Episode 376: Jim Kwik: How to Upgrade Your Brain with Meta-Learning and Fitness

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen

Entrepreneurship, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Business

4.5 • 818 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Ever wondered if you could supercharge your learning abilities? This Fitness Friday episode dives into the fascinating world of meta-learning and brain optimization. My guest Jim Kwik and I discuss meta-learning’s major impact on academic performance and the concept of "learning how to learn". We also discuss the importance of physical exercise for brain health and learning, digital dementia, and human over-reliance on technology. Jim Kwik is an American brain coach, podcaster, writer, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Kwik Learning, an online learning platform; the host of the Kwik Brain podcast; and the author of Limitless. Kwik has taught his brain retraining and learning techniques to students from universities such as Harvard, CalTech, and Singularity University. He also teaches executives and employees from companies such as Google, Virgin, Nike, Zappos, GE, 20th Century Fox, Cleveland Clinic, WordPress, and institutions like the United Nations to get the most out of work and life. What we discuss: Meta-learning and its impact on academic performance The concept of "learning how to learn" Importance of physical exercise for brain health and learning Digital dementia and over-reliance on technology Thank you to our sponsor: Therasage: Head over to therasage.com and use code Be Bold for 15% off Find more from Jim Kwik: Website: https://www.jimkwik.com/ Instagram: @jimkwik Find more from Jen: Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen Books: https://www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: https://www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagements Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, guys. It's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.
0:09.0	Hey, friends, you're listening to Fitness Friday on the Habits and Hustle podcast, where myself and my friends share quick and very actionable advice for you becoming your healthiest self. So stay tuned and let me know
0:23.5	how you leveled up.
0:33.2	Before we dive into today's episode, I first want to thank our sponsor, Therasage.
0:38.5	Their trite panel has become my favorite biohacking thing for healing my body.
0:44.9	It's a portable red light panel that I simply cannot live without.
0:48.9	I literally bring it with me everywhere I go.
0:51.6	And I personally use their red light therapy to help reduce
0:54.9	inflammations and places in my body where, honestly, I have pain. You can use it on a sore back,
1:01.7	stomach cramps, shoulder, ankle. Red light therapy is my go-to. Plus, it also has amazing
1:08.5	anti-aging benefits, including reducing signs of fine lines and wrinkles on your face, which I also use it for.
1:15.4	I personally use Therisage Trilite everywhere and all the time.
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1:55.4	It's at the same level of thinking that it has created your problem, won't solve your problem.
2:00.8	And it made me think,
2:01.8	like, what's my problem? Well, I have a broken brain. I'm a very sole learner. I was like, well,
2:05.7	how do I think differently about it? I was thinking, well, maybe I could fix my brain. Maybe I could
2:10.1	learn how to learn better. And I put my studies aside because I wasn't making any traction on that
2:15.7	anyway. And I started studying these books and also studying this area of learning how to learn an area of science called meta-learning and
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