Welcome to Nobody Told Me. I'm Laura Owens and I'm Jan Black. And our guest on this episode is Jim Quick, who's known for his expertise in speed reading, memory improvement, and optimal brain performance. Jim is the author of the new book, Limitless. Upgrade your brain, learn anything faster, and unlock your exceptional life. Jim is the founder and

CEO of Quick Learning, and he's taught his techniques to students at Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia

universities, and to executives of companies like Nike, GE, SpaceX, and Virgin. He feels the

sheltering we're doing during the COVID-19 pandemic offers us an opportunity

to transform our brain power, our mindset, and our creativity. Jim, we thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you both for having me. I'm excited about this conversation. Well, we are too, because

you say we need to think of this challenging period we're in right now as being in a cocoon.

I like the idea. Tell us more about that.

Well, use the word transform, and I feel like that's the metaphor that would be very empowering for us to have right now, that the symbol of a profound change is that of a cocoon

you know to transforming into a butterfly caterpillar into a butterfly and I feel like everybody

could identify with this idea of being cocooned like we are alone we are physically distancing

ourselves and it's interesting place? To be alone with our own

thoughts, to be with our own fears or doubts or even feeling alone. And, you know, the book, as you

mentioned, is called Limitless. One of the things that hold us back is hanging on to, clinging

onto a world that was rather than progressing and continuing the cycle.

So I believe while the beauty is in the butterfly, the growth happens in the cocoon.

And so there are five things that I'm recommending clients and friends and family to do if they want to come out stronger, wiser you know where there's some kind of silver

lining here and i'm not discounting at all whatever anyone everyone is feeling right now because we

go through a whole range of emotions and if you want to be able to to level up you know your life

then there are five Cs and I alliterate everything to make it

very memorable. And here are the really quick five Cs to cocooning to come out, come out as

that butterfly that has the potential to soar to new heights. Number one is clarity. I think that

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