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31. Adjust your beliefs. Believe you more intelligent and you will become more intelligent. Self-Affirmations such as actually telling yourself you are getting smarter may help, but showing yourself actual proof is more helpful. Write down all of your successes. Say to yourself, “Wow, that was really ingenious,” and recognize when you do something innovative. Write down your good ideas. Put together the proof of your good ideas and look back on them to see your improvement.

32. Intelligence Aerobics.
Do math in your head while you are working at other things. Think of a new application for everything you see. Habitual use of the brain has been proven to spawn new neuronal growth, and even stop the decrease in mental abilities that are experienced when we get old.