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How to Increase Intelligence: The Smart Way
Before I talk about how to boost intelligence we first have to define the term “Intelligence”.
Intelligence is a very fickle term. Most of us think of the IQ (Intelligence Quotient) when talking about Intelligence as a whole.
We think the IQ measures ones intelligence and is therefore a good indicator of ones Intelligence.
Therefore, increasing your IQ would also increase your intelligence, make you smarter, more versatile in how you use your brain, generally a better student and likely more successful.
But this is not at all what intelligence is, and it is not how the IQ works either.
Your IQ is a number that is used in Psychology as a predictor of how well you might do in school. Nothing more.
It is used to indicate success in the general term, but does not make you smart, dumb or is a judge of nearly all the possible careers out there.
It is a general indicator at best. If you have a higher IQ you are more likely to handle the school system better than others.
And while this correlates to your intelligence and success, it is but a small portion of both.
There are a lot of different types of intelligence, but most professionals refer to the 9 types of intelligence…
