- Solve some puzzles and crosswords.
- Try to be ambidextrous. Use your nondominant hand to brush your teeth, comb, handle the mouse. Write with both hands simultaneously. Do the same with the knife and fork.
- Learn new languages
- Learn to enjoy things like paradoxes and optical illusions.
- Make mental maps of your neighborhood, state, country.
- Block one or more senses. Eat with your eyes closed, use earplugs, bathe with eyes closed.
- Develop comparative tasting. Learn how to properly taste wine, chocolate, beer, cheese, etc.
- Develop leadership attributes.
- Find intersections between seemingly unrelated subjects.
- Learn how to use different keyboard layouts.
- Help others.
- Play some musical instrument.
- Find new uses for common objects. How many different uses you can find in a nail? 10? 100?
- Reverse your assumptions.
- Learn techniques of creativity.
- Go beyond the “right” answer.
- Go beyond obvious reality. Ask yourself: What if…?
- Play your favorite videogame
- Become a critical thinker. Learn to realize common lies.
- Learn logic. Solve puzzles logically.
- Familiarize yourself with the scientific method.
- Draw. Make doodles. You don’t have to be an artist.
- Think positive.
- Do some calculus and mathematical operations.
- Read these exercises to keep a young mind and try to retain the essential ideas of the post.
- Sit up straight.
- Listen to music.
- Catch all the ideas. Form a list or database with your favorite ideas.
- Eat at different restaurants.
- Simplify your to-do list.
- Learn to spell long words backwards.
- Change your environment. Rearrange items in your room or office.
- Write! Write stories, poetry, create a blog and write on it.
- Learn sign language.
- Visit museums.
- Study how the brain works.
- Meditate about managing your time.
- Watch movies of different genres.
- Get in touch with nature.
- Relax throughout the day.
- Commit to lifelong learning.
- Travel to other countries. Learn other cultures and different lifestyles.
- Learn Braille.
- Buy a piece of art that you like. Stimulate your senses in a way that makes you think.
- Try different perfumes.
- Keep a glossary of interesting words. Invent your own words.
- Learn metaphors.
- Manage stress.
- Read random things in this blog.
- Deliver more than expected.