- Just know that are smarter than you were and you can be smarter still.
- Practise representing data in 2 by 2 matrices and graphs to get to the point.
- Learn a meditative practice be it Tai Chi or a simple breathing meditation.
- Eat less c**p. imagine what that corn syrup is doing to those beautifully formed neural pathways of yours.
- Don't believe the majority of what your teachers told you about your intelligence.
- Work at a different speed.
- Do a psychometric such as MBTI to reveal more about your approach to life.
- Switch off your phone in queues and watch, observe and think.
- Mountains or Toblerone. Someone was being smart. That was a quest. Yours is a quest is too.
- Get a set of high quality coloured pencils and use them.
- Get that MBA off your CV and into action.
- Use walking to overcome mental blocks.
- Flick through your notebooks seeking inspiration.
- Think less about qualifications and more about accelerating your real experience.
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