184: Meta Learning, Speed Reading, & How to Learn Faster With Jim Kwik

Ok, I’ll just come out and say it… this podcast episode is one of my all-time favorites! Jim Kwik is a widely recognized expert in speed reading, brain health, memory improvement, and accelerated learning. He’s also a good friend and someone I really admire in every way.As with many of my guests, there’s more to his story. Jim overcame a traumatic brain injury in childhood by creating strategies to dramatically enhance his mental performance.Two decades later, he works as a brain coach with people all over the world. His goal is to help everyone unleash their true genius and live a life of greater power, productivity, and purpose.Episode Highlights With Jim Kwikwhy almost everything we think we know about learning is wronghow Jim went from not being able to finish a book to teaching the best in the worldchallenges our kids will face as jobs move toward artificial intelligence, automation, and outsourcingmeta-learning and other powerful strategies to learn anything much fasterthe vast difference between what to learn and how to learnwhy intelligence isn’t fixed and how to cater to your own unique strengthshow to abolish the belief that you don’t have a good memory, foreverthe three superpowers to encourage with kids: creativity, imagination, strategyhow to bring imagination and creativity back into educationwhat emotion has to do with memorythe reason children can learn anything faster (it has to do with play!)the trick to getting information into your long-term memorywhy only one-third of your brain is determined by genetics (and how to influence the other two-thirds)how much of learning happens in sleep (another reason why sleep is so dramatically important for brain health)10 things Jim would recommend for parents to help kids love to learnan important reason not to call your kid giftedhow to reward work ethic and grit in children instead of just achievementResources We MentionGo to JimKwik.com and for his free 3-Day Brain Training and moreThe Kwik Brain PodcastVideo: Jim Kwik and Simon Sinek on Social Media and SmartphonesJim Kwik’s Favorite BooksChange Your Brain, Change Your Life by Daniel AmenMindset by Carol DweckAgeless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra