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Maximising Your Intellectual Abilities: Learn how to make the most of your intelligence
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Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about maximising your intellectual abilities with this practical guide.
Human beings only use 10% of their brain capacity: this is a fact that most people are aware of, but few know what it really represents. Optimising our intellectual abilities allows us to learn and remember things more easily, make more effective decisions and grow both professionally and personally. This guide will enable you to do just that with helpful tips and fun brain-training exercises.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Use your brain faster and more efficiently
• Make fewer mistakes in work or studying and retain information more easily
• Implement changes to your lifestyle that will promote healthy and efficient brain function
ABOUT 50MINUTES.COM | COACHING
The Coaching series from the 50Minutes collection is aimed at all those who, at any stage in their careers, are looking to acquire personal or professional skills, adapt to new situations or simply re-evaluate their work-life balance. The concise and effective style of our guides enables you to gain an in-depth understanding of a broad range of concepts, combining theory, constructive examples and practical exercises to enhance your learning.
Human beings only use 10% of their brain capacity: this is a fact that most people are aware of, but few know what it really represents. Optimising our intellectual abilities allows us to learn and remember things more easily, make more effective decisions and grow both professionally and personally. This guide will enable you to do just that with helpful tips and fun brain-training exercises.
In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Use your brain faster and more efficiently
• Make fewer mistakes in work or studying and retain information more easily
• Implement changes to your lifestyle that will promote healthy and efficient brain function
ABOUT 50MINUTES.COM | COACHING
The Coaching series from the 50Minutes collection is aimed at all those who, at any stage in their careers, are looking to acquire personal or professional skills, adapt to new situations or simply re-evaluate their work-life balance. The concise and effective style of our guides enables you to gain an in-depth understanding of a broad range of concepts, combining theory, constructive examples and practical exercises to enhance your learning.
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Maximising Your Intellectual Abilities - 50minutes
Issue: which techniques will allow me to maximise my intellectual potential?
Uses: being capable of using our brain’s full capacity to work quickly and efficiently and to make the fewest mistakes possible.
Professional context: career progression, acquiring a position of responsibility, team or project management, brainstorming, personal development, professional creativity.
FAQs:
What behaviour do I need to adopt to look after my brain on a daily basis?
Why is it important to train my brain?
Why is it easier to learn when we are young?
Are brain-training games really effective?
Is it dangerous to resort to medication to improve my mental capacity if I am not suffering from any illness?
How long will it be before I notice an improvement in my intellectual capabilities?
Does my way of thinking depend on whether I prefer using the left or right hemisphere?
Human beings only use 10% of their brain capacity. Everyone is aware of this fact, but what does it really mean? This observation, attributed to Albert Einstein (German physicist, 1879-1955), is based on the fact that, even if we use all our neurones throughout the day, they are not active at the same time. Additionally, there are billions of possible connections between them.
Does that mean that it
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