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Now, write down the advantages you will have when you apply what you learned, such as: “I’ll be able to learn what I need to learn with confidence, get a great job I love, and make a lot of money so I can give back to the world.” “I will have more free time to exercise and get healthy, travel, and spend more time with my significant other.” Or something simple like, “I will finally have some free time to just get caught up and relax!”

Get specific. See it, feel it, believe in it, and then work daily for it. Visualize your celebratory champagne moment. For more on this, reread the section in Chapter 7.

DAY 5: CONSIDER YOUR PURPOSE

Purpose is about how you relate to other people. Purpose is what you’re here to share with the world. What is your why?

Think about who’s counting on you to be limitless. Is it your family? Your lover? Your friends? Colleagues? Neighbors? Get specific about who you’re letting down by setting limits in your life. Now, think about how you can affect the lives of others when you show up 100 percent. You’ve found your purpose. For more on this, reread the section in Chapter 7.

DAY 6: START A NEW HEALTHY HABIT

Take small, simple steps to create one new healthy habit that will lead you to success. Make it a part of your morning routine. You’ll never change your life until you decide to change something you do daily. Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact on both our levels of happiness and success. If you’re persistent you can achieve it, if you’re consistent you can keep it. Little by little, a little can become a lot. Remember, every professional was once a beginner.

Pick one new habit you will start doing today. How can you break it down to small, simple steps that you can do consistently each day? For more on this, reread the section in Chapter 9.

DAY 7: GIVE YOUR BRAIN SOME ENERGY

Harness your energy to win each day. Eat one or more of these brain foods daily. Which one is your favorite, and why? Remember, what you eat matters, especially for your gray matter. Is what you’re eating energizing you or depleting you? Write down some creative recipes you can make using the brain foods below:

For more on this, reread the section in Chapter 8.

DAY 8: OPTIMIZE YOUR STUDY

Studying isn’t just for people in school. We’re all lifelong learners. Set the optimal state to study and learn. Remove distractions. Use the HEAR (Halt, Empathy, Anticipate, Review) method to watch a TED video you’ve never seen before and practice your listening skills. For more on this, reread the section in Chapter 12.

DAY 9: ALWAYS REMEMBER MOM

Before you begin any task, always check with your MOM (motivation, observation, methods). Also, check in with your why. What is your motive for remembering that person’s name? What do you observe? Remember, most of your memory is not a retention issue; it’s an attention issue. Practice remembering the names of everyone you meet today by using the association technique. If you forget someone’s name, write down if it was your motivation, observation, or the method that led you to forget that name. Then try again with another person.

You can practice this skill even when you’re shopping at a grocery store or walking through the street or watching television, or anything. Assign names to strangers you see and test how many you can remember. For more on this, reread the section in Chapter 13.

DAY 10: EMBRACE THE POWER OF READING

Set a daily reading goal, even if it’s just for 10 minutes a day. There’s power to reading and these benefits compound over time. The key is consistency. Pick a book you’ve been wanting to read, set a timer for 10 minutes, put away the distractions, and practice reading with a visual pacer. Then schedule your reading time for each day; put it in your calendar as an appointment with yourself.

BUSINESS

“An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”

—JACK WELCH

Can you apply the Limitless model to your business? Absolutely! For over two decades, we’ve used these methods to train organizations of all sizes, from entrepreneurial start-ups to corporate clients, including Google, Virgin, Nike, GE, Fox Studios, and Zappos.

Human capital (the collective education, skills, knowledge, training) is an organization’s most valuable and most underutilized asset. For your business to grow, your team’s collective brainpower must grow.

How can you harness your team’s limitless cognitive potential? I wrote a bonus chapter to help you on your way.

You can download the chapter at:

LimitlessBook.com/Business

We’ve assembled the ultimate set of resources that complement this book and will magnify your results.

These include:

Video tutorials of select lessons (as an example: watch me teach you how to quickly memorize the top brain foods, and demonstrate the remembering names technique in front of a live audience)

Written exercises and assessments to test your skills Brainpower food recipes from meals to teas Recommended reading

Special interviews with top experts delving deeper into the topics covered in this book— sleep, exercise, nutrition, meditation, and others

And so much more!

For your free access, go to:

LimitlessBook.com/Resources

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When you do, you will join our community of Kwik Brains from 195 countries. Your success is our success, every program comes with an unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee.

Our community is passionate about reading. If someone has decades of experience and puts that knowledge into a book, and you can read their book in a few days, you effectively download decades into days.

Leaders are readers. Many of our Kwik Readers commit to finishing #1bookaweek (52 books each year).

As a bonus for purchasing this book, you can join our one-hour speed-reading masterclass as my gift. It will help you tackle your booklist. Get free access at JimKwik.com/Reading

Here is a “kwik” list of some of my favorite mindset, motivation, and methods books. They are listed in no particular order. For the extensive reading list, go to LimitlessBook.com/resources.

The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Understanding Understanding by Richard Saul Wurman

The Tapping Solution for Manifesting Your Greatest Self by Nick Ortner Start With Why by Simon Sinek

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey Change Your Brain, Change Your Life by Dr. Daniel Amen The Motivation Manifesto by Brendon Burchard

Tiny Habits by Dr. BJ Fogg Brain Food by Lisa Mosconi

Me to We by Marc Kielburger & Craig Kielburger

The Promise of a Pencil by Adam Braun Miracle Mindset by JJ Virgin

The TB12 Method by Tom Brady

Super Human by Dave Asprey

The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

The Future Is Faster Than You Think by Steven Kotler & Peter Diamandis The Code of the Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani

The School of Greatness by Lewis Howes Stress Less, Accomplish More by Emily Fletcher

The Power of When by Dr. Michael Breus

Becoming Super Woman by Nicole Lapin Chineasy Everyday by Shaolan

#AskGaryVee by Gary Vaynerchuk

Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer

The Brain that Changes Itself by Dr. Norman Doidge

Mindset by Carol Dweck

The Align Method by Aaron Alexander

Super Brain by Deepak Chopra and Rudolph Tanzi Genius Foods by Max Lugavere

Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson

The UltraMind Solution by Dr. Mark Hyman

Spark by Dr. John Ratey

The 4-Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss

Math Doesn’t Suck by Danica Mckellar Boundless by Ben Greenfield

Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono

Thrive by Arianna Huffington

The Element by Sir Ken Robinson with Lou Aronica TED Talks by Chris Anderson

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Imagine It Forward by Beth Comstock & Tahl Raz Belong by Radha Agrawal

Disrupt-Her by Miki Agrawal

The Ripple Effect by Dr. Greg Wells

Exponential Transformation by Salim Ismail, Francisco Palao & Michelle Lapierre

Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty The Alter Ego Effect by Todd Herman

How to Live a Good Life by Jonathan Fields

The Mind Map Book by Barry Buzan & Tony Buzan

The Principles by Ray Dalio

Re-Create Your Life by Morty Lefkoe

Emotional First Aid by Dr. Guy Winch A Higher Branch by Sam Makhoul

Cancer-Free with Food by Liana Werner-Gray

Food Can Fix It by Dr. Mehmet Oz

This is the hardest part of the book for me to write because it takes a village to bring a book into the world. One may think it’s a solo adventure of sorts but in reality, it was a heroic group effort.

In the pages I’m allotted, it would be impossible to thank by name all those who have led and supported me to this moment. The list is long—you can say it’s pretty limitless.

I know this because you all have a special place in my heart and I feel your presence when I do my gratitude exercises.

Let’s start with YOU the reader. Thank you for not only getting this book but more importantly for reading and using it.

To our podcast guests, listeners, and anyone who has ever watched and shared one of our videos, thank you for tuning in each week and getting all brainy with me.

To our online students all over the world, so much appreciation for your time and trust. Thank you for allowing our team to fulfill our purpose of building better, brighter brains.

To all our speaking and training clients, gratitude for having me share with your audiences and teams.

To my private coaching clients, you know who you are, thank you for your friendship and for teaching me so much in return.

To my longtime business partner Alexis Banc. This book and this business would not exist without you. You wear every hat imaginable, your dedication is only matched by your vision for a better brighter world, I am eternally grateful.

To James Banc, thank you, brother, for being a brain warrior. Gratitude to my personal assistant Elena, thank you for being my

right hand (and sometimes brain). Appreciate all you do.

To our amazing Kwik Team who works hard every day serving our community. Thank you for your caring and commitment, Jonie, Sasha, Brittany, Jade, Iris, Denyce, Nicole, Jessica, Kyle, Dallas, Jen, Zareen, Jena, Lauren, Louie, Romario, Elizabeth, Miriam, Julia, Matilda, Alex, Dmitri, Jena, Kristie, LJ, Arthur, Marcin, Angelo, Pawel, Radek, Agata, Natalia, Katia, Hugo, Michal, Chris, Marta, Drew, Kris, Rusty, and the rest of our team past, present, and future. (Yes, our team is mostly made up of incredible females.)

I believe everyone can be your teacher on life’s journey. From my college friend’s father who got me to read one book a week to the person who said I had a broken brain, thank you for the lessons.

To my friends Brendon Burchard, Scott Hoffman, Lewis Howes, and Nick Ortner, who encouraged and kept on me to write this book. Thank you for inspiring the world, and for inspiring me to transform my mess into my message.

I am grateful to Reid Tracy and Patty Gift, who saw the potential for this book. Honored to be part of the Hay House family. Thank you, Anne, Mary, Margarete, Lindsay, Patricia, Cathy, Alexandra, Sally, Marlene, Perry, Celeste, Tricia, Julie, Yvette, Diane, John, Karen, Steve, and everyone else who had a hand in creating the book what it is.

Special thanks to our creative team, who made significant contributions to this book.

Lou Aronica, thanks for helping me craft these pages and making this book the best it can be.

Sara Stibitz, you were invaluable. Grateful for all the research, interviews, wordsmithing and getting us to the finish line.

Clay Hebert, for years of support and for quarterbacking this project from A to Z. You put the clay in clarity.

Courtney Kenney, thank you for managing and mobilizing so many moving parts.

Jose Alonso, thanks for the new kwik design. Nick Onken, photographer extraordinaire.

Rodrigo and Anna Corral for the beautiful book cover art.

Dr. Mark Hyman, thank you for believing in our work and writing the book’s foreword. Appreciate you and Mia so much for your