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HOW TO BECOME INTELIGENT THAN YOU HER PART 3
DIR By: Adeshina Oluwasegun
Date: September 16, 2016, 2:23 pm
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Four Parts:Improving Your Mind's AbilitiesSmarter
LearningLinking with Others to Improve Your Intelligence Fun
Ways to Increase Intelligence Community Q&A
( question and answers)
Do you ever feel less intelligent around other people? Are you
embarrassed when you don’t know the answer to a question?
Everybody has those times when they just feel like they don’t
know anything. Of course, you can’t know everything, but no
matter how smart you are, you can start becoming more
intelligent today by actively focusing on enhancing the skills
that aid intelligence.
Part 1
Improving Your Mind's Abilities
Human Brain Step 1
1
Improve your memory. Much of what is considered intelligence
is simply the ability to remember things well. Observing
something or paying attention is not enough. The key is to
retain that information. Associate things you want to memorize
with things you already remember. Associating new information,
observation or data with old memories would make it easier to
memorize in comparison to creating new memories. Your technique
of connecting and associating memories would be unique.
Practice, practice and soon you will be developing new
techniques to learn and retain new information faster. Only the
first attempt is hardest.
2
Be more curious. How do some people get to know so much?
Good memory skills are only part of the answer: you also have to
be curious. If you’re satisfied going through life with little
or no understanding of things you’re unfamiliar with, you won’t
learn much. Make a conscious effort to be more curious by
reminding yourself that developing your curiosity will broaden
your horizons and help to make you more intelligent.
3
Exercise your mind in different ways. Most of us are good at
the things we excel in naturally or the activities we do
everyday. Challenge yourself to learn a new skill or to think in
a different way, however, and you’ll actually become more
intelligent. Choose something you’d like to learn to do (play
the accordion, for example) or a subject you don’t do well in
(maybe math) and focus on that thing. Initially, you may be
uncomfortable and feel even less intelligent than you did
before, but if you study or practice diligently, you’ll become
more confident, and you’ll make new connections in your mind.
SET 2
Smarter Learning
1
Study more effectively. If you find yourself at a loss when
your teacher, lecturer or tutor puts you on the spot, or if you
perform poorly on exams, you may not be studying enough. Even if
you study a lot, improving the way in which you approach the
studying process can make a big difference. Some help can be
found in these articles:
Study effectively, How to study and How to learn
effectively;
How to study for exams.
2
Do your homework if you're in school and your post-lecture
revision at college. The homework is there for practice, the
revision is to help you to digest what you've just learned. When
you do it, you'll become more confident in that subject.
Mostly, homework time is not the same as study time, so
you can't count homework as studying. Studying involves deeper
reflection and breakthrough understandings that stick in your
memory.
Avoid the temptation to procrastinate, finish your
homework at the last minute, or copy someone's paper to hand in.
That isn't learning––it's making do and forgetting straight
afterward; this is hardly useful when you're out in the work
world and need to remember and use your knowledge.
Don't learn simply to learn, it will not work. Find a
way to be interested in it, make it fun and you will learn
faster, and remember more.
3
Read a lot. Just about everything that humans know can be
found in print, whether in books and magazines or on the
internet. Become a voracious reader, and you’ll expose yourself
to more ideas and information. If you’re a slow reader, consider
learning speed reading. Consider jotting down notes, and perhaps
looking up a word or two in the dictionary.
If you are a slow reader, you may simply need to accept
this rather than trying to read faster and lose your sense of
comprehension. Set aside uninterrupted time for reading, and ask
that nobody disturb you. Choose quality of reading over quantity
and set yourself both mini-goals and mini-rewards for completing
blocks of reading.
4
Visit the library frequently and pick up anything which
looks interesting to you. The subject matter is not quite as
important as is the act of reading. Always have something good
to read at hand.
5
Research. Curiosity without initiative is like having a car
that’s out of gas—it won’t take you anywhere. Fortunately, when
it comes to knowledge you’re never far from success. If you read
a word that you don’t know, look it up in the dictionary. If you
wonder how airplanes fly, read a book about it. If you want to
know more about politics, pick up a newspaper. Go online and
explore the world in depth.
6
Learn how to look things up. If you know how to use
references, from an internet search engine to an encyclopedia,
you’ll be able to find the information you want more quickly and
effectively. Effective researching skills will nourish your
curiosity because you’ll become more confident in your ability
to access knowledge. If your research skills leave something to
be desired, take a class or workshop on how to research, ask a
librarian or teacher, or simply practice researching. Or, just
press the "help" tabs on the internet and computer programs and
read.
7
Figure things out on your own. There’s a lot more to
intelligence than “book smarts". We can all learn to perform
everyday tasks at work, home, and school better and more
intelligently. If you don’t know how to do something, resist the
urge to ask somebody else to do it for you or show you how. In
most cases, you’ll be able to figure it out on your own, either
by trial-and-error or by researching. While it usually takes
longer to figure something out than it does to ask about it,
you’ll learn more about the overall process, and you’ll remember
it better. Most importantly, you’ll exercise your
problem-solving skills instead of your “do as you’re told”
skills.
SET 3
Linking with Others to Improve Your Intelligence
1
Ask for help. It’s great to figure things out on your own,
but sometimes you don’t have enough time to do so, despite your
best efforts. Don’t give up; ask somebody to show you how. Make
sure to pay close attention and ask any questions that you have,
so that you’ll never have to ask the same thing again.
Most people love to be asked questions about something
they're really good at. It's a way of showing that you value
their opinion and knowledge and it gives them an opportunity to
pass on some of that knowledge. If someone reacts badly to a
request for help, it can often mean that they don't feel sure
about their own knowledge or they're pressured for time; in both
cases, this is not a reflection on you and you can either ask
another time or realize that the person feels a little insecure
and try to reassure this person that you value his or her advice
a great deal.
2
Teach others. In order to teach something to somebody else,
you’ve got to know it pretty well. When you try to explain an
idea or skill to somebody else, you’ll not only remember it
better yourself, you’ll also find that the other person’s
questions will help you find out how well you really know what
you’re talking about. Don't let not knowing a topic inside out
hold you back from teaching though; you will learn as you go and
there is no shame in saying, "Wow, I don't know the answer to
that, let's both go and find out!" Putting aside defensiveness
is a sign of maturity and maturity adds to your emotional
intelligence.
Volunteer to pass on what you know. Knowledge is
something to be shared, to build a better world. Don't hide your
star under a rock; share your experiences, skills, talents and
knowledge with other people so that they too can grow in
confidence and ability.
SET4
Fun Ways to Increase Intelligence
1
Learn a new word each day. Go through the dictionary and
find a word that you don't know yet, then practice using it
throughout the day. When you come across a new word when doing
#3, look it up.
2
Find a hobby that interests you. Many people increase their
intelligence by attempting to get better at something that
they're already good at. For example, not only does it make a
computer programmer look smarter if they know C++, but it can
help you with your job.
3
Surround yourself with intelligent people. Being around
people that are smart in their own fields and knowledge can help
you become more knowledgeable. Don't feel inferior––feel blessed
that you have amazing resources to draw upon!
4
Read the news. Keeping up with current events will let you
know what's going on in the world. You can catch up on what the
world is doing while exercising (step 3).
5
Practice your writing skills. Writing allows you to input
your knowledge into creativity. Whether you write short, fantasy
stories or reports on WWII, it's always great to practice your
writing skills. Try exercising your brain and writing a little
something every day, whether it be describing your emotions or
writing descriptive paragraphs about the weather. Sometimes,
just brainstorming can help you create fresh, new ideas.
6
Learn a new language. Learning new languages is a great way
to get smarter. Children who learn two languages or more have
more grey matter than those who don't, and their brains make
more neural connections. And grey matter is responsible for
processing information, including memory, speech and sensory
perception. Knowing another language also increases your empathy
for others, which is an important part of improving your
emotional intelligence.
7
Spend time apart from others and from distractions. Solitude
is a time for reflection, deep inner thinking and rest. It is in
solitude that you digest all that you have learned from your day
or week, and can sort through the issues that are important to
you. Solitude helps to keep you calm, it reduces stress and it's
a nice way to get to know yourself better. Add a little quiet
time away from everything else to your day, every day.
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