Cultivating smart habits is the key to unlocking your potential

Thinking smart is important in every aspect of life. It helps in giving a specific direction to one’s life as well as in maximizing the benefit and eliminating the risk of loss from your life. To become smarter, you have to create habits that will groom your intelligence and nourish your mind. Here are a few habits that can help you become your smartest self.

• Think of new ways to do old things – To be innovative means making creativity more important than the fear of being wrong. You can be inventive and experimental even in the things you do every day. When you take risks, make mistakes, and have fun instead of slogging through the same routine, you’ll have a daily reminder that imagination and creativity can change the world.

• Discover what motivates you –Find a topic that keeps you interested and dive in because it’s easier to stay engaged with a topic you find stimulating. Consume the topic in a format that stimulates your mind, whether it’s a podcast or a newspaper. Feed your mind well with things it will enjoy.
• Come up with new ideas daily –Carry a journal to jot down ideas when they come to you. Push yourself to be creative and to think in new ways. Review your ideas weekly and edit them as you go.
• Be mindful of what you are absorbing – Everything you take part in is either uplifting or detrimental to your mind. It’s important to silence inner and outer negativity, and once you do, you begin to play a role in shaping your mindset and beliefs, which in turn guide your actions.
• Read something you normally wouldn’t – Every day, look online and in other media for topics, interests, or other sources that fall off your usual path. When you do, you absorb wisdom you would never have been able to access otherwise. 
• Keep a journal –It turns out that journaling is an important way to become smarter. Taking a few minutes each day to reflect in writing has been shown to boost your brain power. Smart happens when you learn from your experiences.
• Share what you know –Learning something new is important, but sharing that knowledge makes what you’ve learned actionable and meaningful.