Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life

When he was young, Jim Kwik hit his head and ended up with a TBI. As he grew up, he was known as the boy with the broken brain. As he grew older, he developed a unique way of learning, memorizing, retaining information, and reading fast. Now, he shares with the reader his tips and tricks.This book was life changing for me. Having dyslexia, I struggled with many of the things he mentioned in this book. His tips and tricks are easy to use, easy to implement, and really have helped. I've been able to go from struggling to pass most tests to being able to pass all the certifications for my job on the first try. For me, as a project manger, this is huge. His note-taking method and remembering information has helped me the most. These two tips alone were worth the price of purchase. I highly recommend this for a gift or for yourself.

Limitless is a timeless work, both inspiring and empowering. I read it at least once a year and try to impart on the of many lessons and techniques to my lifestyle. Jim is the man! He's raw and relatable, and his life serves as an inspiration. Not only does he inspire, but he also makes the act of becoming "Limitless" a reality. A must buy, a must-read, and a must apply.

Limitless Review: Jim Kwik. What an incredible person and what an incredible book. I’ve learn things in this book that have dramatically improved my quality of life in the form of a promotion a work, recall, building my library (in over flow now, lol), my deductive reasoning, memory recall, and so much more.The frame work alone has me computing situations much faster. Folks, you’ll learn about things in this book such as; digital dementia and the affects of blue light, effects of EMF, and many other brain health facts that are not all that common. The strategies and the nemonic devices that Jim offers have been ground breaking to me, and definitely help crack the codes that many of us have been stuck on for decades.I’ve shared this book with so many people, even on my social media. There are other eye opening facts that are included such as task switching and it’s perils, as well as brain hydration, and the positive effects of positive self-talk, see what I did there 😉. The chain reaction that results from speed reading and the focus that is derived from it.I’ve literally taken almost every course that the Kwik Learning team has offered and I’ve grown in my career, my endeavors, and in life. This book is so good that coming to the end of it is bitter sweet. These are tools many of us probably wish we would have had decades ago, but hey, we have them today and we shall make the rest of our lives, the best of our lives. Again, thank you so much Jim, I definitely share your podcast and book with as many people as I can.Keep inspiring the minds, your courses and book have done wonders in my life. Happy to have found your work.

Favorite Quote: Don't take criticism from someone you wouldn't take advice from.I read this quote a fourth of the way through the book: "I'm going to share much of that method with you in the book." (The referenced method is how to easily memorize information.) It's like, dude. Enough. I bought your book. You don't need to sell me. I've literally purchased and read a fifth of your book, get to the damn actionable advice already!I had to wait until Chapter 8 for this actionable information. The first third of the book has taken the approach that the reader first needs to be built up and given confidence in their abilities. Time and time again the author references limiting beliefs and such. If you don't suffer any prior traumatic psychological issues that you can't over on your own (as the author had), I think you can skip this portion. And, I'm no genius. In fact, I think my learning abilities are average.I enjoyed the part about brain foods, though, with the exception of Tumeric, I'd consider them all relatively obvious, healthfood options (blueberries, avocado, leafy greens, water, etc.).One of the most intriguing concepts in the book is the Fogg behavioral Model which says for a behavior to happen three things need to happen: trigger, ability, motivation. Let's say there's a raffle and you win. It's $10 and you win, but you're not a good dancer. You decide not to embarasse yourself in front of a big crowd. In this case, the trigger was you winning, you have the ability to dance (though you may not be skillful), but you lacked the motivation. Let's say, now, the prize is $1,000. The increase in price money gives you motivation and you dance.The author recommends some things for better minds:-a glass of celery juice and probiotics in the morning and/or before you start working.-meditation, specifically Ziva Meditation.-rubbing essential oil on your wrist while you are learning and just before the test. Smell brings back memories.-scent of rosemary to improve memory and peppermint/lemon to promote concentrationProbably the most enlightening chapter was Chapter 9: Small Simple Steps as it provided information on habits or behaviors and how to form them. Basically, everybody wants to eliminate a bad habit and form a good habit. A habit is a behavior. And a behavior happens when three criteria are satisfied: motivation, ability, trigger.Exponential thinking is a neat concept. Essentially, it's creativity at its core. How easily can you connect the dots between two seemingly unrelated things.The two bonus chapters are unavailable on his website. In fact, so is his list of brain supplements.