How to became smart

Educating Yourself

1. Aim to educate yourself. Keep in mind an education isn't the junk you are forced to do
in school for diplomas and degrees; it's an understanding of the world around you. People
who are naturally curious for some reason begin to stop asking questions the moment
they hit school. The truly brilliant mind however, always questions their world and tries
to make sense of it. That is the secret to "genius".Try teaching yourself. You can even
learn from your life experiences, sometimes called "unschooling".
2. Work on your vocabulary. Use a few definitions from the dictionary each day, or
subscribe to a "word-of-the-day" service online. You can also take the vocabulary tests in
Readers Digest or buy a book on increasing your working vocabulary. Read the
dictionary one letter at a time. This will take you at least a year but you will grow
intellectually.
3. Read a variety of books. Reading a lot is often described as the secret to intelligence.
The smartest people in the world tend to read every single day. You may not always
enjoy it, but reading will open up your mind to a variety of new ideas and experiences.
Keep your reading diverse by reading books of all genres including non-fiction.
4. Educate yourself about the world around you. Cultivate an interest in subjects like
current events, interesting facts, funny and inspiring quotations, good books and movies,
scientific studies and interesting inventions. Educational television, like PBS, is a great
way to learn. Learning to think critically about the world around you by being aware of
cause and effect in events will make you much smarter.
5. Make connections. Find uses for information, rather than just collecting useless trivia.
Burying information somewhere deep in your brain is not useful; you have to be able to
access it in real-world situations. Think of real-world situations in which a piece of
information will make sense. Then share it and watch it grow!

Expanding Your Horizons

1. Learn a new language. Apart from being a linguistic exercise, it may bring you into
contact with new people and ideas. You may feel less of a stranger when you visit a place
and you know some of the language. Also, at some point you will realize that there are
some phrases or concepts in other languages that have no direct translation in English!
This can be a challenging and fun exercise for the mind. (Note, try to be patient and
positive when studying a language as it may take time to reach the level you desire.)
2. Visit new places as much as you can. If possible, try to visit other countries too.
Visiting cities in your country or in a different one gives you a open mind and teaches
you about the world we live in. You will be able to understand other cultures (how people
live in a different place, how they behave with each other, how they live and so on). You
will also be able to understand that the planet earth is huge and there are so much to see
and do. You will be fascinated on how there are so many different people and cultures in
the world. That will make you smart and interesting.
3. Be open-minded and willing to learn new things. Just because you're great at one thing
doesn't mean you have to stick to it! Find ways to step out of your comfort zone. This is
where the learning happens.

Developing Good Habits

1. Always ask questions. Asking questions and questioning everything around us

constantly is what makes us smarter. There's nothing wrong with not knowing the whys
or the hows! Everybody has something that they don't know. But by developing a healthy
habit about asking when you don't know something, you'll find yourself getting smarter
and smarter.
2. Set goals once a week. Ask yourself during each goal-setting session, how many of last
week's goals did I achieve? Why didn't I accomplish some of my goals and what can I do
to give myself a greater chance of success?
3. Devote time to education. Educating yourself takes time, and if you want to get smarter
it is going to require effort. Don’t expect it to happen overnight. You need to spend a lot
of time actively thinking and learning if you want to really be smart.
1.4. Always learn. There are many sources of information out there. For example: books,
documentaries, and the internet. School is just one source of information. If you have
straight A's, that doesn't mean that you are smart. Exercising an open mind will make you
more intelligent and constantly learning will help you get there.