Limitless,, Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life

L I M I T L E S S CH I L DREN

HOW TO APPLY THIS BOOK TO

PARENTING

“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.”

—IGNACIO ESTRADA

It’s not how smart your children are, it’s how are they smart. Traditional education teaches children what to learn, what to focus on, what to think, what to study, and even what to remember. But not how to learn, how to focus, how to think, how to study, and how to remember.

Having grown up with my own learning difficulties, one of my passions is teaching our youth about their mindset, motivation, and methods of learning.
How can you start? I’ve put some of my favorite strategies in a “kwik” bonus chapter.


You can download the chapter at:
LimitlessBook.com/parenting

SUGGESTED R E AD I NG

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

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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 support on this book.
Special thanks to Michael Robertson and the entire team at The Beverly Hilton for hosting me and our events.
To our brain merch team, what we see is what we take care of. Thank you for bringing brain awareness to the world, Daniel, Tom, Mitchell, Jakob, Anthony, and our entire team.
Thank you to the legends and luminaries who inspired my imagination early on this journey—Quincy Jones, Neil Gaiman, Gene Roddenberry, George Lucas, Joseph Cambell, Oprah Winfrey, Piers Anthony, JK Rowling, Napoleon Hill, Bruce Lee, Howard Garner, Tony Buzan, Harry Lorraine, Norman Vincent Peale, Brian Tracy, Jim Rohn, Les Brown, Arianna Huffington, Sir Ken Robinson, Mister Fred Rogers, and of course Stan Lee.
To the original accountability group, Michael Fishman, Brian Kurtz, and Ryan Lee.
Thank you Vishen Lakhian, team, and all our Super Brains at Mindvalley for helping us share meta-learning with the world.
To my superhero friends and the communities they lead. Giovanni Marsico and ArchAngels. Tom & Lisa Bilyeu and your Impactivists. Ken Rutkowski and METal brothers. Elliot Bisnow and Summit. Chris Winefield & Jen Gottlieb and UAL. Chris Anderson and TED. Roman Tsunder and PTTOW & WORLDZ. Michael Fishman and CHS. Jack Canfield and TLC. JJ Virgin and Mindshare. Cole & Sanja Hatter and Thrive. Dan Fleyshman and Joel Marion and their MME 100 Group. Joe Polish and your Genius Network. Anthony Tjan and On Cue. Gareb Shamus and ACE.
To all my friends who have done everything from checking in on me to helping us share our teachings with the world: Aaron Alexander, Adam Braun, Alex Banayan, Alex & Mimi Ikonn, Alex Ortner, Amy Jo Martin, Andres Roemer, Anna Akana, Ari Meisel, Audrey Hagen, Ben Greenfield, Dr. Ben Lynch, Ben Rawitz, Benny Luo, Beth Comstock, Bing Chen, BJ Fogg, Bo & Dawn Eason, Bob Proctor, Branden Hampton, Brandon Routh, Brian Evans, Brian Florio, Brian Grasso, Brooke Burke, Carrie Campbell, Carlos Gardes, Chalene Johnson, Charles Michael Yim, Chervin, Chloe Flower, Chris & Lori Harder, Christina Rasmussen, Christopher Lee, Chris Pan, Claire Zammit, Collin Chung, Craig & Sarah Clemens, Craig Kielburger, Cynthia Kersey, Cynthia Pasquella, Dr. Daniel Amen, Dan Caldwell, Dandapani, Danica McKellar, Dan Schawbel, Dave Hollis, Dave
Nurse, David and Lana Asprey, David Bass, David Goggins, David Meltzer, David Michail, David Wolfe, Dawn Hoang, Dean Graziosi, Derek Halpern, Derek Hough, Dhru Purohit, Donna Steinhorn, Ed Mylett, Elizabeth Gilbert, Emily Fletcher, Emily Morse, Erik Logan, Erin Matlock, Frank & Natalia Kern, Gail Kingsbury, Gary Vaynerchuk, Dr. Halland Chen, Henk Rogers, Hutch Parker, Ian Clark, IN-Q, Jack Delosa, Jack Hidary, Jacqueline Schaffer, James Altucher, James Colquhoun, Jason Stuber, Jayson Gaignard, Jay Shetty, Jeannie Mai, Jeff Krasno, Jeff Spencer, Jelena & Novak Djokovic, Jesse Itzler, Jessica Ortner, Jim Poole, Dr. Joe Mercola, Joel & Laurin Seiden, John Assaraf, John Lee, John Romaniello, Jon Benson, Jonathan Fields, Jon Fine, Jules Hough, Jon Levy, Kandis Marie, Katie Wells, Keith Ferrazzi, Ken Hertz, Kerwin Rae, Kevin & Annmarie Gianni, Kevin Pearce, Kevin Rose, Khaled Alwaleed, Kimberly Moore, Kimberly & James Van Der Beek, Kris Carr, Kute Blackson, Larry Benet, Larry & Oksana Ostrobsky, Laurel Touby, Leigh Durst, Liana Werner-Gray, Lisa Garr, Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Lisa Nichols, Liz Heller, Luke Storey, Manny Goldman, Marc Kielburger, Marie Forleo, Mariel Hemingway, Mari Smith, Mark Anthony Bates, Mark & Bonita Thompson, Mary Shenouda, Matt Mullenweg, Max Lugavere, Mel Abraham, Mel Robbins, Mia Lux, Dr. Michael Breus, Michael Gelb, Michael Lane, Mike Cline, Mike Koenigs, Mike Wang, Mikkoh Chen, Miki Agrawal, Mimi Pham, Mindpump Guys, Mona Sharma, Montel Williams, Naomi Whittel, Natalie & Glen Ledwell, Naveen Jain, Nick Kuzmich, Nicole Patrice, Nikki Sharp, Nina Sugasawa, Nusa Maal, Ocean Robbins, Oz Garcia, Paul Hoffman, Penni Thow, Pete Vargas, Peter Diamandis, Peter Hoppenfeld, Peter Nguyen, Rachel Goldstein, Radha Agrawal, Ramit Sethi, Randy Gage, Randy Garn, Rene & Akira Chan, Richard Miller, Richard & Veronica Tan, Richard Saul Wurman, Rick Barber, Rick Frishman, Robin Farmanfarmaian, Robin Sharma, Rudy Tanzi, Ryan Holiday, Ryan Kaltman, Ryan Levesque, Sabrina Kay, Sam Horn, Sandy Grigsby, Sashin Govender, Sazan & Stevie Hendrix, Scooter Braun, Scott Flansburg, Sean Croxton, Sean & Mindy Stephenson, Dr. Seeta Narsai, Selena Soo, Shaman Durek, Shannon Elizabeth, Shannon Lee, Seth Godin, ShaoLan, Shawn & Anne Stevenson, Dr. Shefali, Simon Kinberg, Simon Mainwaring, Simon Sinek, Sonia Ricotti, Sony Mordechai, Sophie Chiche, Dr. Stephanie Estima, Stephanie McMahon, Steven Kotler, Steve Sims, Steven Tyler, Sunny Bates, Susan Cain, Tana Amen, Tara Mackey, Thomas Bahler, Tim Chang, Tim Larkin,
Tim Ryan, Todd Herman, Tom Ferry, Tony Hsieh, Tracy Anderson, Trent Shelton, Tucker Max, Vani Hari, Whitney Pratt, Will Eppes, Wim Hof, Yanik Silver, Yanjaa Wintersoul, Yue-Sai Kan, Yuka Kobayashi, and so many more.
To the children’s education nonprofits we love and support (including with part of the proceeds of this book)—WE Charity, Pencils of Promise, Unstoppable Foundation and others—thank you for the schools you build and the healthcare and clean water you provide for kids in need.
To the brain health nonprofits who are changing the world funding and conducting research on Alzheimer’s—Steve Aoki and the Aoki Foundation, Maria Shriver’s Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, Dr. Rudy Tanzi, the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Dr. Lisa Mosconi’s Women’s Brain Initiative and Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College
To all my school teachers (and teachers everywhere), having worked with so many educators and my mother recently retired in public education, I know it’s not easy. Thank you for your caring, compassion, and commitment. You are the true superheroes, we appreciate the capes you wear.
To the original geek squad—Dakota, Morris, and Dave. Thank you for comics, video games, and card play. Not only for your friendship but for all the long tutoring sessions. I wouldn’t have made it through school without you.
Sensei Rick for years of martial arts training, wisdom, and friendship. And Bryan Watanabe, you blow me away with your integrity and ability to affect those around you so positively.
Thanks, Rocky, for keeping me company all those early mornings writing, best dog ever!
To my beloved, I’m so lucky to be on this journey with you. Thank you for living through my obsession with all things brain and superheroes. Every day with you is an adventure of learning and laughter, I’m in awe of your limitless love and support. You are the greatest blessing of my life.
To our families, love flows strong and deep, leaving us lifetimes of memories to treasure and keep.
To my sister and brother, thank you for all you do and are. You inspire me as people and as parents. Love you biggest.
Thank you to my parents, my original heroes, not only for your encouragement in this book but also for believing in me from the start. Anything that I’ve ever become that is decent or done that is good is because of you. Anything less than that is on me.
And again, thank YOU, the reader. It is our honor to serve you as we work together to create a brain, a life, and a world without limits.