Mindhacker - 60 Tips, Tricks, and Games to Take Your Mind to the Next Level

Informationen zum Autor Ron Hale-Evans is a writer, game designer, and the creator of the Mentat Wiki, a collaborative environment for exploring ways to become a better thinker. He has done technical writing for the Free Software Foundation, the Linux Foundation, and Microsoft. Marty Hale-Evans is a technical editor who has worked for Microsoft, Boeing, and the University of Chicago Press. An award-winning game designer, she currently chairs a local literary science fiction convention and pursues various creative endeavors. Klappentext Compelling tips and tricks to improve your mental skillsDon't you wish you were just a little smarter? Ron and Marty Hale-Evans can help with a vast array of witty, practical techniques that tune your brain to peak performance. Founded in current research, Mindhacker features 60 tips, tricks, and games to develop your mental potential. This accessible compilation helps improve memory, accelerate learning, manage time, spark creativity, hone math and logic skills, communicate better, think more clearly, and keep your mind strong and flexible.Hacks include:* Remember to Remember* Build a Memory Dungeon* Mix Up Your Facts* Space Your Repetitions* Recall Long-Ago Events* Establish Your Canon* Write in Your Books* Read at Speed* Learn by Teaching* Play the Learning Game* Pretend You're a Grad Student* Study Kid Stuff* Polyspecialize* Integrate Your Interests* Sift Your Ideas* Ask the Hive Mind* Write Magnificent Notes* Keep a Mental Datebook* Tell Time Who's Boss* Meet MET* Get Control of Yourself* Locate Lost Items* Huffman-Code Your Life* Knock Off Work* Manifest Yourself* Woo the Muse of the Odd* Seek Bad Examples* Turn a Job into a Game* Scrumble for Glory* Salvage a Vintage Hack* Mine the Future* Dare to Do No Permanent Damage* Make Happy Mistakes* Don't Know What You're Doing* Ratchet* Roll the Mental Dice* Abduct Your Conclusions* Think Clearly about Simple Errors* Notate Personally* Notate Wisely* Engineer Your Results* Enter the Third Dimension* Enter the Fourth Dimension* Spell It Out* Read Lips* Emote Precisely* Streamline Your Shorthand* Communicate Multimodally* Mediate Your Environment* Acquire a Taste* Try Something New Daily* Metabehave Yourself* Train Your Fluid Intelligence* Think, Try, Learn* Take the One-Question IQ Test* Cultivate Beginner's Mind* Take a Semantic Pause* Retreat and Reboot* Get Used to Losing* Trust Your Intelligence (and Everyone Else's)Visit the Mentat Wiki at www.ludism.org/mentat/Mindhacker for more information on tuning your brain to peak performance. Zusammenfassung Compelling tips and tricks to improve your mental skills Don't you wish you were just a little smarter? Ron and Marty Hale-Evans can help with a vast array of witty, practical techniques that tune your brain to peak performance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction xvii Chapter 1 Memory 1 Hack 1: Remember to Remember 1 Hack 2: Build a Memory Dungeon 6 Hack 3: Mix Up Your Facts 10 Hack 4: Space Your Repetitions 14 Hack 5: Recall Long-Ago Events 18 Chapter 2 Learning 25 Hack 6: Establish Your Canon 25 Hack 7: Write in Your Books 32 Hack 8: Read at Speed 44 Hack 9: Learn by Teaching 49 Hack 10: Play the Learning Game 52 Hack 11: Pretend You're a Grad Student 55 Hack 12: Study Kid Stuff 59 Chapter 3 Information Processing 63 Hack 13: Polyspecialize 63 Hack 14: Integrate Your Interests 67 Hack 15: Sift Your Ideas 72 Hack 16: Ask the Hive Mind 77 Hack 17: Write Magnificent Notes 83 Chapter 4 Time Management 95 Hack 18: Keep a Mental Datebook 95 Hack 19: Tell Time Who's Boss 99 Hack 20: Meet MET 106 Hack 21: Get Control of Yourself 111 Hack 22: Locate Lost Items 121 <...

List of contents

Introduction xvii
 
Chapter 1 Memory 1
 
Hack 1: Remember to Remember 1
 
Hack 2: Build a Memory Dungeon 6
 
Hack 3: Mix Up Your Facts 10
 
Hack 4: Space Your Repetitions 14
 
Hack 5: Recall Long-Ago Events 18
 
Chapter 2 Learning 25
 
Hack 6: Establish Your Canon 25
 
Hack 7: Write in Your Books 32
 
Hack 8: Read at Speed 44
 
Hack 9: Learn by Teaching 49
 
Hack 10: Play the Learning Game 52
 
Hack 11: Pretend You're a Grad Student 55
 
Hack 12: Study Kid Stuff 59
 
Chapter 3 Information Processing 63
 
Hack 13: Polyspecialize 63
 
Hack 14: Integrate Your Interests 67
 
Hack 15: Sift Your Ideas 72
 
Hack 16: Ask the Hive Mind 77
 
Hack 17: Write Magnifi cent Notes 83
 
Chapter 4 Time Management 95
 
Hack 18: Keep a Mental Datebook 95
 
Hack 19: Tell Time Who's Boss 99
 
Hack 20: Meet MET 106
 
Hack 21: Get Control of Yourself 111
 
Hack 22: Locate Lost Items 121
 
Hack 23: Huffman-Code Your Life 126
 
Hack 24: Knock Off Work 129
 
Chapter 5 Creativity and Productivity 135
 
Hack 25: Manifest Yourself 135
 
Hack 26: Woo the Muse of the Odd 138
 

Hack 27: Seek Bad Examples 143
 
Hack 28: Turn a Job into a Game 148
 
Hack 29: Scrumble for Glory 160
 
Hack 30: Salvage a Vintage Hack 167
 
Hack 31: Mine the Future 174
 
Hack 32: Dare to Do No Permanent Damage 179
 
Hack 33: Make Happy Mistakes 182
 
Hack 34: Don't Know What You're Doing 187
 
Hack 35: Ratchet 195
 
Chapter 6 Math and Logic 199
 
Hack 36: Roll the Mental Dice 200
 
Hack 37: Abduct Your Conclusions 204
 
Hack 38: Think Clearly about Simple Errors 209
 
Hack 39: Notate Personally 215
 
Hack 40: Notate Wisely 218
 
Hack 41: Engineer Your Results 223
 
Hack 42: Enter the Third Dimension 233
 
Hack 43: Enter the Fourth Dimension 239
 
Chapter 7 Communication 263
 
Hack 44: Spell It Out 264
 
Hack 45: Read Lips 271
 
Hack 46: Emote Precisely 275
 
Hack 47: Streamline Your Shorthand 283
 
Hack 48: Communicate Multimodally 287
 
Hack 49: Mediate Your Environment 291
 
Chapter 8 Mental Fitness 299
 
Hack 50: Acquire a Taste 300
 
Hack 51: Try Something New Daily 305
 
Hack 52: Metabehave Yourself 308
 
Hack 53: Train Your Fluid Intelligence 315
 
Hack 54: Think, Try, Learn 321
 
Hack 55: Take the One-Question IQ Test 331
 
Chapter 9 Clarity 335
 
Hack 56: Cultivate Beginner's Mind 336
 
Hack 57: Take a Semantic Pause 340
 
Hack 58: Retreat and Reboot 350
 
Hack 59: Get Used to Losing 355
 
Hack 60: Trust Your Intelligence (and Everyone Else's) 359
 
Appendix A The Unboxed Games Manifesto 367
 
Appendix B 3D Visualization 369
 
Index 373

Product details

• Authors: Marty Hale-Evans, R Hale-Evans, Ron Hale-Evans, Ron Hale-Evans Hale-Evans, Hale-Evans Marty, Hale-Evans Ron
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.09.2011
• EAN: 9781118007525
• ISBN: 978-1-118-00752-5
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Gehirnjogging, End-User Computing, Computer-Ratgeber, Allg. Computer-Ratgeber