TIP590: Lifelong Learning w/ Jim Kwik

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Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

4.6 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Clay Finck is joined by brain expert — Jim Kwik. They discuss how we can upgrade our brains by rethinking our purpose, revitalizing our energy, and taking small, simple steps every day. They also cover Jim’s tips for reading faster and improving retention to get more out of every page you read.

Jim Kwik is a New York Times bestselling author, brain coach, and the host of the Kwik Brain Podcast. He has served as the brain enhancement and high-performance coach and trainer to many of the world’s most admired Fortune 500 CEOs and a variety of public figures and celebrities, including Bill Gates, Tom Brady, Richard Branson, Stan Lee, Oprah Winfrey, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX Team. Jim puts high-level people in the position to use their brain power at optimum levels.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

00:00 - Intro

05:32 - Why we should reconsider the practices we use to learn.

09:45 - Why all behavior is belief-driven.

12:56 - The number one asset we have to achieve anything we desire.

16:15 - The framework Jim uses to stay motivated.

20:57 - Arnold Schwarzenegger’s advice to Jim on what it takes to be the best in your field.

29:53 - How a strong sense of purpose can help anchor us in thinking long-term.

32:48 - How we can reach the flow state.

37:13 - Ways in which we can improve our focus and concentration.

43:03 - Why great questions will lead us to the answers we need.

50:58 - The mental benefits of a reading habit.

55:32 - Why it’s oftentimes better to read a book rather than listen to an audiobook.

59:09 - How you can increase reading retention.

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BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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Jim’s Book: Limitless.
Jim’s Podcast: Kwik Brain.
Find out your brain type here.
Jay Papasan’s book: The One Thing.
Learn more about the Berkshire Summit by clicking here or emailing Clay at [email protected].
Related Episode: TIP494: The Worldly Wisdom of Charlie Munger or watch the video.
Related Episode: TIP571: Charlie Munger and the Psychology of Human Misjudgment or watch the video.
Related Episode:TIP464: The Billionaire Coach’s Playbook w/ Matt Spielman or watch the video.
Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to TIP.
0:03.0	On today's episode, I'm joined by brain expert Jim Quick to discuss his updated book,
0:08.2	Limitless Expanded.
0:10.0	As value investors, we are on this journey of lifelong learning.
0:14.0	One of the things that many people overlook
0:16.0	is this idea of learning how to learn.
0:18.5	Imagine if you could increase your reading speed
0:20.8	by 25 to 50 percent while also increasing your retention.
0:25.0	Over the course of years this would make a massive difference.
0:29.0	And this is exactly why we brought Jim Quick onto the show.
0:32.0	Jim is a New York Times best-selling author, Braint. why we brought Jim Quick onto the show.
0:32.5	Jim is a New York Times best-selling author, Brain Coach,
0:35.5	and the host of the Quick Brain Podcast.
0:37.9	He has served as the brain enhancement
0:39.7	in high-performance coach and trainer
0:41.6	to many of the world's most admired Fortune 500 CEOs
0:45.2	in a variety of public figures including Bill Gates, Tom Brady, Richard Branson,
0:49.9	Oprah Winfrey, and Elon Must team at SpaceX.
0:53.2	When it comes to thinking better and upgrading our reading skills, Jim is our guide to turn to.
0:58.6	During this chat we cover why we should reconsider the practices we use to learn, why all behavior is belief-driven,
1:05.9	the framework Jim uses to stay motivated.
1:08.4	Arnold Schwarzenegger's advice to Jim on what it takes to be the very best in your field, how we can reach flow state, ways in
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