How to Take a Brain Break | Jim Kwik

In today's lesson, I'm going to share with you the importance of taking brain breaks. This is as important as learning. When you take the time to take a step back and give yourself time to reflect, you connect the dots and consolidate your learning.

0:00 Why taking a brain break is important
1:21 3 Tips for a brain break
3:01 Juggling for brain health
9:30 Movement for brain health
11:24 Super brain yoga
12:10 Assignment

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[romelandoy]

"Failure is not the opposite of success, it is part of success" I really like this quote of you.

[acecool]

1. Breath
2. Hydrate
3. Stand up and move

[indraroy]

During my brain break I observe the trees- their shape, colour, how they move, how the sun and wind play with leaves . This exercise is truly refreshing and makes me feel alive.

[bun]

Hah! I learned to juggle in between classes and before exams at uni. I called it my “reset button” for my brain. Broke the overthinking cycles and let me enjoy time in deep flow. So refreshing! Kendama has had a similar effect as well! But hard to top juggling.

[learninghistory]

Today I set 12 alarms, one for each hour from 10am to 10pm. When the alarm sounded I had to rest for 10 minutes, doing nothing, mainly watching life go on from my window. You can't even imagine how healing it was. Tomorrow I'm doing again 100%.

[Kkubey]

I love how the language seems to be adapted to this whole process. No voice that is trying to sell you something, trying to get emotions out of you or overly trying to express themself. Just very clean wording that gets the time it needs.

[ponetxc]

Wow. As a perfectionist who is starting her business while trying to stay a high performer at work while keeping my house in order, while trying to make my friends happy… I really needed to hear that it’s ok to drop the ball. Sometimes the guilt is so strong. I really really needed someone to give me permission to just be myself. It’s ok and it’s enough. For that, I love you to the moon and back. I mean it. You’re awesome. Take care.

[Es.]

I wanted to learn from this video because my brain needs to rest, but it wanted to read the comment section instead.

[jayasrinagrale]

The super brain yoga technique was actually a form of punishment given by school teachers to kids in India. Looks like they knew that this would improve the kids' brains :)

[Eilyn]

Summary: Take a break from focusing every 25-30 minutes.

During break do three things to regain clarity:
1. Breathe
2. Hydrate
3. Move / juggle

How to juggle:
Imagine a box in front of you. Throw the balls/socks up to the corners and catch with the other hand. Key is to relax so you're not all tensed up and shift your focus peripherally so you have room to see what's going on.

It's not about perfection, it's about progress. Failure is part of success, not the opposite of success.

Super brain yoga: Touch each earlobe with the contralateral hands to give them a massage, and at the same time squat down.

Tip: Make movement a part of your hour, not just three times a week. Keep the blood circulating.

[aikasagawa]

just took my finals today, didn't realise i was doing everything right, i only started to study yesterday trying to memorise everything from 0, around 20minutes of studying i will stand up to have some water, then sit on the floor close my eyes and focus on my breath for 2minutes and then continue to study, i never learn things so fast

[nofdhzw]

Saw this on the internet somewhere: If you fail never give up because F.A.I.L means First Attempt In Learning. Thanks for your little training session. I am reading your book now. I want to become a Motion Designer. And it is really tough. Hopefully I can translate some of your teachings to get where i want to become. Great content!!

[Christian_Prepper]

*PRO TIP: Small Open Plastic Grocery Bags. Most novices can master juggling within 15 minutes when learning with small plastic grocery bags because they literally fly through the air in what looks like "slow-motion". I trained many people over the years & start them with 3 small open plastic bags & after 5 minutes transition them to rolled up socks, then balls & on average within 15 minutes they never forget.*

*PLASTIC BAGS: True, some communities stopped using them & went back to paper bags or reusable bags/sacks but no, I am not referring to tiny sandwich bags nor am I referring to department store bags so big they can fit an entire men's suit, because the grocery bags I'm referring to actually can open up enough to catch air so that once you throw them up in the air by one of their handles they float back down which provides a significant amount of time to react juggling 3 bags, but are not so big that throwing 3 at a time becomes impossible. The handles are simply manufactured holes at the top of the bag on both sides, the handles are NOT separate attachments. Do your best to continue to catch them again by the handle in order to keep the bag open. Ultimately test out different types & sizes of plastic bags to find out what works for you.*

*JUGGLING MORE THAN 3: Increase your air time (hang time) with each throw. Search YouTube for "Juggle 5 balls" or 6 or 10 or etc. Ultimately you'll notice that the more balls a juggler can juggle the higher in the air each ball must be thrown. Obviously this provides the juggler with more time to react. So practice holding & throwing more balls with each hand higher & higher, then add another ball. If you continue to increase the number of balls (10, 12, 14, etc) consider upgrading the type of balls you use from tennis balls to hacky sacks or professional juggling balls which are easier to grip. And then practice, practice, practice. I wish you success.*

*Excellent video. I can never repay Jim for changing my life so dramatically in such a short period of time. I continue to become LIMITLESS by becoming the Better Man in Me at least 1% Daily!*

[MisPhantomhive]

How did you literally describe my exact journey with juggling? I learned about a year ago. My jaw dropped when you started on the metaphor when you drop a ball, I thought about that every time i was practicing. That, and having real proof that I could learn something new still. Incredible feelings brought on by something so seemingly silly lol.

[JaredHernandez-vxwe]

Dude, I've been juggling since I was a little kid. I literally just picked it back up again today after a couple year break, and now I randomly came across this video talking about the benefits of it. Thanks for sharing!

[NK]

That forehead is not his receding hairline, it's his skull expanding to make room for his ever growing brain

[markandrewramos]

Another learning that was beneficial to the brain Thank you!
I practice the 20/20/20 rule for my brain break. I saw this rule on Instagram where, for every 20 minutes of work, take a break and look away for something 20 feet away for 20 seconds. By looking at the distance, we give our brain time to relax and reset. helps us to be more alert, focused, and productive.

[docilelikewintercatfish]

Randomly started this while eating. Didn't realised how desperately I needed a video like this

[aherna]

Wow. So awesome knowing that I do a lot of what Jim describes in this video. I started moving as much as I can while at work, going outside for random sunlight, drinking water like a fish, breathing and Ive never felt better in 42 years. Thanks Jim!!