Book Byte #328 "Limitless" by Jim Kwik
Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
📣 Curious Quotes from the Author
“Don’t take criticism from someone you wouldn’t take advice from.”
“Our most precious gift is our brain. It is what allows us to learn, love, think, create, and even to experience joy. It is the gateway to our emotions, to our capacity for deeply experiencing life, to our ability to have lasting intimacy. It allows us to innovate, grow, and accomplish.”
Perfectionism reduces creativity and innovation,”
“If you are struggling to reach a goal in any area, you must first ask: Where is the limit? Most likely, you’re experiencing a limit in your mindset, motivation, or methods—which means that it’s not a personal shortcoming or failure pointing to any perceived lack of ability.”
“Give a person an idea, and you enrich their day. Teach a person how to learn, and they can enrich their entire life.”
“If our mindset is not aligned with our desires or goals, we will never achieve them.”
“New belief: There is no such thing as failure. Only failure to learn.”
“If you’re struggling to find motivation to learn, or to accomplish anything else in your life, there is a good chance you haven’t uncovered the why of the task.”
“All behavior is driven by belief, so before we address how to learn, we must first address the underlying beliefs we hold about what is possible.”
📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea
False assumptions about our IQ or other skills cause many of us to limit ourselves. To be successful, however, you don't need to be a genius from birth. All you have to do is develop your own skills and drive. You accomplish this by determining your mission and utilizing it as motivation. The next step is to select the best approach from the numerous excellent strategies for reading, studying, concentrating, memorization, and thinking. Your learning will become genuinely boundless as a result. Here's one more piece of practical guidance. List things you don't need to do.
A traditional productivity tool is a to-do list. The problem is that they don't assist you in setting priorities for your work. A not-to-do list can help with that. To create one, start by listing all the things you are unable to complete due to external factors. Next, make a list of things you would think of as busy work. Add everything you might assign to others or tasks for which you currently have a structure in place after that. You now have a list of all the things you should avoid doing today.
Until Tomorrow,
Jason (Founder Club255)