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SUPERBRAIN MASTERCLASS NOTES NOTES FROM JIM KWIK’S MASTERCLASS https://www.mindvalley.com/superbrain/ / INDEX OF CONTENTS DAY / EPISODE TITLE NOTES 1 MOM Helps You Remember Better 2 The Sun Is Up 3 10 Keys To Unlock Your Superbrain 4 Implementation Day: Spaced Repetition 5 Nutrition & Body Folders 6 Environments & Killings ANTs 7 Sleep & Stress Management 8 Implementation Day: Morning Routine 8 Q&A Video 9 Chain Linking (Part 1 and 2) 11 The Peg Memory Method 12 Implementation Day: Juggling Exercise 13 Be SUAVE: Remembering Names 14 Memory Is Easy As PIE 15 The FDR Technique 16 Implementation Day: Superbrain Yoga 17 The Ultimate TIP To Remember Anything 18 Keyword Substitution Method 19 Learn Foreign Languages 20 Counting To 10 In Japanese 21 How To Give A Speech Without Notes 22 The Location Method 23 Memorize Word For Word / 24 Implementation Day: Cross Overs 25 Numbers: The Basics 26 The Ancient Alphanumeric Code Of Memory - Part 1: The Sounds 27 The Ancient Alphanumeric Code Of Memory - Part 2: Application 28 Implementation Day: Phonetic Number Code 29 The 5 Levels Of Transformation 30 The 5 Levels Of Learning 31 Overcoming Procrastination 32 Your 8 C’s To Muscle Memory 33 Remembering Your Dreams 34 Speed Reading / 1) MOM Helps You Remember Better FAST: Forget - learn with a beginners mind Active - learning is not a spectator sport, engage State - all learning is state dependent, the better your state the better the learning (examples of states: sleepy, happy, sad, energetic, motivated, etc.) Teach - when you teach you learn twice, learn things so you can teach them Also: you forget stuff, so take notes so you can teach yourself again when this happens MOM: Motivation - (example, remembering someone’s name) if you’d win 1M$ for Remembering a name, you would definitely remember that person’s name Observation - memory is attention before being retention Be powerfully present to have a powerful presence Be silent inside and don't multitask on the outside Mechanics - use techniques (such as these) / 2) The Sun Is Up Don't look for perfection, look for progress No such thing as failure, just failure to learn In order to manage something, you need to start by measuring it SUN LIST: memorize the following (utility of this is explained later on) (Green is made up by me) Basic association = connecting two things using logical association N° Image Association N° Image Association 1 Sun We have 1 sun 16 Candles Sweet 16 birthday 2 Socks A pair of socks 17 Magazine 17 is a magazine for little girls 3 Traffic light Has 3 lights 18 Truck 18 wheeler truck 4 Car 4 doors 19 Golf 19th hole in golf is the 4 wheels bar 5 Star Star has 5 points 20 Fox 20th Century Fox 5 star hotel 6 Soda 6 pack 21 Cards Black jack 21 cards 7 Rainbow Has 7 colours 22 Swans Looks like 2 swans 8 Octopus Has 8 tentacles 23 9 Cat Has 9 lives 24 Clock 24 hours 10 Toes You have 10 toes 25 Quarter coin 25 cents 11 Skis They look like 11 (visual 26 association) 12 Roses 12 roses 27 13 Witch Friday 13 28 unlucky 13 14 Gold 14 carat gold 29 15 Money You’re paid on the 15th 30 / 3) 10 Keys To Unlock Your Superbrain Common sense is not common practice Consistency is power INCLUDE THESE 10 FACTORS INTO DAILY LIFE 1 Good Brain Diet 6 Clean Environment Blueberries, avocado, wild salmon, Clean and organized house, office, etc dark chocolate 2 Killing ANTs 7 Sleep Automatic Negative Thoughts, Sleep consolidates short-term memory recognize and kill negative self talk to long-term memories 3 Exercise 8 Brain Protection Anything good for the heart is good Avoid physical harm, wear helmets, etc for the brain 4 Brain nutrients 9 New Learnings B vitamins, Omega 3 Keep learning every day Take tests to see your general to have an active brain nutrition levels and deficiencies 5 Positive Peer Group 10 Stress Management Spend time with people that have Find ways to wind down, meditate, “batteries included” (that arent be in the moment (mindfulness) gonna drain your energy) / 4) Implementation Day: Spaced Repetition (Go over previous lessons) Success breeds success (snowball effect) Be kind to yourself to be more likely to follow through on choirs (ex: also schedule hours for watching movies, etc.) Spaced repetition consolidates from short-term to long-term memory / 5) Nutrition & Body Folders To remember better, make information: silly, shocking, different (emotional) Use visualization and emotion when remembering (what do you see? How does it make you feel?) Information + emotion = long term memory We are good at remembering locations, the context helps you remember the content We are not computers, raw data is lost, our memory comes from the evolutionary need to remember places (food sources, water, enemy territory, etc.) Remember the following list of ingredients by placing them (using visualization) in your “body folders” (places on your body where you can place items of a list you want to remember) INCLUDE THESE 10 ITEMS IN YOUR DIET, they are all good brain nutrients N° Folder Item N° Folder Item 1 Top (of head) Avocado 6 Throat Green leafy veggies (collard greens, kale, spinach, etc.) 2 Nose Blueberries 7 Chest (collar Wild caught bones) Salmon, Sardines 3 Mouth Broccoli 8 Fingers Turmeric 4 Ears Coconut oil 9 Stomach Walnuts 5 Shoulders Eggs 10 Butt (seat) Dark chocolate Number 11 is water, always drink lots of water / 6) Environments & Killings ANTs When you fight for your limitations you get to keep them On automatic negative thoughts (ANTs), negative self-talk: ABRA Acknowledge - what you resist, persists (be sensible to thoughts, listen to them) Breathe - (breathe in) possibility, power, potential - to where the ANT is in you (use visualization and meditation) Release - the negative thoughts, negativity, limitation (B&R points: turn negative thoughts into positive thoughts, invert their value) Align - (reset) align with the truth about yourself Who you spend time with is who you become (seek positive peer group) Your brain is like a computer, your self talk is the program it will run Your mind is always eavesdropping on your self talk / 7) Sleep & Stress Management Sleep consolidates short-term memory to long-term memory Sleep clears plaque in the brain that can cause dementia You need dreams! It facilitates ideas and solutions Dreams organise and consolidate ideas, images, memories and bits of information that you gather up when you’re awake throughout the day. Letting your mind wander during sleep can lead to greater creativity Fun facts: Google, the sewing machine, DNA, Einstein’s theory of relativity, Frankenstein, the structure of the atom, Salvador Dali’s Persistence of Memory, the Terminator film, the Periodic Table - are things we have because they were dreamed! Writing in his diary, Mendeleev (inventor of the Periodic Table) said, “I saw in a dream a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper” - he had been previously trying for 10 years without success When you wake up every morning, before any distractions set in, close your eyes and remember your dreams RULES FOR BETTER SLEEPING - Invest in a good mattress and bed - Darkness: have blackout curtains, light disturbs sleep (not only on eyes) - Keep bedroom (sleep environment) free from work and tech (tv, pc, etc) - Exercise in the morning - Meditate (20 mins?) and journal (gratitude?) before going to bed - Don't use screens 1 hour before sleep (avoid blue light) - Have set hours (that’s also a routine) - No caffeine after 2 PM - No food 3 hours before sleep - No exercise 4 hours before sleep - Keep temperature low - Wake up with the sun / get up at sun up (Lookup books “Sleep Smarter” and “The Power of When”) / 8) Implementation Day: Morning Routine (Go over previous lessons) First you create your habits, then your habits create you Routines avoid decision fatigue - we only have a certain amount of willpower before this gets used up and we become mentally weak/fragile - use routines to avoid this If you have the same breakfast every morning you can make it on autopilot and not have to think Win the first hour and win the day - start with success & excellence Make morning, day and evening schedules (for routines): 1st hour of the day = activate brain & body, last hour = decompress & reax Aim for nutrition & novelty (exercise and learning) JIM KWIK’S MORNING ROUTINE MY MORNING ROUTINE 1 Remember dreams 1 Remember dreams 2 Make bed 2 Push ups to wake up 3 Hydrate (at night we burn water) 3 Make bed 4 Brush teeth with opposite hand 4 Make breakfast (smoothie & oats) 5 Deep breathing techniques 5 Eat breakfast / read emails 6 Brain tea: herbs and omega 3 6 Meditate 7 Exercise, get blood & oxygen flowing 7 Journal + plan day 8 Mental exercises 8 (Optional) running 9 Power smoothie (brain nutrients) 9 Wash + get dressed / 8) Q&A Video You always get more information from something, rather than from nothing You grow in difficult times (or at least you do if you’re pro-active) You become complacent in good times Eggs as metaphor for life: when it breaks from inside it’s life, when it breaks from outside it’s death ON THE PARETO PRINCIPLE The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few, or the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. Example: approximately 80% of the land in Italy is owned by 20% of the population. What 20% is going to give you 80%? (Work smarter not harder), examples: - Foods: go for nutrient rich ingredients - Exercises: go for efficient activities like HIIT (high intensity interval training) - Knowledge (books, condensed courses, etc.) - People (networking, etc.) - Words used - Etc ON MEMORIZING SCRIPTS (EX. FOR ACTORS): - Use synesthesia - Reflect on it (what’s it’s meaning?) - Repetition (spaced repetition) - Resources (ex. Use the app “rehearsal”) - Run (your lines with people listening for practice) ON REMEMBERING THINGS IN A MEETING: - Take notes (during or after), use body folders (or similar, could even be your suitcase) - ENCODE - make it memorable - STORE - put it somewhere - RETRIEVE - after a while it becomes a long term memory / ON VISUAL MEMORY - Write something (you want to remember) down, or have it in front of you - Move it up and to the left (with your eyes looking the the corner of sight) - Look and close eyes (repeat) ON FOCUSING - Meditate (mindfulness) - Exercise the mind, read, ask questions - Focus on 3 things around yourself to be present ON LEARNING TECHNICAL INFORMATION - Make a generic map (you always need a map before navigating!) - Write down technical terms you need to learn about - Write down questions - Organize map (mind map), main ideas, sub ideas, etc. - Skim information - Define terms, answer questions, define map / 9) Chain Linking AKA “HOW I LEARNT THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS IN 15 MINUTES” This technique can be used to memorize long lists of things, even technical information PRINCIPLES OF MEMORY, attributes that make things easier to remember: - Primacy or First - first things - Recency or Last - last things - Organized or Chunked - things grouped by principle, letter, etc. - Emotional - things that have an emotional value (example: “Carbon” = diamond = your wedding) - Different or Unique - things that don’t fit it with the rest - Familiar - things you are familiar with - Visual - things that have a strong visual element - Connected or Associated - things that are connected to something you remember / PICTURE DATA Fire hydrant The one under my apartment Hidrogen Balloons Are tied to the fire hydrant Helium Batteries Are fired into the sky, they burst the Lithium balloons Barrel Was holding the batteries Beryllium Surf board Is standing up, leaning on the barrel Boron Diamond Rolls off the surfboard (diamonds are Carbon made from Carbon) Sir Lancelot Is hit on the head by the diamond and Nitrogen faints (Sir Lancelot is a Knight, acoustic association to Nitrogen) Oxygen mask Is used to revive Sir Lancelot Oxygen Toothpaste The oxygen mask is dirty, so you use Fluorine toothpaste to clean it (Toothpaste often has fluoride, acoustic association again) Neon sign You throw the toothpaste and smash a Neon neon sign Soda You put out the fire from the sign with Sodium some soda People gathering All this causes people nearby to gather Magnesium (attraction) (attraction = magnets = magnesium) Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon / Learning is linking things together If you want to learn a subject, learn it’s context - example: if you want to learn about the Roman empire and the Napoleonic wars, learn about European history first: what happened before, after and at the same time - this way you can connect things instead of having them isolated TIP (Turn Into Picture) Encode data (information) by making into a picture, using: - Basic association - connecting two things using logical association - Visual association - connecting two things using visual cues - Sound association - connecting two things using acoustic cues Be sure to include plenty of: - Emotion - Visualization - Action (make it move or do something! The more action the better) - Exaggeration (caricaturize it, make fun of it, like children do) Chain linking: - Turn each element into a picture - Connect each picture to the next / 11) The Peg Memory Method Associate two or more (visual) items from different lists to create a new combined list, it can be useful to quickly memorize a long list of new items, that are maybe difficult to visualize by themselves, or that you want to be able to recall in order (one after another) or by itself but knowing it’s position (item number 23 is: …) Example, need to memorize this list (in order): - 1) Fast - 3) Curiosity - 2) Impatience - 4) Pause Sun list New list Peg method list 1 The sun Fast The sun coming up really fast in the morning 2 Pair of socks Impatience Impatience in trying to put on small socks 3 Traffic light Curiosity Blocking traffic by staring curiously at the t.l. 4 Car Pause Putting the cars behind you on pause Pegs = where you hang your coats, you can in the same way hang your information! Sun list = (numbered) pegs. You can also use chain linking to associate each element and make it even more memorable, example: Peg method list Peg method list + Chain linking The sun coming up really fast in the Getting up in the morning and seeing the morning sun move fast across the sky Impatience in trying to put on small First thing you do after getting up is try to socks put on small socks, and get impatient Blocking traffic by staring curiously at the You go out and try and get your mind off traffic light things by trying to figure out how a traffic light works (curiosity) - blocking the traffic Putting the cars behind you on pause You put the cars behind you on pause by using a magic remote / 12) Implementation Day: Juggling Exercise (Go over previous lessons) Practice juggling, it will help with many things Soften your sight (don't look at the single balls, look at everything to see them all): look at the bigger picture instead of focusing on the details, otherwise things won't work / 13) BE SUAVE: Remembering Names People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care People will forget what you said, and forget what you did, but they won't forget how you made them feel 6 second syndrome: you have 6 seconds to apply technique before forgetting a name Remember MOM: - Motivation - you need at least 1 motive to remember names (think of it) - Observation - listen, pay attention (de present) - Mechanics - use techniques, in this case BE SUAVE: - Believe - if you believe you can do something, or you believe you can't, either way you're right (H. Ford), kill Ants! Eliminate negative self-talk - Exercise - practice make progress - Say - the person’s name (repeat it) “Hi Emily” - Use - it 3/4 times in conversation (but don't abuse it) - Ask - about the name, about the person, be interested - Visualize - use association techniques, TIP (Turn Into Picture) - OR - associate the person to another person you know with the same name - End - say goodbye using their name Examples of visualization: NAME ASSOCIATION IMAGE Emily Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights Has book on head, a very strong wind book nearly blows (Emily) over Julie My friend Julie from school Julie (new) + Julie (old) Mary Lamb, Mary had a little lamb (Mary) is holding a lamb / 14) Memory Is Easy As PIE We tend to remember what we see, and try to see what we want to remember We usually think & remember in pictures (visual thought) Our visual cortex is very large Remembering names: use the PIE technique to make images stick better - Place - like a caricature artist picks features, choose a feature to focus on and remember the person by it - this should be a visual cue - Imagine - what is the image used to remember the name? - Entwine (place + image) - put the image on the place (feature) Example: NAME PLACE (examples) IMAGE ENTWINED IMAGE Emily Emily has very long (Emily Bronte, author Her hair is blowing all over hair of Wuthering Heights) and it has eaves in it, a Book on head, a very book is caught up in it strong wind nearly blows her over Mary Mary has a bag Holding a lamb The bag is a butcher's bag, Mary is gonna butcher the lamb Lucas Lucas has a big tie Jedi sword (George He’s hiding his Jedi sword Lucas) on a necklace behind his tie The place should be a visual cue that jumps out at you, this cue should recall the image used to recall the name (so the name should instantly come back) / 15) The FDR Technique Franklin D. Roosevelt could remember the names of all the people he met, this is how he did it: - Visual - write the person's name on their forehead (with your imagination) - Auditory - repeat their name 2/3 times - Kinesthetic - use micro-movements to write their name with you hand (as if you were writing it on paper) / 16) Implementation Day: Superbrain Yoga (Go over previous lessons) Some practical exercises to do during the day to reset: - Massage left ear with right hand - Massage right ear with left hand - Breathe in & lower yourself (while standing) - Breath out and go back up / 17) The Ultimate TIP To Remember Anything TIP (Turn Into Picture) Encode data (information) by making into a picture, using: - Basic association - connecting two things using logical association - Visual association - connecting two things using visual cues - Sound association - connecting two things using acoustic cues Be sure to include plenty of AEIOU: - Action - make it move or do something! The more action the better - Emotion & Exaggeration - caricaturize it, make fun of it, like children do - Illogical - make things illogical so they are more memorable - Outstanding - Unusual - take the ordinary and make it extraordinary Imagination VS reality exercise - for enhancing thought visualization: - Take a picture / object / etc. in front of you - See it, then close eyes and imagine it - Check if imagination matches reality by opening eyes - Do again and again until they match / 18) Keyword Substitution Method In memorizing things, consider: - Frequency - how many times do you go over them - Duration - for how long - Intensity - how intensely Intensity is a shortcut! Frequency and duration take time Example, learn new words: - Use TIP for word (turn word into picture) - Also add a picture for the meaning of the word Example, extol: (to praise highly; laud; eulogize) - Passing through a toll and paying with eggs - Toll and eggs = exoll (eggs, toll), paying = gratitude Remember all we need are cues that point us in the right direction, that act as triggers, after which we should be able to recall the memory we need / 19) Learn Foreign Languages Example, using word substitution: Ni Hao Ma (Chinese for “how are you”) - Ni = your knee - Hao = Santa Claus (ho ho ho) - Ma = magazine Look at your knee, Santa Claus sitting on it, reading a magazine = Ni Hao Ma (Say “how are you” to him) Does not necessarily sound or represent exactly the information you need, but it triggers it (you need a trigger to make your memory work), it gets you close enough BRAIN WAVES (cycles) Beta When you are most awake Beta brain waves dominate our normal waking state of consciousness when attention is directed towards cognitive tasks and the outside world. Beta is a ‘fast’ activity, present when we are alert, attentive, engaged in problem solving, judgment, decision making, or focused mental activity Alpha Relaxed state of awareness, consciousness is set aside (like when in TV trance) meditation, deep breathing, visualization, some music will take you here Baroque music is good for this, it usually has a 60 BPM - same as the human heart at rest - this is good for learning Alpha is ‘the power of now’, being here, in the present. Alpha is the resting state for the brain. Alpha waves aid overall mental coordination, calmness, alertness, mind/body integration and learning Theta Creativity: Theta brain waves occur most often in sleep but are also dominant in deep meditation. Theta is our gateway to learning, memory, and intuition. In theta, our senses are withdrawn from the external world and focused on signals originating from within. It is that twilight state which we normally only experience fleetingly as we wake or drift off to sleep. In theta we are in a dream; vivid imagery, intuition and information beyond our normal conscious awareness Delta Generated in deepest meditation and dreamless sleep. Delta waves suspend external awareness and are the source of empathy / 20) Counting To 10 In Japanese What you practice in private, you are rewarded for in public Our brain does not come with an instruction manual The bridges/ships you burn will light the way (Burn the ship is born from an idea that originated in 1519. As legend has it, the conquistador Cortez having landed in a hostile country, ordered his men to destroy their ships, so that they would have to conquer the country or be killed. Their ability to retreat to their previous way of life was gone; their safety net had been removed) Count to 10 in Japanese using word substitution (visual, auditory, kinaesthetics) N° JAPANESE PICTURE 1 Ichi While in the park, you get an Itchy sensation 2 Ni It’s your Knee 3 San After scratching your knee, you look up at the Sun 4 Shi A woman passes by, is She a Geisha? 5 Go You start walking again, take a couple of steps (Go) 6 Roku In the lake in front of you, a boat with Row(ers) pass by 7 Shichi You take a moment to Sit down on a bench 8 Hachi It’s a Hot Seat, the bench has been in the sun all day 9 Kyu A baby in a pram strolls by, and cries out “Ku” 10 Juu The mother holding the pram has a Jewel on her / 21) How To Give A Speech Without Notes LOCATION METHOD (AKA Walk Through Method) (again, using PIE = Place, Image, Entwine) - 1) Take physical locations - 2) Take lists/data/etc that you want to remember - 3) Entwine (location + data = entwined image) PICK 10 LOCATIONS in a place that is very familiar to you (home, office, etc) Example, Jim Kwik’s locations (getting to his office) N° PLACE DATA (Image) FORMULA (Entwine) 1 Parking lot Diet As you arrive in the parking lot, there are giant fruits and foods rolling around in between the parked cars 2 Bridge to building Kill ANTs Stepping onto the bridge, you notice ants crawling all over, you stamp them out 3 Elevator Exercise There’s a group of people doing gym exercises in the elevator when you enter it 4 Corridor Vitamins When exiting the elevator and heading down the corridor, you avoid giant vitamin pills rolling toward you 5 Closet Friends On the side of the corridor, from the closet, your friends jump out and give you a surprise party 6 Reception Clean environment Entering the reception, you notice a team of cleaners making everything nice and clean 7 Fish tank Sleep The secretary in the receptions has accidentally dropped her pillow in the fishtank, and is trying to get it out / 8 Door Helmet The door to the office is locked, so you use a helmet to ram into it and knock it down 9 White board New learning In the office, you take off the helmet and hang it up on the wall next to the whiteboard, on it are all your study notes 10 Bonsai Stress management Instead of getting to work, you dedicate yourself to your Bonsai, to take your mind off things The sequence (the walk between images) is the walk you’re taking Blend visual, auditory, kinaesthetics and action with memory (of places you’re familiar with) / 22) The Location Method 10 LOCATIONS IN MY HOME BEDROOM 1) Cabinet 2) Drawers 3) Desk 4) Couch 5) Closet KITCHEN 6) Counter 7) Fridge 8) Pantry 9) Trash room 10) Sink / 23) Memorize Word For Word The 8 “R”s: 1. Read (use a visual pacer) 2. Reflect 3. (w)Rite - take notes, always (by hand) 4. Role playing - have a learning buddy, play it out, use apps like “Rehearsal” 5. Reform - change it somehow, example: change accent, tonality, etc. Introduce a novelty to make it more memorable 6. Ration it - no more than 30 min chunks 7. Record - and listen to yourself, possibly when you’re in motion (not still) 8. (a)Rouse - when we learn something we anchor the environment to it, have something that connects you to the environment you learnt things in initially Enhanced memory recall - remember the environment (point 8) to remember information, create a connection between when you learn and when you recall: Use the same environment - practice your speech in the room where you’re going to give it, study for your exam in the room where you’re going to give it, etc. If this is not possible, simulate the environment Use sensory arousals (taste, smell, feel, etc) - Chew same gum - Use same smell, perfume, perfumed candles, essential oils (for example: peppermint, rosemary), etc. (odor is important for memory) - Etc. / 24) Implementation Day: Cross Overs (Go over previous lessons) / 25) Numbers: The Basics What you put into something is what you’ll get out of it Numbers are abstract, hard to see and visualize In addition to the Sun list, these are other ways of representing numbers - you can also use these for creating memories Visual: looks like - Sound: sounds like N° VISUAL association SOUND association 0 Ball Zero Hero 1 Antenna One Bun (bread) 2 Swan Two Shoe 3 Handcuffs Three Tree 4 Sail boat Four Door 5 Fred Flintstone Five Hive 6 Elephant’s trunk Six Sticks 7 Hockey stick Seven Heaven 8 Snow man Eight Gate 9 Balloon with string Nine Wine 10 Bat & ball Ten Zen / 26) The Ancient Alphanumeric Code Of Memory - Part 1: The Sounds The system works by converting numbers into consonant sounds, then into words by adding vowels - words (images) can be remembered more easily than numbers Once you learn this Phonetic Number Code, you’ll never see numbers the same The english languages consonant sounds can be grouped into 10 PHONETIC NUMBER CODE N° CODE Association Examples for Remembering 1 T, D, TH T is made out of two 1, D is like a 1 with a belly, TH are all straight lines like 1 is 2 N When writing the lowercase N (n) it has 2 downstrokes 3 M 3 looks like an M on it’s side, M has 3 down strokes, 3M corporation (company) 4 R(ra) Spell it: f-o-u-R (emphasis on the R) 5 L(la) Your five fingers on your hand makes as L shape 6 J(ja), G(soft), SH, CH 6 looks like a G, J sounds like G, also SH and CH 7 C(hard), K, G(hard) 6 is soft 7 is hard 8 F(fa), V(va) V8 vegetable juice (company), cursive F has two loops and looks like 8 9 P(pa), B(ba) A mirror image of 9 is P, upside down you get a lowercase B 0 S(sa), C(soft), Z Zero = Z, S is similar to Z, C is round like 0 Code rules: - Vowels (AEIOU) have no value - Silent letters have no value - W, H, Y have no value - Double letters count as 1 / 27) The Ancient Alphanumeric Code Of Memory - Part 2: Application - 1) Convert (single) numbers into sounds, read them as if they were sounds - 2) Take those sounds to make a word that comes to mind - 3) TIP (Turn Into Picture), turn that word into a picture and use techniques Exercise - turn words into numbers: (you’d not use this technique for this purpose, it’s just so you can familiarize with the system - reverse engineering) WORD Take away vowels, double letters, Converted in numbers W, H, Ys and silent letters Table T, B, L 1, 9, 5 Carpet C(hard), R, P, T 7, 4, 9, 1 Butter B, T, R 9, 1, 4 Turn numbers into words, examples: NUMBERS CONVERT TO SOUND ADD vowels, double letters, W, H, Ys or silent letters 33 M, M Mummy 49 R, P Rope 80 F, C Face Practical application example: When did Neil Armstrong land on the Moon? 20th of July 1969 NUMBERS CONVERT TO ADD vowels, double IMAGE SOUND letters, W, H, Ys or silent letters 7, 20, 69 C(hard), N, S, C-a-NS SH-i-P Neil Armstrong (American SH, P dropping some date format) CANS from his SHIP / 28) Implementation Day: Phonetic Number Code (Go over previous lessons) Trick to remember the Phonetic Number Code: N° Body Folder list First sound / Phonetic Number Code 1 Top (of head) T 2 Nose N 3 Mouth M 4 Ears R 5 Larynx (throat) L 6 Shoulders SH 7 Collar bones (chest) C(hard) 8 Fingers F 9 Belly B 0 Seat (butt) S / 29) The 5 Levels Of Transformation “I am” are the most powerful words there are, whatever you put after determines your destination Ask and you shall receive, the key to better understanding is asking better questions Champions push past the pain period - When you don't want to do something - When you don't want to go to the gym - When you don't want to study - Etc. 5 LEVELS TO ADDRESS TO MAKE PERMANENT CHANGE - 1) Environment (where & when) - 2) Behaviour (what) - 3) Capacity (how) - ability to do so - 4) Beliefs (and Values) (why) - all behaviour is belief driven, if you believe you can’t do something you won't be able to do it - 5) Identity (who) Example, a smoker in 2 different situations: LEVELS SITUATION 1 SITUATION 2 Environment Smoking is accepted (home, Smoking is unacceptable, or friends, etc) anyhow not seen well Behaviour Smokes Does not smoke Capacity Can smoke, can get cigarettes Cigarettes cost a lot and the store is not close by Beliefs (and “Im ok with smoking” - cigarettes “I should not smoke” - health is Values) are just part of life valued Identity I’m the Marlboro man I’m a healthy person / In both these situations there is no dissonance (lack of harmony between things) so there is no push to change Here are some examples with dissonance: Situation 1 will have some problems but will keep smoking (not enough dissonance) Situation 2 will probably quit smoking (too much dissonance) LEVELS SITUATION 1 SITUATION 2 Environment Smoking is unacceptable, or Smoking is unacceptable, or anyhow not seen well anyhow not seen well (DISSONANCE) Behaviour Smokes Smokes (DISSONANCE) Capacity Can smoke, can get cigarettes Cigarettes cost a lot and the store is not close by Beliefs (and “Im ok with smoking” - cigarettes “I should not smoke” - health is Values) are just part of life valued Identity I’m the Marlboro man I’m a healthy person Change must happen on the lower levels for it to happen, and at all levels for it to be complete Identity change is the most effective way to change, all the rest will change with it / 30) The 5 Levels Of Learning 1 Unconscious You don't know what you You don't know cars exist incompetence don't know 2 Conscious You know what you don't You know you can’t drive incompetence know 3 Conscious Needs your focus to do You’re learning how to drive attention so 4 Unconscious Does not need your You can drive attention focus to do so 5 Mastery Ability to outperform You’re a Formula 1 driver The key to getting from 3 to 4 (and possibly even 5) is practice Find out what Pareto principle works for you (80/20 rule) Success is: - Know who you are - Be who you are / 8 RULES OF EFFECTIVE PEOPLE/LEARNERS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_7_Habits_of_Highly_Effective_People 1 Be proactive/responsible Work from the center of your influence and constantly work to expand it. Don't sit and wait in a reactive mode 2 Begin with the end in mind Envision what you want in the future so you can work and plan towards it All things are created twice. Before we act, we should act in our minds first. Before we create something, we measure twice 3 Put first things first There’s a difference between leadership and management Leadership in the outside world begins with personal vision and personal leadership 4 Think win-win (more of an Genuine feelings for mutually beneficial solutions attitude) or agreements in your relationships 5 Seek first to understand, Ethos - your personal credibility. It's the trust that then to be understood you inspire, your Emotional Bank Account Pathos is the empathetic side - it's the alignment with the emotional trust of another person's communication Logos is the logic - the reasoning part of the presentation 6 Synergize: come together Combine the strengths of people through positive teamwork, so as to achieve goals that no one could have done alone 7 Sharpen the saw Exercise for physical renewal Read for mental renewal Serve society for spiritual renewal 8 Find your voice & help others find theirs / 31) Overcoming Procrastination The 3 H’s: - Head - knowledge, vision, to do lists, conscience, etc. - Heart - callings, carings, needs, emotion, etc. - Hands - what you actually do When we procrastinate, it’s usually because the second H (heart) is missing! Example: I know I have to do this assignment (head), but it doesn't resonate with me (heart), so my (hands) end up being idle = procrastination HEAD GOALS should be HEART GOALS should be Specific, measurable, achievable, Healthy, enduring, alluring, relevant, relevant, time-bound truthful (is this really for me?) SMASH PROCRASTINATION: - Know your head and heart goals - and have them align - Break it down into manageable chunks - Use the Zeigarnik effect* - Be kind to yourself - Procrastinate procrastinating *The Zeigarnik effect states that people remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks. Russian psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik first studied the phenomenon when he noticed that a waiter had better recollections of still unpaid orders. However, after the completion of the task – after everyone had paid – he was unable to remember any more details of the orders. /