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Nov 2023
1h 21m

2207: Upgrade Your Brain With Jim Kwik

SAL DI STEFANO, ADAM SCHAFER, JUSTIN ANDREWS, DOUG EGGE
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In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak with best selling author and memory performance expert Jim Kwik.

  • Understanding your brain type allows you to operate throughout the world. (2:21)

  • Why does Jim consider himself an ambivert? (10:50)

  • If knowledge is power, then learning is a superpower. (14:09)

  • The problems with our conventional education system. (18:34)

  • “The same level of thinking that has created your problem, won’t solve your problem.” (22:34)

  • Your ancestor's sacrifices are our blessings. (35:09)

  • The role music plays in our ability to retain information and to learn. (37:07)

  • Different strategies of learning for each brain animal type. (41:23)

  • How genius is not innate but cultivated. (52:02)

  • Nootropics that have an effect. (56:47)

  • The latest additions to the expanded edition of Limitless. (59:16)

  • You are the pilot of your brain, not the passenger. (1:07:56)

  • How has fatherhood changed him? (1:11:45)

  • What’s most important to you in life? (1:13:25)

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