Jim Kwik is a world expert in speed-reading, memory improvement, and optimal brain performance. As the CEO and Founder of Kwik Learning, Jim’s cutting-edge techniques and impressive mental feats have made him a highly sought-out brain trainer for top entrepreneurs and organizations with clients that include Virgin, Nike, GE, Fox Studios, Harvard University, and Singularity University. In this episode, Jim and I discuss his top strategies for memory and learning, motivation, limiting beliefs, digital distraction, and nutrition.
Show Notes:
00:30 — Kevin’s childhood memory challenges (and the self talk that followed)
03:30 — Luminosity; Lion’s Mane Mushroom; Phospholipid Omega-3 DHA
04:30 — How Jim started as the “boy with the broken brain”
09:03 — The impact of limiting beliefs on learning and memory
13:20 — What Jim learnt while visiting nursing homes and seniors’ centers
18:50 — ‘The Power of Positive Thinking’; Dale Carnegie; Napoleon Hill
20:00 — Subvocalization as a constraint for fast reading
23:32 — Why clarifying your motivation is the missing factor for optimal learning
26:30 — The Albert Einstein quote that shaped Jim’s perspective on learning
30:00 — Jim’s ‘Head, Heart and Hands’ approach
31:17 — Simon Sinek
37:48 — The limitations of IQ and standardized tests
40:15 — How respect can be used as a powerful tool for remembering names
43:55 — Post traumatic growth
47:40 — What Jim uncovered about personal responsibility from Stan Lee
49:50 — Jim’s Morning Routine
51:05 — How to remember 10 new peoples’ names at a party
52:25 — ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’
53:30 — Jim’s strategies for digital overload and digital distraction
56:11 — Creating new habits: Dr. B.J Fogg
58:45 — Force multipliers: Jim’s podcast ‘Work Smart – Not Hard’
1:02:11 — Why Jim has a 10 foot Hulk in his backyard
1:04:00 — Jim’s ‘Be, Do, Have, Share’ success formula
1:05:29 — Dr. Wayne Dwyer
1:06:40 — Self talk is ‘software’ that needs to be worked on
1:08:04 — Information plus emotion leads to long-term memories
1:11:00 — Why Jim uses the Pomodoro Technique
1:11:58 — Jim’s top 10 brain foods
1:12:45 — The 2,500 year old memory technique Jim uses with his clients
1:16:35 — The P.I.E. method
1:21:03 — Jim’s ‘Vowel’ strategy for retaining complex information
1:25:05 — Digital dementia
1:31:47 — Connect with Jim at ‘Kwik Brain’, and on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
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