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.
° Improving Your Mind's Abilities
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.
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.
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.
Meditate.
If you could just regularly practice meditation then it alone will improve all other aspects and habits, mentioned in this or any other self improvement article, naturally. It is scientifically proven that meditation not only improves your concentration but also makes you feel happier and joyful .
For more benefits of meditation read the referenced article.
Here's a simple but profound meditative practice:
Just be aware of your breath. Like inhaling and exhaling cycles and gap between them, belly movement etc. Read How to Meditate for more depth.
Impact Roberts
Senator Representing The Faculty Of Sciences,SUG AE_FUNAI.
