Today you’re going to learn how to be a smart person.
Have you taken an IQ test and you find out your IQ level is below normal or you are looking for new ways to increase your brainpower to enhance your problem solving abilities to better yourself or your business. If you are an entrepreneur or you just a regular modern day average person and you tired of being AVERAGE!!
Who ever you’re or wherever you are from, I’m glad to say that in recent years experts and scientist have shown that the level of a persons IQ is not limited to his/hers native intelligence level rating.
But they have proven that you can increase the levels of your IQ as high as you you like regardless of your geological location anywhere on Earth. How? In this post I’m going to show you how. Showing you 7 effective things you need to do on a daily/one-day-a-week basis to peak your intelligence at a all time high.
So what is IQ? IQ or Intelligent Quotation is a scientific assessment that is derived from standardised tests measure your problem solving abilities, spatial imagery, general knowledge, memory and other factors(definition by Wikihow). So there are many or huge rewards regarding a high IQ.
Throughout history humankind has seen a huge speak in human IQ levels. For example, in the UK were the average man has an IQ of 100 points, it is said that every decade that passes the same man will have his IQ increased by 3 points.
Now imagine how your IQ will be like if you took action and increased your IQ by doing those seven things, what will your IQ level be after seven days? Increasing your IQ might be the greatest decision that you have ever made in your life. And might or will change your life.
So sit back and get ready to change your life. In this article I’m going to show you 7 ways you can increase your IQ by doing this daily habits.
How To Be a Smart Person:
1. Exercising
John Rate MD a Harvard Psychiastrist said, ” I want to cement the idea that exercise has a profound impact on cognitive abilities and mental health.” So indeed exercising increases you.
Exercising is one of the most important habits that you must by turned into a habitual. Because regular exercise keeps you in shape with your personal health status. But bear in mind that exercising it’s not just for your health status but the benefit are countless. And when it comes to improving brainpower it’s a gold mind!
Exercising is known to stimulate brain cells growth through a process called neurogenesis. By far this is the easiest way of boosting your IQ.
Another example of this is, that of an experiment of children that walked to school and of those who are given lifts with cars to school. Results showed that children who walked to school everyday tend to concentrate better and get better test scores than they’re peers sho get lifted to school everyday.
In fact new proof of this is showing up every single day, as scientists come up with new evidence and new ways to boost our brain capacity, the future in exercising to boost your brain is indeed bright.
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2. Reading
Not for fun but for productivity
Scientist and other experts are argue that becoming a voracious reader might or might not improve your IQ. Like using big words doesn’t mean your smart. But there is a way you can improve your IQ by reading. So how can you stimulate or improve your Intelligent Quotation by reading?
The is a huge chance that reading will improve your IQ (1). So try it it will improve your IQ but by few points. So how can you get started and boost your IQ? By doing three simple things when you read you read.
By reading interesting stuff on the internet. Many blog or blogger offer a huge variety of rich content that can challenge your brain with new ideas. There are hundred of millions of websites that can be found on the internet try and find out those that attracts your eye.
The second productive reading that is beneficial to improving your IQ. Is reading beyond your boundaries. True, everyone has his own favorite genre of books to read, might be science fiction, fiction or non – fiction. But exploring into new genres, reading a diverse range of books.
For example people like Bill Gates read book that, in our view seem a bit outside his boundaries. For example he mostly recommend books like: Where Good Ideas Come From:The Natural History Of Innovation by Steven Johnson. Where to find those kind of books?
Yes the answer is bookstores might be online or a bookshop. How can you expand your boundaries? For example, let’s say you a voracious reader of thriller and mystery books, so you can do this by going for example and checking out the genre or category biograthy and read about President Obama or Benjamin Franklin or even yo can read about your favorite author if the book about him/her is available for you to read.
Finally reading books that are challenging or of a difficult significant content. To improve your brainpower sometimes you have to challenge your brain, it is one of the de factos of improving your IQ. Try books that you think that you find difficult to understand or think are to complex for you to read.
That one that pops out of your mind right now go for it!! It can be books of historical fiction/war or even classic books. You don’t need much can be 2 or 3 books to read and you might learn something. The fact is Warren Buffet reads up to 750-1000 pages a day!! And he is one of the smartest people alive today!!
Thus, Albert Einstein stated: “If you stop learning it’s when you start dying”
3. Playing games
Playing games is one of the great ways you can stimulate your brainpower. For example, playing memory training games can improve your memory and from our definition earlier on memory is part of the of the definition of IQ. So games are important when regarding improving your IQ in no time.
But the are some games that won’t improve your IQ. Besides memory games the are categories that you should check. There are 3 many strategic/logics game but the are 4 princle ones are:
Crosswords and puzzles. This is in fact the traditional way of improving your IQ, so make sure you download one crossword game and one puzzle game on your device, download something like Tetris and make sure you play both this games everyday everyday. Might be 10-15 minutes or lesser time depending on you.
FPS games, yes an action games. Scientific studies have shown that playing FPS games can improve your IQ by playing them. How? By taking the realism of the game into consideration. Get in the zone and see yourself in the battlefield and making critical decisions making and making smart decisions eventually making you be smarter.
Lumosity. Is a collection of games designed to challenge some certain parts of your brain. Lead by top neuroscientists and also back by Universities like the University of Michiagn this is the one that I recommend all to sign up for. Not only are the games stimulating the brain, but their also enjoyable, making brainpower fun!!
Suduko and Scrabble. Another classic set of games that can improve your IQ. Neuroscientists studies have shown that by playing Scrabbles or Suduko leads to more efficient brain activity. So the more and more players master those games the more their brains shown a reduced consumption of glucose.
4. Intermittent fasting(IF)
“BDNF acts on certain neurons of the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system, helping to support the survival of existing neurons, and encouraging growth and differentiation of new neurons and synapses.” – Acheson et Al 1995
What is fasting? Fasting is a restriction of food for a denied period if time at regular intervals. only will Intermittent fasting help in preventing neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s but it can also help improve your IQ. How? It works by increasing the production of what is called Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) a protein in the brain that is essential in neurogenesis.
Neurogenesis which is the process of development of new neurons. And also is proven that people with greater levels of BDNF have lower rates of depression. Not only will Intermittent fasting helps in keeping health and mental health in good conditions but it can and will boost your brainpower.
5. Supplements
When it comes to supplements that can boost your brainpower there are many. But there is one that a highly recommend. Omega-3 Fatty Acids, I been taking them ever since my IQ jumps to up to an average 4 points! And, it’s quite obvious that their going to work just fine with you too. This supplements not only will they help improve your memory but it will increase your learning ability and will also stimulate your brain capacity in other parts of your brain.
Besides Omega-3 there are some others proven significantly effective with others, they are:
- Creatine
- Caffiene+L-theani new
- Piracetam + Choline
- Ginkgo Biloba Extract
And, there are other natural brain stimulating supplements that you can try on, the supply is endless!!!
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6. Learning a new language.
How does Language Smart work?
It is said that learning a new language or learning various languages can make you smart, it’s called language smart. Yes that’s right you learning!! So learning another language or languages is highly beneficial.
Why is that so? Because, you are learning can increase your brainpower. In a New York Times in 2004’s article pointed out that bilingual individuals are more adept at certain mental challenges and tasks than monolingual individuals.
Learning a new language it’s similar to learning something interesting. It might be because learning a new language is similar to learning something interesting, you both get to use books, videos and audiolearning (which I found very beneficial when you when it comes to learning a new language).
So get started and from today on, start learning a new language, a foreign language!!
7. Meditation
Yes, meditation known to help decrease stress, anger, anxiety, depression and fear but also meditation is proven to improve brain functioning and cognitive. There are different types of meditation out there so some will sort others some won’t. You have to choose which one best sorts you and proven to be effective to you.
So what does meditation do to our brain?
It balances our brain entirely . It does this by balancing the right and left brain hemispheres (2). A modern average human, don’t really get to use both sides of their brain, mostly all of us use one part of our brain causing an imbalance. But meditation effectively harness the whole entire brain for unlocking your full potential.
Increases your EQ(Emotional Intelligence). What is emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence or EQ is the ability to tune into and listen your emotions and then work through them in a calm thought full manner.
Hollington your emotions insider sometimes it’s not a reasonable manner to deal with them, through meditation your emotion will be addressed in an appropriate manner!
Improves your memory. Meditation increases both short term memory and long term memory, regular meditation is proven to improve ones memory, two areas of the brain that are responsible for our short term memory and long term memory, the Hippocampus and the Frontal Brain Lobe show a significantly increased productively in during or after meditation.
One effectively common type of meditation is Transcendental meditation, but neuroscientists say that all of the general types of meditation are proven effective. There are many interesting types of meditations out there one that you might like and try. If meditation still don’t work than I mostly recommend that you try brain entertainment!!
Conclusion
Increasing your IQ takes time, but by following this habits weekly one habit a day, it will stimulate your brainpower taking your brain performance to the next level. Look increasing your IQ is very beneficial, it’s benefits are endless. So start now!!! And get ready to take your business to the next level or company that you work for to the next level, or get ready to became superhuman!!
So start small and work yourself up to the top, one day and one habit at a time. Remember to take weekly IQ tests to check your progressing. I suggest that you sign up for Lumosity for your brain training (games) plus trusted IQ tests.
Remember brainpower is fun, so make it fun. Make sure that one of your weekly scores is to take an IQ test and also make sure you progress. Thwart scoring the same score as the week before, not!! Advance your brain.
I want to thank you for taking the time to read my article about how to be a smart person. I sincerely hope its contents have been a good help to you.
