Jim KwikFounder, Kwik Brain · Brain Coach

Why You Should REMEMBER Your DREAMS 😴 | Jim Kwik

11 Dec 2022 · 1 min

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Jim Kwik explains why dreams matter for creativity and problem-solving, citing Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Paul McCartney's "Yesterday," and the discovery of the periodic table as breakthroughs that came from dreams. Your brain stays active at night, integrating information and generating solutions, not shutting down.

Did you know Frankenstein came to her in a dream? Paul McCartney came up with Yesterday in his dream. Chemists came up with the periodic table in his dream. Elias Howe created the sewing machine in his dream. When you are working all day and you're learning all day, your brain doesn't shut off at night. At night, it's more active. People don't realize that. You think it's just not happening. It's actually more active, and it's coming up with solutions, and it's integrating stuff in the form of dreams. But Jim, when you wake up, most people forget their dreams. In my morning routine episode where I talk about 6 steps on how to remember my dreams, because there's gems in there.