik
The V and SUAVE...... is visualize, and this is how I do it in front of audiences. If there's time on stage, I'll have 30, 40, 50 people stand up, pass around a microphone, and I'll memorize, you know, upwards of 100 names, depending how much time we have. But how I do it is I would just visualize the person's name, meaning most people listening are better with faces than they are with names.
- MRMel Robbins
Yeah.
- JKJim Kwik
Right? You go to someone and say, "I remember your face, but I'm sorry, I forgot your name." You never go to someone and say, "I remember," the opposite, "I remember your name, but I forgot your face," right? That doesn't happen.
- MRMel Robbins
That's true. (laughs)
- JKJim Kwik
Your visual cortex is l- takes up more real estate.
- MRMel Robbins
(sighs)
- JKJim Kwik
And so we tend to remember what we see, and if we tend to remember what we see, try seeing what we want to remember.
- MRMel Robbins
Oh.
- JKJim Kwik
You meet someone for the first ta- time and their name is Mary, imagine for a split second that she's carrying two lambs underneath her arms, Mary Had a Little Lamb, right? You meet someone named David, just hit him in the nose with a slingshot, 'cause David and Goliath, right? And people say, "That's so childish," but that helps you to remember it, because if you could see it, feel it and hear it, you're not gonna forget it.
- MRMel Robbins
Got it, okay.
- 40:06 – 42:32
3 tricks to always remember where you put your keys
- JKJim Kwik
keys to remembering your keys, right? For all memories, you encode, you store, and you retrieve, right?
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
The hard part is the retrieval because if you didn't encode it well or store it somewhere, it's gonna be hard to get it back out and recall it. So encoding you do by seeing it and feeling it. The more senses you use, the more likely you're gonna remember it. Taking a split second, and it only takes a split second, to make something ordinary turn extraordinary, that's what makes it memorable, right?
- MRMel Robbins
Definitely.
- JKJim Kwik
And you only, we only went through it once, right? So you don't have to repeat it over. You don't have to say, "My car keys are here," 15 times. What all I would do is you need the locus of attention. You need to fine-tune your concentration. So let's say you put your keys somewhere. You have to be mindful of it or you're not gonna remember it, right?
- MRMel Robbins
That's true.
- JKJim Kwik
So it takes a little bit of effort. The good news, doesn't take much, takes a split second. So if you took your keys and then just threw it on the desk, just for a split second imagine the desk explodes, right?
- MRMel Robbins
Oh. Yeah.
- JKJim Kwik
And then it's like, boom. Like, (laughs) that, that's like, you can't forget that, is to make it extraordinary. For the things you want to remember, like the periodic table's pretty ordinary, right? But if you, if you, I taught people how to visualize that and add emotion and turn it into a story, we teach, we teach kids, like eight-year-old, to memorize the whole periodic table in like, in like minutes. It's insane when you can see it, feel it, and hear it. Even languages, you know? If I, if I did something with counting to 10 in Japanese for everybody here, and you don't have to do this on video, but let's say people wanna learn that language. Like, do, do this, Mel. Just, just scratch your knee and say, "Ichi, ni."
- MRMel Robbins
Ichi, ni.
- JKJim Kwik
That's one and two. Ichi-
- MRMel Robbins
Ichi, ni.
- JKJim Kwik
... is one. Ni is two.
- MRMel Robbins
Ichi, ni.
- JKJim Kwik
San is sun, like sun, so point to the s- to the light up above, sun.
- MRMel Robbins
Sun.
- JKJim Kwik
San. So it's not sun, but sun.
- MRMel Robbins
San.
- JKJim Kwik
And then shi, so point to a female in the room.
- MRMel Robbins
Shi.
- JKJim Kwik
Shi, right? So ichi, ni, san, shi, that's one, two, three, four, right?
- MRMel Robbins
Ichi, ni, san, shi. Holy cow.
- JKJim Kwik
And then five is go, so if you just pretend and say "go."
- MRMel Robbins
Go.
- JKJim Kwik
Go. You're like, you're wa- I'm on video. I'm moving my hands and my feet. Go. That's five. And then six is roku. So imagine you're rowing a canoe.
- MRMel Robbins
Oh, roku.
- JKJim Kwik
Roku.
- MRMel Robbins
Oh, like row, like a canoe, yeah. Roku.
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah, roku.
- MRMel Robbins
Roku.
- 42:32 – 44:04
10 simple steps for a better brain
- MRMel Robbins
like, as we're talking.
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah. So there's, there's so many things. My, my, my, my point with this, with this whole thing is we, so many of us shrink what's possible to fit our minds when we could expand our minds to fit all that's possible. So regardless of who's listening to this, their age and their background, age or stage of life, everybody can improve. It's just, you just need the correct lessons and, and a, and a coach. And you know, our brains, I want people, Mel, to, to, to know their brains, right, know more about their brains. I want them to trust their brains, I want them to love their brains, and I want people to use their brains 'cause it's the, it's the greatest gift that we have.... and great things begin on the inside. And people who are listening right now, they've self-selected. They have greatness inside of them, and they have genius inside of them, and now is the perfect time to let it out.
- MRMel Robbins
Wow. Well, I feel like I should go Roku, (laughs)
- JKJim Kwik
(laughs)
- MRMel Robbins
... shi, sun, niage, like that. (laughs)
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah. Yeah, it-
- MRMel Robbins
I just counted five, four, three, two, one backwards! (claps)
- JKJim Kwik
(claps)
- MRMel Robbins
(laughs) So... And you just taught me how.
- JKJim Kwik
Like, learning doesn't have to be this, like, sit quietly by yourselves and just study and repeat things. Like, who wants to do that?
- MRMel Robbins
Not me.
- JKJim Kwik
Who has the time to do it or the inclination to do that in the first place?
- MRMel Robbins
Well, guess what, Jim? Now that we have you as our brain coach, we don't have to-
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah.
- MRMel Robbins
... because you have all the methods to help us be limitless in our lives, in our thinking, and
- 44:04 – 48:54
Jim’s proven 3M framework
- MRMel Robbins
in the way that we learn. And so, I asked our online audience-
- JKJim Kwik
Mm-hmm.
- MRMel Robbins
... and our listeners of this podcast, you know, "What are you struggling with?" 95% of people said, "Distraction, memory loss, o- information overload, the anxiety about all the things I need to do, my inability to remember things." And so-
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah.
- MRMel Robbins
... what do we need to do? Can you walk us through-
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah.
- MRMel Robbins
... simple things that we need to do that you teach people in your institute to tap into the capacity of our brains?
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah. So for, for me, it's, it's three things.
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
Uh, framework, and then we could go into the tactics and tools.
- MRMel Robbins
Let's do it.
- JKJim Kwik
It's three Ms.
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
It's your mindset. I define mindset as a set of assumptions or attitudes you have about something.
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
Your attitudes and assumptions about money, your attitudes and assumptions about l- relationships, maybe about yourself even, right?
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
So, the mindset for me, at events where I do these demonstrations, people are like, "Oh, I'm so glad you're here. I have a horrible memory. I, I, I'm not smart enough." And I always say, "Stop," 'cause all behavior is belief-driven.
- MRMel Robbins
You say stop when somebody says, "I have a horrible memory," because when somebody says, "I have a horrible memory," that is a mindset.
- JKJim Kwik
Correct.
- MRMel Robbins
And that mindset, "I have a horrible memory," or, "I'm not smart," or, "I've never been able to learn a language," or, "I'm a slow reader," all of those statements is the mindset that is limiting the capacity of your brain. So, step one is to identify what your mindset is when it comes to your brain or-
- JKJim Kwik
So, the first one is your mindset. If people say they have, they're, they feel like they're not smart enough or they're too old, I say stop, because if you fight for those limitations, you get to keep them.
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
Meaning, your brain is like this incredible supercomputer, and your self-talk is a program it will run. So, if you tell yourself, "I'm not good at remembering names," you won't remember the name of the next person you meet because you program your supercomputer not to.
- MRMel Robbins
That makes sense.
- JKJim Kwik
Your mind is always eavesdropping on your self-talk. Audit yourself. "I don't have great memory yet." It just opens up the possibility, and it just feels different.
- MRMel Robbins
I like to just stop and put a highlighter on what Jim is telling you. And I have a story that I'm dyslexic, and I took (laughs) six years of French in high school, and I went to college and took an exam to place into, you know, the French requirement. Dude, I placed into French 101, for people who have never taken it. (laughs) So... Uh, and yet, and yet, I have this calling and this desire-
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah.
- MRMel Robbins
... to be able to speak conversational Spanish. Jim's point here is that if I, if I'm not willing to stop telling myself that foreign languages are hard for me, I will never, ever, ever utilize the methods effectively, because I will always be arguing against them. And so, that's step one. And, and then-
- JKJim Kwik
Yeah.
- 48:54 – 50:14
The best foods for increased brain power
- JKJim Kwik
in the book called neuronutrition, that your brain is part of your body, but it requires different nutrients, some different nutrients than the rest of your body.
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
Well, actually, well, let's go over some of my favorite foods. Avocados, the monounsaturated fat is good. Blueberries, I like to call them brain berries. Broccoli is good for the brain, uh, vi- vitamin E. Uh, olive oil.... the Mediterranean diet, uh, is good for your brain. If your diet allows, eggs. The choline in eggs is a precursor to acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that's really important for cognitive health. Green leafy vegetables, if you could stomach that, is, uh, a, a kale, spinach. Fatty fishes, because your brain is mostly fat, it's the omega-3s, specifically the DHA, so salmon, sardines is good for your brain. Turmeric, uh, it helps- it has the curcumin, which helps to lower inflammation systemically. Walnuts and almonds, even walnuts that look like a brain, high in vitamin E, which is neuroprotective. Probably my favorite is dark chocolate, so everyone can remember that very well. So, these are some of my favorite brain foods. Number two, the second key for a limitless brain, killing ANTs. ANT stands for automatic negative thoughts. Let's talk about number three is exercise, and as your body moves, your brain grooves. Hmm. As your body moves,
- 50:14 – 53:27
How exercise impacts brain function
- JKJim Kwik
your brain grooves. Okay. Number four, brain nutrients. You know, if you're not getting the fish, then omega fatty acids, supplementing with DHAs. But then there's all kinds of nootropics like L-theanine, Bacopa, uh, Rhodiola, creatine, which is often, eh, associated with exercise. Huge benefit for mitochondria energy for your brain. Hmm. Number five, positive peer group, and who you spend time with is who you become. If you spend time with nine broke people, you're gonna be number 10. We have these mirror neurons, and mirror neurons help to drive our empathy and imitate people around us, so we imitate their words. Whether somebody smokes has less to do with their biological networks or their neurological networks. It has more to do with their social networks, 'cause if your friends smoke, you're more likely to take that action. We start modeling the integrity, the moral fabric of the people we spend time with- Yep. ... of what's acceptable, right? Yep. Imitating the habits of the people around us. So, if you spend time with people who are working out all the time, you're probably more likely to work out. And if you haven't found that person yet, be that person. We could love our family and friends, but they don't have our- they'd be our peer group. Right. That's five. Six, clean environment. Cleaning your desk or making your bed, but then you feel just kind of a clarity of thought. You know why? 'Cause you're not using mental energy to keep track of everything. Your external world is often a reflection of your internal world. And then number seven, big one, sleep. Mm-hmm. Hello. Number eight, protect your brain. Brain protection. You know, wear a helmet, protect your brain. It's very resilient- Okay. ... but it's very fragile. Okay. Number nine, new learnings. Oh. New learnings, meaning there was a study done with nuns on longevity. They lived 80, 90 above, and because it's a said community, similar diet and- Right. ... and, and, day play, they found that half of it was because of their faith and their emotional gratitude. The other half, key factor for longevity, they were lifelong learners. They're reading every day. They're having spirited debates, conversations, and because of it, it added years to their life and life to their years. My favorite learning? Reading. Reading is to your mind what exercise is to your body. Mm-hmm. And then finally, number 10, stress management. Chronic stress has been shown to shrink the human brain. It also puts you in fight or flight. You're held hostage in your survival brain, and I'm gonna walk you through a 2,500-year-old memory technique that will blow your mind, and I want everyone to do this- Okay. ... and be able to remember all 10. All right. I want you to imagine you're coming to my office. It's in s- in the suburbs, and you can actually just breathe, and if you can, close your eyes just to help you to focus, if it's safe to do so as you're listening. And there are trees everywhere around our... It's a glass building. Let's say you're coming to take a, a r- a speed reading class with us. I'm gonna name 10 places along this journey to get to that classroom, and what we're gonna do is take the 10 keys for a limitless brain, and we're gonna imagine those- each of those keys in, in each of those places- Okay. ... in order. So, I'm gonna ask everyone to say out loud as you're listening to this. The first place that you get out of is the parking lot. So, what's, what's the first place? Say it out loud. Parking lot. Parking lot, and that's our verbal memory. I want you to see it, and then we're gonna feel it and s- and, uh, get it in our body. So,
- 53:27 – 1:02:09
How to memorize a speech in one day
- JKJim Kwik
the parking lot. When you get out of the parking lot, it's 'cause you're gonna be reminded you need a good brain diet, and how you do that, pretend you're eight years old and use your imagination. If you can't imagine it, imagine you can imagine it. And imagine there's a big buffet of your favorite brain foods, and so you see the blueberries, the avocados, the dark chocolate. Okay. And even if you can't imagine, again, imagine you can imagine it. See it, feel it, taste it. All right. So, from there, there's a waterfall. It creates like a moat around the, uh, the building and so you have to cross a bridge, so the second place is the bridge. So, what's the second place? Bridge. Bridge. That's your verbal memory. You step and you go across the bridge and you're killing ANTs. Hmm. It's to remind you of the second tip, quick tip, for a limitless brain. You need to kill automatic negative thoughts. Okay. So, you're stepping on those ANTs. It takes more time to say it than actually do- to see it. And as you're stepping on ANTs, you would never do that, but it's just, you can't forget it. You go into the building. The third place you get into, the elevator. What's the third place? Elevator. Elevator, great. And then third brain tip, exercise. Exercise. So, your personal trainer is there, and whatever your personal exercise is, Pilates, CrossFit, whatever, yoga, you're doing it in the elevator. So, see and feel yourself doing that. You get out of the elevator and the fourth place is the hallway. Okay. So, what's the fourth place? Hallway. Hallway, and these are brain nutrients, all the nootropics, right? So, I want you to imagine you're tripping and falling on bottles of ginkgo, of creatine- (laughs) ... of curcumin, of lion's mane mushroom. Okay. Right? And you're just tripping on it. You're like Donkey Kong or Lara Croft. You're jumping over these. Maybe make the bottles really big, right? Okay. And there are vitamins everywhere. You open the door to my office. Immediately to the left is the fifth place, which is the closet. The closet. So, what's the fifth place? Closet.... closet, and inside, you wanna remember your positive peer group. So all of your happy friends are in the closet. They're celebrating, they're cheering, big surprise party, happy friends, positive peer group. Maybe we're doing a mastermind.
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
Right? You get out, and it's the sixth place is the receptionist. Receptionist. What's the sixth place?
- MRMel Robbins
Receptionist.
- JKJim Kwik
And behind the, so what the receptionist is doing is the sixth brain tip, which is clean environment.
- MRMel Robbins
Mm.
- JKJim Kwik
The receptionist is cleaning the environment.
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
Waxing, vacuuming, dusting, everything is clean. Behind the receptionist is the seventh place, which is the fish tank. What's the seventh place?
- MRMel Robbins
Fish tank.
- JKJim Kwik
Fish tank. Everyone say fish tank. And then the seventh tip, sleep. So imagine Nemo, Dory in their pajamas.
- MRMel Robbins
(laughs)
- JKJim Kwik
They're in their bunk beds. One of them is snoring, right? And you're sleeping with the fishes. (laughs) So that's what's going on with the fish, and you just see it, you won't ever forget. You don't have to repeat it 100 times like old school. You see it once, you can't forget it. All right, we're almost there. You go to the classroom, but the door is locked for the cl- for the speed reading class.
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
And the door, the classroom door is the eighth place. What's the eighth place?
- MRMel Robbins
Okay. Classroom door.
- JKJim Kwik
Perfect. And there's a helmet on a hook there, so you put the helmet on and you headbutt the door open and it splinters everywhere, right?
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
But the helmet reminds you of the brain tip brain protection.
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
Protect your brain. Great, and we're almost done. At the front of the room is the ninth place, and it's a whiteboard-
- MRMel Robbins
Okay.
- JKJim Kwik
... with markers, right? Whiteboard. So what's the ninth place?
- MRMel Robbins
Whiteboard.
- JKJim Kwik
Great. And I'm there as your instructor, and I'm writing two words on the whiteboard in your favorite color. Mel, what's your favorite color?
- MRMel Robbins
Red.
- JKJim Kwik
Red. In red, I'm writing new learnings. New learning. So see those two words, new learnings-
- MRMel Robbins
New learnings.
- JKJim Kwik
... to remind you about, you know, always be learning. And then finally, on the side of this particular classroom are these Japanese plants, these bonsai trees. What's the tenth place?
- MRMel Robbins
Bonsai trees.
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