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25 activities that will make you smarter

Small daily things that can help you expand your mind

Newsroom September 19 02:59

If you want to train your brain to be smarter and more efficient, it’s the small actions taken daily that will help you succeed it.

Here 25 daily things that can help you gain more knowledge and, thus, expand your mind based on Quora thread and published on Business Insider.

1. Come up with 10 ideas every day
2. Read the newspaper
3. Play devil’s advocate
4. Read a chapter in a fiction or nonfiction book
5. Instead of watching TV, watch educational videos
6. Subscribe to feeds of interesting information
7. Check in with your favorite knowledge sources
8. Share what you learn with other people
9. Make two “To Do” lists: one of work-related skills you want to learn now, and another of things you want to achieve in thefuture
10. Write an “I Did” list
11. Start a “Stop Doing” list
12. Write down what you learn
13. Stimulate your mind
14. Take online courses
15. Talk to someone you find interesting
16. Hang out with people who are smarter than you
17. Follow your questions
18. Use a word-of-the-day app
19. Do something scary
20. Explore new areas
21. Play “smart” games
22. Set aside some time to do nothing
23. Adopt a productive hobby
24. Apply what you learn
25. Exercise and eat a healthy diet

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