I regularly get asked questions about how to think faster. This question is not correct. There are different types of thinking, and their speed varies greatly.
The fastest thinking is visual thinking . It uses our brain's ability to pre-process visual information.
Visual thinking does not work according to the principle: “I thought - I decided”, but according to the principle: “I saw - I realized.”
This is important for all animals. When an animal jumps out from behind the bushes, you need to instantly decide: it is an attacking tiger or a fleeing hare. Therefore, visual thinking works instantly.
No wonder they say: “It’s better to see once than to hear a hundred times.” Therefore, it is recommended to start analyzing the situation with visual analysis. This will dramatically increase your thinking speed.
Let's look at the speed of other types of thinking.
Such different thinking
People often don’t think, and then they think: why didn’t they think when they should have thought...
In second place in terms of speed is bodily thinking - this is the body’s ability to react to external circumstances. When you slip on a banana peel, it is your bodily thinking that will allow you to regroup so that you don’t damage anything when you fall.
This same type of thinking allows a cat to somersault in flight to land on its feet.
Injuries, bruises and fractures are suffered by people who have poorly developed bodily thinking. And vice versa: among acrobats, jugglers, and wrestlers, this type of thinking is very developed.
It is recommended to use bodily thinking to solve problems with material objects. For example, if a mechanical thing breaks down, it is recommended to disassemble it and twirl the parts in your hands. Body thinking will quickly suggest a solution.
Body thinking works very well in personal relationships. I touched a loved one and immediately felt him.
Next comes intuitive thinking - this is an automatic reaction to repeating circumstances. For example, an experienced driver changes gears without conscious participation. Although for a novice driver, changing gears is so difficult that a novice often throws the steering wheel and starts changing gears with both hands.
Intuition works well in cases where a person has a lot of experience. So, the grandmaster starts the game almost without thinking. All typical openings have long been worked out and do not require thinking. Therefore, in the game of grandmasters, at the beginning of the game, the pieces move so quickly that the beginner does not even have time to understand what is happening on the board. The only noise is the sound of the chess clock switching.
But intuition is only good in familiar situations. As soon as the chess players have reached the end of the opening, then there is a pause, and they begin to creak their brains - the time has come for slow types of thinking: strategic and logical.
Strategic thinking is choosing a path under conditions of uncertainty. For strategic thinking to work, a person needs a vision of how events will develop and a choice of his place in these events.
For strategic thinking to work, you need to have a lot of information about how certain processes occur. A chess player needs to know a lot about how chess games usually develop, a military strategist needs to know a lot about how wars happen, etc.
And finally, logical thinking is a type of thinking that comes down to three steps:
- Collect facts.
- Group them.
- Find the cause of the problem.
Logic is the slowest and most labor-intensive type of thinking. For a chess player, this is arranging moves: “He’s like this, I’m like that. And then he’s like this, and then I’m like this...”
Logic requires serious mental effort, but the result is worth it - logical thinking solves any problem. Therefore, all scientific knowledge is based precisely on logical thinking.
The inclusion of logical thinking is carried out according to certain rules: we ask a question and build a logical chain to obtain an answer. As they taught in school: “Tell me, children, what is three hundred and forty-one multiplied by two hundred and fifty-six? We solve by column. Vasya, to the board!”
When a solution method already exists, the problem can be easily solved. Unfortunately, in life there is rarely a ready-made method. Problems in relationships cannot be solved with a stick.
Logical thinking begins with collecting facts and grouping them, and then finding the cause of the phenomenon. For example:
- Why did I get sick?
- Why did sales fall?
- Why did my girlfriend leave me?
There cannot be a strict algorithm here, but there are some techniques that can help you reach a solution.
Now let's see how we can speed up each type of thinking.
What is intelligence?
Ingenuity is a quick response to any situation. The speed of decision-making depends on the speed of thinking and composure. Few people know how to remain calm when circumstances are in a hurry. Often a person makes non-standard decisions while under stress, when the situation threatens health or life.
Schoolchildren or students experience similar feelings when taking an exam. Understanding the responsibility of the moment, a person instinctively gathers strength and gives the correct answer. In the described case, manifestations of intelligence are infrequent. But, with constant training, an increase in immediate response to circumstances was noticed.
A smart person will not create a complex technical device. After all, this will require work, including thinking, drawing drawings, and testing. Such an activity is beyond the capabilities of a person endowed with ingenuity. But, if you set him the task of finding a solution to how to repair the device, then a couple of options for repairing the device will immediately follow.
Quick mind
An inventor invented an invention that invents inventors.
Each type of thinking has its own acceleration methods. I talk about this in detail in my courses. But now let's look at the basic principles of accelerating thinking.
Visual thinking . Try to translate the task into visual forms:
- build graphs;
- draw diagrams;
- create mental maps;
- use maps, diagrams, photographs;
- use infographics.
In general, get into the habit of drawing something when you think. Often the answer will come instantly.
Body thinking . Learn to listen to your body. For example, if you tensed up during a certain thought, then you are clearly thinking the wrong thing now. If the problem is complex, then walk through it to make it easier to solve.
Intuitive thinking . Try to reduce the task to familiar things that you have already done often. For example, the process of learning a foreign language is a new process that, it would seem, cannot be reduced to intuition. But it is possible. Start it with those words that you have already seen more than once in books and films:
- Hello, okay, goodbye (English)
- Bonjour, aurevoir (French)
- Guten tag, hande hoch (German)
- Ciao, bambino, sorry (French song with inserts of Italian and English words)
These words already appear in the right context, so you intuitively know when and how to use them, even if you don't know the exact meaning. This, of course, will not replace knowledge of the language, but when communicating with a foreigner it will help to establish at least some kind of mutual understanding.
Strategic Thinking . To develop strategic thinking, you need to read a lot and collect information about how certain processes develop. It is especially useful to compare situations from the lives of different people, countries and historical periods. If there are coincidences, then most likely there is some law. You may not know it for sure, but you can use it.
It also makes sense to read biographies of people who are somewhat similar to you.
For example, King Umberto I of Italy, who ruled the country at the end of the 19th century, met the owner of a restaurant. It turned out that they both:
- were born in the same city,
- in one year and day,
- and everyone’s wife’s name is Margarita.
The king occasionally inquired about the fate of this man. Once the monarch was informed that a restaurateur had been shot on the street. Umberto I decided to take a walk, and was also shot on the street...
Here the king clearly made a strategic mistake. He should have assigned guards to this man, or even better, taken him to his palace so that they could report on everything that happens to this man.
Logical thinking . To speed up logical thinking, learn to constantly collect facts and group them. This habit will allow you to quickly apply logical thinking when the need arises.
Your intellect is always with you. The more you take care of him, the better he takes care of you.
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How to develop intelligence?
A savvy person quickly processes information and produces results. Various human organs are involved in this process. You don't have to have a high IQ to make lightning-fast decisions. Therefore, speed of thinking and good physical condition of a person are important. If ingenuity is not your thing, then train your brain and play sports.
How to develop intelligence?
Get involved in physical activity. When you exercise, blood flows to the brain. As a result, a person thinks faster. Do your workouts outdoors. This way you will get a double effect. Not only get your brain active, but also saturate your body with oxygen. If you can’t go to fitness or sign up for a gym, then just take a walk every day. It has been proven that a person leading a sedentary lifestyle is inferior in level of intelligence to active people. Pay attention to nutrition. Intellectual development and memory of a person depend on the presence of certain vitamins and substances in the body. The brain works better when saturated with folic acid and B vitamins. Introduce fish, dairy products, fruits and vegetables into your diet. Serotonin is needed to activate brain activity. To produce hormones, fill your breakfast with proteins and your lunch with carbohydrates. Remember to drink enough water throughout the day. Get enough sleep. On average, a person fully recovers in 8 hours of sleep. If you regularly devote less time to rest, you will feel tired and weak. A sleep-deprived person is slow to think and processes information poorly. Indicators such as IQ level, concentration, and performance decrease. The person becomes absent-minded and makes annoying mistakes. Get creative. Hobbies related to needlework develop fine motor skills. Movements made by the hands and arms are under the auspices of one of the parts of the brain. Therefore, knitting, modeling, drawing, playing musical instruments help improve brain function.
Modern technologies reduce human ingenuity. Many solutions are found with the help of smart machines. To spark a creative approach to the situation, try going technology-free.
The described actions help stimulate brain function, improve memory, teach you to concentrate and make decisions. Most importantly, you will gain the ability to control your acumen. And this is an excellent weapon for achieving your goals.
Structuring Arguments
What skills does it train: the ability to check information, think logically and reasonedly.
There are two types of content: informational and persuasive. The first one simply states the facts. For example, the article says that water is wet and the sun is hot. The second type tries to convince you that wet water is healthy or that you should buy sunscreen.
Persuasive content globally consists of three parts: thesis, premises and conclusions. A thesis is a statement, for example: “Drink water - it is good for your health.” Premises are various arguments in favor of the thesis, and conclusions are a logical conclusion from the arguments that confirm the initial statement.
Your task is to learn to identify these persuasive components in any content and check their reliability.
Read the article or watch the video. Find the thesis, premises and conclusions in them. Check the truth of the premises and the logic of the conclusions. If the text claims that water is good for health, then it should contain references to research as premises, and the conclusion should indicate exactly why it is useful, based on the work of scientists.
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Improving acquired skills
Of course, our lives are full of familiar and ordinary activities. Among them you can find sewing, drawing, and cooking. But I will advise you to diversify your leisure time by complicating household chores and acquired skills.
This will help stimulate neural connections to additional load. Start reading literature that, in addition to theory, has practical implementation. Get acquainted with drawing styles unknown to you, master a different type of cutting or sewing. Discover the world of raw food cooking and put what you learn into practice!
This approach obliges you to achieve higher performance, and your brain to be healthy and productive.
Spirit of Speed
To improve and make running more comfortable, there are the following recommendations:
choose a more inspiring place to train. Let it be more interesting than the previous one, so new exercises will be performed more easily, as if in a familiar place
Due to the change of environment, it is easier to set yourself up for a better result;
jogging with a friend. It doesn’t matter whether you run together or not, the main thing is that you feel the presence of a partner, and therefore you can evaluate yourself from the outside, which will give you a chance to think about what you should strive for;
run with your opponent. This does not mean that you must run with a real person; come up with the image of a runner who will train at a certain distance at a speed you set.. When the situation is favorable and you are psychologically ready for high-speed running and developing speed qualities, then success guaranteed, because self-confidence plays an important role
When the situation is conducive and you are psychologically ready for speed running and developing speed qualities, then success is guaranteed, because faith in yourself
plays an important role.
