Limitless

by Jim Kwik

Your brain is the most powerful technology in the world, but you never got the owner's manual. Until now.

You have no limitations. In spite of what others have told you, your potential is infinite--when you know how to use your brain.

For over 25 years, renowned brain coach Jim Kwik has worked closely with top actors, athletes, CEOs, and superachievers in all walks of life to unlock their true capabilities. In this groundbreaking book, he reveals the science-based practices and field-tested techniques that the world's top performers use to accelerate their learning and create world-class results.

Get ready to:

- Master Your Habits: Learn how to break negative patterns and effortlessly create new high-reward routines on autopilot

- Unleash Your Productivity: Vanquish the 4 "supervillains" hijacking your neural pathways and slowing you down

- Tap into Boundless Motivation Access an unlimited fuel source to reach your goals, even if you procrastinate

- Eliminate Mental Fog: Get expert techniques and tips, from the best brain foods and neuro-nutrients to calming your monkey mind and optimizing your sleep

- Sharpen Your Focus: Be clear and unstoppable in a world of distractions and overload

- Learn Anything: Read faster, make better decisions, and confidently remember everything from names to languages, no matter your age

At the heart of Limitless lies a life-changing secret: when you learn how to learn, you can break free of limiting beliefs, achieve new levels of success, and lead a truly exceptional life. This book is not theory. It's a practical, easy, and proven blueprint that shows you exactly what to do to unleash your own limitless powers!

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Productivity, Psychology, Business, Personal Growth

Paperback

First published April 28, 2020

About the author

From official website:

Jim was once known as the “boy with the broken brain.”

A childhood head injury at age five left him struggling in school. For a while, he even believed he could never be as good as other kids when it came to learning.
Jim loved superheroes as a kid – and comic books saved him when conventional education couldn’t. Comic books taught Jim how to read…and they also kept his dreams alive that one day he, too, would find his inner superpower.

As the years wore on, fate led Jim to a mentor, a friend’s father, who sent him on a journey to learn about his brain and learn how to use it. Little did Jim know, it would take him down the long path of discovering different learning habits, including accelerated learning systems and tactics.

Jim discovered that, no matter the circumstances, we can rebuild our brains. And after working on himself, he realized his brain was not broken…it just needed a better owner’s manual. This shattered Jim’s own limiting beliefs – and over time, it became his passion to help others do the same.

For the past three decades, Jim taught his learning techniques to students from universities such as Harvard, CalTech, and Singularity University. As well as executives and employees from companies such as Google, Virgin, Nike, Zappos, GE, 20th Century Fox, Cleveland Clinic, WordPress, and institutions like the United Nations to get the most out of work and life

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 1 out of 5]

Long on stories and talk about celebrity friends.

Long on recommending free online videos that are hour long adverts for expensive courses with zero content.

The book has virtually no useful content. It’s just a very long and full marketing pamphlet.

Read the work of Tony Buzan instead. Much more useful content. Some of the anecdotes are stolen directly from Tony who popularised these ideas decades 30+ years ago.

[Bianca · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good read

Not disappointed with Kwik's book. But if you've dug the internet about him and especialy his YouTube, most notions he presents in the book are a wrap up of that together with many great book references and borrowed ideas. There's no denying he does offer some novelty and he's talented at wording it. However if you're a voracious consumer of the contemporary self-help best-sellers then you'll notice the spin-offs. The parts where he inserted self-advertisement of his other products irritated me a bit and disrupted some of the content experience for me and the 25% end of the book was just references and index (which was too much for any book I'm reading and I've put this in reviews before). If you're not a voracious book reader then this book will all be new to you and I encourage you to read it. Some advice from it was really great and helpful and his methods of shrinking big ideas into acronyms has always been an easy tool. Expect repetitions of his work head to toe if you're already familiar with him in the media.

[Danielle Suarez · Rating 1 out of 5]

The first 50% of this book is his story about wanting to be a superhero and how there’s a ‘superhero in all of us’. Ok... and then the rest of the book talks about eating healthy, sleeping well, and believing in yourself. I was stubborn enough to finish it, but I would not recommend this to others.

[Niyousha · Rating 1 out of 5]

I hate when the author spends half of the book writing "about the book".

[Keyo Çalî · Rating 4 out of 5]

Have you ever seen the movie Limitless?
Eddie Morra(the main protagonist played by Bradley Cooper) complains about his lack of creativity in writing to Vernon, the brother of his ex-wife. Vernon wants to help and gives him an exclusive product, a pill called NZT-48, and says "They say we can only access 20 percent of our brains... well, this lets you access all of it!".
and it did!


Ok, now let's get back to the reality,
I have almost the same story(to be continued of course).
One day I was complaining about being a slow reader to a friend...
she wanted to help me and recommended this book
and It's working!
I just feel like I am LIMITLESS now
this book is just like that NZT-48 pill
believe me!

now I read a little faster than before(I practice every day)
I study and work more organized and smarter than before
I sleep better now
I eat and drink healthier
I am highly focused on things I do
and my memory is getting better and better every day.
there is an assignment in the book about improving your memory, and the author wants you to memorize 10 words in the order they are given. I used his technique to memorize them, it was about a week or two weeks ago that I read that page, and now that I am writing this review I still can remember them in order.

Fire Hydrant - Diamond
Balloon - Knight
Battery - Ox
Barrel - Toothpaste
Board - Sign

I am surprised!
how can I remember such a random list( and believe me all I did was to give it a minute and visualize them in a funny way)...

all I have to say is
Read this book and upgrade your brain.

Thank you Diana

[Mike Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had high hopes. Can't recommend. I felt like the book was almost completely composed of ripped off tidbits from various well known self development authors. When he does explain some of his techniques explicitly, it is as shallow of a treatment possible. The rest of the space was filled by advertisement for his online courses, which I assume is the main reason he wrote the book. I feel like he does know his stuff and those courses may very be great, but this book is not. I really hoped it was going to be better.

[Henrik Haapala · Rating 5 out of 5]

1. Why did I select this book?
I looked for books to teach me about the brain and learning faster.
2. What is the book about? Central idea?
We must learn how to learn. We need to break free from limiting beliefs and eliminate myths, and learn faster in a world where knowledge is expanding ever faster. Growth mindset at the core.
3. What problem was the author trying to solve? What is the structure of the book?
What one wish would have the biggest impact in learning? Learning how to learn. This breaks down into three sections of the book 1. Mindset (what), 2. motivation (why) and 3. methods (how)
4. Who is the author?
Jim Kwik is a widely recognized world expert in memory improvement, brain optimization, and accelerated learning.
5. What did I know about the subject?
I have read the “learning revolution” by Jeanette Vos and “The art of learning” by josh waitzkin and a book on memory techniques.
6. How can this information affect your life?
Knowing why you want to learn is so key. Also “the spell of belief systems” and ”the 7 lies of learning” are very important to unlimited learning.
7. Three key takeaways? Ideas and insights?
Three key questions to always remember when learning:
• How can I use this?
• Why must I use this?
• When will I use this?
8. When was it published by whom?
The book was published by Hay House 2020.
9. Is the evidence compelling?
Yes change from fixed to a growth mindset! Read carol dwecks book “mindset”. The science behind is logical and is based on how the brain actually works not on received traditional ways of learning. This also can include the theory of multiple intelligences.
10. Further implications? What of it?
Always be active when learning!
Always know why you are reading and learning
Always have reading as a habit - it’s like going to the gym for the brain
Use active recall - read something and then try to reconstruct it fast.
Use visualization more in memory and the loci method - this is the way the brain remembers.
11. Did my life change reading this book?
Yes my mindset changed a bit towards a more optimistic and growth mindset.
12. Can I explain to an 8 year old? One sentence summary?
Active learning is the key!

7 lies of learning:
• Intelligence is fixed
• We only use 10% of our brains
• Mistakes are failures
• Knowledge is power
• Learning new things is very difficult
• The criticism of other people matters
• Genius is born (it’s not - it’s made)

13. Quotes
Jim’s story is fascinating recovering from a childhood brain injury:

”We walked back to the house where he took me to a room that I’d never seen before. It was filled wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling with books. Now remember, at that point in my life, I was not a fan of books; it was like being in a room full of snakes. But what made it even worse was that he started grabbing snakes from his shelves and handing them to me. I looked at the titles and realized these were biographies of incredible men and women throughout history, as well as some early personal-growth books such as The Magic of Thinking Big, The Power of Positive Thinking, and Think and Grow Rich. 
“Jim I want you to read one of these books a week”
page 9-10

“He held up a finger, saying, “Don’t let school interfere with your education.” I later learned that he was paraphrasing a quote often attributed to Mark Twain.

In short a fantastic book on learning complete with mindsets, motivation and methods.

Update 2020-09-26

Chapter 4 key concepts:
Forgetting curve
Primacy
Recency

FASTER;
Forget what you know. Forget what’s not important. Forget limitations.

Act: be active. Take notes. Do all exercises. Highlight key ideas.

State: all learning is state-dependent

Teach others and use in social situations

Enter into daily schedule and routine

Review: active recall and spaced repetition

Mental models

[Valeria Lipovetsky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a great, informative book filled with research, inspiring quotes and Jim’s own personal stories to connect it all together. I finished it in 2 days and I am very familiar with Jim’s work and had heard about a lot of this book’s concept but will highly recommend it to anyone who’s looking to take ahold of their brains and understand it better! Lots of very practical and helpful tips!

[Negar Afsharmanesh · Rating 3 out of 5]

خب بزارید راستش رو بگم در کل کتاب خوبی بود اما به نظرم نویسنده یه سری جاها بزرگ نمایی کرده و از واقعیت دور شده. جیم( نویسنده) اول میاد ۴ تا خائن که باعث میشن ما از مغزمون در اون حد که باید نتونیم استفاده کنیم معرفی میکنه(سیلِ اطلاعات دیجیتالی، حواس‌پرتیِ دیجیتالی، فراموشیِ دیجیتالی و استنتاجِ دیجیتالی) . در درجع اول هر کدوم از اینارو تعریف میکنه و با ارائه راه حل و تمرین هایی خواننده رو دعوت میکنه که بتونه سطع استفاده از اطلاعات مغزشو ارتقاء بده و بهتر کنه. اما در چند جا میاد مغز مارو تشبیه میکنه به ابر قهرمان ها که به نظر من اینجا دور میشه از واقعیت اگر مثلا در جامعه خودمون رو درنظر بگیریم این که بخوایم خودمون رو به ابرقهرمان ها تشبیه کنیم و اون هارو با خودمون مقایسه کنیم بی فایدست چون ما هیچ وقت نمیتونیم خارق العاده باشیم. ما باید یه هدف و یه توقع معمولی از خودمون داشته باشیم به نظرم اینجا جیم خیلی کمال گرا میشه. ولی در کل کتاب مفیدی بود. تمرین های جیم هم دوست داشتم ولی باید به خودمون یادآوری کنیم که ما نمیتونیم خارق العاده باشیم و خودمون رو با توانایی های ابرقهرمان ها نمیتونیم مقایسه کنیم.

[Byeongho Ahn · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was a mediocre self-development book that might help teenagers who have difficulties in reading and studying something in general. However, this book appears to be trashy for an advanced learner. Either new insight or new technique is hardly presented in this book.

One of the interesting remarks is about the amount of information that we need to make a decision in a timely manner. It is 40-70%. If you have less than 40 %, then your decision is mainly based on ignorant guessing, and if it is more than 70 %, you are hesitating too much. Even though you may make a wrong decision with 40-70 % information, perhaps it is fine for most of the decisions we are making unless you are a policy/lawmaker.

[Steven Medina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mejor de lo que esperaba.

Al igual que muchas de las personas que leerán esta reseña, conocí a Jim Kwik gracias a Youtube. Recuerdo muy bien que hace unos años, entre la infinidad de anuncios que salían en Youtube, el único que sentía que valía la pena ver y repetir era en el que aparecía hablando este señor. Su anuncio de «¿Cómo obtener un súper cerebro?» atrapó mi atención en aquél entonces porque siempre he disfrutado realizar actividades que pongan mi cerebro a prueba como los juegos de memoria, lógica y concentración. Esa es otra de las razones por las que me gusta jugar ajedrez, escribir con ambas manos, resolver sudokus, leer, aprender idiomas, etc.

Eso sí, a pesar de mi interés por el contenido del anuncio, nunca busqué información adicional sobre los métodos usados por Jim porque a pesar de que era un anuncio genial, en el fondo solo era eso: Un anuncio. Luego pasaron las semanas y el impacto inicial del anuncio fue disminuyendo drásticamente. Después iniciaría a usar un navegador con Adblocker y la historia de los anuncios, y de Jim Kwik, parecía llegar a su fin. Sin embargo, este año descubrí que eso no era así. Nuevamente el arte de la casualidad —como en otras ocasiones— fue la causante de que descubriera que Jim Kwik tenía un libro sobre sus metodologías para aprender más rápido: Y el libro sí no lo podía ignorar. Entonces lo busqué, lo conseguí y lo leí con mucha motivación. Realmente, ha sido genial descubrir los secretos de Jim Kwik y aprender a usarlos en mi vida diaria.

Después de una sección de testimonios bastante larga —lo reconozco—, el libro comienza con la historia personal del autor donde se nos cuenta que Jim, de niño, sufrió una fuerte caída que le afectó su vida para siempre. Desde ese día dejó de ser el mismo y empezó a ser apodado como «el niño del cerebro roto», lo cual influyo no solo en su autoestima, sino también en su rendimiento académico que se volvió deficiente. Después de ese incidente Jim ya no era capaz de leer bien, se le dificultaba mucho aprender, y su vida como estudiante se convirtió en un completo infierno. Pero, afortunadamente sus deseos de superarse fueron más grandes que sus derrotas, por lo que después de tantas batallas, Jim descubrió la metodología perfecta para aprender cualquier tema que se propusiera, y lo mejor, sin olvidarlo. Tan buenos serían sus resultados que irónicamente él, aquel que fue llamado «el niño del cerebro roto», terminaría ayudando a miles de personas de todo el mundo, desde actores de cine hasta políticos o médicos, a recordar infinidad de información que no eran capaz de memorizar por cuenta propia.

Es en este punto de la lectura cuando un pensamiento muy importante invade nuestra mente: Si tantas personas de diferentes edades, clases sociales, y problemas de aprendizaje han disfrutado de los beneficios de las metodologías presentadas en este libro, ¿por qué no podría también serme de ayuda a mí? ¿cuál es el misterioso secreto para tener un súper cerebro que aun desconozco? Este pensamiento, alimentado por la curiosidad, nos acompañará durante toda la lectura; y lo mejor, es que al final nuestro esfuerzo se verá recompensado por lo que aprenderemos.

La metodología que usa Jim para aprender sin límites básicamente se divide en tres partes: Mentalidad, motivación y proceso. A lo largo del libro se nos explayará sobre cada uno de estos apartados y se nos ofrecerán técnicas para probar inmediatamente su efectividad. Lo increíble es que sus técnicas son tan sencillas pero tan efectivas que nos ayudan a romper nuestras falsas creencias de que no somos capaces de aprender sobre cierto tema, memorizar una lista de palabras o leer más rápido. Los «trucos de Jim» nos ayudan a concientizarnos de que nuestros problemas de aprendizaje se deben única y exclusivamente a las limitaciones que nos repetimos una y otra vez en nuestra mente; esto, porque si intentamos hacer lo que se propone en el libro, mágicamente somos capaces de lograr cualquier objetivo mental que nos propongamos. Yo mismo hago constancia de que esta metodología es efectiva para aprender. Desde el mismísimo instante que empecé a leer esta obra, he usado estas técnicas para aprender palabras y frases en inglés, y de momento, ni siquiera siento que me he esforzado en intentar retener la información. Simplemente, es fantástico.



Este libro es recomendado para todo tipo de persona. Es sencillo, pragmático y tiene herramientas que nos servirán para toda la vida. Normalmente catalogamos el aprendizaje como algo difícil, donde sufrimos por aprender lo que debemos recordar, pero después de leer esta obra sentiremos que aprender es un privilegio y una bendición que nos da la oportunidad de seguir descubriendo el mundo como si fuera la primera vez que lo visitáramos, y lo mejor, sin sufrimiento ni límites. Una de mis mejores lecturas en mucho tiempo, y sin lugar a duda, una obra que se convierte en una de mis favoritas. Cinco estrellas sin dudarlo. Me encantó de inicio a fin.

[yAsAmAn · Rating 3 out of 5]

خب بذارید اینجوری شروع کنم که من همیشه نسبت به کتاب‌هایی که تیتر این‌شکلی دارن یا کلا کتاب‌های مثبت اندیشی و روانشناسی زردو و اینا گارد داشتم و دارم؛ و فکرمیکردم این کتاب هم قطعا همینطوریه ولی اشتباه میکردم!
نمیگم این کتاب یه شبه زندگیمو تغییر داد و از این رو به اون رو شدمو هرچی میخوام الان دارم، نه😂 ولی خب خیلی حرفای منطقی‌ای به آدم یاد میده🤔 و نکته مثبتشم همینه مثلا‌ مثل اون کتاب سمیه معجزه شکرگزاری نمیگه بشین فکرکن که همه‌چی خوبه یا هی با خودت بگو فلان و همه چیز درست میشه اتفاقا میگه خوبه که بعضی از باورهاتو تغییر بدی ولی لازمه در کنارش مثلا روزی ۱۰دقیقه وقت بذاری و فلان کارو انجام بدی برای رسیدن به چیزی که میخوای...
خلاصه که اگه فکرمیکنید به دردتون میخوره پیشنهادش میکنم البته به شرطی که واقعا کارایی که میگه انجام بدید 😂 خودم هنوز به طور جدی همشو انجام ندادم ولی مثلا روش تندخوانیش و تمریناش واقعا جواب داد برای من؛ میانگین خوندنم از ۲۴۰ رسید به ۴۰۵😯
حالا ترغیب شدم خرده عادت‌ها هم بخونم ببینم اون چی میگه ولی دیگه بعید میدونم برم سراغ اینجور کتابا🤔
همین دیگه😃

[Karen Ng · Rating 2 out of 5]

As an intracranial bleed survivor who was in NRICU for 2 months in an induced coma at 56, who recovered 100% while also learned many new skills as Japanese, watercoloring, calligraphy, financial planning and investment strategies, Kwik's book offered nothing new while the reader was forced to know about his whole life history, his celebrity friends and of course, how amazing he is.
As one broken brain(someone once insulted him with the phrase) to another: "Been there, done that, no, thank you."
There's nothing in his book one cannot learn from reading books and researches on neuroscience, cognitive reserve and brain health. Skip if you are well informed.
For neuroplasticity, read books by Eagleman, Pinker and Doidge.

[Enzo Woo · Rating 2 out of 5]

I honestly cannot understand the hype behind this book. I found this in the bargain bin seeing the positive Amazon and Goodreads (usually much more stingy). It feels extremely Sales-pitchy and surface-level all throughout and I kept waiting for it to get better: it did not. Jim Kwik is an extremely accomplished and impressive man (clearly) but this particular book did not do it for me. The writing itself was also very “white bread” and lacking in sophistication although I have to acknowledge that there were some interesting anecdotes.

[Danielle · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was so excited when I started to read this book that eventually that excitedness became in boredom and an overwhelming feeling when I realized the things he was constantly promising he will teach, arrived beyond page 120. By that page I've just learned basic concepts about the brain (neuroplasticity), tons of his life stories, how he met his famous friends and how aweosome he is. I've never seen his youtube videos but I think if I did I would've saved myself reading time.

Basically: the "real" book starts from page 192 and at this point I was too frustraded to learn how to learn because I lost my time on learning things that I didn't need (like why he is friends with half of hollywood).

If you have patience, go ahead and read the book, but I strongly encourage you to not being afraid of skipping some parts if you feel you're losing your time or you don't know where the reading is it going. The knowledge is interesting/okay but the introduction to the "real" knowledge should be shorter.

[Mohsen M.B · Rating 3 out of 5]

ان‌قدر از خودش و کتابش تعریف کرده که آدم می‌خواد بالا بیاره. بخش اول کتاب (تقریبا ۷۰ صفحه) کلا مقدمه است که می‌خوام این و اون رو بگم و این‌طوری بخونین و من خیلی خوبم. فقط سیصد بار می‌گه «فلانی که مهمون پادکست من بوده...» ولی خب، انصاف داشته باشیم، مطالب خوب هم داشت فقط نیاز نبود سیصد صفحه بنویسه. توی صد صفحه هم می‌شد جمعش کرد.ـ

[Jenny Baker · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing. He basically regurgitates common sense stuff and information from other sources such as:

1) Dandapani
2) Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
3 Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
4) Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness
5) Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything
6) The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
7) Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

If you read those books, you already know 80% of the content. The rest is filled with acronyms and fluff.

[Ammar Bassa · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Raz Pirata · Rating 2 out of 5]

“We’ve learned more about the brain in the past decade than in the previous course of history.”

Maybe once upon a time, while amid a daydream you imagined that you had a photographic memory and with that photographic memory you had the key to unlock the dreams of your choice. It abounds wealth, friends and lovers abundant, fame and appreciation rained down on you like confetti. Well, this is the life of Jim Kwik. You were dreaming you were him.

Master brain coach Jim Kwik has, as bewildering as it seems, become a superstar of teaching people the same techniques of the mind that have been available to anyone with a library card for the past 25 years. Yet his book Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster and Unlock Your Exceptional Life, is flying off the shelves faster than you can say ‘kwik’.

“Our most precious gift is our brain. It is what allows us to learn, love, think, create and even to experience joy.”

Limitless reads like an internet marketing freebie, ‘here are lots of things that I am great at and you can be to’. Which is true. Mr Kwik is not wrong. The techniques he presents work. His research is sound. I can attest to that as I have used many of the same techniques in my own memory practice. I happen to agree with just about everything he says in Limitless.

Where this book fails for me is with the surface coverage and scope of a subject which requires more depth. His stories of his time spent hanging out with Wolverine and Cyclops are self aggrandizing and his ambivalence to the promises he makes to his readers is disingenuous. In his own words he speaks of the fact that he worked his memory to the point of hospitalization yet one gets the feeling that he is selling the promise that by reading this book or signing up for his online seminar you too will be fluent in Mandarin and remembering the names of everyone you meet.

“Through deep practice, ignition, master coaching, anyone can develop a talent so deep it looks like genius.”

Jim’s super and limitless memory is spectacular, his strategies for teaching and learning hit the mark. It also is not as though the book was all bad. It is an easy read; I imagine it would do a marvelous job of motivating and inspiring a neophyte and I believe he is correct in stating that your mind is an incredible technology and with dedication you could develop a super memory that will unlock the doors to a limitless life.

More pep talk and sales pitch than playbook or field manual.

Overall Score: 2.4 / 5

In a Sentence: A book that won’t teach you how to get a limitless memory, but will tell all about what it is like to have one.

[Mahdiye HajiHosseini · Rating 4 out of 5]

کتاب‌های خودیاری زیادی نبودن که بتونن به من کمک کنن اما این تونست. این دو روزی که خوندم تغییرات محسوسی تو زندگیم به وجود اوردم و مطئنم میتونم بهشون پایبند بمونم، به این معنی نیست که این کتاب معجزه میکنه یا روش‌های خارق‌العاده‌ای توشه، فقط مجموعه‌ای از همه روش‌های یادگیری‌ای که اتفاقا خیلیاشونو به ما اموزش دادن رو جمع کرده. چیزی که برای من متفاوت کرد این کتابو این بود که بهم نشون داد چرا بهشون نیاز دارم و بهم نشون داد به چی نیاز دارم تا راحت‌تر کنترل کنم خودم رو. تا راحت‌تر تاثیر بذارم.
خوندن این کتاب برای من یه تحربه موفق و مفید بود برای دیگران ممکنه نباشه. خود کتاب هم میگه اگه داری این کتاب رو میخونی یعنی حس کردی نیاز داری بدونی این چیزها رو، اگه نیاز رو حس نکنی واقعا هیچ کتابی به درد نمیخوره.

یه خوبی‌ای که هم داره، اینه که تکنیک‌های خوداموزی و یادگیری کتاب محور رو میگه، و خود من هیچوقت با کتاب اونقدر که با کلاس، یاد نمیگرفتم. رفرنس خوندن تو دانشگاه مثلا برای من خیلی عبث بود چون تقریبا هیچی نمی‌فهمیدم از حجم عظیمش. ولی اینطوری خیلی راحت‌تر میشه.
امسال قصد دارم کتابای ناداستان هم بخونم و میخوام فقط نخونم، یاد هم بگیرم پس اولین کتابم امسالو گذاشتم این کتاب.

من به تجربه خودم امتیاز دادم چون چنین بخش‌هایی رو ایگنور کردم ولی باید پذیرفت که خیلی زیادی از خودش، ارتباطش با سلبریتی‌ها و بسته‌های فلان و سایت و پادکست و این چیزا میگفت. ولی خوب مغزم با احترام به توصیه‌های خودش همه رو ایگنور کرد.
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لینک طاقچه

[Matthew · Rating 3 out of 5]

A written version of the podcast

If you listen to the podcast, you already have all the information needed from this book. If you haven't listened to the podcast and you get value out of reading, then you will find some value in this book.

Be warned: A LOT OF ACRONYMS involved with this book.

As an aside, some of our moms were horrible people and we'd rather not remember them even if it is a memory device.

Really, save yourself the money and listen to the podcast.

[Viktor Stoyanov · Rating 3 out of 5]

Limitless ... като във филма, ама не баш.

По принцип имам лека форма на алергия към книги за самоусъвършенстване, а тук я изпитах само на моменти (ще се опитам да изброя кои), така че да кажем:
- Не почувствах да ми умират мозъчни клетки, в опит да отключа потенциала на останалите, заспали блажен зимен сън, ... което е постижение достатъчно, че да се отдели време и за ревю. Пък и да прецените дали ще ви е от полза.

Книгата е нова новеничка, от тази година и налична на българския пазар, а вече и на бг аудио. Незнам дали е най-подходяща за слушане, защото има много упражнения, които да захванете с лист и химкал. В които да направите пауза и да помислите за нещо, да отбележите и тнт. Може да я послушате, пък ако ви допадне - да си я вземете за домашния офис (както изглежда ще наричаме домовете си в близко бъдеще).

Основно ми допадна, че движещия акцент е за мета ученето. Ученето как да учим. Как да запомняме, четем по-бързо и други похвати. Сами по себе си - не са тайна, ако поне малко сте се интересували, или на база личен опит, но е добре от време на време да си свериш часовника за мета ученето. Това безспорно ще е най-важното умение в бъдеще, а и няма да е грешно да се заяви и че досега е било. Хубаво е да се обърне внимание и от педагогическите съвети и методолози, защото това с наизустяването действително е най-каруцарският начин за запомняне, за учене, за развитие на мозъка като цяло. Вместо това, за предпочитане са похватът със Storytelling, илюстративния, асоциативния и др.

Надали ще е нова информация и че орехите, куркумата и др. са полезни да се включат в диетата, както и аеробните упражнения, но е добре човек да си припомня тези неща и да ги включва, ако е позанемарил диетата си. Има няколко рецепти, няколко упражнения и тнт.

Авторът е тръгнал от там, че като дете е имал травма и по-трудно е учел уроците, поради което се е видял принуден да търси други методи, отвъд тези, на които са му преподавали. За мен е непознат, но явно има успешен подкаст, обучения и много материали в нета. Езикът, на който говори и проболемите, които адреси, са съвсем съвременни - като дигиталната ни разсеяност. Това са теми, които няма как да са налични в четива от преди 20 и повече години, та е дошло време за анализ на мозъчната ни дейност в сегашни условия и всъщност всеки само може да си даде сметка за проблемите свързани с прекомерно дигитално преяждане с информация, мултитаскингът и др.

Какво не ми хареса:
- подробно описание на някои очевидни неща;
- препратки към други ресурси в нета и най-вече сайта на човека, което е вид реклама;
- използването на многооо акроними за описание и вероятно по-лесно запаметяване на методите;
- имаше моменти на доскучаване в някои глави.

Хареса ми, че обръща внимание на сънищата като част от активността на мозъка, защото и аз го правя. Дори пробвах същата вечер препоръчания метод за по-ясен спомен от съня и случайно, или не ... той проработи.

Не намирам книгата за кой знае какво откровение, но определено се съгласих с една голяма част от нея. Просто новото за мен беше твърде малък %, че да я оценя по-високо в личната си класация. Все пак, ако някой има отявлен проблем със запаметяването, бързото четене и други - това може да влезе като потребно четиво. Да се пробват описаните техники, които без да са революционни, понякога просто за пренебрегнати, или неосъзнато изпуснати от фокуса ни. А аз ще направя пореден опит да спра с мултитаскинга, с който добре се спогаждахме досега, защото научно обосновано съм наясно, че не работи добре за мозъка и го изпържва в дългосрочен план, вместо да го развива. Така книгата ми даде още един подтик да го направя.

Без алергии, но и далеч от постиженията на Брадли Купър в Limitless.

[Saša · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is not ''limitless'' it's useless!

[Amir Arslan · Rating 4 out of 5]

در ابتدا بگویم نمره کتاب برای من سه و نیم بود ولی خب سه و نیم که به چهار نزدیک تر نه به سه.
نمیدانم توصیف کتاب باعث اسپویل میشه یا نه ولی اگر به نظرت میشه بهتر مطالعه نکنی.
خب بزارید از اینجا شروع کنم که این کتاب نزدیک سه سال یا شاید بیشتر بود که توی کتابخونه من خاک می‌خورد ولی تابستان امسال با دوستی به نام ونوس آشنا شدم که تصمیم گرفتیم اولین کتاب همخوانی خود را بخوانیم که نتیجه اش شد همین کتاب.
در رابطه با کتاب باید بگم کتاب دو حالت در من ایجاد کرد اول اینکه یه جاهایی روانشناسی زرد بود.
یعنی بدون اغراق میگم روانشاسی زرد بود، به خصوص قسمت باورها.
دقیقا همان حرف کتابهای زرد رو میزد بهش باور داشته باش تا بهش برسی.
از لحاظ جمله ایی و نوشتاری و حتی گفتاری شاید درست باشه ولی از نظر فکری و علمی غیر ممکن. مثلا من باور داشته باشم روزی با یه نویسنده مرده ملاقات میکنم درسته؟
و یه جای دیگه بحث برنامه ریزی برای آینده بود که متاسفانه این روشی که نویسنده گفت به درد آمریکا میخوره نه ایران.
ولی دوم و نکته مهم اینکه کتاب خیلی زیاد به علم من از اینکه کارکرد مغز چه شکلی و چجوری میشه بهترین بهره را از مغزه برد.
این کتاب به من دو توانایی خیلی خوب داد اول اینکه چجوری حفظیاتم بهتر بشه که واقعا سودمند بود در این تایم زندگی من.
دوم اینکه چجوری تند خوانی کنم شاید عجیب باشه من سرعتم ۳۰۰ کلمه در دقیقه بود ولی این کتاب با تمریناتش الان منو به ۳۵۰ کلمه رسانده و امیدوارم بیشتر بشه و خب بعد فصل تند خوانی خیلی فکر کردم و فهمیدم تنها راهی که می توانم بیشتر کتاب بخوانم همین هست که مهارت تندخوانی بهتری داشته باشم.
در پایان باید اینو بگم قسمت موردعلاقه من از کتاب قسمت دروغ هایی که راجب مغز گفته بود.

پ.ن: وقتی نظرات دیگران راجب این کتاب می خواندم خیلی ها نوشته بودن از کتاب‌هایی که به آدم ها میگند چه کاری انجام بده چه کاری انجام نده ولی باید بگم اصلا اینطوری نبود کتاب اومده بود بهترین راه‌حل را ارائه داده بود این شمایید که انتخاب می کنید از کدام راه‌حل استفاده کنید.

[Fateme Najafi · Rating 1 out of 5]

اینقدر اغراق داشت که با خوندن چند فصل اول فهمیدم این کتاب کتابی نیست که بتونم از خوندنش لذت ببرم یا بتونم ازش تو زندگی خودم استفاده کنم ولی ادامه دادم تا با اطمینان بیشتری بگم خوندنش رو به هیچ‌وجه توصیه نمی‌کنم و به نظرم اورریتده.
نقد من به کتاب:‌ https://virgool.io/taaghche/book-limi...
لینک طاقچه:‌ https://taaghche.com/book/83134/

[Hetal Sonpal · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is totally crap work.total waste of time. He is marketer par excellence.just writes a book to promote his video. Ever paragraph has a reference of another book and author. .avoid.

[Bernardo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Only someone who has never read a self help book could rate this book 4 stars or higher.
This book is basically this:
Fist part: Im gonna portray myself as a nerd and as someone who had extra difficulty to focus and to read, due to the fact that I slammed my head against a radiator when I was a kid and I couldnt think straight.
Second part: Everyone has potential, your brain is better than you think (I wonder where on other hundreds of self help books Ive read this also)
Third part: Im gonna give a lot of facts about the brain, and im also gonna be constantly using other people's work to make my book better
Fourth part: When you eventually reach this part, you look back and you realise 2/3 of the book is done. In this part I'm gonna say that focus is really important, as well as breathing, avoiding stress, relaxing music, taking notes and underlining.
Fifth part: This part is why everyone buys the book and its basically 1/10 of the it: here he is going to teach you techniques to read faster and to study better (spoiler alert! if you wanna read faster just...read faster basically, apparently all it takes is practise and a finger to guide you and you're set), only for you to realise you've read or heard this a thousand times before if you ever watched or read anything related to studying.
Also, you're gonna see a lot of self promoting, and when I say a lot, I mean it! Endless times of "visit my website if you wanna know more about this and practise more".
Also, all those celebreties praising the book on the cover, he talks about them on the book, basically free publicity.
At least in the end he names all the books he copied and took ideias from.
I give two stars to this book, because if you squeeze this book to what you wanted, you get a 10 page compilation on things you already read somewhere on what you can do to study better.
Anything is a New York Times bestseller today.

[Miguel Ángel Siller · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am not being totally fair with three stars, I kind of speed read through the whole book and might have missed important information, but it is mostly a recollection of Kwik's online content, YouTube and Podcasts. There is little new information, just some extra advice in tips and some changes in acronyms. Anyway I believe Jim is one of the best mind coaches out there, his message is clear as well as the results. I'm just saying that the book is quite repetitive if you already follow Jim and other Mind Hack techniques.
I definitely recommend people getting this book if you want to improve your memory, learning capacity, brain health, and speed reading. Jim also is a self-help guy, he doesn't want people to just learn to memorize, but learn how to apply and use this knowledge.
Anyway, "f knowledge is power, learning is your superpower" - Jim Kwik

I recommend, "Moonwalking with Einstein," and "Unlimited Memory," the two books that got me in this path.

[Hlyan · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you can skip around some (ok, I think it's a little more than "some") fillers, this book is ok. There are several really useful memory techniques which I'll put into practice. And I'll never forget, without using those techniques, that reading Jim's childhood story is really touching and inspiring.

[Kaspars Breidaks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ļoti laba, saturīga un vērtīga grāmata. Daudzus padomus jau esmu ieviesis savā ikdienā.

“It’s not “How smart you are?” But “How are you smart?”.