Jim Kwik
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You know, I became extremely shy, introverted.
I had learning difficulties.
I was labeled, and a label is tough, right?
You know, when you're put in special classes, I couldn't understand things.
My teachers would repeat themselves four or five times, and I would pretend to understand, like sometimes we do as an adult, because we have this imposter syndrome.
We always want to...
We want to look good.
We don't want to ever make a mistake, which I feel like also holds us back.
Absolutely.
Yes.
Your ability to learn faster.
I really do believe that if there was, let's say, let's say there was a genie and they could grant you one wish, anything you want.
Most people would wish for more wishes.
That would be the hack, right?
If somebody had a genie, Aladdin's gonna give you one wish, you ask for more wishes.
But if I was a learning genie and I could help you learn any subject, any skill, you know, anything, what would you want?
What would you wish for?
You would ask to learn how to learn.
I did a program at Google and I remember hearing this from the chairman said, the amount of information that's been created from the dawn of humanity since human beings walked the earth through the year 2003, which is only about a decade and a half ago, that amount of information is now created every two days.
Oh my gosh.