488: How to improve your memory & focus | Memory coach Jim Kwik

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

“There’s no such thing as a good or bad memory. There's a trained memory and an untrained memory," says Jim Kwik. Jim, a leading expert in brain optimization, memory improvement, and accelerated learning, joins us to discuss how to enhance your brain power, plus: - Jim’s powerful brain heath journey (~02:03) - Practices that help Jim become a leader in brain optimization (~08:25) - Why we’ve been taught to learn all wrong (~16:24) - The 10 keys for a more focused brain (~22:06) - How to boost your reaction time by 30% (~28:40) - The health benefits of cleaning your space (~34:33) - Why you should be a lifelong learner (~37:45) - Sneaky & common habits hurting your memory (~39:48) - Is AI helping or hurting our brain health? (~47:22) - How to know if you have digital dementia (~48:57) - How to improve your selective memory (~52:54) - A trick to remember people’s names (~57:25) - The best learning & memorization tips by decade (~01:02:43) - The health benefits of reading (~01:04:44) - How to identify your unique brain type (~01:07:51) Order a copy of my new book The Joy Of Well-Being at thejoyofwellbeing.com! Referenced in the episode: - Jim's book, Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life. - Listen to Colleen & I on Jim's podcast. - Research on a clean environment & mental clarity. - The Nun Study & its commentary. - Sign up for Jim's speed reading masterclass. - Learn more about Jim's memory courses. - Visit jimkwik.com/mindbodygreen to take a free brain archetype quiz. - mbg Podcast episode #378 and #150, with Daniel Amen, M.D. - Sign up for The Long Game. We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wackeb, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.
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0:36.0	Hey everyone. What if I told you that you could improve your brain health no matter your age, health history or lifestyle habits?
0:43.0	It is possible to bolster your brain at any stage of life.
0:47.0	Take it from today's guest, Jim Quick, who is once known as the boy with the broken brain.
0:54.0	A childhood head injury at age five left him struggling in school, but through decades of discovering different learning habits, he was able to literally rebuild his brain.
1:05.0	Now look, Jim is the guy on brain coaching.
1:10.0	He's a leading expert in brain optimization, memory improvement and accelerated learning.
1:16.0	And he's here to talk about all the different memory hacks and training methods to optimize your brain power,
1:23.0	including one of my favorites. How to remember someone's name when you first meet them.
1:27.0	Think of this episode as a free brain health bootcamp led by one of the top memory coaches in the country, if not the best.
1:37.0	It is such a great honor to have Jim on the show today.
1:40.0	Jim, welcome. Jason, so good to be here.
1:43.0	It's great to have you as I said before the show. I can't believe it's taken this long to have you, but better late the number.
1:50.0	You are the man when it comes to all things, brain health, memory, optimization. So such an honor. Welcome.
1:59.0	Yeah, that's such an honor to have been on your show with Colleen.
2:04.0	And I really, our team is our bear big fans of my body green. So this is a long time coming.
2:11.0	Well, you are very kind and let's start like many people in our space. You have a really powerful personal story which led you to your work.
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