In the movie Limitless, the fictional character
Eddie Maura is introduced to a wonderful pill called NZT (a clear pill). With a
single tablet daily, what he could do was limitless. He learnt to play the
piano in three days, Math became very easy, he learnt other languages really
fast and he could remember all he had ever seen or hear. Overnight he became a
master communicator, mathematician, a wealthy and powerful businessman. I’m
sure when most of us watched the movie, we might have thought; “Only if this
drug exists, I will take it”.
One thing is sure; you don’t have to take NZT
to be limitless. By following these few steps you too can be more productive and limitless in whatever you
do. I’m not saying that after you follow these steps you’ll become limitless
instantly and start working and reading like crazy; No you won’t but in a few
months to several years depending upon your learning style and aptitude for
personal development, you could become surprisingly close to Eddie Maura by
focusing on improvements in some areas of your life. Get ready to hack your
reality and become limitless.
Mastery of Communication Skills
Communication skills are huge factors of our
success, whether it’s in business or relationships. Yet we spend little time
developing them. Excellent communicators consistently end up in places of high
authority and power. A good example is U.S President Barack Obama – this man
can convince you to buy something you will never use. Yet in the movies it’s
because of Eddie’s communication skills that open lots of doors for him. A few
things you can start doing today are:
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Improve on your listening skills
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Smile more often.
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Remember peoples name and call them by their
name at least 3 times during communication.
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Study a book that focuses on NLP
(Neuro-Linguistic Programming).
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Practice topic depth escalation and magnanimous
conversation stealing.
Influence Abilities
Anyone seeking a limitless
lifestyle will need to develop very sharp influence skills. You can get
anything you want in the world if only you know how to ask. Again find a book
that teaches on Neuro-linguistic Programming and read it. Also you should learn
these things:
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Embedded commands.
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Negotiating skills.
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Rapport building
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Playing the young and ambitious
card.
Also remember to use peoples
name more frequently during conversations, about 3-5 minutes or a often as you
can without it being obvious you are name pumping. Using someone name while
talking to the person captures their attention and increases the chances of
them going with what you are suggestion.
Be more social. Make new friends
At every opportunity, try to
move out of your comfort zone and whatever happens when you do, make sure you
“Go with the flow”. Try to do things you’ve never done.
Move around, interact, be
socially free and authentic; realize people don’t really care about what you do.
Increase your self-confidence; the more confident you become, the less you care
so much what other people may think.
Smile more often. Be
interested, open and curious, you can make more friends in two months by
becoming really interested in other people than you can in two years by trying
to get other people interested in you. Focus on what you can control.
Knowledge and Skill acquisition
Limitless individuals have an
internalized understanding of information equity and knowledgeable about a wide
variety of fascinating topics. At the same time
though they are able to subtly guide a conversation towards topics that they
have a mastery of. A Limitless individual wouldn’t waste their time taking
irrelevant classes; they would consume information and acquire knowledge in the
more efficient ways like listening to audio books, podcasts, video tutorials
and documentary films. Practice
skill leverage; as opposed becoming a professional student who is always
filling their head with new skills, learn the skill of leveraging the skills
and strengths of others to accomplish your goals. Increase your ability to
learn.
Dress sharp
In the beginning of the movie limitless, Eddie
look poor and wretched, his clothes were not fitted, his hair wasn’t well
groomed and to top it, he was a smoker. While on NZT; Eddie looked sharp, well
dressed and groomed. So you too should make sure you look good at all times if
you want to influence people. Nobody wants to take orders from a wretched
person. One thing you should never forget is: Dress the way you want to feel
and not the way you feel. This is true especially if you want to make an
impression. Don’t underestimate the empowering effect (especially for men) on
your own mindset and over other people of dressing well. Regardless of how
non-judgmental people claim to be the, way we dress when we meet people makes a
big difference. People in suits and uniforms will always be figures of
authority and command respect. Swag is for boys while Class is for men.
Cognitive Ability Development and Improved Memory
In the movie limitless there’s a part where Eddie Maura says
“Everything I’ve ever heard, read or seen was now organized and available; here
it is, here you go. You cannot be a limitless individual if you keep forgetting
things. In Napoleon Hill’s Think & Grow Rich he
lists memory improvement as one of the things that helps contribute to a
person’s success in life. An individual seeking a Limitless memory would want
to focus on the following:
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Visual based associations: It’s
said that association is the basis of memory; memory experts utilize visual
association techniques heavily to improve recall abilities.
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The ability to remember names
& details about people.
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Spend time playing memory and
cognition games.
Cognition is the logical, reasoning faculty of
the mind. This is the domain of mathematics and pattern recognition. The most
important thing to understand is that your brain is like any other muscle in
your body; it gets more powerful as you exercise it. Have you ever wondered why
you keep repeating the same patterns in life?
It’s because our brains prefers to process new situations using existing
synaptic patters (formed by your past experiences). If you want to experience
new things in life you need to give you brain practice by building new synaptic
patterns. Some ways to sharpen the brain include:
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Try new things. If you are
right-handed, start using your left hand to control your mouse and brush your
teeth, if you are left-handed, start using your right hand to brush your teeth
and control your mouse.
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Be a content creator instead of
a content consumer.
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Do some logic puzzles.
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Learn a new language. Language acquisition challenges and causes cognitive
development on a variety of conscious and unconscious levels. When you start
learning a new language practice talking to yourself in your mind in that language.
Stress Management and Enhanced Situational
Awareness
Mismanagement or excessive amounts of stress
will definitely prevent you from living a limitless life. Stress is defined as
the measure of change occurring in your life at any given time. Things like a
new job, moving, breaking up with a partner, not enough sleep etc. Make sure
you are spending time daily on healthy stress management activities:
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Working out.
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Eating complete meals (Balanced
diet).
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Physical contact with other
people (Massage).
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Relaxation time and sleep.
On NZT Eddie has a Jason Bourne
situational awareness for diffusing and resolving dangerous situations. Here’s
some real life ways to increase situation awareness:
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Survival and fire arms training
courses
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Martial arts training
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Sensory acuity exercises
When watching a movie
put the volume on mute and try to diffuse what the characters are saying.
Well There you have it
folks, I hope you learnt something don’t forget to follow me on twitter
@hobyner. Thank you.
