Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain

Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain
by Ron Hale-Evans

Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain
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Author: Ron Hale-Evans
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-02-06
ISBN: 0596101538
Number of pages: 330
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Book Reviews of Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain

Book Review: A great collection of "hacks" to improve yourself.
Summary: 5 Stars

Simple as that. Check out the table of contents to see the wide variety of hacks presented in the book. Just one of the groups of hacks (number-processing) was worth the purchase price alone. I read one comment that noted the hacks were complicated and therefore were not really "hacks", as if they were supposed to just breeze right through the book in one night and jump the 'ol IQ 500 points; not gonna happen. The book is densely packed with information that's gonna require thought, some planning, and time. Some of the hacks are simple (play mind music)and some will require occasional revisiting (calculating mental checksums)in order for you to use them efficiently. If you do one a day; by the end of the year, you'll have some handy techniques for navigating this crazy world.

Summary of Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain

You're smart. This book can make you smarter.

"Mind Performance Hacks" provides real-life tips and tools for overclocking your brain and becoming a better thinker. In the increasingly frenetic pace of today's information economy, managing your life requires hacking your brain. With this book, you'll cut through the clutter and tune up your brain intentionally, safely, and productively.

Grounded in current research and theory, but offering practical solutions you can apply immediately, Mind Performance Hacks is filled with life hacks that teach you to:

Use mnemonic tricks to remember numbers, names, dates, and other flotsam you need to recall

Put down your calculator and perform complex math in your head, with your fingers, or on the back of a napkin

Spark your creativity with innovative brainstorming methods

Use effective systems to capture new ideas before they get away

Communicate in creative new ways-even using artificial languages

Make better decisions by foreseeing problems and finding surprising solutions

Improve your mental fitness with cool tricks and games

While the hugely successful "Mind Hacks" showed you how your brain works, "Mind Performance Hacks" shows you how to make it work better.

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