Vishen Lakhiani and others take on a memory challenge using Jim Kwik's Super Brain Quest techniques. They learn a method to remember a list of words in order and are surprised by how much their recall improves.
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Hi.
Hi.
How are you feeling?
Excited, nervous, happy.
So, today we're going to test your memory and see how much you can improve it in just five minutes.
Oh, damn.
How good do you think your memory is?
Not that great.
It can be better for sure.
Oh, it's really bad right now.
Short term, very good.
Long term, sometimes not too far from above average. Would you like to improve it?
Of course.
Yeah, absolutely.
Yes, definitely. Have you ever thought about going through Jim Quick's Super Brain Quest?
Yeah, I thought about that.
Yes, I'm interested in it for sure.
I thought about it and then I forgot to follow through. That's ironic. Well, today we're going to show you one super simple technique that Jim Kwik shares in his Super Brain Quest. But first, let's see how your memory is as it is. I'm going to tell you 10 random words, and you need to try to remember them as many as possible in that specific order.
In that specific order?
Yes.
Oh, good.
Are you ready?
Yes.
No, you'll be going slow. Right.
Do I need to write them down?
No. Let's go. Fire hydrant.
Balloon.
Batteries. Barrel. Board. Diamond. Sir Lancelot. Mask.
Mask.
Toothpaste. Sign. Sign. Okay. You have 30 seconds to write down as many words as you can remember in that specific. All right, the time is up, so just tell me whatever you bet is bad.
Oh, my God. I forgot everything.
What was the first word?
Something with fire.
Then balloon. Then Sir Lancelot.
I probably skipped a few, but that's okay.
Barrel.
Fire hydrant, Balloon, batteries. Barrel. Then it goes blank.
I forgot the eighth one. Toothpaste sign. So how many did you get? Right.
Three.
Three. Okay, that's not bad. So you got four?
Yeah.
Three and a half.
I got, like, five.
One, two, three, four, five, six. Minus the sun.
You got three.
Yeah.
Now, let's see how you're going to do this after learning the technique. Now, you'll need this laptop in front of you. Put on the headphones and watch the video in which Jim Kwik is going to share a special technique that is going to help you boost your memory. It should take less than five minutes.
That was fun.
So, did you get the technique?
Yes.
Was it difficult? No.
It's actually very easy.
So, are you ready for another test to see how much progress you've made?
Yes.
So, I'm going to give you another set of ten random words. Oh, no, not the same ones. And again, you will need to remember as many as possible in that order. Ready? Duck. Roof. Wine. Drum. Cracker. School. Dinosaur. Gun. Judge. Doll. So let's check. You don't have to write it.
Okay.
You can just say it.
Okay. Duck.
Roof.
Wine. Wine.
Roof. Drum.
Cracker.
School. Dinosaur. Gun.
Dinosaur Gun. Judge.
Judge.
Dog.
Oh my God. You got all ten?
Yes.
Whoa. Really?
How many did I get?
All of them. All of them?
Yeah. This is so cool.
All 10?
Awesome.
And you could only do five before?
Yep. Double the amount now.
25 to 30% more.
Yeah. Just after one video and the first.
Time you got three.
Yes.
That's a huge difference.
Did you expect to have such a result in such a short time?
Oh, God, no.
Yeah.
No, that's amazing.
I would never expect that.
Do you want to go through the whole quest now and learn more?
Oh, yes, for sure. I will do it.
Definitely. It makes it even more exciting.
If you have time, maybe we can do a bonus round that's extra points.
Yeah.
Alright. I will give you a harder task this time, but I'm sure you're gonna be surprised with your own results. Okay. Can you recite the same list of words backwards? Backwards?
Ah.
I knew that it would be heaven.
Doll.
Judge.
Gun.
Dinosaur School.
Cracker.
Drums. Then wine, then roof, and then duck.
Good job. Awesome. Are you impressed with yourself?
I am.
Okay. You got all 10.
Okay.
Whoa. So how was the whole experience for you?
Was great fun. This was like a blast.
Very helpful. If you could describe it in one word, what would that be?
