From the Book - First edition.
Learn as much as possible about how your brain works
Apply your knowledge about the human brain to organize your ideas
Think of the brain as the creator of incredibly rich and fascinating montages
Your capacity for new learning remains and may increase as you grow older
Learn about your brain's motor programs and how to use them
Take advantage of the intimate interrelationships of learning, memory, and intelligence
Improve your memory by using a memory system
Develop your emotional memory
Think in terms of brain geography
Develop linkages associating as many things as you can
Engage in activities that stimulate extensive portions of the brain
Let the brain just be the brain
Practice forms of mental hygiene
Turn your feelings and emotions to your advantage
Take active measures to reduce stress
Learn to work in concert with your personal bodily rhythms
Strengthen your powers of attention and concentration
Train your powers of logic
Develop a tolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity
Develop your powers of metacognition: thinking about your thinking
Increase mental acuity through wide and varied reading
Heighten your sensory capacities
Learn about and experience art and music
Organize a physical exercise program that aims at brain enhancement
Cultivate fine-motor-control skills involving your hands
Regularly practice some form of mental relaxation
Use technology to augment your brain's functioning
Concentrate on and act in harmony with your natural abilities.
