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by Ron Hale-Evans
Mind Performance Hacks
A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
Credits
About the Author
About the Developmental Editor
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Preface
Why Mind Performance Hacks?
How to Use This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Conventions Used in This Book
How to Run the Programming Hacks
Using Code Examples
Safari Enabled
How to Contact Us
Got a Hack?
1. Memory
1. Remember 10 Things to Bring
In Action
In Real Life
See Also
2. Use the Number-Shape System
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
3. Make Lots of Little Journeys
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
4. Stash Things in Nooks and Crannies
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
5. Use the Major System
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
6. Use the Dominic System
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
7. Visit the Hotel Dominic
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
8. Dominate Your Memory
The Code
Running the Hack
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
9. Memorize Numbers with Carroll’s Couplets
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
10. Tune In to Your Memory
In Action
In Real Life
See Also
11. Consume Your Information in Chunks
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
12. Overcome the Tip-of-the-Tongue Effect
In Action
How It Works
End Notes
See Also
2. Information Processing
13. Catch Your Ideas
In Action
In Real Life
See Also
14. Write Faster
In Action
One-letter Speedwords
Longer Speedwords
Some auxiliary verbs
Affixes
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
15. Speak Your Brain’s Language
Learning Style Theories
The VARK system
Honey and Mumford’s learning styles
Leveraging Your Learning Styles
VARK types
Honey and Mumford learning styles
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
16. Map Your Mind
In Action
Creating the source list
Assembling the mind map
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
17. Build an Exoself
In Action
Stack
To-do-list software
Your outlook
MotivAider
Backup system
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
18. Pre-Delete Cruft
In Action
Paper
Computer files
How It Works
Clutter demands attention
Clutter makes it harder to find things
Clutter fills the future with the past
In Real Life
3. Creativity
19. Seed Your Mental Random-Number Generator
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
20. Force Your Connections
In Action
The Code
Running the Hack
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
21. Contemplate Po
In Action
PO-1
PO-2
PO-3
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
22. Scamper for Ideas
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
23. Deck Yourself Out
In Action
The Oblique Strategies
The Creative Whack Pack
The Observation Deck
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
24. Constrain Yourself
In Action
Text
Music
In Real Life
End Notes
25. Think Analogically
In Action
Tables of correspondences
Kennings
Filling in the blanks
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
26. Enjoy Good, Clean Memetic Sex
In Action
Seek partners outside your family
Seek partners within your species
Broaden your taste
Make sure your partners are healthy
Practice safe sex
Gain experience
Insist on satisfying sex
Respect people’s boundaries
Have lots of kids
How It Works
In Real Life
Name tags
Memetic orgies
Old friends
Memetic marriage
End Notes
27. Play Mind Music
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
28. Sound Your Brain with Onar
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
29. Keep a Dream Journal
In Action
In Real Life
See Also
30. Hold a Question in Mind
In Action
How It Works
End Notes
See Also
31. Adopt a Hero
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
32. Go Backward to Be More Inventive Going Forward
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
33. Spend More Time Thinking
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
34. Extend Your Idea Space with Word Spectra
In Action
How It Works
See Also
4. Math
35. Put Down That Calculator
In Action
Rearrange
Put down that burden
Look for friendly numbers
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
36. Make Friends with Numbers
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
37. Test for Divisibility
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
38. Calculate Mental Checksums
In Action
Addition
Multiplication
Subtraction
Division
False positives
Casting out elevens
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
39. Turn Your Hands into an Abacus
Counting
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
End Notes
See Also
40. Count to a Million on Your Fingers
The Binary Numeral System
In Action
In Real Life
How It Works
End Notes
41. Estimate Orders of Magnitude
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
Checking calculations
Work estimates
Job interview
42. Estimate Square Roots
In Action
Very large and very small numbers
Higher roots
In Real Life
See Also
43. Calculate Any Weekday
In Action
The year-item
The month-item
The day-item
Adjustment
What to do with the result
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
5. Decision Making
44. Foresee Important Problems
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
45. Predict the Length of a Lifetime
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
46. Find Dominant Strategies
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
47. Eliminate Dominated Strategies
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
48. Don’t Overthink It
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
49. Roll the Dice
In Action
The Code
Running the Hack
End Notes
See Also
6. Communication
50. Put Your Words in the Blender
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
51. Learn an Artificial Language
In Action
Esperanto
Lojban
Klingon
AllNoun
Solresol
How It Works
Design Your Own
Models
Sounds
Alphabets
Word building
Grammar
Style
Language families
Speaking and writing
End Notes
See Also
52. Communicate in E-Prime
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
53. Learn Morse Code Like an Efficiency Expert
In Action
Letters
Numbers
How It Works
In Real Life
Emergencies
Assistive technology
Secret communication
Rapid communication
End Notes
See Also
54. Harness Stage Fright
In Action
Make notes
Imagine pitfalls
Remove sources of stress
Consider your audience realistically
Keep perspective
Mind your body
Feel your fear
Reframe your fear
Use good body language
Fake it till you make it
Keep breathing
Move on
Finish well
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
55. Ask Stupid Questions
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
56. Stop Memory-Buffer Overrun
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
See Also
7. Clarity
57. Learn Your Emotional ABCs
Going Beyond the ABCs
Disputing Irrational Beliefs
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
58. Avoid Cognitive Distortions
Three Core Irrational Beliefs
12 Misinterpretations
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
59. Use the Fourfold Breath
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
60. Meditate
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
61. Hypnotize Yourself
In Action
Set your goals
Lie down
Induce self-hypnosis
Count backward from 100 to 0
Test your depth of hypnosis
Give yourself the suggestion
Allow yourself to emerge from the trance
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
62. Talk to Yourself
In Action
How It Works
End Notes
63. Interview Yourself
In Action
In Real Life
How It Works
See Also
64. Cultivate the Naive Mind
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
65. Employ Mental Momentum
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
8. Mental Fitness
66. Warm Up Your Brain
In Action
How It Works
End Notes
67. Play Board Games
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
68. Improve Visual Attention Through Video Games
Shortening the Attentional Blink
Raising the Cap on Subitizing
How It Works
In Real Life
End Notes
69. Don’t Neglect the Obvious: Sleep, Nutrition, and Exercise
In Action
Sleep
Nutrition
Exercise
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
70. Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Sleep Hygiene
Making Associations
Object and location
Time
Behavior
Structure versus flexibility
Hacking the Hack
End Notes
71. Navigate Around the Post-Lunch Dip
In Action
How It Works
In Real Life
See Also
72. Overclock Your Brain
In Action
Boost oxygen levels
Optimize glucose supplies
End Notes
See Also
73. Learn the Facts About Cognitive Enhancers
In Action
Glucose
Ginkgo biloba
Chewing gum
Tyrosine
Ginseng
In Real Life
End Notes
74. Snap Yourself to Attention
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
75. Assemble Your Mental Toolbox
In Action
In Real Life
End Notes
See Also
About the Author
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