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Developing a Mensa Mind:

15 Steps to
Building a
Better Brain
Believe it
absolutely
can be done.
There's no
such thing
as "an" IQ.
1. Read a challenging book.
2. Exercise.
3. Develop your
working memory.
4. Play a game.
5. Meditate
& be mindful.
6. Stop trying to do
two things at once.
7. Don’t worry; be happy.
8. Abandon junk food, not hope.
9. Learn something.
10. Phone a friend.
11. Learn a
language,
n’est-ce pas?
12. Tell a joke.
13. Study something

really hard.
14. Turn on the radio.
middle temporal gyrus
15. Indulge.
BONUS:
Protect
this
credits
•
•
•
•

Athena statue: Museumsklubben Tegners Venner
Rest of images: morguefile.com
Medial temporal gyrus: wikimedia commons
Lindt chocolate: Lindt

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