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Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain

✍ Scribed by Hale-Evans, Ron


Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Leaves
332
Series
Safari Books Online;Hacks
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


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

Mind Performance Hacksprovides 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 successfulMind Hacksshowed you how your brain works,Mind Performance Hacksshows you how to make it work better.

✦ Table of Contents


Contents......Page 7
About the Developmental Editor......Page 11
Contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Preface......Page 15
How to Use This Book......Page 16
How This Book Is Organized......Page 17
Conventions Used in This Book......Page 18
How to Run the Programming Hacks......Page 19
Using Code Examples......Page 20
How to Contact Us......Page 21
Got a Hack?......Page 22
Remember 10 Things to Bring......Page 23
In Action......Page 24
See Also......Page 25
In Action......Page 26
How It Works......Page 27
See Also......Page 28
In Action......Page 29
In Real Life......Page 30
Stash Things in Nooks and Crannies......Page 32
In Action......Page 33
In Real Life......Page 34
In Action......Page 36
In Real Life......Page 39
Use the Dominic System......Page 40
In Action......Page 41
In Real Life......Page 43
Visit the Hotel Dominic......Page 44
In Real Life......Page 45
End Notes......Page 46
The Code......Page 47
Running the Hack......Page 49
In Real Life......Page 50
Memorize Numbers with Carroll’s Couplets......Page 51
In Action......Page 52
In Real Life......Page 53
End Notes......Page 54
Tune In to Your Memory......Page 55
In Action......Page 56
In Real Life......Page 57
In Action......Page 59
How It Works......Page 60
Overcome the Tip-of-the-Tongue Effect......Page 61
In Action......Page 62
How It Works......Page 63
See Also......Page 64
Catch Your Ideas......Page 65
In Action......Page 66
In Real Life......Page 67
Write Faster......Page 68
One-letter Speedwords......Page 69
Longer Speedwords......Page 70
Affixes......Page 73
In Real Life......Page 74
End Notes......Page 75
The VARK system......Page 76
Honey and Mumford’s learning styles......Page 77
VARK types......Page 78
Honey and Mumford learning styles......Page 79
In Real Life......Page 80
Map Your Mind......Page 81
Creating the source list......Page 82
Assembling the mind map......Page 83
In Real Life......Page 84
Build an Exoself......Page 85
Stack......Page 86
In Real Life......Page 87
See Also......Page 88
In Action......Page 89
Computer files......Page 90
Clutter makes it harder to find things......Page 91
In Real Life......Page 92
Seed Your Mental Random-Number Generator......Page 93
In Real Life......Page 94
Force Your Connections......Page 95
The Code......Page 96
Running the Hack......Page 98
In Real Life......Page 100
See Also......Page 102
PO-2......Page 103
In Real Life......Page 104
In Action......Page 105
How It Works......Page 106
In Real Life......Page 107
Deck Yourself Out......Page 108
The Oblique Strategies......Page 109
The Creative Whack Pack......Page 110
The Observation Deck......Page 111
In Real Life......Page 112
See Also......Page 113
Constrain Yourself......Page 114
Music......Page 115
In Real Life......Page 116
Think Analogically......Page 117
Kennings......Page 118
Filling in the blanks......Page 120
End Notes......Page 121
Enjoy Good, Clean Memetic Sex......Page 122
Seek partners within your species......Page 123
Respect people’s boundaries......Page 124
Memetic orgies......Page 125
Play Mind Music......Page 126
In Action......Page 127
In Real Life......Page 128
Sound Your Brain with Onar......Page 129
In Action......Page 130
In Real Life......Page 131
End Notes......Page 132
In Action......Page 133
Hold a Question in Mind......Page 134
In Action......Page 135
See Also......Page 136
Adopt a Hero......Page 137
In Action......Page 138
How It Works......Page 139
See Also......Page 140
How It Works......Page 141
In Real Life......Page 142
Spend More Time Thinking......Page 143
In Action......Page 144
See Also......Page 145
In Action......Page 146
See Also......Page 148
In Action......Page 149
Put down that burden......Page 150
Look for friendly numbers......Page 152
In Real Life......Page 153
End Notes......Page 154
In Action......Page 155
How It Works......Page 156
In Real Life......Page 157
End Notes......Page 158
In Action......Page 159
In Real Life......Page 160
End Notes......Page 161
In Action......Page 162
Multiplication......Page 163
Casting out elevens......Page 164
In Real Life......Page 165
Turn Your Hands into an Abacus......Page 166
Counting......Page 167
Subtraction......Page 170
Division......Page 171
The Binary Numeral System......Page 172
In Action......Page 173
End Notes......Page 178
In Action......Page 179
How It Works......Page 180
Work estimates......Page 181
Job interview......Page 182
In Action......Page 183
Very large and very small numbers......Page 184
In Real Life......Page 185
Calculate Any Weekday......Page 186
The month-item......Page 187
Adjustment......Page 188
What to do with the result......Page 189
See Also......Page 190
Foresee Important Problems......Page 191
In Action......Page 192
In Real Life......Page 194
In Action......Page 196
How It Works......Page 198
In Real Life......Page 199
Find Dominant Strategies......Page 200
In Action......Page 201
End Notes......Page 204
In Action......Page 205
How It Works......Page 207
Don’t Overthink It......Page 208
In Real Life......Page 209
See Also......Page 210
In Action......Page 211
The Code......Page 212
Running the Hack......Page 214
See Also......Page 215
Put Your Words in the Blender......Page 216
In Action......Page 217
In Real Life......Page 218
See Also......Page 219
Esperanto......Page 220
Klingon......Page 221
AllNoun......Page 222
Design Your Own......Page 223
Alphabets......Page 224
Speaking and writing......Page 225
Communicate in E-Prime......Page 226
In Real Life......Page 228
Learn Morse Code Like an Efficiency Expert......Page 229
Letters......Page 230
How It Works......Page 231
End Notes......Page 232
In Action......Page 233
Remove sources of stress......Page 234
Feel your fear......Page 235
Keep breathing......Page 236
How It Works......Page 237
In Real Life......Page 238
Ask Stupid Questions......Page 239
In Action......Page 240
In Real Life......Page 241
Stop Memory-Buffer Overrun......Page 242
How It Works......Page 243
See Also......Page 246
Learn Your Emotional ABCs......Page 247
Going Beyond the ABCs......Page 248
In Real Life......Page 249
Three Core Irrational Beliefs......Page 252
12 Misinterpretations......Page 253
In Real Life......Page 254
Use the Fourfold Breath......Page 255
In Action......Page 256
End Notes......Page 257
In Action......Page 258
In Real Life......Page 260
See Also......Page 261
Set your goals......Page 262
Lie down......Page 263
Allow yourself to emerge from the trance......Page 264
How It Works......Page 265
End Notes......Page 266
In Action......Page 267
How It Works......Page 269
Interview Yourself......Page 270
In Action......Page 271
In Real Life......Page 272
How It Works......Page 273
Cultivate the Naive Mind......Page 274
In Action......Page 275
In Real Life......Page 276
See Also......Page 277
Employ Mental Momentum......Page 278
In Action......Page 279
End Notes......Page 280
Warm Up Your Brain......Page 281
In Action......Page 282
Play Board Games......Page 283
In Action......Page 284
How It Works......Page 287
In Real Life......Page 289
See Also......Page 290
Shortening the Attentional Blink......Page 291
How It Works......Page 292
In Real Life......Page 293
Don’t Neglect the Obvious: Sleep, Nutrition, and Exercise......Page 294
Sleep......Page 295
Nutrition......Page 296
End Notes......Page 297
Get a Good Night’s Sleep......Page 298
Sleep Hygiene......Page 299
Time......Page 300
Hacking the Hack......Page 301
End Notes......Page 302
Navigate Around the Post-Lunch Dip......Page 303
How It Works......Page 304
Overclock Your Brain......Page 305
Boost oxygen levels......Page 306
End Notes......Page 307
Learn the Facts About Cognitive Enhancers......Page 308
Glucose......Page 309
Ginseng......Page 310
End Notes......Page 311
In Action......Page 312
In Real Life......Page 313
End Notes......Page 314
In Action......Page 315
In Real Life......Page 316
See Also......Page 318
Index......Page 319

✦ Subjects


Nonfiction;Psychology;Self Help;Science;Reference;Neuroscience;Brain;Productivity;Personal Development;Biology;Mathematics


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