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Jim Kwik

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Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

Through two things, novelty and nutrition. Just like if you want to build your physical muscles, what do you do? You work it out, you give it novelty, some kind of stimulus and exercise, and then you give it nutrition. So you give it the amino acids, the proteins to be able to grow, right? Same thing with your mental muscles. You want to have neuroplasticity, novelty, and nutrition.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

Through two things, novelty and nutrition. Just like if you want to build your physical muscles, what do you do? You work it out, you give it novelty, some kind of stimulus and exercise, and then you give it nutrition. So you give it the amino acids, the proteins to be able to grow, right? Same thing with your mental muscles. You want to have neuroplasticity, novelty, and nutrition.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

Through two things, novelty and nutrition. Just like if you want to build your physical muscles, what do you do? You work it out, you give it novelty, some kind of stimulus and exercise, and then you give it nutrition. So you give it the amino acids, the proteins to be able to grow, right? Same thing with your mental muscles. You want to have neuroplasticity, novelty, and nutrition.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

No, it's absolutely true. It's not like your cup is full and you have to empty it to put new information in and your brain doesn't grow that way. It's just like somebody at the gym who's incredibly fit. The more exercise they do, the stronger they get, the more they can do, right?

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

No, it's absolutely true. It's not like your cup is full and you have to empty it to put new information in and your brain doesn't grow that way. It's just like somebody at the gym who's incredibly fit. The more exercise they do, the stronger they get, the more they can do, right?

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

No, it's absolutely true. It's not like your cup is full and you have to empty it to put new information in and your brain doesn't grow that way. It's just like somebody at the gym who's incredibly fit. The more exercise they do, the stronger they get, the more they can do, right?

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

The challenge is like, you know, if you go to the gym, you see somebody deadlifting or bench pressing a huge amount of weight, you say, oh, that's easy for them because they're strong. It's like, no, they're strong because that's what they're doing every single day. With the brain, it's a little bit different because you can't see these mental muscles.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

The challenge is like, you know, if you go to the gym, you see somebody deadlifting or bench pressing a huge amount of weight, you say, oh, that's easy for them because they're strong. It's like, no, they're strong because that's what they're doing every single day. With the brain, it's a little bit different because you can't see these mental muscles.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

The challenge is like, you know, if you go to the gym, you see somebody deadlifting or bench pressing a huge amount of weight, you say, oh, that's easy for them because they're strong. It's like, no, they're strong because that's what they're doing every single day. With the brain, it's a little bit different because you can't see these mental muscles.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

That's why if people watch this on video, they'll see I'm wearing a shirt with a brain. I'm always on social media. It points to my brain. Just as a reminder to everybody, what you see, you take care of because it's your awareness. You see your car, your skin, your hair, your clothes, you know. You know when it's getting out of shape or getting below quality, whatever.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

That's why if people watch this on video, they'll see I'm wearing a shirt with a brain. I'm always on social media. It points to my brain. Just as a reminder to everybody, what you see, you take care of because it's your awareness. You see your car, your skin, your hair, your clothes, you know. You know when it's getting out of shape or getting below quality, whatever.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

That's why if people watch this on video, they'll see I'm wearing a shirt with a brain. I'm always on social media. It points to my brain. Just as a reminder to everybody, what you see, you take care of because it's your awareness. You see your car, your skin, your hair, your clothes, you know. You know when it's getting out of shape or getting below quality, whatever.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

But you don't see the thing that takes care of us, which is your brain. And I feel like it's the most beautiful gift and responsibility that we have. So that's energy. So again, the key for limitless motivation, tap into purpose, really enhance your energy. Because again, if you ate a processed meal, you're not going to be very motivated to read that day or to do any of the things you need to do.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

But you don't see the thing that takes care of us, which is your brain. And I feel like it's the most beautiful gift and responsibility that we have. So that's energy. So again, the key for limitless motivation, tap into purpose, really enhance your energy. Because again, if you ate a processed meal, you're not going to be very motivated to read that day or to do any of the things you need to do.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

But you don't see the thing that takes care of us, which is your brain. And I feel like it's the most beautiful gift and responsibility that we have. So that's energy. So again, the key for limitless motivation, tap into purpose, really enhance your energy. Because again, if you ate a processed meal, you're not going to be very motivated to read that day or to do any of the things you need to do.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

And then the S3 are small, simple steps. Because think about why people procrastinate. They either procrastinate because they don't have a reason to do that thing, or at least they don't feel the reason until maybe the day before taxes are due or something and their emotions change. Or they don't have the energy. Or sometimes people procrastinate because that thing is too big.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

And then the S3 are small, simple steps. Because think about why people procrastinate. They either procrastinate because they don't have a reason to do that thing, or at least they don't feel the reason until maybe the day before taxes are due or something and their emotions change. Or they don't have the energy. Or sometimes people procrastinate because that thing is too big.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

And then the S3 are small, simple steps. Because think about why people procrastinate. They either procrastinate because they don't have a reason to do that thing, or at least they don't feel the reason until maybe the day before taxes are due or something and their emotions change. Or they don't have the energy. Or sometimes people procrastinate because that thing is too big.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

It's too intimidating. It's too unknown. It's too confusing. And a confused mind doesn't do anything. And so let's say, going back to working out, maybe that's too big of a jump for somebody that's not their routine. S3 stands for small, simple steps. So maybe it's not working out. Maybe your small, simple step is putting on your running shoes. Maybe on our podcast, we've done over 400 episodes.

Healing + Human Potential
Discover Your Brain’s Power: Tools for Better Focus, Sleep + Productivity | EP 70

It's too intimidating. It's too unknown. It's too confusing. And a confused mind doesn't do anything. And so let's say, going back to working out, maybe that's too big of a jump for somebody that's not their routine. S3 stands for small, simple steps. So maybe it's not working out. Maybe your small, simple step is putting on your running shoes. Maybe on our podcast, we've done over 400 episodes.