Friday, September 10, 2021

Sharpening Your Brain and Improving Your Wisdom & Creativity

© Mahaveer Sanglikar

Following tips will help you to sharpen your brain and intellect, as well as it will improve your wisdom and creativity.

Read Humor
Understanding humor is a sign of higher intelligence. Humor keeps you fresh.

You should read and listen to humorous quotes, quality jokes, humor related to languages, literature, mathematics, science technology etc. Beware of communal jokes and jokes of bad taste. 

Apart from improving your intelligence, humor is very helpful for improving your mental and physical health, as the reason behind many of the health problems is a wrong mindset and wrong attitude.  

Eat Less
Eating less keeps your brain fresh. Eating less does mean that you should fast, it simply means you should eat slightly less and avoid overeating. Overeating may lead you to laziness and may make you dumb. 

A study shows that eating less slows down aging and protects you against memory loss. 

Another benefit of eating less is that it controls your weight and keeps you fit and energetic.

Observe and Analyze


Observing and analyzing things, events, people are very helpful things to understand. So you should develop the hobby of observing and analyzing. Observing should be for learning, not for copying or reacting. Observe and analyze as a third person. Avoid love, hate or attachment. 

The habit of observing and analyzing will sharpen your logic. 

Observation and analysis are common things among all researchers, scientists, explorers, investigators, spies, detectives, actors, directors, stock market investors & traders etc. 


Solve Mathematical Problems
Solving mathematical problems is an easy thing for many but on the other hand, it is a challenging thing for others. If you are not good at mathematics, start solving small mathematical problems and then look for solving greater problems. If your mathematics is better, start solving difficult problems. Solving mathematical problems is a great exercise for your brain. This develops your logic and systematic thinking.  

I  would like to suggest a mental exercise. Instead of solving a mathematical problem on paper or computer, try to solve it in your mind. Such mental exercise will improve your imagination skill. 

Many people dislike mathematics because they think it is hard to solve. In fact, mathematics is the easiest thing. The reason behind the fear of mathematics is that people do not want to solve any type of problem.

Solve Crosswords and Puzzles
Like solving mathematical problems, solving crosswords and puzzles also is a brain exercise. The habit of solving crosswords improves your memory and vocabulary. Solving puzzles improves your logic.

Researcher Ann Lukits says that solving crosswords improve brain functions even in older people. 

So start to solve crosswords and puzzles. Solve them regularly. You need not to solve them regularly. The suggested frequency is once or twice a week. However, if you can give your time for it, daily practice is better.

Solve Human Problems
Giving the right solutions to people suffering from problems is another kind of solving problems. Such practice develops your wisdom. Moreover, you receive blessings from the sufferer. 

Think Out of the Box
You should always think out of the box. You do not need to see things from traditional perspectives. While learning new things always think out of the syllabus. This habit will give you new ideas and new concepts. 

You should practice abstract thinking. Abstract thinking helps you to improve your power of imagination and makes you creative.

The common thing between all the inventors, researchers and explorers is that they think out of the box.



Be Creative
Creativity is another great exercise for your brain. You can not be a really creative person if you become a copycat. Copying kills your creativity. So never copy others. Be original. Being a real creative person will develop your skill of developing new ideas and concepts. 

There are many ways to be a creative person. Choose a field according to your passions and likes. Some suggested fields are: Painting, writing, music composing, songwriting, poetry, photography, videography, designing etc.

Beware of Extremism
Any type of extremes thoughts, extreme ideologies will make you dumb. So beware of such things. Be liberal and see things on a big canvas. Global and humanitarian thinking helps you to develop wisdom. On the other hand, extremism kills your wisdom and logic.  

Learn More Languages
Being multilingual makes you liberal and sharp-minded.  Did you know that Mahatma Gandhi knew 14 languages? See this list of great people and the number of languages they knew: Newton (3), Mozart (12), Einstein (5), Nikola Tesla (8), Mother Teresa (5).  

You do not need to learn too many languages but should learn to speak and read at least 3 languages. This will help you to improve your wisdom and intellect. 

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