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World expert in speed reading and memory, Jim Kwik shares 11 things he does every morning to jumpstart his brain so he stays productive every day of the week.
World expert in speed reading and memory, Jim Kwik shares 11 things he does every morning to jumpstart his brain so he stays productive every day of the week.
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00:00 I could grant one wish, what would you wish for?
00:02 Learning how to learn.
00:03 Because if you could learn how to learn faster,
00:05 you could learn anything faster
00:07 and you could apply it towards everything else.
00:09 I really think habits are important
00:10 because first you create your habits
00:12 and then your habits create you.
00:13 Now everybody has their morning routine, right?
00:15 But mine are really focused on activating my brain power.
00:19 Every single one of my habits, my routines in the morning
00:22 are meant to really jumpstart my brain
00:24 so I can jumpstart the day.
00:26 And so here are some of the things I do
00:28 every single morning.
00:29 I wake up in the morning,
00:30 the very first thing I do is I remember my dreams.
00:32 The reason why you wanna remember your dreams
00:34 is because some of the most incredible inventions
00:37 and works of art and literature came from the dream state.
00:41 Mary Shelley created Frankenstein in her dream.
00:44 The periodic table came in a chemist's dream.
00:50 So what are you dreaming about late at night
00:52 that you're forgetting in the morning
00:53 that could be solving your biggest challenges in your life
00:55 or in your business
00:57 or things that you wanna be able to learn?
00:58 The second thing I do is I make my bed.
01:00 The reason why I make my bed
01:01 and why is that good for your brain
01:03 is because you wanna start your day with excellence
01:05 'cause how you do anything
01:06 is how you do everything as you know.
01:08 And so you wanna start with a win
01:09 because it's the science momentum
01:11 because your brain likes to build on success.
01:13 And it's also good because when you come back
01:15 at the end of the day,
01:15 you come back to your bed already made
01:17 which is coming back to success.
01:19 The third thing I do is I brush my teeth.
01:21 You're like, "So what, Jim?
01:22 "Everyone brushes their teeth."
01:23 But I actually brush my teeth using my opposite hand.
01:26 By using my opposite hand,
01:28 it actually activates different parts of my brain
01:31 because as your body moves, your brain grooves.
01:34 The next thing I do is I take a tall glass of water.
01:37 Why do I do that?
01:37 It's because your brain and your body is 70% water.
01:40 So I wanna super hydrate
01:41 'cause you lose a lot of water while you sleep.
01:44 Next thing I do is I take a shower.
01:46 I take a cold shower.
01:47 I mean, it is ice cold, as cold as it gets.
01:49 You're like, "Jim, I loved you up to this point."
01:52 But the reason why you take a cold shower
01:53 is to lower inflammation.
01:55 It like reset your nervous system,
01:57 reset your brain because thriving energy,
01:59 mental energy to clearing brain fog is to lower inflammation.
02:02 One of the best ways of doing that
02:04 is by taking cold showers.
02:06 From there, what I do is I make a brain tea.
02:08 And what's in my brain tea?
02:10 I make it with a gotu kola, a ginkgo.
02:13 I put some lion's mane.
02:14 I like honey.
02:15 I feel like that's good for me.
02:17 And I also put some MCT coconut oil
02:19 to help me to absorb it better.
02:20 And while I'm drinking that brain tea, I journal.
02:23 And what am I journaling that's activating my brain?
02:25 I start with gratitude.
02:26 Gratitude rewires your brain.
02:28 And it helps you to activate more of those flow states.
02:31 Flow states is a state of optimal performance
02:34 where you feel your best and you act your best.
02:36 And what puts you into that alpha state,
02:38 that relaxed state of awareness,
02:39 that beta state where you're most creative,
02:42 a lot of it, what keeps you out of it
02:43 is these negative emotions.
02:45 So forgiveness and gratitude go a long way.
02:49 Self-love and self-care is not selfish.
02:51 After that, I do some exercise
02:53 because there was a study done
02:54 at Appalachian State University
02:56 saying exercise obviously is good for you,
02:57 but what time do you exercise?
02:59 They tested people at 7 a.m., at 1 p.m., and 7 p.m.
03:03 They found that by far, those who exercise at 7 a.m.
03:06 had better sleep.
03:07 So they have better performance
03:09 by exercising in the morning.
03:10 And you don't have to do your full workout,
03:12 but you need to exercise for a few minutes
03:14 'cause anything that's good for your heart
03:15 is gonna be good for your head, meaning your brain,
03:17 because it's more blood flow.
03:19 And that blood flow is carrying oxygen.
03:21 And so after that, what I do is some deep breathing.
03:23 I do some fire breathing, my fire breath breathing,
03:26 my box breathing, my alpha breathing,
03:28 my Wim Hof breathing, whatever breathing method you do.
03:31 But it's really important that it's deep
03:32 because the lower 130 of your lungs
03:34 absorbs 2/3 of the oxygen.
03:36 And that's a brain tip for a lot of people.
03:37 When they're working on their computers
03:39 and they're slumped down,
03:40 they're collapsing their diaphragm and their lungs
03:42 so they're not getting the oxygen.
03:44 I make a brain power smoothie.
03:46 I put my favorite brain foods in there.
03:47 And some of my top 10 favorite brain foods
03:49 are things like avocados, things like blueberries.
03:52 I call 'em brain berries.
03:53 They're very neuroprotective.
03:54 Green leafy vegetables, coconut oil,
03:56 dark chocolate, great for your brain.
03:58 'Cause anything that's good for your mood,
03:59 generally it's gonna be good for your mind.
04:01 I put them all into a smoothie, I mix it up,
04:03 and then I do some reading.
04:04 That's where my work time comes in
04:06 'cause leaders are readers.
04:07 That's one of my success habits.
04:08 Everybody has to read for about 30 minutes a day.
04:10 Do something physical and do something mental
04:13 every single day.
04:13 Care for your brain because you can change your brain,
04:16 you can change your life.
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