英文學以致用，領略語言之美。有道詞典，不只是查單詞，還帶你看天下。
Intelligence is flexible and there are a lot of things to give it a daily boost. For smart thinking your mind needs 3 things:
智商靈活多變，它可以通過每天做些事情得以提升。為了有個聰明的思維，你的頭腦要有三項準備：
To be trained in thinking processes
思考過程得到訓練
To have plenty of information
有大量的信息
To focus on a problem or idea
關注某個問題或想法
For example, Thomas Edison was able to think of his light bulb because:
例如，托馬斯·愛迪生能發(fā)明電燈泡，是因為：
He was a trained logical thinker
他是已受訓練的邏輯思考者
He knew a lot about electrical engineering
他懂很多關于電氣工程方面的知識
He focused on solving a problem
他關注解決問題
Here are a bunch of things to do every day to help your mind to think smart.
這里有一些事情，如果你每天都做，它們能幫你的頭腦聰明地思考問題。
1. Drink 2 glasses of water within 30 minutes of waking up
1. 醒后的30分鐘之內(nèi)要喝兩杯水
Since you’ve been asleep for hours, your body has not gotten water for 6-9 hours. Water is needed for the filtration of waste products and fluid balance. Two big glasses of water offset the fluid deficit you had from sleeping.
因為你已睡了幾個小時，身體也有6-9個小時沒有吸收水分。體內(nèi)廢物和液體平衡過濾需要水分。兩大杯水能抵消睡覺過程中的液體流失。
Studies on kids (study 1, study 2) show that drinking more water increases their ability to complete mental tasks. Make sure your brain is not dehydrated at the beginning of the day already.
有關孩子的研究（研究1和研究2）表明多喝水有助于提高他們完成心理任務的能力。在一天的開始，要保證你的大腦沒有脫水。
2. Read a book summary during breakfast
2. 早餐期間閱讀一本書的概要
Reading books is great, but breakfast is far more suitable for something shorter. Instead of reading news articles that have little impact on your life/intelligence, read best selling book summaries. You can find summaries by:
閱讀很好，但是早餐更適合閱讀些短的文章。與其讀對你的生活或智力幾乎沒有影響的新聞文章，還不如讀點暢銷書的摘要，你可以通過以下方式找到概要：
Googling your book title + summary, for example “7 Habits of Highly Effective People summary”
搜索你的書名+摘要，例如“高效能人士的七個習慣摘要”
Use a summary subscription like Blinkist or getAbstract
使用像Blinkist和getAbstract這樣的摘要網(wǎng)站
3. Listen to stimulating podcasts/audiobooks during your commute
3. 上下班路上聽播客或有聲書
Even if you spend only 10 minutes on your bike like I do, load your phone up with intellectually stimulating audio. Good sources could be:
即使你像我一樣上班騎車只花10分鐘，請在手機上下載對智力有益的音頻。好資源可能在：
TED talks (their app lets you pre-download audio so you don’t eat your mobile data)
TED演講（他們的app可以提前下載音頻，所以不用擔心會浪費你的流量）
Blinkist has some of their summaries in audio form
Blinkist會以音頻方式呈現(xiàn)它們書籍的概要
Audiobooks you purchased
你買的有聲讀物
Podcast of your favorite authors
你最愛作者的播客
4. Drink green tea while working
4. 上班期間喝綠茶
Where caffeine makes many people anxious, green tea (especially Matcha tea) contains l-theanine. This aminoacid causes an increase in alpha brain waves in the brain:
咖啡因使許多人焦慮，綠茶（尤其是抹茶）包含茶氨酸。這種氨基酸會提高大腦阿爾法腦波：
In practice this means that where coffee can induce anxiety, high quality green teas cause a relaxed focus without inducing sleepiness. This is also why l-theanine is available as a supplement to aid in relaxation and increasing cardiovascular health.
實際上這表明咖啡可能誘發(fā)焦慮，而高質量的綠茶不會讓你感到瞌睡，讓你注意力集中且放松。這也是為什么茶氨酸可以幫助放松和提高心血管健康。
5. Take naps during the day
5. 白天小睡
Napping helps your mind refresh. It’s been shown that napping during learning increases learning speed. Your mind has a rhythm that determines when it gets sleepy and when it needs sleep:
小睡可以消除大腦的疲勞。研究表明學習中打個小盹有助于提高學習速度。你的大腦有這樣一個韻律，決定著何時會昏昏欲睡，何時需要睡眠：
As you can see on average people feel more sleepy than usual between noon and 4 PM. This is a perfect time to have a nap, and will increase your alertness and productivity for the rest of the day. Personally I’ve has good results with post-workday naps too (around 6 PM).
正如你所見，中午時分到下午4點是平常人最困乏的時間段，他們會感覺比其他時間更困。這段時間就是你休息的最佳時間，它有助于提高你在一天剩余時間里的注意力和效率。就個人而言，我在大約下午六點要下班的時候睡覺效果最好。
6. Don’t take sugar during the day
6. 白天不要吃糖
In fact, if you can cut it altogether. But if you can’t for whatever reason, just make sure not to have it during times where you need to focus.
事實上，如果你能控制還好。無論是什么原因，你無法戒掉糖，那么至少在你需要集中注意力的時候不要吃。
Sugar highs and the following lows are not good to keep your brain functioning smartly. What does work very well are fatty acids. Try to switch any sweet stuff during lunch for something more substantial like fish or eggs.
糖分過高不利于保證大腦聰明地被使用。脂肪酸能讓大腦變強。午餐期間試著不去吃帶有糖分的食物，去吃點像魚和雞蛋這種更加實質性的食物。
7. Do social media websites only a couple of times a day
7. 一天只上幾次社交網(wǎng)站
The brain adapts to the information you throw at it. If you bombard it work non-stimulating and fast switching information your focus will get destroyed.
大腦要適應你拋給它的信息。如果你老是給大腦不刺激且快速轉換的信息，會造成大腦損傷。
Keep your brain functioning on a higher level by throwing stimulating things at it. If you feel the need to procrastinate, set a timer and don’t get lost in mindlessly scrolling.
快給大腦高水平刺激性的信息，讓它處理吧。如果你覺得有必要拖延，那就定時，不要讓大腦盲目迷失地轉動。
8. Play games instead of watching series or movies
8. 看電視劇，電影不如玩游戲
Watching TV is a passive activity. Your brain is consuming information, but not processing or interacting with it. Substitute or supplement this entertainment with gaming. A 2014 study showed that even a simple game like Super Mario has visible impact on brain plasticity (flexibility).
看電視是種被動的活動。你的大腦消費信息，但是不處理，也不與信息做互動?？彀堰@項娛樂換成打游戲。2014年的一項研究表明即使是像超級瑪麗這樣簡單的游戲也對大腦的可塑性（靈活度）有可見的影響。
Another piece of research covered by Forbes shows the same. Actively engage your brain where you can, instead of letting it slumber passively.
來自福布斯的另外一項研究也顯示了同樣的結論。讓你的大腦積極參與活動，而不是讓它被動沉睡。
9. Read a book instead of watching TV
9. 看電視不如讀書
Similar to playing games instead of watching TV, reading a book is an active exercise for the brain. Where watching video entertainment is a passive consumption of information, reading a book requires your brain to actively construct mental images of what you are reading.
和去打游戲不要看電視的道理一樣，讀書是可以活躍鍛煉大腦?？磰蕵饭?jié)目只是被動的消費信息，讀書需要你的大腦積極主動構建閱讀內(nèi)容的精神意向。
10. Do some programming
10. 做編程
Programming is a great way to learn to think logically and in patterns. Coding used to be hard to learn but with free websites like Codeacademy and free/paid platforms like Udemy it is easy and fun to learn.
編程是培養(yǎng)邏輯思維模式的好方式。編碼過去常常會覺得很難，但是當有Codeacademy這樣的免費網(wǎng)站和Udemy這樣的免費平臺，編程學起來就簡單有趣多了。
Consider it the next level of puzzles. As an added advantage learning to code in your free time increases your employability in the job market.
把它當成智力游戲的下一個級別。在業(yè)余時間學習編程，把它當做你的額外優(yōu)勢，有助于在就業(yè)市場提升你的競爭力哦。
11. Watch TED talks while cooking
11. 做飯的時間看TED演講
Preparing dinner is a great time to catch up on some cutting edge developments in Technology, Education and Design (ted.com). It turns what would otherwise be downtime into a fascinating and stimulating block of time. It’s like watching the news, only you are watching the world’s most inspiring individuals talk about their work.
準備晚餐的時刻是讓你了解科技前沿技術發(fā)展的最佳時刻，去聽TED演講（ted.com）。它把這樣的時刻變成了有趣，刺激的時刻。這和看新聞一樣，你只是在看世界上最鼓舞人心的人談論他們的工作。
12. Do some simple exercises during the day
12. 一天中做些簡單運動
The body and the mind are strongly connected. Physical fitness helps the brain function well. You don’t however have to go to the gym every day to benefit from this (though you can of course).
身體和大腦緊密相連。身體健康有助于大腦正常運行。然而，你并不需要每天去健身房而從中受益（盡管你也可以去）。
Doing some push-ups throughout the day and walking or skipping up some stairs has a great impact already. Try to do something physical every hour or so, even if it’s just getting up, stretching a little and tensing all your muscles as hard as you can for 5-10 seconds.
每天做些俯臥撐，步行，跳樓梯已經(jīng)會對你有很大影響了。身體嘗試每天1小時的鍛煉，即使在起床時刻，你也可以花上5-10s做做伸展，拉緊你所有的肌肉。
13. Spend time with someone smarter than you
13. 和比你聰明的人在一起
Habits are socially contagious. It is a well known fact in science that obesity for example spreads through social networks.
社交上的習慣可以傳染。例如，在科學界眾所周知，肥胖通過社交網(wǎng)絡傳播。
The habits and thinking patterns of those you spend time with rub off on you. Expose yourself to people who are smarter than you in order to benefit from them.
陪你在一起的人，他們的思維方式和習慣往往會影響你。為了從中受益，要和比你聰明的人常常待在一起哦。
14. Talk to people who disagree with you
14. 和不贊同你觀點的人聊天
Get into (friendly) discussions with people who disagree with you on any topic. Arguing with them allows you to either:
和不贊同你觀點的人友好地在某主題上聊天討論，和他們討論會讓你：
Sharpen your arguments
認真思考你的論點
Be convinced that you are wrong
承認自己的錯誤
In both cases you win. In the first you convince the other person by out reasoning them, and in the second false logic you previously had is not eliminated.
只要能有這兩種情況，你都贏了。第一點你通過推理說服對方，第二點你之前的錯誤邏輯沒有消除。
15. Go for a walk in nature
15. 大自然中散步
Walking through nature has a number of benefits:
在大自然中散步有許多好處：
There is more oxygen since plants produce it
有植物制造的更多的氧氣
The human mind calms down when surrounded by plants
當周圍被植物包圍時，人們思維就會平靜下來
Walking helps your blood circulation
散步有助于你的血液循環(huán)
Having a walk in a park at lunch time can greatly help you work smartly for the rest of the day.
午餐時間在公園里散會兒步有助于你在一天中剩下來的時間更加聰明地工作。
16. Carry a notepad
16. 攜帶筆記本
Great minds like Leonardo Da Vinci always carries a notepad. They used it to jot down ideas, sketches and questions they had for later review.
像達芬奇這樣聰明之人總是會隨身攜帶筆記本。他們會用本子記錄想法，草圖以及問題以便日后回顧。
Having a little book on you and writing down interesting things can greatly help you train your curiosity and logical thinking.
隨身攜帶筆記本，記錄有趣的事情大大提高了你的好奇心，也鍛煉了你的邏輯思考能力。
17. Take 10 minutes at the end of the day to plan tomorrow
17. 一天的最后時間花10分鐘做明天的計劃
By planning tomorrow the day before you begin the day with a plan. This allows you to work much more productively.
在一天沒到來之前計劃第二天。這會讓你的工作更具效率。
Many people are busy all day, but not actually productive. A great part of being smart is knowing that hard work is inferior to smart work. Pick your battles in advance.
許多人整天都很忙，實際上卻效率低下。聰明的人知道努力工作不如聰明地工作。趕緊提前做規(guī)劃吧。
