Jim Kwik | How to Upgrade Your Brain's Limitless Potential

I have a quote in the book from a French philosopher that says 'Life is the C between B and D' ... 'B stands for birth. So, D stands for death, and C, life, stands for choice.

How you find your small, simple step (your S3) is [by] asking this very simple clarifying, question, 'What is the tiniest action I could take that will give me progress towards this goal where I simply cannot fail?'

Research suggests that we have anywhere from 50,000 to 70,000 thoughts a day, and a lot of those thoughts are actually coming in the form of questions that we're asking ourselves.

Looking at it scientifically, motivation—it's not what you say. Someone could say they're motivated or they could feel motivated, but the evidence that you're motivated is that you do something. You take some sort of consistent action.