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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 1 00:00:04,420 --> 00:00:06,709 Hi, my name is Jonathan Levi, 2 2 00:00:06,709 --> 00:00:09,379 and I'm going to be the instructor of this course, 3 3 00:00:09,379 --> 00:00:11,096 "Become a SuperLearner". 4 4 00:00:11,096 --> 00:00:12,454 Perhaps you're just joining us, 5 5 00:00:12,454 --> 00:00:14,497 and this is the first time you've ever 6 6 00:00:14,497 --> 00:00:16,573 been exposed to super learning. 7 7 00:00:16,573 --> 00:00:18,690 Perhaps you're one of the over 50,000 8 8 00:00:18,690 --> 00:00:22,338 students and readers of our version 1.0 course. 9 9 00:00:22,338 --> 00:00:25,875 Either way, you're here because you wanna learn faster, 10 10 00:00:25,875 --> 00:00:30,183 remember more, and unlock the vast potential of your mind. 11 11 00:00:30,183 --> 00:00:31,484 Well you're in great hands, 12 12 00:00:31,484 --> 00:00:35,307 because this course will help you do all of that. 13 13 00:00:35,307 --> 00:00:37,145 It requires no prior knowledge, 14 14 00:00:37,145 --> 00:00:39,662 and it's perfect for beginners 15 15 00:00:39,662 --> 00:00:42,507 all the way up to folks looking for a review, 16 16 00:00:42,507 --> 00:00:45,992 or even people seeking more advanced techniques. 17 17 00:00:45,992 --> 00:00:48,877 It's also jam-packed with new materials, 18 18 00:00:48,877 --> 00:00:52,285 thorough demonstrations, and hands-on worksheets, 19 19 00:00:52,285 --> 00:00:54,929 making it our most effective and comprehensive 20 20 00:00:54,929 --> 00:00:56,930 course to date. 21 21 00:00:56,930 --> 00:00:59,170 Now, I'm sure you're quite eager 22 22 00:00:59,170 --> 00:01:01,593 to start deconstructing the learning process, 23 23 00:01:01,593 --> 00:01:05,165 hacking your memory and upgrading your reading speed. 24 24 00:01:05,165 --> 00:01:09,140 Honestly, we're excited to take this journey with you, too. 25 25 00:01:09,140 --> 00:01:11,214 But, before we can get started, 26 26 00:01:11,214 --> 00:01:13,204 I'd like to give you a quick story 27 27 00:01:13,204 --> 00:01:16,250 of how this course originally came to be, 28 28 00:01:16,250 --> 00:01:20,719 and what we've accomplished since its inception. 29 29 00:01:20,719 --> 00:01:22,633 So, about two years ago, 30 30 00:01:22,633 --> 00:01:24,710 after selling my e-commerce company, 31 31 00:01:24,710 --> 00:01:27,236 I was interning in a venture capital firm 32 32 00:01:27,236 --> 00:01:29,675 with some very smart people. 33 33 00:01:29,675 --> 00:01:31,827 And I came to know someone named Lev, 34 34 00:01:31,827 --> 00:01:35,979 who was working in one of the startups there in the VC. 35 35 00:01:35,979 --> 00:01:38,623 I realised that Lev was a little bit different 36 36 00:01:38,623 --> 00:01:41,806 when we began sharing common interests. 37 37 00:01:41,806 --> 00:01:44,886 When I would send Lev an article I found interesting, 38 38 00:01:44,886 --> 00:01:48,404 I'd get a reply back in about a minute or two 39 39 00:01:48,404 --> 00:01:51,473 with half a page of comments. 40 40 00:01:51,473 --> 00:01:55,363 Lev also had a habit of sending me five to 10 news articles 41 41 00:01:55,363 --> 00:01:59,082 every morning as he sat there and drank his coffee. 42 42 00:01:59,082 --> 00:02:02,316 These often were about a minute or two apart, 43 43 00:02:02,316 --> 00:02:06,580 and they all came in the span of under half an hour. 44 44 00:02:06,580 --> 00:02:09,363 Now, eventually, I started to wonder what was up. 45 45 00:02:09,363 --> 00:02:11,708 And so, I went into Lev's office, 46 46 00:02:11,708 --> 00:02:15,096 and I saw him scrolling rapidly down the page. 47 47 00:02:15,096 --> 00:02:17,053 So I said, "Lev, if you're not going 48 48 00:02:17,053 --> 00:02:19,175 "to actually read the articles, 49 49 00:02:19,175 --> 00:02:22,438 "you can't rightfully send them for me to read." 50 50 00:02:22,438 --> 00:02:26,172 Lev told me that, actually, he did read the articles. 51 51 00:02:26,172 --> 00:02:28,791 And when I pressed for details or information 52 52 00:02:28,791 --> 00:02:31,791 about some of them, I saw that, in fact, 53 53 00:02:31,791 --> 00:02:36,155 his comprehension of the articles was extraordinarily high. 54 54 00:02:36,155 --> 00:02:38,978 Now immediately, I thought, "Oh, you read it before 55 55 00:02:38,978 --> 00:02:41,629 "I sent it to you, my mistake." 56 56 00:02:41,629 --> 00:02:44,413 He told me that, no, actually, the speed in which 57 57 00:02:44,413 --> 00:02:46,612 he was scrolling down the page 58 58 00:02:46,612 --> 00:02:49,419 was actually the speed of him reading. 59 59 00:02:49,419 --> 00:02:50,725 I was shocked. 60 60 00:02:50,725 --> 00:02:53,290 I was sure that he was playing tricks on me. 61 61 00:02:53,290 --> 00:02:57,316 I mean, how do you have that level of detail and clarity 62 62 00:02:57,316 --> 00:02:58,982 when you're scrolling on the page 63 63 00:02:58,982 --> 00:03:03,005 as fast as I would scroll if I were searching for something? 64 64 00:03:03,005 --> 00:03:05,892 It was then that Lev told me that his wife 65 65 00:03:05,892 --> 00:03:08,090 is actually one of the leading specialists 66 66 00:03:08,090 --> 00:03:11,626 here in Israel on speed reading and mnemonics, 67 67 00:03:11,626 --> 00:03:14,361 or the study of memory techniques. 68 68 00:03:14,361 --> 00:03:17,605 Now, I'd done some work on speed reading myself, 69 69 00:03:17,605 --> 00:03:20,615 and I'd never actually succeeded. 70 70 00:03:20,615 --> 00:03:23,581 I tried Tim Ferriss' PX method, 71 71 00:03:23,581 --> 00:03:27,843 I tried that Evelyn Wood book, 7-Day Speed Reading. 72 72 00:03:27,843 --> 00:03:29,189 When Lev checked though, 73 73 00:03:29,189 --> 00:03:33,262 my speed was actually at about 450 words a minute, 74 74 00:03:33,262 --> 00:03:37,082 but with about 20% comprehension. 75 75 00:03:37,082 --> 00:03:40,432 Lev, on the other hand, was comfortably reading 76 76 00:03:40,432 --> 00:03:42,799 at about 1500 words a minute 77 77 00:03:42,799 --> 00:03:45,632 with 80 to 90% comprehension. 78 78 00:03:46,575 --> 00:03:49,622 Needless to say, I immediately inquired as to how 79 79 00:03:49,622 --> 00:03:54,139 I could learn this amazing skill, and fortunately for me, 80 80 00:03:54,139 --> 00:03:56,626 Anna offered private coaching sessions. 81 81 00:03:56,626 --> 00:03:58,168 Now, they weren't cheap, 82 82 00:03:58,168 --> 00:04:01,365 and the whole process took about six weeks. 83 83 00:04:01,365 --> 00:04:04,939 But, and I have to say this with no exaggeration, 84 84 00:04:04,939 --> 00:04:07,911 that course changed my life. 85 85 00:04:07,911 --> 00:04:11,241 When I went off to a condensed one year MBA, 86 86 00:04:11,241 --> 00:04:13,843 those skills saved me so much time 87 87 00:04:13,843 --> 00:04:16,488 and allowed me to keep up with the near-superhuman 88 88 00:04:16,488 --> 00:04:19,454 workload assigned by my professors. 89 89 00:04:19,454 --> 00:04:22,790 I found myself, during group exams or group work, 90 90 00:04:22,790 --> 00:04:25,514 reading the pages and then looking up 91 91 00:04:25,514 --> 00:04:27,193 to see that everyone else would take 92 92 00:04:27,193 --> 00:04:31,360 another 10 to 15 minutes to read the exact same content. 93 93 00:04:32,375 --> 00:04:35,016 There were a lot of funny times during business school 94 94 00:04:35,016 --> 00:04:37,453 where people would say, "You know, we'd really appreciate 95 95 00:04:37,453 --> 00:04:39,617 "if you would actually read the article." 96 96 00:04:39,617 --> 00:04:42,837 And I'd say, "Yeah, I read the article. 97 97 00:04:42,837 --> 00:04:45,492 "In fact, check out page 32, exhibit C, 98 98 00:04:45,492 --> 00:04:48,745 "you'll find the exact information we're looking for." 99 99 00:04:48,745 --> 00:04:51,756 Since the moment I acquired this amazing skill, 100 100 00:04:51,756 --> 00:04:54,439 people have had a lot of questions. 101 101 00:04:54,439 --> 00:04:57,976 The biggest one is, can anyone do this? 102 102 00:04:57,976 --> 00:05:01,639 And the answer is yes, you can do this, 103 103 00:05:01,639 --> 00:05:04,302 but only with the proper instruction, 104 104 00:05:04,302 --> 00:05:07,415 and, in my opinion, only with the unique methods 105 105 00:05:07,415 --> 00:05:09,584 developed by Anna and Lev. 106 106 00:05:09,584 --> 00:05:11,822 Now, for this reason, at first, 107 107 00:05:11,822 --> 00:05:14,506 I referred three or four of my friends to Anna 108 108 00:05:14,506 --> 00:05:17,641 to take private coaching lessons via Skype. 109 109 00:05:17,641 --> 00:05:20,428 But, Anna's only one woman, and as I said, 110 110 00:05:20,428 --> 00:05:23,457 the course isn't cheap, and she's had to raise her rates 111 111 00:05:23,457 --> 00:05:26,035 over the years because she simply doesn't have 112 112 00:05:26,035 --> 00:05:29,053 enough hours in the day to coach everyone. 113 113 00:05:29,053 --> 00:05:33,309 Now, after my MBA, I was taking some other courses on Udemy, 114 114 00:05:33,309 --> 00:05:35,890 and I thought it would be a great platform 115 115 00:05:35,890 --> 00:05:38,142 to share the information and really spread 116 116 00:05:38,142 --> 00:05:40,260 the potential of these skills. 117 117 00:05:40,260 --> 00:05:42,793 So I translated the materials from Hebrew, 118 118 00:05:42,793 --> 00:05:45,050 and I added in some of the articles and research 119 119 00:05:45,050 --> 00:05:47,302 that I'd found helpful as a student, 120 120 00:05:47,302 --> 00:05:49,372 and I created a course out of it. 121 121 00:05:49,372 --> 00:05:51,077 I also used my super learning skills 122 122 00:05:51,077 --> 00:05:53,311 to read everything I could find about 123 123 00:05:53,311 --> 00:05:55,953 online courses and marketplaces, 124 124 00:05:55,953 --> 00:05:58,845 pedagogical design, and so much more. 125 125 00:05:58,845 --> 00:06:01,526 Still, when we uploaded the original course, 126 126 00:06:01,526 --> 00:06:04,833 we could've never imagined what would happen next. 127 127 00:06:04,833 --> 00:06:09,000 Within two years, we'd accumulated about 50,000 students. 128 128 00:06:09,876 --> 00:06:12,888 We'd appeared on numerous top-ranking podcasts, 129 129 00:06:12,888 --> 00:06:15,496 we'd published a bestselling book, 130 130 00:06:15,496 --> 00:06:17,975 we'd even ranked among the top instructors 131 131 00:06:17,975 --> 00:06:20,735 in the history of Udemy. 132 132 00:06:20,735 --> 00:06:25,130 And that brings us to where we are today, SuperLearner 2.0. 133 133 00:06:25,130 --> 00:06:27,450 Over the years, since publishing the course, 134 134 00:06:27,450 --> 00:06:29,277 we've learned a lot. 135 135 00:06:29,277 --> 00:06:31,309 We've had tens of thousands of students 136 136 00:06:31,309 --> 00:06:32,445 go through the course, 137 137 00:06:32,445 --> 00:06:35,128 and so we know where students struggle. 138 138 00:06:35,128 --> 00:06:38,379 We know which topics need a little more clarification. 139 139 00:06:38,379 --> 00:06:40,699 We even have some great new content, 140 140 00:06:40,699 --> 00:06:44,287 like worksheets, and quizzes, and demonstrations. 141 141 00:06:44,287 --> 00:06:46,690 All in all, this course is the product 142 142 00:06:46,690 --> 00:06:50,679 of hundreds of thousands of hours of real-world testing, 143 143 00:06:50,679 --> 00:06:53,322 and we believe it's the absolute best 144 144 00:06:53,322 --> 00:06:55,840 accelerated learning and speed reading programme 145 145 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:57,914 on the face of the planet. 146 146 00:06:57,914 --> 00:07:00,193 Throughout the course, we're going to help you 147 147 00:07:00,193 --> 00:07:02,956 completely deconstruct your learning process 148 148 00:07:02,956 --> 00:07:05,356 starting with hacking your memory. 149 149 00:07:05,356 --> 00:07:07,222 We're going to teach you a new way 150 150 00:07:07,222 --> 00:07:09,093 to create and store memories, 151 151 00:07:09,093 --> 00:07:11,124 how to triple your reading speed, 152 152 00:07:11,124 --> 00:07:13,114 and we're going to give you the tools 153 153 00:07:13,114 --> 00:07:15,719 to do rigorous at-home training. 154 154 00:07:15,719 --> 00:07:17,753 It's not going to be easy. 155 155 00:07:17,753 --> 00:07:19,904 Becoming a super learner is about much, 156 156 00:07:19,904 --> 00:07:22,018 much more than some of the traditional 157 157 00:07:22,018 --> 00:07:24,336 speed reading programmes out there. 158 158 00:07:24,336 --> 00:07:27,673 It's a comprehensive shift in the way that you learn. 159 159 00:07:27,673 --> 00:07:30,479 This means that we're going to have to retool 160 160 00:07:30,479 --> 00:07:32,876 the way you learn and remember new information 161 161 00:07:32,876 --> 00:07:34,785 first and foremost. 162 162 00:07:34,785 --> 00:07:36,654 What I'm trying to say is this. 163 163 00:07:36,654 --> 00:07:38,732 You're going to have to work for this, 164 164 00:07:38,732 --> 00:07:41,167 and it's not going to happen overnight. 165 165 00:07:41,167 --> 00:07:43,685 But, with the lectures and the worksheets 166 166 00:07:43,685 --> 00:07:48,641 and exercises we've provided, you can and you will succeed. 167 167 00:07:48,641 --> 00:07:51,243 If you're eager, and you have the free time now, 168 168 00:07:51,243 --> 00:07:54,245 it's a great idea to go through all of the video lectures 169 169 00:07:54,245 --> 00:07:57,577 and prepare yourself for what you're about to learn. 170 170 00:07:57,577 --> 00:07:59,370 But, if you're pressed for time, 171 171 00:07:59,370 --> 00:08:01,928 you can also go through the lectures one-by-one, 172 172 00:08:01,928 --> 00:08:05,098 stopping to do the homework of that week at each stage. 173 173 00:08:05,098 --> 00:08:07,931 And with that, we'll go ahead and dive right in, 174 174 00:08:07,931 --> 00:08:11,771 and start setting up to succeed in this course. 15480