Unlock Your Motivational Brain To Uplevel Your Productivity | Jim Kwik

Summary

The 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

00:00

😊 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.

05:02

⏰ 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.

10:02

😅 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.

15:04

⏳ 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.

20:06

📚 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.

25:07

⚡️ 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.

30:07

😎 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.

Keywords

💡motivation

Motivation is one of the key themes of the video. The speaker discusses motivation extensively, defining it as 'energy management' and outlining a framework involving having clear reasons and ample energy. He states that motivation comes from tapping into reasons and purpose, as well as managing energy through lifestyle optimization. Examples are provided such as using motivation to take cold showers.

💡mindset

Mindset refers to beliefs and assumptions that frame one's perspective. The speaker emphasizes adopting a 'limitless mindset' to break limitations and preconceived notions. He also discusses the impact of environment, experiences and expectations in shaping one's mindset.

💡methods

Methods refer to processes, techniques and practical steps. The speaker states that methods or 'how-to' knowledge is crucial along with mindset and motivation to drive change. He shares various learning techniques as examples of actionable methods.

💡integration

Integration refers to the harmonious combination of mindset, motivation and methods. The speaker introduces integration as the ideal end-state where these three forces align to actualize one's potential without inner conflict or barriers.

💡priorities

The speaker emphasizes priority management as more important than time management, stating that priorities help focus energy on what matters most. He suggests prioritizing activities that enrich health, happiness and leaving a legacy.

💡boundaries

Boundaries refers to setting limits around time, energy, emotions and information intake. The speaker suggests boundaries enable self-care and prevention of energy drain by others.

💡flow state

Flow state refers to a zone of intense focus and energized motivation. The speaker discusses tapping into flow states through habits and design to drive optimal experience.

💡explanatory schema

Explanatory schema refers to an overarching framework for understanding a complex phenomenon. The speaker introduces his mindset/motivation/methods model as an explanatory schema to illuminate why change is difficult and how to drive it.

💡limitless

Limitless is a key theme reflecting boundless growth potential. The speaker uses 'limitless' to describe the ultimate mindset and motivation that breaks limiting constructs.

💡together

Together is the spirit of collective growth, learning and support emphasized at the video's close through the metaphor of the 1927 Solvay Conference that united pioneering scientists.

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

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