Do you want to know “How to be smart? You have always been listening from school to college and the outside world. Work smartly instead of hard or learn to be smart. Have you ever wonder how to become smarter?
Do you ever give a look to understand what does this smart means and how to be smart in life?
These smart people are not having any super power. They are just an average person like you. The only difference is they deal with the work and situation smartly.
How To Be Smart:
Here are some important steps on how to become smarter like them? You can learn from these and it will be helpful for you how to be smart.
1. Keep moving on different spots:
This is truly a big difference between a smart person or an average person. The average person is ready to put all his time & energy on a single task or on those kinds of work which is although not really important.
Smart people are smart by their choices, they don’t put all their time on a single task. They try to complete task on minimum time as possible.
Let’s say, they are working on a specific work which is required but not that much important.
So, they will put only some amount of time for it. like- 30- 40 minutes and after the time limit is over they will instantly move to the new tasks to complete their work or goal effectively.
Are you doing work smartly or putting all the time in one basket? If not, you need to think and check out.
2. Manage You time smartly:
Smart people are also smart in time management. They make a list of all the tasks in advance which they need to complete and go for it one by one.
Average person does not have any list of work. He simply starts doing any work intentionally or unintentionally.
So, what’s the result? Obviously, it would be unproductive when you are not having any list how can you manage your time effectively.
So, to become smart, it is also important to manage your time smartly. Make a list of all the tasks which needs to get done in advance and then prioritize it according to relevancy.
It will not only make you super productive. In fact, it’s also going to save your lot of time.
3. Read Daily:
Smart people read something valuable on a regular basis. Now, here is the difference. Reading is not associated to start read any kind of stuffs. Like- Social media posts, tweet, Pathetic news etc.
Of course not! Here reading means which is adding value to your life.
Those kinds of stuff’s which will broaden mind to get strong and something which gives positive perspective. Like- Self-development books, articles etc.
Are you reading something relevant or wasting your time on social media feeds or the news which spread negativity?
You need to understand. Mind is designed in such way that it always needs content. Now, it totally depends on you which content you want to give to the mind.
The result would be as per the choice of your content. When you try to give the social media, feeds type of content. What’s the result?
- It makes you lazy.
- You feel distraction and lack of focus.
- Sometimes, you also feel jealous when you look at some kind of pictures of the people who are showing nice car’s, houses and foreign tours.
The reality is totally different. Social media world is virtual world where no one hesitate to show a lie to the mass.
Don’t focus on it rather much concern on your development & personality.
The other example is when you see news which is spreading negativity and hate. You brain also start thinking in the same way.
You start gossiping with your friends or closed one’s about it. Look- that’s not happening right etc etc and in the end you ‘d find this political issue debate going on with your friend has end up after almost 2-3 hours.
So, what about those 2-3 hour which you lost in totally useless and unproductive work?
Does it adding any value which are making you eager to invest time?
No! It’s not. Infact, you also know the better answer. But Now the question is why are you investing your time in these unproductive kinds of work when you know it’s totally a waste?
The answer is simple, because you are feeding negative energy to the mind. So, It’s giving you the same result.
This is pretty clear “The type of content you feed into your mind, It will impact you in same manner”.
Okay! Now, look at another example. What happen when you start giving content of positive nature? You are reading a self-development book. Let it be any one.
Mine favourite is – Think Big and grow rich
If you haven’t read it, then must go for it. So, what happen when you give positive content to mind? You will start feeling positive and energetic.
You will not find yourself lost rather full of motivation and inspiration. Now you activities should be like-
- You wake up early in the morning,
- Go for a walk.
- Once you come back take a bath,
- Have breakfast and Then
- Start you work for the day.
So, which one is better and do you prefer to have? The choice is yours.
4. Take a time for review:
Time is going too fast, In between you missed so many important things, you needs to take a review on a timely basis.
It’s good to have a review of life when required. If you are not taking any review, You should definitely go for it without any doubt.
How taking review of life is useful? Yes! It would be helpful in many perspectives: –
- It will give you better look, what’s happening in your life?
- Opportunities which are available.
- What mistakes are you making and the steps to get it right way.
- How can you grow and many more.
There are numerous numbers of positive reasons of reviewing cycle which can’t be told in a short paragraph.
You ‘ll definitely find the benefits. Once you start doing. I believe you ‘d going to love it. It’s been told that “Take a review daily of your “Performance at the end of the day”
If you can take a review on a daily basis, It would be truly great.
But, if not for some reasons. Then at last try to do review on a weekly basis. Like- Sunday or choose any particular day as per your convenience.
Make sure whenever you are doing review have a paper and pen in your hand which can be helpful to write the important things.
It ‘d seems strange and you would start thinking what kind of nonsense it is? I know all the points then why should I write it on the paper?
Smart people note down each and every important aspect in their diary and Believe me! You are definitely going to forget the important stuff’s which you have find after reviewing but didn’t noted it down or perhaps won’t give any kind of attention further going.
Study says, A person mind attract 50,000-60,000 thoughts in a day. So, how could you remember it which you haven’t written.
The thing which you write it down helps you to remember and work on it. The chances of improvement increase by doing this tiny task.
5. Regular Exercise:
Exercise also plays an important role in overall personality. It makes you healthy and boosts your immunity system.
There are lots of benefits of doing exercise on a regular basis:
- Keeps you healthy
- Makes you energetic
- Active mind
- Motivated
- Burn out calories
- Release stress
- Improve immunity system & many more
Okay! Tell me what’s the most precious thing?
- Car,
- Big house,
- Bank balance or what else?
Obviously not, these are just materialistic things.
The most valuable is- Good health, when you have good health you can easily achieve all these materialistic things. Don’t under estimate your health. It should be taken care properly in the best possible way.
The level of concern you are having for money and other materialistic things, Same level of concern you should have for the health or even more.
Smart people always give sometime for their health. The best way is to do exercise at morning in form of jogging or running.
You can also implement this habit in your life to see some positive growth. No need to make 6 packs or 8 pack Abs which are trending these days.
You can do 10-12 minutes of jogging or running. It would be perfectly fine. The real motive is to engage with exercise to get healthy.
6. Smart Choices Of Food:
Smart people do not miss the chance to choose their food. They also choose their food in a smart manner.
In this age, Everyone is fond of fast foods:-
- Cheese
- Burger
- Momo’s
- Pizza
- French fries or anything similar
So, what do you think of these items, does it make you healthy and smart? Of course not! Rather they are impacting you on a different note.
There are many side effects of having these foods on a regular basis. It makes you lazy & sluggish. It can also hamper your health. But, why you are having it?
Because! It seems tasty or fun for a short time. May be 2 or 5 minutes. Smart people stay away from these food items. They are much concern about their diet than anything else.
Smart people know better, the body needs energy and it would come in the form of food. If diet is healthy, The performance would also be better.
If diet only for fun of 2-5 minutes. It will make them sluggish which is going to impact their overall performance.
Are you a fast food lover? You need to be much concern for the diet. Always try to have a healthy diet. The best diet is healthy home-made food.
Sometimes, It’s okay to have a burger, Momo’s etc once in a week or twice in a month. If possible don’t try to feed it on a regular basis.
7. Meditate:
Smart peopl also do meditation. Does mediate sounds complex? It’s a simple process.
Meditation simply means to focus on specific thought or activity to achieve higher level of clarity, emotionally calm and stable state.
8. Explore Yourself:
Smart people always keep exploring themselves. They try to do things of their interests to connect better with world whenever they have sometime for doing it.
It could be in any form. Some of them loves travelling. So, they travel to another places in once in a while.
Few of them interested in anything else like-
- Learn new skills,
- Writing,
- Doing something creative etc.
Whatever it is? The real motive is to explore their passion and interest which can add value in their life. You can also explore yourself to connect better.
How To Become Smart and Confident
Smart people are always confident. If you often feel lack of confidence. There is nothing to fear about. It’s pretty normal and you can also become confident.
Now, the question is how to become smart and confident.
Read Books
Books are one of the best ways to grab knowledge and boost your confidence. Unfortunately! books are always under-rated and there are only a small group of people who loves to read books and get the best from it.
“Readers are leaders” You can see successful people in any field. You’ll find one thing common in them. They all are good readers.
Don’t ignore the power of books. A book of 200-250 pages are 10-15 years real experience of a person life. If you are reading these pages you are not only reading 200-250 pages. You are actually reading 10-15 years experience from him.
If you only read 3-4 books a year. Imagine how much knowledge you’ll get in such short time frame.
Stop worrying
When you worry about the future it makes you low confident and also steal present moments of your life. Being worry won’t take you anywhere.
Most of the time you keep worrying without any reason and for the things which actually never happens. Be in the present and enjoy these moments.
Reduce Negative Talks
You keep talking all the day & night with yourself only. You are not doing any favor and never motivate yourself.
There is only one things which you keep doing on daily basis. You pass negative talks and jealousy by comparing with others. Finally it all makes you demotivated, low confident and unproductive.
You need to reduce negative talks with yourself. If you can’t do some positive talks to motivate then don’t engage in negative talks too just be neutral.
What To Read To Become Smarter?
There are many good books available which you can read to become smarter. You can grab any of the book from it.
Make sure, The book is worth which ‘ll give you some learning & knowledge. Don’t pick any random books comics, fashion type and start reading. Choose book wisely
The common mistake which most of the people do they buy many books at a time and then feel challenging & lazy to read these many books.
Don’t do this mistake, You can read one book at a time. Once that is complete you can go with another one.
One book in hand is always better than 20 books on shelf.
How To Be Smart In Talking
A good conversation happens when there is rightly the exchange of messages from both sides. Here are some simple ways how to be smart in talking.
Be A Good Listener.
A good listener is always a great speaker. When you listen carefully to other person opinions, views. You better understand to talk about it.
Most of the time, you listen other people only to reply and not to understand. Haven’t you find yourself in a hurry and wait for the turn.
Once the other person is done. So, you can start the race without even understanding anything. This seems funny but a reality.
To become a smart in talking, first you need to be a good listener.
Speak Loudly
Slow words are often unable to reach to the listener. It act as distraction and become gap in the communication.
To stay away from this situation and to convey your words rightly try to speak loudly.
How To Be Smart:
I believe you got the answer on how to become smarter. These were some simple steps how to be smart. What steps are you already doing which are following by smart people?
Is there anything else which smart people do?