Different ways to think and become smarter. 🔓 Get all my drawings HERE: https://gumroad.com/l/Full-Archive 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more free improvement videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtYzVCmNxrshH4_bPO_-Y-A ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:16 - 1. Listen to podcasts at 1.5/2x speed 2:14 - 2. Play Chess 3:16 - 3. Do Tasks Differently 4:24 - 4. Change Your Diet 5:16 - 5. Teach 6:19 - 6. Neglect Technology 7:11 - 7. Learn a New Language 🔓 BECOME A MEMBER Access special community perks including the complete illustration archive and exclusive early access to new videos a week early. Support the channel by clicking that Join button! Or, click here: https://www.artofimprovement.co.uk/member/ 🎥 WANT TO CREATE VIDEOS LIKE THESE? This is the software I use: http://bit.ly/2CdPdwF 🎨 FREE ILLUSTRATIONS Want the complete illustration of each video as it's released? Become an Improvement Insider. Get The Art of Improvement Email, all for FREE! http://artofimprovement.co.uk/ 🔗 ADDITIONAL LINKS & RESOURCES The Rise of ‘Speed-Listening’: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/06/the-rise-of-speed-listening/396740/ Playing board games, cognitive decline and dementia: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758967/ Related improvements in non-dominant hand precision drawing: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27212059/ Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and the brain: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4404917/ What happens in the brain when you learn a language?: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/sep/04/what-happens-to-the-brain-language-learning ✍️ This was initially published as an article on Medium.com by Tom Stevenson: https://tom-stevenson.medium.com/7-unusual-ways-to-become-smarter-760b96926eb2 ✍️ Author: Tom Stevenson | https://www.thetravellingtom.com/ 👨💻 LET'S CONNECT http://artofimprovement.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/ArtOfImprovement https://twitter.com/TheArtOfImprove https://www.instagram.com/art.of.improvement