7 Unusual Ways To Become Smarter

by viphamthe
We would all like to be smarter.
To be able to make better decisions when we need to, and to be able to better remember
what we have learned.
The problem is, learning stops for a lot of us after school.
We forget that learning is something we do throughout our lives and not just for the
first sixteen years of our lives.
Your brain does not stop learning the moment you leave school, it is a powerful tool that
needs to be used, otherwise, it will waste away.
Intelligence is genetic and environmental.
The genetic part is something we have no control over, however, we do have control over the
environmental part.
By incorporating learning into our daily routine we can make ourselves smarter, irrespective
of how old or how ‘smart’ you may be.
While learning for some of us may induce images of going back to school, or reading books
packed with knowledge, it doesn’t have to be that way.
The brain is a malleable and powerful tool.
It responds to a variety of different stimuli, all of which will increase your brainpower.
You don’t have to spend hours reading books or taking a course, you can incorporate some
unusual and enjoyable activities into your routine to boost your intelligence.
This is a simple technique you can use to consume more information in less time.
Speed listening, as it’s known, involves speeding up your podcasts or audiobooks and
listening to them at 150 to 200 per cent.
The average rate of speech is about 150 words per minute.
Studies have shown that the human brain is capable of digesting 275 to 300 words per
minute.
The effect of this is twofold.
You will be able to listen to more material than you otherwise would, which will allow
you to learn more in a shorter space of time.
The other effect is that your brain will change and be able to process information faster
than before.
Consuming more information than you were before will allow you to become smarter much quicker.
The extra time saved will allow you to learn more, or spend more time working on other
skills.
I started playing Chess again recently, and it is one of the best decisions I have made
in a long time!
Chess is a wonderful game of strategy and skill, and I feel I have become smarter the
more I play.
The number of variables in play on the board at any one time forces you to think about
what you are doing and what you will do a few moves ahead.