What can I do to improve my intelligence and broaden my knowledge?
Read books. Reading books is the shortcut to increasing your knowledge and intelligence.Read blogs. But be careful about one thing. Don’t read them just for the sake of reading. Read them for the goal. Same goes for the books.Prioritize only those books and blogs which interests you otherwise you’d get bored. This is important if you want to get the best out of them although not necessary.If you are not the kind of person who reads, don’t worry; this is the digital age. Watch an alternative documentary instead. Watching videos is a great way to increase knowledge because we often grasp the concepts more effectively when they are presented visually. You can choose to listen to the audiobooks as well.Listen to others very carefully. Sometimes, even a begger gives the best of life lessons.Solitude is the best time when you spend time with yourself and yourself only. Try enjoying your time in solitude. Think, think, and think. Retrospect on the life lessons. Critically analyze your past mistakes. Plan ahead. Set goals and plan how to achieve them. The process of planning itself improves your intelligence.Contrary to popular belief, watch movies with deep stories and listen to the dialogues carefully. Those dialogues are written by great writers. There are often hidden life lessons in those dialogues. Same goes for some video games. Listen to the dialogues of Thanos in Avengers Infinity War, a masterpiece.Attend seminars. They sometimes prove to be the most effective way of increasing your intelligence and learning new things.This is important. PROCRASTINATE. Well, this may sound awkward to you but according to Adam Grant, the original thinkers have their most creative ideas when they are procrastinating. Never underestimate the power of procrastination. As Aaron Sorkin once said, “You call it procrastinating, I call it thinking”.Connect the dots. This one is important. Contrary to popular belief, intelligence is not just coming up with something genius totally from scratch, it is basically the fruit of the dots connected by you.Try to befriend people who are smarter than you. You will find yourself automatically getting smarter without doing much of a hassle.Exercise. A healthy body and a healthy mind coexist beautifully.