Jim Kwik

Jim Kwik

Psychology & Self-Improvement

Jim Kwik, world-renowned brain coach and memory improvement expert, discusses brain enhancement, memory retention, and cognitive performance.

Books Mentioned On DOAC By Jim Kwik:

Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life

Jim Kwik

Jim, the boy with a broken brain can go from that poor memory low potential self-doubt to being a memory expert and becoming Limitless.

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Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives
Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives

David Snowdon

There's a study done on these nuns, a longevity study called 'Aging with Grace'—great title. They're living 80, 90 and above, and they wanted to find out what was the cause of their longevity.

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Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Howard Gardner

In there we have multiple intelligence theory, a study and research out of Harvard University by Howard Gardner says that there's not, in the U.S., in a lot of westernized societies, they tend to emphasize two kinds of intelligences, verbal linguistic and mathematical.

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Six Thinking Hats
Six Thinking Hats

Edward de Bono

We teach in 'Limitless' is Six Thinking Hats; it's created by Edward de Bono, and it's this idea that if you are facing a decision or difficulty or a dilemma in your life, one of the reasons why we can't always think our way out of something is because we see something from a set point of view.

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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Thomas S. Kuhn

... there's a book called the structure of Scientific Revolution... the essence of it is a lot of innovation and progress...

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The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life
The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

Steven Bartlett

I've been thinking a lot about this in the book that I've been writing coming out soon called The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws for Business and Life. In chapter one, I was playing around with this idea of knowledge and skills and the relationship they have between them.

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Super Brain
Super Brain

Dr. Rudolph Tanzi, Deepak Chopra

We're blessed that the book was heavily endorsed by the Cleveland Clinic Center for brain health, the founding director there, one of the top Alzheimer's researchers at Harvard, Dr. Rudy Tanzi.

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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

Dr. Daniel Amen

People like Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Daniel Amen—you know, sugar, alcohol, marijuana—certain things like alcohol could—some people say they use it to help them sleep, but there's a difference between getting knocked out and actually getting good deep sleep.

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The UltraMind Solution
The UltraMind Solution

Dr. Mark Hyman

People like Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Daniel Amen—you know, sugar, alcohol, marijuana—certain things like alcohol could—some people say they use it to help them sleep, but there's a difference between getting knocked out and actually getting good deep sleep.

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The Pomodoro Technique
The Pomodoro Technique

Francesco Cirillo

I mean, there's all these techniques—there's one, what's it, the Pomodoro Technique—and there's all these different techniques, but what have you found to be most effective?

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