Jagadeesh Krishnan psychologist and International Author

6 simple ways to improve your intelligence and become a better entrepreneur

As an entrepreneur, you need to daily perform at high intellectual levels to solve challenging problems and to be aware of new opportunities.

Most of us often feel that intelligence is natural and one needs to accept one’s level of intellect. But, recent studies state that it is possible to improve your intelligence with some practice and efforts.

Let’s understand what intelligence is in simple words. Intelligence is the process of applying knowledge. Intelligence involves knowledge and the process. So, to work on your intelligence you need to take care of two things: one is enhancing your knowledge and the other is making your mind process efficient.

First, let’s go through the simpler part i.e., ways to enhance knowledge,

Add the most important knowledge point.

Everything you achieve starts from belief. Belief is also a type of knowledge that you possess. Before you even start working on other points, you need to add one most important knowledge point in your system that you can improve your intelligence.

You should have the knowledge that it is possible to improve your intelligence.

Know more things and know more about the things.

If there is no knowledge there would not be much to process and you will lack intelligence. Knowledge is data points for intelligence. Like while performing analytics for your venture you need quality data to gain strong insights, similarly you need vast knowledge to gain higher intelligent thoughts. You need to keep increasing your knowledge on a various range of topics.

It is like having a pool of resources at your bay for your mind to process. So, add some time for quality reading and watching knowledgeable videos in your daily schedule. You need to keep learning and know more things.

The more knowledge you gain, the more data will be there to process and you will come up with more intelligent solutions.

Be open to new knowledge

Most of the great people and legendary entrepreneurs you follow have a broad horizon of thoughts and beliefs. If you have a narrow mind, then you are not likely to accept new and different concepts or ideas which will result in blocking your intelligence.

Your mind needs to be open and receptive to the new and different range of topics.

Now, let’s go through ways to enhance the process of mind. 

Utilising the full potential of the mind

Intelligence is like a machine where you process the input to get the output. Knowledge is input and our thoughts, ideas or solutions are output. The value or quality of that output defines intelligence.

In factories, to get the highest output you always need to run the machine at full capacity. Similarly, to make your mind process perfectly you need to use your mind in its full capacity. Using the mind in full capacity means that your complete mind should be used in your current task.

Usually, while you are into some task you think of multiple things, out of which most of the things will not be even related to the current task you would be doing. All those things take a certain part of your mind and then only a limited part of your mind is left for the current task. You need to become aware of this natural habit so that gradually you can reduce the unwanted parts and become more effective.

Next time, whenever you do a task where intelligence is involved, think of your mind as a circular pie chart where each thought in your mind can be given a percentage share in the mind space depending on its intensity at that moment. Let’s say if you are working on your business plan and you think about having a coffee, you give a 10 percent to coffee as a part of your mind is thinking of coffee. It will make you aware that 10 percent of your mind is not working on the business plan.

Once you are aware that there are certain unwanted things taking some part of your mind space try to ignore or reject those thoughts so that you can maximise the percentage share of the mind space for your current task.

Your mind needs to be fully available so that it observes and processes information quickly and keep the intelligence high.

Practise mind exercises daily

Just like you go to the gym or run to maintain your physical body, you need to do some mind exercises regularly to keep your mind competent and the intelligence level high. You need to keep using your mind at peak levels daily to keep growing your business at a faster pace. Using your mind means you need to keep thinking.

Here are few great mind exercises that you should practise every morning to enhance your intelligence power.

Chain of thought: It is to continuously think of random thoughts in a flow. Take a topic to start and set the timer for five to 10 mins. Then keep building new thoughts out of the previous thought till the timer ends. After the practice of few days, you will realise that the number and quality of your thoughts have increased as the process of your mind is becoming more efficient.

Connecting words: It is how many connecting words you can think out of a single word in just a burst of seconds. If I give you a word now, how many connecting words will you be able to make in five seconds? I am sure it won’t be more than five. To have a high intelligence, you need to at least come up with 10 connecting words.

Free writing: You need your mind to be unlocked. One of the best things to do is to practice free writing. Spend 15 minutes in front of a piece of paper or your computer system and just keep writing whatever comes into your mind. There should be no thought left inside and everything that you think should come out in writing.

Puzzles and logical games: Keep solving some challenging puzzles and logical games to maintain the intelligence.

Regular mind exercises will force you to think more which will unlock the scope of your intelligence.

Start cross domain thinking

Most of the great inventions and creations in the world are done by blending two different concepts into one. It’s a technique used by world’s best business design firms like IDEO to bring out path-breaking products or solutions in the world. It opens your mind to new concepts that you would have never even imagined.

If you are stuck with some problem and not able to find an effective solution, then just think about random unrelated products out of your domain and figure out if there is any concept that you can be applied in your domain. Or, if you are looking to develop a first-of-a-kind product then you can mix concepts of different products into one product.

For example, if you own a furniture e-commerce store and plan to have a stand out product to gain instant popularity then one of the ways is to design an exclusive and unique product that has never been imagined before. Like, a home wardrobe designed by merging concepts from bookshelves and shelves of retail stores so that the space usage is more optimised and the end user is easily able to maintain his/her clothes in a more organised way.

To come up with new ideas and concepts, you can take concepts from random unrelated domains and apply it in your respective domain.

Now, as you know you can improve your intelligence and have a list of simple ways to improve it, you should start working on your intelligence rather than doubting it so that you come up with new ideas to grow your business.
By
K. Jagadeesh
Psychologist and International Author

Jagadeesh Krishnan psychologist and international Author

STUDIES SHOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THE HUMAN BODY WHEN WE WALK BAREFOOT ON EARTH

 

Grounding, or ‘earthing,’ as some people call it, involves placing your feet directly on the ground without shoes or socks as a barrier. The logic behind this practice relates to the intense negative charge carried by the Earth. This charge is electron-rich, theoretically serving as a good supply of antioxidants and free-radical destroying electrons.

Dr. James Oschman, a PhD in biology from the University of Pittsburgh and an expert in the field of energy medicine, notes:

Subjective reports that walking barefoot on the Earth enhances health and provides feelings of well-being can be found in the literature and practices of diverse cultures from around the world. For a variety of reasons, many individuals are reluctant to walk outside barefoot, unless they are on holiday at the beach. 

It makes sense if you think about it; in our most natural state, we wouldn’t really be wearing any sort of cover on our feet. Putting your feet on the ground enables you to absorb large amounts of negative electrons through the soles of your feet which, in turn, can help to maintain your body at the same negatively charged electrical potential as the Earth.

The Science

A study published a couple of years ago in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health titled “Earthing: Health Implications of Reconnecting the Human Body to the Earth’s Surface Electrons” postulates that earthing could represent a potential treatment/solution to a variety of chronic degenerative diseases.

It concluded that simple contact with the Earth, through being either outside barefoot or indoors connected to grounded conductive systems, could serve as a natural and “profoundly effective environmental strategy” against chronic stress, ANS dysfunction, inflammation, pain, poor sleep, disturbed HRV, hyper-coagulable blood, and many common health disorders, including cardiovascular disease. The study concludes:

The research done to date supports the concept that grounding or earthing the human body may be an essential element in the health equation along with sunshine, clean air and water, nutritious food, and physical activity. 

Another study, conducted by the Department of Neurosurgery from the Military Clinical Hospital in Powstancow Warszawy, along with other affiliates like the Poland Medical University, found that blood urea concentrations are lower in subjects who are earthed (connected to the earth potential with the use of copper wire) during physical exercise and that earthing during exercise resulted in improved exercise recovery.

It concluded:

These results suggest that earthing during exercise inhibits hepatic protein catabolism or increases renal urea excretion. Earthing during exercise affects protein metabolism, resulting in a positive nitrogen balance. This phenomenon has fundamental importance in understanding human metabolic processes and may have implications in training programs for athletes.

A study published last year from the Developmental and Cell Biology Department at the University of California at Irvine found that grounding the human body improves facial blood flow regulation.

As mentioned earlier, studies have found grounding to reduce blood viscosity, which is a major factor in cardiovascular disease.

One study, published in the Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine,even concluded that earthing may be “the primary factor regulating the endocrine and nervous system.” 

According to a review published in the Journal of Inflammation Research: 

Grounding reduces or even prevents the cardinal signs of inflammation following injury: redness, heat, swelling, pain, and loss of function . Rapid resolution of painful chronic inflammation was confirmed in 20 case studies using medical infrared imaging  . . . Our main hypothesis is that connecting the body to the Earth enables free electrons from the Earth’s surface to spread over and into the body, where they can have antioxidant effects. Specifically, we suggest that mobile electrons create an antioxidant microenvironment around the injury repair field, slowing or preventing reactive oxygen species (ROS) delivered by the oxidative burst from causing “collateral damage” to healthy tissue, and preventing or reducing the formation of the so-called “inflammatory barricade”. We also hypothesize that electrons from the Earth can prevent or resolve so-called “silent” or “smoldering” inflammation. 

There seem to be dozens of studies which confirm the physiological effects of grounding, which include anything from anti-aging and heart health benefits to improved sleep and much, much more.

“This simple process of grounding is one of the most potent antioxidants we know of. Grounding has been shown to relieve pain, reduce inflammation, improve sleep, enhance well being, and much, much more. Unfortunately, many living in developed countries are rarely grounded anymore.”  – Dr Jospeh Mercola

When grounded, the diurnal rhythm of the stress hormone, cortisol, begins to normalize. Cortisol is connected to your body’s stress response and helps control blood sugar levels, regulates metabolism, helps reduce inflammation, and assists with memory formulation. The figure below shows the results of a study that examined the effects of being grounded while sleeping over the course of eight weeks.

How  You Can Get Grounded

We all spend most of our time walking on the earth wearing shoes with rubber or plastic soles. These materials are insulators, used to insulate electrical wires. They also disconnect you from the Earth’s electron flow, which we are supposed to (naturally) be connected to. If you wear leather-soled shoes (or vegan leather!) or walk barefoot on sand, grass, soil, concrete, or ceramic tile, you will be grounded. If you walk on asphalt, wood, rubber, plastic, vinyl, tar, or tarmac you will not be grounded.

So the next time you are outside, take off your shoes! You can also use conductive systems while sleeping, working, or spending time indoors for a more convenient and lifestyle-friendly approach.

Schuman Resonance

In 1952 German physicist Professor W.O. Schumann, of the Technical University of Munich, began attempting to answer whether or not the earth itself has a frequency — a pulse. His assumption about the existence of this frequency came from his understanding that when a sphere exists inside of another sphere an electrical tension is created. Since the negatively charged earth exists inside the positively charged ionosphere, there must be tension between the two, giving the earth a specific frequency. Following his assumptions, through a series of calculations he was able to land upon a frequency he believed was the pulse of the earth. This frequency was 10hz.

It wasn’t until 1954 that Schumann teamed up with another scientist (Herbert König) and confirmed that the resonance of the earth maintained a frequency of 7.83 Hz. This discovery was later tested out by several scientists and verified. Since then, The Schumann Resonance has been the accepted term used scientifically when one is looking to describe or measure the pulse or heartbeat of the earth.

Even though the existence of the Schumann Resonance is an established scientific fact, there remain few scientists who fully understand the important relationship between this frequency and life on the planet.
By
K. Jagadeesh