Limitless - Jim Quick

Question 1

Q. What are the four villains that limit our ability to think, learn and be fully present in life?

Answer 1

A. Digital deluge, digital distraction, digital dementia and digital deduction (plus digital depression)

Question 2

Q. What is digital deluge?

Answer 2

A. the unending flood of information that leads to overwhelm, anxiety, and sleeplessness. Drowning in data and rapid change, we long for strategies and tools to regain some semblance of productivity, performance, and peace of mind.

Question 3

Q. What is digital distraction?

Answer 3

A. We are constantly looking for the next fleeting ping of digital dopamine pleasure, which hampers our ability to sustain the attention necessary for deep deep learning or deep work.

Question 4

Q. What is digital dementia?

Answer 4

A. By outsourcing so many memory tasks to digital devices, we have allowed the memory pathways in our brain to atrophy, therefore finding it harder to remember things when we want to.

Question 5

Q. What is digital deduction?

Answer 5

A. It’s where we let technology do much of our critical thinking and reasoning for us, and we have lost the ability to do these things for ourselves

Question 6

Q. if you are struggling to meet a goal in any area, what is the first question you must ask yourself?

Answer 6

A. What is limiting me? Most likely, you’re experiencing a limit in your mindset, motivation, or methods.

Question 7

Q. What is the formula for being limitless?

Answer 7

Limitless = mindset+motivation+methods

Question 8

Q. What is the real problem with technology?

Answer 8

A. The WAY that we consume it. Rapid, continual shifting (multitasking) is ineffective and exhausting. Social comparison can be depressing. Like any tool, technology itself isn’t good or bad, but we must consciously control how it’s used. If we don’t, then who becomes the tool? It’s up to you to choose how you engage.

Question 9

Q. What is neuroplasticity?

Answer 9

A. neuroplasticity, means that the brain can be changed and shaped by our actions and by our environments. You can work to optimize and rewire your brain.

Question 10

Q. What are Kwik’s suggestions on how to read and remember any book?

Answer 10

A. 1. Use the pomodoro technique 25 mins, then write down what you’ve learned)
2. Use the FASTER method.
Forget
Act
State
Teach
Enter
Review
3. Ask questions to direct your focus
* How can I use this? 
* Why must I use this? 
* When will I use this?

Question 11

Q. Who was the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes?

Answer 11

Roger Bannister

Question 12

Q. What are the three keys to changing your mindset?

Answer 12

1. Recognizing your beliefs - are they LIEs?
2. Challenging your beliefs eg what’s the evidence
3. Create a new belief eg even if its not easy, i can improve.

Question 13

Q. What is the formula for motivation?

Answer 13

Motivation = Purpose+Energy+Plan (Small simple steps)

Question 14

What are the four lobes of the cerebral cortex?

Answer 14

It is made up of the occipital, parietal, temporal, and frontal lobes.

Question 15

What are two main influences on your purpose?

Answer 15

Your identity and your values.

Question 16

What do you need to do for good energy management?

Answer 16

1. A good brain diet
2. Supplements
3. Exercise
4. Killing ANTS (automatic negative thoughts)
5. A clean environment - non-toxic and uncluttered
6. A positive peer group
7. Brain protection - safe and sensible
8. Keep learning
9. Stress Management
10. Sleep

Question 17

What is the Zeigarnik effect?

Answer 17

uncompleted tasks created a level of tension that keeps that task at the front of our minds until it is completed. You’re not going to be able to ease your mind about this task until you complete it, so get yourself moving toward completion. Start somewhere. Anywhere.