17 things that will make you smarter

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Our brain is a very mysterious thing. For productive work, he needs attention and care. Read on in this article about 17 things that will help your brain to be always in good shape, which means they will make you smarter.

1. Drink two glasses of water upon waking

Drink two glasses of water every day within 30 minutes after waking up. Your body did not receive water during sleep, which is six to nine hours (more sleep is harmful). But water is vital for us. Your body in general and your brain in particular should not be dehydrated.

By the way, it is very easy to roughly calculate how much water you need to drink per day. To calculate, multiply your body weight by three and divide by 100. For example, my weight is 80 kilograms, which means that I need to drink 2.4 liters of water a day.

2. Read sammari books during breakfast

Reading books is cool, but breakfast is better for reading something short. You can read the Twitter feed, but will it benefit you? You can read the news, but you need it? Try to make yourself a month without news. Believe me, all the most important things will reach you in any case, and you don't need anything that doesn't affect your life.

Read better during breakfast summari of good books. Which book is good? Try to turn your attention to the bestsellers. This is a popular book, which means that it can no longer be very bad. At most you will not like it. But you will read the summari and do not waste a lot of time.

3. Listen to stimulating podcasts or audiobooks while traveling

Even if you spend a small amount of time on the road, still download stimulating audio files to your phone. These useful files can be audiobooks, podcasts from your favorite authors (just choose the right authors), or TED talks. Their app lets you preload audio, which can save your mobile traffic.

4. Drink green tea while you work

I could paint you here long scientific treatises describing chemicals and their effects on various organs. But I will not do this. Instead, I'll just tell you: Drink green tea instead of coffee. It has a positive effect on your body, your condition and your ability to work mentally.

5. Taking a nap during the day is good

A short nap of the day helps you refresh your mind. Studies have shown that people who sleep not only at night but also during the day learn faster and more efficiently. I highly recommend reading the article on the benefits of naps from Nastya Raduzhnaya.

6. Stop eating sugar

Sugar is bad! If you can, eliminate sugar completely from your diet. Or at least keep it to a minimum. If you can't give up sugar, try not to consume it when you need to focus. Sugar just keeps your brain from working. Eggs or fish are much healthier than sugar and foods that contain a large amount of it.

7. Go to social networks or entertainment sites only a couple of times a day

The brain adapts very quickly to the information that you feed it. If you constantly relax on Facebook, VKontakte or on sites with entertaining (and most often lacking content) pictures, then your brain will be constantly relaxed and it will be quite difficult for you to switch to work. Push your brain to the limit and feed it useful information. If you still need to relax, set yourself a timer for 10-15 minutes, and go ahead, into a sea of useless photos and quotes from various public pages.

8. Play games, don't watch TV

Yes, after the point about giving up entertainment sites, the advice to play games sounds at least strange. But nonetheless! When you watch TV, you simply absorb what is presented to you from the screen. Rarely do films appear that make us think. Games, on the other hand, force you to participate in the process, to think about your actions. Even such a simple game as "Mario" has a very noticeable and positive effect on the plasticity of our brain. By the way, Lifehacker has already introduced you to many useful games.

9. Read books instead of watching TV

The reasoning for this is the same as with games. While reading a book, you have to create images of characters in your head, imagine their voices and even whole scenes of events. All this keeps your brain in good shape.

10. Learn to code

Programming is the kind of thing that can teach you to think in a logical and structured way. I'm not saying that you need to sit down to books of one and a half thousand pages and study in detail a couple of programming languages and many algorithms. Just take a couple of courses on sites like. It's free and fun. Who knows, maybe you will get carried away and this will lead you to change your profession.

11. Watch TED videos instead of TV shows

We spend a huge amount of time watching TV series. Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, House of Cards. All this is very interesting and grabs all our attention. But, as mentioned above, we just consume the picture and do not think. Our brain practically shuts down. Watch TED videos instead of TV series. You will really learn something new.

12. Add exercise to your life

Our body and brain are interconnected. Exercise not only keeps our body fit, but it also helps our brain work well. You don't have to run to the gym and spend all your free time there. Climb the stairs instead of using the elevator, walk home from the metro instead of taking a bus or minibus. Also, take a couple of minutes to complete the plank.

13. Spend time with someone smarter than you

If you want to win the game of chess, choose a weak opponent. If you want to learn how to play better, choose an opponent stronger than you. It's the same story with our brains. If we communicate with people who are smarter than us, this will lead to the fact that we ourselves will be drawn to their level. And someday we will reach it. Unfortunately, this principle works the other way around.

14. Argue with those who disagree with you

In a dispute, truth is born. And not only! In such discussions, you learn to reason your answers, accept and admit your mistakes. That is, even if you turn out to be wrong, you will benefit! After all, you will learn new things.

15. Take a walk in the fresh air

Many articles have already been written about the benefits of fresh air for the human body. It is also beneficial for the functioning of our brain. It literally feeds on oxygen. Feed your brain!

16. Carry a notebook with you

You should always have the opportunity to write down new ideas, thoughts, some sketches of work. It is also worth writing down the questions you have. Then you can go back to your notes and reflect on them. This has a beneficial effect on the logic. However, you can use a smartphone instead of a notebook.

17. Take 10 minutes today to plan your tomorrow

Everything works much more efficiently with a plan. Without a plan, our life is a mess and turmoil. Schedule your tasks for tomorrow, spread them out on a time grid. And in the evening of the next day, you will be able to assess your progress.

Have a productive life!