Ways to Boost your Brain Power

1. Embrace ambiguity. Learn to enjoy things like paradoxes(A statement contrary to received opinion) and optical illusions.
2. Learn mind mapping(A mind map is a graphical way to represent ideas and concepts. It is a visual thinking tool that helps structuring information, helping you to better analyze, comprehend, synthesize, recall and generate new ideas).
3. Block one or more senses. Eat blindfolded, wear earplugs, shower with your eyes closed.
4. Find intersections between seemingly unrelated topics.
5. Reverse your assumptions.
6. Learn creativity techniques.
7. Go beyond the first, ‘right’ answer.
8. Turn pictures or the desktop wallpaper upside down.
9. Drink lots of water.
10. Vary activities. Get a hobby.
11. Laugh!
12. Go technology-less.
13. Be childish!
14. Learn a foreign language.
15. Learn a musical instrument.
16. Study how the brain works.
17. Deliver more than what’s expected.
18. Challenge yourself.
19. Debate! Defend an argument. Try taking the opposite side, too.
20. Change the media you’re working on. Use paper instead of the computer; voice recording instead of writing.