3 Keys to Improving Your Learning & Memory | Jim Kwik

3 keys to really get the most out of your learning and your life ongoing from here on out. Okay? And we're gonna play a game. How many people here like superheroes? Raise your hand. Okay. What we're gonna do is we're gonna play like superheroes. And one of the reasons why we're gonna do this is we're gonna step into new emotional states that are really key to accelerated learning. And what we're gonna talk about is the states of play, The states of focus, and the states of courage or confidence. How many people want one or more of those 3? Play? Raise your hand if you'd like to have more play in your life, more fun. Would it reflect in your business, in your career, if you're more playful in your relationships, have more enjoyment there? What about focus? Raise your hand if you'd like to bring more focus in your life. Yes. Would you be able to get more done and be able to be healthier, to be able to live longer? Yes or yes?

Yes.

And then the third thing is confidence. How many people would like to have more boldness, courage, confidence? Raise your hand. Will that help you to be able to pursue your dreams, to be able to get yourself to do things that are uncomfortable? Yes or yes? So we're going to be able to do this through getting it into our body because the whole precept of what we teach with Superbrain and our podcast is that knowledge is not enough. You know too much information. Probably forgotten more about personal development and personal growth than most people will, you know, will ever learn in their lifetime. Is that fair? That you probably have lost and forgotten all this? So knowledge is not enough because knowledge is not power. It's only what?

Potential.

Potential power. It only becomes power when we what?

Use it.

When we use it and we utilize it. So for me, it's about getting it from your head to your heart to your hands. That's power. When you can take it from your head And move it through the energy of your heart, the emotion, then you can act with your hands. Because how many people ever learned something really important like the past few days? Raise your hand if you learned something powerful. Now, what's the odds of people employing that the next day after we leave here? It's very low for 2 reasons. Number one, most people forget it. 80% of what you learn is gone within 2 days. But the other reason why is people don't use it because it's not in their body. And I wanna get you this play, this focus, and this courage in your body. And we're gonna use the archetype of superheroes, right? We're all on this superhero journey, if you will. And so, 3 of my favorite superheroes, what we're gonna do is we're gonna role model them and we're gonna act as if. Just like these gentlemen did in their 70s, they were acting as if they were in their 50s. We're gonna act as if we're 8 years old. So we're all gonna— So we're all gonna— we're gonna have lots of years to our life. So what we're gonna do is let's do this. I want everybody to show me what Spider-Man looks like. What's his move? Everyone do the Spider-Man move. So it's— everyone, just to be clear, you're spinning the webs, right? So you're going like this. And it's funny how you add the sounds there automatically, right?

Shh.

So show your partners what Spider-Man looks like. Go. And what I want you to think of is Spider-Man for you moving forward is going to represent play. Play. Because if you read the comic books, if you watch the shows, the movies, he's very playful when he's battling and he's going out doing that. Because he's a teenager. You have a metal arm? That is awesome, dude. You have the right to remain silent. Right? And so he's very, very playful, but that allows him flexibility. And flexibility is power. You know, any kind of system, those who have the most flexibility will win, as opposed to somebody who only has one way of reacting or responding. Does that make sense in game theory? So you want to have that flexibility, but what allows you to have flexibility is play. That's why Daniela did this movement, and being free like that allows you flexibility to be able to get a better result. But you gotta get it in your body, because yes, you learn through visual, and you can learn through— how many people like to learn things by seeing it? Raise your hand. How many people, seeing it's nice or reading it's nice, but you like to have a discussion and hear it and listen to it? And then raise your hand if those 2 things are valid, but for you, what's most real is you wanna get it in your body. You wanna roll up your sleeves and do it. That's how you understand things. So there's visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. And when you stack all 3, you accelerate your learning. Does that make sense? Because you're using more of your senses, your nervous system. So what you're going to do is when I ask you to do Spider-Man, you're going to actually do the moves. So show your partners what Spider-Man looks like one more time. And remember— and now, now don't just— I want you to— now watch this, the difference. I want you to do it again, but this time be playful like you're 8 years old. 1, 2, 3, go.

Shh.

And that playfulness, and that playfulness will get it in your body. That playfulness, you can feel it in your body, right? The other reason why we do this is that information is not enough. Remember, do this. Information— do this, say this. Information combined with emotion becomes a long-term memory. Information combined with emotion becomes a long-term memory. One more time. Information combined with emotion becomes a long-term memory. And that's the state. All learning is state-dependent. Life is emotions, right? Even time. You know, we don't even know how to define time most of the times, but how many people have ever felt something where you felt like time went by really slow? How many people have ever felt something, a different kind of emotion, where time just stood still? Right? Because time is a feeling, right? It's an emotion. And so you want to get that emotion in your body because all information, all learning is state-dependent. So you want to add the emotion to it. So, one more time, Spider-Man, go. Very nice. Now, come back. Now, the second one I want you to think about is focus. And now, for me, the superhero that represents focus for me is Black Panther, because they're such amazing— like, he's amazing innovators. And what's the move for Black Panther, for those of you who know?

Fist.

So, you're going to make a fist like this, and you're going to bring it to your chest like this. Right? Does everyone— show your partners what that looks like. Wakanda. So, Wakanda— come back center. So, Wakanda is known for their innovation, for their level of focus in battle, for the level of being able to— their creativity. These are these mental— how many people here would like to have better focus and creativity? Innovation, right? So, everyone do the move. Show your partners. Very good. And then, finally, the last move is about courage. It's about boldness. It's about confidence. And I want everybody to do the Wonder Woman pose. Show your partner what the Wonder Woman pose looks like. Show your group what the Wonder Woman pose—

Hi, guys.

Okay. Shh. Very nice. Now, how many people have saw the study that was done at Harvard, Amy Cuddy, about doing the Wonder Woman pose? What are the results from that? More confidence, yes. What else? Better outcomes, right? Because you're more confident, it boosts your testosterone, gives you more courage and boldness. Because does your physiology affect your psychology? Of course it does, and you know that. As your body moves, your brain grooves.

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