Unlock Your Motivational Brain To Uplevel Your Productivity | Jim Kwik
Summary
TLDRThe speaker discusses his personal journey with learning challenges and feeling like an outcast as a child. He found solace and inspiration in comic book stories showing people using their unique abilities to make a positive difference. This passion led him to become a teacher focused on helping others unlock their potential. He stresses that to achieve our goals requires the right mindset, motivation through finding meaning, effective methods tailored to how our brains work best, and integrating all three. He argues that by coming together and collaborating, we can make a profoundly positive impact on the world.
Takeaways
- 😀 Your limitations are mostly learned from your environment, experiences and expectations
- 👍🏻 Motivation requires having a compelling reason and ample energy
- 💡 Break big goals down into small, doable actions to make progress
- 🧠 Manage your mental energy with things like nutrition, stress relief and sleep
- 😊 Surround yourself with a positive peer group who uplifts and challenges you
- 🤝 Collaboration with others can lead to groundbreaking innovations
- 👀 Model the mindset, motivation and methods of those who have achieved your goals
- 🎯 Integrate mindset, motivation and methods to reach your desired potential
- ❤️ Teach people how to learn so they can enrich their own lives
- 🌟 You have limitless potential inside yourself to unleash
Q & A
What is Jim Kwik's motivation and purpose?
-Jim Kwik's motivation is to build better, brighter brains. His purpose is taking that passion to light other people up - to show people how to learn so they can light themselves up.
What are the 3 key forces that keep us contained according to Jim Kwik?
-The 3 key forces are: 1) Mindset 2) Motivation 3) Methods. If you are missing any one of these 3 components, you will stay 'in the box'.
What is the Zeigarnik effect?
-The Zeigarnik effect refers to the phenomenon where people remember unfinished or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks. To utilize this, Jim Kwik recommends breaking goals down into tiny action steps so you always have an 'open loop' that your mind wants to close.
What are Jim Kwik's 10 keys to unlock mental energy?
-The 10 keys are: 1) Food/nutrition 2) Supplementation 3) Stress management 4) Sleep 5) Physical activity 6) Positive peer group 7) Exploration 8) Contribution 9) Flow states 10) Celebration
What is the framework Jim introduces for motivation?
-Jim introduces a framework with 3 components: Mindset, Motivation, and Methods. Where they intersect you find Inspiration, Ideation, and Implementation. In the center, where all 3 intersect, is Integration.
What was Jim Kwik's experience working with the X-Men movie?
-Jim Kwik taught the cast of X-Men how to speed read scripts, memorize lines quickly, and stay focused on set. He flew with them to the set in Montreal and they took a class photo together. The chairman of 20th Century Fox (who produced X-Men) sent Jim a framed copy, saying he was searching for his 'superhero school' and this was his class photo.
What is the event pictured in 1927 with Albert Einstein?
-The 1927 photo shows a gathering of 29 scientists, 17 of whom were Nobel Prize winners. This meeting of minds sparked breakthrough innovations and most of the 17 went on to win their Nobels afterwards. It was a pivotal point in scientific history.
What is subvocalization and why does Jim recommend stopping it?
-Subvocalization refers to hearing an inner voice in your head as you read, sounding out each word. This limits reading speed to talking speed. Jim recommends training to stop subvocalizing so you can read faster than you talk.
What is the competence-confidence loop?
-As you gain competence in a skill, you also gain confidence. This reinforcing loop perpetuates motivation - the more skilled you become, the more motivated you are to continue improving.
What is Jim Kwik's simple framework for motivation?
-Jim says motivation boils down to: 1) Having a reason WHY you want to do something 2) Having enough energy/fuel to take action 3) Breaking goals down into tiny doable steps
Outlines
😊 Introducing the concept of motivation as key to enriching lives
The paragraph introduces the concept that providing ideas can enrich someone's life, but teaching them how to learn can empower them to enrich their own lives. It emphasizes the importance of motivation over just enjoying the learning process itself. The speaker wrote the book to share the latest science and research on learning, accelerated learning, peak performance, and motivation based on decades of experience working with diverse groups of people.
⏰ Effective time and priority management through energy optimization
The paragraph highlights that while time management is important, effective priority and energy management is key. It uses the metaphor of having $86,400 deposited daily to illustrate the value of time and not wasting our daily energy. It emphasizes optimizing mental energy and introduces 10 specific strategies from the Superbrain program to unlock energy and jumpstart the brain.
😅 Breaking big goals down into small doable actions
The paragraph explains that having strong reasons and energy alone is not enough for motivation if the goal is too big or unclear. It stresses breaking big goals down into small, doable actions that move you towards progress. This leverages the Zeigarnik effect where the mind seeks closure. Small starts build competence confidence loops fuelling further motivation.
⏳ Living dreams fully by making the most of time
The paragraph emphasizes that scary or not, not pursuing dreams and passions is scarier considering our finite time. It advocates fully running towards dreams with the urgency of being on fire to avoid later regrets. It also stresses being a role model and source of support, encouragement and cheerleading for others.
📚 Reading widely accelerates growth and makes an impact
The paragraph illustrates via an anecdote how reading widely fuels learning and growth leading to life-saving impact. It analyzes how the student combined strong motivation to save her ill mother together with speed reading methods learned from the speaker. This competence confidence loop made her an avid reader benefitting her mother.
⚡️ Achieving the fully integrated limitless state
The paragraph maps out the Limits Integration Model spanning mindset, motivation and methods. It shows integration across these dimensions helps actualize ideals into implementation leading to transcendence into the limitless state. It also maps common gaps explaining why people fail to achieve goals.
😎 My personal story and journey finding belief and belonging
The paragraph recounts the speaker's childhood struggles with reading and how comic books and stories of mutants gave him hope. It shares his unbelievable experience of actually meeting the cast of X-Men and visit the movie set as an adult. This represented a dream coming true, finally finding his long sought-after place of belonging.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡motivation
💡mindset
💡methods
💡integration
💡priorities
💡boundaries
💡flow state
💡explanatory schema
💡limitless
💡together
Highlights
I believe if you give someone an idea, you enrich their life but if you teach, them how to learn they can enrich their, own lives
the reason I wrote this book is not, only the latest cognitive science on, learning accelerated learning and, performing at your best but really it, it's it's it's a field tested guide
what is, motivation I don't believe that you have, to be enjoy the process I always want to, find joy in the process of working out
how many of you do this how many of you, love the cold like I don't I grew up it, in the Northeast in you know in New York,
insanity is doing, what and doing the same thing over and, over again expecting a different result,
who's, counting on you to be at your best today, like who's watching you all the time,
we have 86,400 seconds, des and whatever you're not investing in, it into something for your happiness for,
the most important thing is, to keep the most important thing the, most important thing I'll say this again,
little by little a little, becomes a lot now we're the last part of,
genius leaves clues,
leaders are readers I could do this,
where, all three of them intersect here that's, where you have the fourth eye you have, integration integration and that's the,
map it in here, and what it does is it removes judgment,
it was me and the, entire cast of x-men and I'm, sitting between you know Halle Berry and,
when I'm talking about limitless I'm, saying you have inside of you the,
Transcripts
I believe if you give someone an idea
you enrich their life but if you teach
them how to learn they can enrich their
own lives
[Music]
now the reason I wrote this book is not
only the latest cognitive science on
learning accelerated learning and
performing at your best but really it
it's it's it's a field tested guide
because I've seen it all and me from
working with children who have no
resources that are in foster care that
have a DD or you know it dyslexia to
seniors that are losing like my
grandmother losing you know their memory
and their mind and everyone in between
you see patterns right and so what is
motivation I don't believe that you have
to be enjoy the process I always want to
find joy in the process of working out
but if you know my morning routine if
you've gone through my programs one of
the first things I do in the morning is
I take an ice bath or I take a cold
shower
how many of you do this how many of you
love the cold like I don't I grew up it
in the Northeast in you know in New York
I despise the cold but I do it even when
I'm here every single day because the
first part is I have a reason I'm very
clear on the reasons I'm doing something
and you know one of the people that had
endorsed my book is a good friend of
mine simon Sinek
how many of you knows start with why in
this always say start with why and
that's your reason your purpose and I
don't mean your life purpose because
that's a different conversation but what
gets me to do the cold or gets me to
work out or do the things that are
important like follow through on the
things you learn in this quest is some
of us forget those reasons and again
this is so simple it's so common sense
but it's not common practice because I
feel this obligation as your your
superbrain coach does not tell you what
you want to hear what you need to hear
and if you get what like what you get
out of an event like this is like look
knowledge is not power
it's a lie it's potential power it
becomes power when we what when we
utilize it but that means that you're
motivated now reasons come first so we
have a process for a few asking
questions and getting associated to all
the benefits that come from doing these
things like why do you know when you
workout you feel bad no one's ever
worked out and then said oh I wish I
didn't do that right we know the
benefits but sometimes we forget those
things and it's not insanity is doing
what and doing the same thing over and
over again expecting a different result
I don't think it's insanity I think it's
just a bad memory you know I mean
because you're not remember you're
dating that same kind of person because
you're not remembering what happened the
pain right or you're eating that poor
food everything and you're overeating it
and it's not even food because junk food
is not a thing it's junk
and then there's food right but we're
not we're still doing it cuz out
remembering the pain so it's a process
for getting the reasons and plugging
back into your reasons of wow I'm able
to remember names I'm able to be able to
do this and then associating because
otherwise we're a thermometer again
we're just reacting because the the
current culture outside of this room
doesn't support you to thrive right it's
not if this this event is about
transcending it's about ending the
trance ending this mass hypnosis through
marketing fear-based media that make
basically says you're not enough right
because it's in their interest see for
you to be that way because it's easier
for you to consume it's easier you free
to be controlled right but it's you
stepping up coming to an event like this
and transcendence and you setting the
standard and then your behaviors come
out of that so you have your reasons
first but then I looked into it I was
like wow a lot of people have the
reasons to do it and even feel it and
I'm not just saying feel the good stuff
feel the bad stuff too because emotions
are useful like emotions of fear or
could be useful if it gets you they get
it tells you you need to prepare for
something right that's a useful
in motion so I'm not saying squelch the
emotion but I'm saying feel the
backfield whoo here's a question who's
counting on you to be at your best today
like who's watching you all the time
that you need to be able to be a good
role model for so you could go there and
introduce a little bit of a pain if that
pain serves you to be able to level up
your life right and you use it
intelligently so the first thing tap
into the reasons the second reason
people don't do something sustainably
motivated is maybe they have the reason
but they don't have the energy can you
relate to this like you know what to do
you want to do these things but you are
exhausted and so that's why in the book
or even in the programs like in super
brain I teach you ten very specific
things you could do to unlock your
mental energy right to jumpstart your
brain the best brain food stress
management cos stress takes up a lot
fear takes up a lot of energy right
sleep optimizing your sleep how many of
you love dr. Bruce's presentation this
morning so energy is so key because when
I look at motivation motivation is about
energy management you know time
management is one thing but really life
should be about priority management all
right so it's cuz we all the one thing
that's equal in this room it's not your
everyone's you know your income is not
your connections and network though it's
it's not your education levels everybody
has different right external but the one
thing that is constant is we all have
what 24 hours in a day and so if you had
imagine every single morning your bank
account you all have automatically every
morning when you wake up there's a brick
there's extra eighty six thousand four
hundred dollars in there raise your hand
if that would be awesome if you woke up
that every single morning and here's the
thing at midnight
whatever you didn't invest and use is
gone and that's how I look at time right
we have 86,400 seconds
des and whatever you're not investing in
it into something for your happiness for
your health for something that's going
to outlast you
then we lose it every single day so
priority management the way I think
about it is the most important thing is
to keep the most important thing the
most important thing I'll say this again
the most important thing is to keep the
most important thing the most important
thing and when I'm talking about your
energy your energy is everything and so
people can SAP your energy I was having
this conversation with simon Sinek and
Susan Cain who great wrote a great book
called quiet how many of you read quiet
it's about the power of introverts how
many of you would self say you're an
introvert look around well I appreciate
you coming out today
how about how many of you are extroverts
how many of you not quite sure you're
like in between they call them ambivert
s' ambivert earlier so we're talking
about this concept and saying like an
introvert is somebody who wake up wakes
up with five golden coins and their
energy coins and then an introvert every
time they interact with someone during
the day they give up one of their coins
until after a few people then there's
like okay I got a recharge and you know
what I mean extroverts on the opposite
side they wake up with no gold coins and
they're constantly want to interact with
people because they get coins right and
they get energy and so the idea here is
energy management and so these ten keys
and super brain in the book yet just see
it online the ten keys keys besides food
and nutritional supplementation stress
management sleep are the pr2 positive
peer group we all need people in our
life that encourage us we all need
people in life that challenge us we all
need people in life that cheerlead for
us that that help encourage us that give
us courage right how many of you found
that person and you're no know that
person in your life and if you haven't
found that person be that person be that
person for somebody else especially be
that person for yourself I think in this
culture it's so important
that we fall in love with the person in
the mirror who has been through so much
but is still standing
yes yes and part of self care and
self-love tactically is remembering when
you say yes to somebody or something
you're not saying no to who to yourself
that sometimes is a way to become
limitless is setting some boundaries and
borders on your time you know on on your
energy on some of your emotions because
you can only give what you have right
and so I call everybody here a grow
giver because you grow so you have more
to give and that's nature everything in
life grows and everything in nature has
to be able to give back into the into
the big system right but coming back to
motivation the keys are if you've got if
you want to get yourself to do something
you haven't yet done it come up with the
reasons first feel it allow yourself to
feel it even if it's painful because it
gets you to move and then secondly give
yourself energy because if you don't
have the energy to do that you're not
gonna do a thing and then I said is this
is this is is it is this the magic
formula for motivation having a reason
and having energy and I said this is
work in a hundred percent of the cases
and I was like no it doesn't because if
the thing that you're not motivated to
do is either too big or an unclear
you're not going to take action does
that make sense
like if you're motivated to get in a
great relationship that's way too big
right if you're motivated to start an
online coaching business right that's a
big thing and that could be intimidating
and be confusing and the goal though is
to take it into a small simple step by
asking yourself one question what is the
smallest action I could take right now
that will give me progress towards this
goal the smallest action where I cannot
fail and how it comes back to energy is
it requires very little effort and very
little energy
and it helps piggyback on a principle a
memory called the Zeigarnik effect the
Zeigarnik effect there's a psychologist
her name is agar neck and she was in a
cafe in Europe and she noticed that the
waitstaff would remember everyone's
order until the order was delivered and
as soon it was delivered it's kind of
like have you ever taken a test like
he's crammed the night the night before
you didn't study and using his
techniques she just crammed it in your
mind and the next morning nobody could
talk to you because you don't want
anything to fall out and you can't wait
to take the test and as soon as you take
the test what happens the information
it's gone the mind doesn't like to have
open loops and so the wait staff what
she realized would remember all the
orders because it was an open loop
that's why you know these these
video-streaming sir shows right they
could get you to binge-watch
because they open a big loop right
before the show ends and so you're like
just one more tonight what's one more is
one more one more video a one more are
just fun and then it's like three
o'clock in the morning and then you
aren't doing anything that dr. Bruce
talked about in terms of your sleep
right but it's but it's meant to
mentally hijack you like fear does right
and so the goal here to be motivated
constantly not in a high peak jump on
chairs kind of way is tap into your
reason to do that task
make sure you have ample energy using
good just lifestyle biohacking whatever
gives you the energy the food the stress
manager so on and then finally break
that into something so small you can't
fail because little by little a little
becomes a lot now we're the last part of
it is let's say you have them all
everything is possible because this is
what's possible your motivation is your
purpose right it's the reason to do
something you could still not get out of
that box even if you have a limitless
mindset and a limitless motivation
because you don't have the third thing
which are the methods so let's say you
want to remember people's names you
could have the mindset why I could let's
go backwards I could teach you how to
remember people's names right exactly
exactly how to do it but if you're not
motivated to use it are you gonna
remember people's names no or let's say
you have the motivation and you have the
methods but you believe you're you're
stupid
is that gonna affect your is that gonna
get you out of the box No
so these are the three forces that keep
us contained and these are the three
forces that will liberate you because
this book initially when I sent it to
the publisher really was a methodology
book I took everything that I teach for
the past three decades how to read
faster how to do the languages how to
give speeches without notes how to
remember names all that and it was a
book and it was a really good book it
was a textbook on how to do this stuff
and then I I was like I had an incident
where even with a student that got kind
of elevated because they weren't doing
any of this stuff but they were upset
because they bought a program right but
I realized as missing is the mindset
motivation part does that make sense so
this book really is three books in one
how to go through a process I call
unlimited and I know you never heard
this word before or if you google it it
won't come up
but unlimited what I learned is all your
limitations for the most part are
learned you're born with a blank slate
right nobody nobody I wasn't born
thinking I was broken is that fair
but what set the frame on that box were
my environment my experiences my
expectation I always alliterate
everything so 3yz environment experience
expectations of other people and my
thing is to break out of that mindset is
what I'm spending time with these
seniors is I always here yes I help them
to polish off their memories
when they when a calm step you always
here regret you know like living your
dreams let's be really frank can be
scary but you know what's scarier not
living them and so tomorrow we know is
not guaranteed so my thing is why aren't
we running towards our dreams like we're
like we're on fire because we have we
have one we have this one life to be
able to kind of figure out in this
lifetime and so look at this there are
books on mindset great book Carol Dweck
all right how many of you read read
mindset about a growth mindset fixed by
this is a must reading mindset they're
books just on motivation and they're
books just on methodology in fact
there's also books where mindset and
motivation intersect this area here is
inspiration when you have mindset and
you have motivation you feel inspired do
you feel that after somebody talks they
think that they made they give you a tip
on or a different perspective or insight
on on mindset and then he got you a
little bit motivated so you feel
inspired but you still don't know what
to do
where mindset and methods intersect this
area mindset anything is possible and
you know what to do that area is called
in this area is called ideation there's
gonna be three eyes just you know
ideation because it just stays an idea
like you know it's possible that's an
idea and you know what to do but it's an
is an idea but if you lack the
motivation
you're not going to act on that idea
does that make sense so there are a lot
of experts or our books just on ideation
which is an important part and finally
where motivation and methods intersect
this area when you're motivated to do
something and you know what to do the
methods that area is implementation but
if you're missing one of these three
you're gonna stay in the box
you believe anything is possible you're
motivated but you still can't get on the
box because you don't know what to do
and this doesn't have to be for just
like let's say your your mindset is you
want to read a book a week right you
could be saying oh my god I deserve to
be able to learn and read 52 books a
year I'm motivated to do it because I'm
clear about my reasons I got good sleep
last night I broke it down into instead
of reading 45 minutes a day break it
down to one line a day that's literally
what I do with clients don't try to read
45 minutes a day to read a book a week
read one sentence because it's a
smallest step and does anyone stop after
one sentence no it's like if somebody
doesn't floss their teeth floss one
tooth
no one is anyone gonna stop right and
then so in the book we go into habit
design and flow States because that's
the ultimate form of motivation where
you're just in the zone you don't have
to push yourself right and it's by by
design but you could have the mindset
like I'm gonna read I don't know I'm
gonna I want to be I want to be a
thought leader and I want to be like jim
says leaders or readers I could do this
I deserve it and I'm even motivated but
if they're using a method like
subvocalization what subvocalization
reading to yourself have you ever
noticed when you're reading something
you hear that inner voice inside your
head reading along with you hopefully
it's your own voice it's not like
somebody else's voice inside there the
reason why it's an antiquated method is
first of all when did you learn how
when's the last class you took on
reading how old were you 6 7 8 9 has the
difficulty in demand increase since then
is it fair to say we're still reading
since the last way we were taught right
and one of those ways we were taught was
saying the words inside our own head and
if the reason why it's a challenge for
your reading speed is if you have to say
the words in order to understand them
you could only read as fast as you could
speak
that's why how many of you listen to
audiobooks and might and podcasts at
faster speed because you could
understand that fast but you can't speak
that fast all right
that means if you're saying the words
your reading speed is limited to you're
talking speed not your thinking
so this person here could have the
greatest mind set I'm gonna read leaders
are readers like I deserve it they can
be motivated they know all the benefits
you know that you know they twelve I can
read a book on management and you know
in a week Wow
you know are starting a business amazing
if I could read the latest but you know
visions latest book or least his latest
book dr. Bruce Lee book that's amazing I
could they have decades of experience
put into a book I could download decades
in the days I'm clear on the reasons
right I'll be able to make more money
many of you know the reason I'm here is
because I wasn't gonna teach this but
when I learn these skills when I was
eighteen I couldn't help but help people
around me and one of my first students
she was a freshman she read 30 books in
30 days like what would you like read it
not got the gist of it but really read
it and I found out I wanted to know what
her motivation was
I knew her method because I taught him
the method I want to know her motivation
because I believe genius leaves clues
and I found out that her mother was
dying of terminal cancer was given 60
days to live that's it
doctors wrote about 60 days and the book
she was reading four books on health and
wellness energy medicine she was
determined to save her mom's life
because you didn't want to buy into that
mindset does that make sense
I get a call six months from this young
woman and she's crying she's crying
she's bawling when she stops I found out
they're tears of joy that her mother not
only survived but is really getting
better doctors don't know how they don't
know why the doctors called it a miracle
but her mother attributed to the great
advice she got from her daughter who
learned it from all these books yeah
but that that motivation kept her for
doing that day after day and then she
enjoyed the process - she got really
good at it and so it became self
reinforcing and psychology they call it
a competence confidence loop the more
competent you get at something the more
confidence you have right public
speakings luck some people have might
have a fear of getting on stage like
this but how good the better you get at
it the more confidence you are at it
right now if you're using even if you
take out the mindset someone's motivated
to do something like remember names
again
and they have the method but they might
not because again they feel like they're
not that smart or they have a horrible
memory because your brain is like a
supercomputer and your self talk is a
program it will run so if you tell
yourself you're not good at remembering
names you will not remember the name and
the next person you meet because you
program your supercomputer not to and
then finally let's say the person you
have this this you don't have this you
have this and this you have the great
mindset anything is possible and you
know what to do but you lack the
motivation
you can't break yourself out of that box
so the reason I go through this model
really fast is to be able to show you
that it's not like an unknown because if
you just put it to fate that then you
can't change anything do you get that
and so when you're struggling with
something what the goal is when you have
the mindset motivation and methods where
all three of them intersect here that's
where you have the fourth eye you have
integration integration and that's the
ultimate state this is what I wish upon
you every single day when I do my
prayers my visualization my gratitude my
goal for you is is to not only uplevel
your mindset motivation to methods but
when you do you have the synergistic
effect where you're integrated it's just
who you are you are this limitless being
so think about your health or wellness
or relationships and then map it in here
and what it does is it removes judgment
self judgment on yourself like you're
hard on yourself like why is it what I
was too
as a kid right like saying it was just
me like if something wrong with me as
opposed to saying what are my current
beliefs what do I believe that I deserve
you know where's my motivation why am i
self sabotaging or procrastinating maybe
I don't have my clear reasons my reasons
were on that list you know the dream
lists all the things I wanted to do for
my firm are for my parents now my
motivation after learning all this stuff
is a lot different because my motivation
now is because I struggle all the time
is to build better brighter brains
that's my motivation that's my purpose
like your purpose is what lights your
your passion is what lights you up
learning now lights me up it never did
before but learning lights me up that's
my passion my purpose is taking that
passion to light other people up it's
showing people how to learn so they can
light themselves up right I believe if
you give someone an idea you enrich
their life but if you teach them how to
learn they can enrich their own lives
and the lives of the people around them
so this framework also is an explanatory
schema for why you know there's a gap
between where you are and where you want
to be and it's a way to role model
people who are where you want to be or
have what you want to have because you
could just go and talk to them and
uncover become a detective and try and
figure out asking questions about their
mindset about what motivates them what
are they doing for energy what are the
small simple steps what are the
methodologies which are the larger steps
right the actual process in here but in
between here you have the limitless
State now I want to I want to find how
many people feel like this is useful by
the way because Mike my goal here is to
get to this source the source of why
aren't you living the way you desire and
you deserve why aren't you learning the
way that you desire and deserve and it's
not another just trick or tip do you see
that like this is an explanatory schema
that really unfold a framework to be
able to show you and you could use this
also with your teammates you could use
this with your kids also as well so we
described in
in mass now many of you know what
happened with me where I am I get a call
in for 20th Century Fox and how many of
you know like my my x-men story raise
your hand oh wow only it doesn't eat you
so basically what happened is I I I grew
up in I couldn't read for a few years I
taught myself how to read underneath the
covers when my parents thought I was
sleeping with a flashlight reading comic
books because something about the
stories brought them to life the stories
of superheroes which is like you know
what they gave me hope they gave me like
people care that good will will will
will will prevail right that one person
can make a difference so it brought the
words to life and my favorite
superheroes growing up were or the x-men
and I used to be not because they're the
strongest it's just because I they
didn't fit in because as a kid I didn't
fit in I you know I felt like it was I
didn't everybody else was like in a
certain way and I was just different
right how many of you felt in some way
your diff different and like so this
like mutant central right here right and
I was telling the chairman of 20th
Century Fox about this story about the
x-men because he produced x-men and he
was like him I know you like superheroes
do you want to go on set and I was like
oh yeah that would be amazing it was
like what can I do for you he's like
just do what you did for us teach them
there how to unleash their superpowers
to speed read scripts memorize their
lines be focused on set I was like I
could totally do that so the next
morning I get on a plane and I swear to
you it we're going to fill me in
Montreal from LA and I get on the plane
right down the street
and I get on the plane the entire cast
of x-men's on the plane and I don't even
see Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman you
know I see Professor X Wolverine and I'm
sitting between you know Halle Berry and
Jennifer Lawrence going to film x-men
right this is like a dream in my mind
right and the first shot that they
filmed on said took place because it's
let me pull back does anyone know where
the x-men school was is Westchester New
York and
where I grew up right outside the city
and I was and I used to ride my bike I
was telling the chairman of Fox I used
to ride my bicycle every weekend I was
nine years old looking for that school
because I wanted to find my superpowers
I want to find my super friends I want
to find the place where where were I
belonged
right and so the first shot on the set
would took place in the x-men school and
something I was like being nine years
old to be able to watch my superheroes
come to life and even better than that
when I came home after a week there was
a package waiting for me and it was a
framed photo of this it was me and the
entire cast of x-men and even better but
even better than that was the note in
there from the chairman of the studio he
said Jim thank you so much for sharing
your superpowers with all of us I know
since you're a child you've been
searching for your superheroes school
here's your class photo
and when I'm talking about limitless I'm
saying you have inside of you the
mindset the motivation the purpose you
know you just need them in the methods
you just need a little guidance because
this isn't this isn't taught in school
true and to keep the real messages we're
all in this together let me show you one
last photo island with this this this
photo was shot in 1927 does anyone know
what this event is so you'll notice some
individuals 1927 to that you'll notice
right away is Albert Einstein and to his
right to down Marie Curie now in this
event in this gathering of scientists
there twenty nine of them I think
they're and 17 are Nobel Prize winners
that mean this was a conference that
really changed back in 1927 that changed
the course of history like the genius
that came out of that because here's
what people don't know moat and by the
way props to Marie Curie who's the only
female there she's the only one that has
two Nobel Prizes and in two different
disciplines chemistry and physics so
amazing right
but what had happened here is this is
then these people whom a lot of them
were not super known getting together in
1927 to share ideas to bond with each
other to be able to collaborate with
each other
most of those seventeen Nobel prizes
came after this event right and so
imagine just imagine this we're talking
about class photos the x-men or this
gathering here this gathering changed
the world and what I was opened with
here is that yes you could learn to be
faster and smarter but we could do it
together so what I what I would love to
do if and I know they're not gonna like
this because they this is not planned
how many of you be willing to come on
stage and shoot this photograph right
now so that so that way you could come
back and look at this photo a year from
now or two years from now and then
because the world changed because of
this gathering here how many people are
up for that all right and me is like da
you did not she's like and I know I
didn't approve this with any MindValley
staff but I need this photo because I
need you as proof that you were here and
that you showed up and because you
showed up and we're here because most
people don't show up you are here and
greatness came out of this historically
all right can we come on stage
thanks man
is Whitney or somebody here that could
take this photograph crew is that all
right all right thank you everybody
[Applause]
[Music]
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