Highlights and Notes

Introduction

• If an egg is broken from the outside, life ends. If from the inside life begins. All great things must begin from the inside. Note

Chapter 1: Becoming Limitless

• Often when you put a label on someone or something, you create a limit—the label becomes the limitation. Adults have to be very careful with their external words because these quickly become a child’s internal words. Highlight
• if knowledge is power, then learning is our superpower. Highlight
• What I have come to find over my years of working with people is that most everyone limits and shrinks their dreams to fit their current reality. Highlight
• There is a limit that must be released and replaced in one of three areas: A limit in your Mindset—you entertain a low belief in yourself, your capabilities, what you deserve, or what is possible. A limit in your Motivation—you lack the drive, purpose, or energy to take action. A limit in your Methods—you were taught and are acting on a process that is not effective to create the results you desire. Highlight

Chapter 2: Why This Matters Now

• What’s more, we also have to contend with the fact that the half-life of information has decreased. The half-life of information is the amount of time that passes before that information is replaced by newer or more accurate information. You can study to your heart’s content; the information you process now will be outdated sooner than you think. Highlight
• 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. Highlight
• Which of the four digital villains do you believe are currently most disrupting your performance, productivity, and peace of mind? Take a moment and write the name of this villain down. Highlight
• Digital deluge(information overload) Note

Chapter 3: Your Limitless Brain

• We’ve entered an expert economy in which brain power trumps brute strength. Where what you have between your ears is your greatest wealth-creating asset. There are those who know and those who don’t know. And that applied knowledge is not just power, it’s profit. Your ability to think, solve problems, make the right decisions, create, innovate, and imagine is how we add value. The Highlight
• faster you can learn, the faster you can earn. Highlight
• All we have to do is upgrade your brain the same way you upgrade your phone. How do you install new software into your brain? One of my favorite ways is what you’re doing right now. It’s called reading. Highlight

Chapter 4: How to Read and Remember This (and Any) Book

• Research suggests that our natural ability to concentrate wanes between 10 to 40 minutes. If we spend any longer on a given task, we get diminishing returns on our investment of time because our attention starts to wander. For that reason, I suggest you use the Pomodoro technique, a productivity method developed by Francesco Cirillo based on the idea that the optimal time for a task is 25 minutes, followed by a 5-minute break.2 Each 25-minute chunk is called a“Pomodoro.” As you read this book, I suggest that you read for one Pomodoro and then take a 5-minute brain break before continuing. Highlight
• When it comes to learning, the Pomodoro technique works for reasons related to memory, specifically the Highlight