Jim Kwik

Founder of Kwik Learning and a widely recognized world expert in speed-reading, memory improvement, brain performance, and accelerated learning.

Jim Kwik is the founder of Kwik Learning and a widely recognized world expert in speed-reading, memory improvement, brain performance, and accelerated learning. After a childhood brain injury left him learning-challenged, Kwik created strategies to dramatically enhance his mental performance. For over two decades, he has served as the go-to brain coach to many of the world’s leading CEOs and celebrities. He has dedicated his life to helping others unleash their true genius and brainpower to learn anything faster and live a life of greater power, prosperity, productivity, and peace of mind.

Kwik’s cutting-edge techniques, entertaining presentation style, and impressive brainpower feats have made him a frequent and highly sought-out trainer for top organizations, with clients that include Google, Virgin, Nike, Zappos, GE, Harvard, NYU, and more. He is regularly featured in media, including Forbes, HuffPost, Fast Company, Inc., and CNBC.
He is the host of the acclaimed “Kwik Brain” podcast, which is consistently the #1 training show on iTunes. KwikLearning.com‘s online courses are used by students in over 180 countries.

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Limitless

by Jim Kwik

Jim Kwik is a widely recognized world expert in memory improvement, brain optimization and accelerated learning and has “served as the brain coach to a who’s who of Hollywood’s elite, professional athletes, political leaders, and business magnates.” The best part of Jim’s story? After suffering a brain injury in kindergarten, he was described by a teacher as "the kid with a broken brain.” He struggled with learning for most of his life. Then he went antifragile on it and studied (and applied!) the science of how we learn. Fast-forward a couple decades and VOILA. Here we are. This book is REALLY (!) good. Big Ideas we explore include the Limitless Model (Mindset + Motivation + Methods), Supervillans (Digital: Deluge + Distraction + Dementia + Deduction + Depression), Learn FASTER (Forget + Act + State + Teach + Enter + Review), Learned Limitlessness (delete the LIEs and Optimize the BS!), and how to create sustainable Motivation (Purpose x Energy x Small Simple Steps).

Quotes by Jim Kwik

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In the hero’s journey, the heroes need villains just as much as villains need heroes. The challenges from trials and rivals make us grow and become better. The power and strength of the villain determines the necessary power and strength of the hero. If the villain is weak, there would be nothing to vanquish—and no need for the hero to rise to greatness.

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All of this is to say that you have the ultimate superpower between your ears. You also have the ability to hone that superpower and make it greater—or to let it falter and decay. You get to decide what kind of environment your superpower lives in: one that supports your mission in life, or one that distracts you from your greatest dreams.

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Moving forward incrementally is a significant sign of progress. Every step you can take in the process of becoming limitless is a step in the right direction. But what if you could move your genius forward exponentially? After all, if we take 30 normal steps forward, we’ll wind up somewhere down the street. But if we took 30 exponential steps, we’d circle the Earth more than two dozen times.

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Don’t take criticism from someone you wouldn’t take advice from.

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