To think that FB's advertisement has been fruitful for once... I just came across a random video of Jim Kwik on Feb 24 that was basically saying he would teach anyone how to learn any topic faster, unlocking our superbrain to master.
I started my first job about 8 months ago, and I need to learn a sort of infinite topics to get good at, and even though I could have the courage to learn under stress ("you have to do such presentation for next week"), but I was wondering if I could accelerate my learning curve with optimal techniques to remember faster.
That was probably the main reason that made me want to click for more details.
Then I got to know Mindvalley, with the interview of Jim with Mindvalley's CEO Vishen, that sort of convinced me in about 1 hour of attentive listening (while smartly taking notes, of course). I got through the whole quest with Jim, I even started in parallel another quest about meditation.
But frankly, I would say it was indeed easy to follow with that bite-sized lesson format and the fun techniques and homework that Jim is teaching. Sometimes a bit cringy, though, but that is how we remember better, isn't it?
In my opinion, the most useful and impactful lessons were:
I started my first job about 8 months ago, and I need to learn a sort of infinite topics to get good at, and even though I could have the courage to learn under stress ("you have to do such presentation for next week"), but I was wondering if I could accelerate my learning curve with optimal techniques to remember faster.
That was probably the main reason that made me want to click for more details.
Then I got to know Mindvalley, with the interview of Jim with Mindvalley's CEO Vishen, that sort of convinced me in about 1 hour of attentive listening (while smartly taking notes, of course). I got through the whole quest with Jim, I even started in parallel another quest about meditation.
But frankly, I would say it was indeed easy to follow with that bite-sized lesson format and the fun techniques and homework that Jim is teaching. Sometimes a bit cringy, though, but that is how we remember better, isn't it?
In my opinion, the most useful and impactful lessons were:
- Implementation of his morning routine: I now follow every morning a very powerful morning routine. When I wake up, I write my dreams on a dedicated space on my "New Learnings Notebook" that also contains space for journaling and notes from Jim's lessons. Then, I drink a glass of water before brushing my teeth with my opposite hand. I boil water for my brain tea with breathing techniques in the meantime. Then, drink my tea while journaling. Time to eat breakfast! 2 eggs, avocado, walnuts, dark chocolate exactly every morning. Blueberries are delicious but too expensive in the country I am living in... Eating while reading a book, continue to read for a minimum of 10 mins. Make my bed, prepare, if possible meditate before leaving (else, in the evening) and commute to work by bike (considered as an exercise for me).
- BE SUAVE, or better remembering names. I have always been extremely bad at remembering names, even I made fun of myself about this, my entire life. I am so grateful that Jim put that B - Believe first, because else I would have probably never pushed myself to do that exercise, to start believing I could do it, and now even if I cannot remember all the names (I mostly meet like 5 people at the same time without having time to properly use BE SUAVE) I still see some interesting changes.
Other methods for names didn't go very successfully for me. - The location method: yes, probably one of the best techniques. I think this is the only lesson I have shared with a friend of mine, I taught her this technique and we kept talking about it for another hour, really worth. I use indeed my apartment (living room and kitchen) and it seems to work out pretty well, although I used it only for personal purposes so far, never for my job (maybe if I truly have 10 to 20 exact words to remember
- The 5R method for remembering exact sentences look nice but bulky, never tried it so far, I cannot judge but it still seems not very easy to implement in real situations
- The phonetic number code: yes, definitely worth learning technique. I did not spend so much time yet (lesson 28, today just finished 30th) but at least to remember the birthdays of your entire family and friends, it is a really powerful tool that deserves more attention, and dedication Jim, thanks for what you shared, I am going to read more books from now on, and not only Stephen King: the 7 habits dude, conversations with god, counter-clockwise... more to come.
If you come by in Japan, I will be glad to come to see you. Cheers