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Hack Your Brain
The document presents a talk titled 'Hack Your Brain,' highlighting techniques for improving intelligence and mastery through various examples and anecdotes from renowned figures like Einstein, Da Vinci, and Curie. It emphasizes concepts such as self-fulfilling prophecies, the significance of practice, memory retention, and innovative thinking. The content is structured around motivational insights aimed at encouraging personal growth and challenge-seeking behavior.
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Hack Your Brain
- 1. hAcK yOuR brAin @abelar_s - maitre-du-monde.fr @HumanTalks 12/02/2013 These are full-text slides for « Hack Your Brain » The talk’s slides are lighter because too much text annoys and distracts the audience. You will find more details here. Trivia: https://speakerdeck.com/abelar_s/hack-your-brain-trivia mercredi 13 février 2013
- 2. Who am I? ‣ EPITA, Faveod, ParisRB ‣ Ruby depuis 2006 ‣ Rails depuis 2007 GMathieu mercredi 13 février 2013
- 3. Who am I? ‣ EPITA, Faveod, ParisRB ‣ Ruby since 2006 ‣ Rails since 2007 And I have some heroes. For Science. ‣ they’rein no particular order ‣ they may have much, much more trivia ‣ some of these fun facts might be myths mercredi 13 février 2013
- 4. iNtelliGence Leonardo da Vinci mercredi 13 février 2013
- 5. What is it? Albert Einstein Sorry, I can’t and won’t define it ‣ is it some quantity? ‣ you’re smart ‣ he’s talented ‣ she has a gift ‣ or a kind of muscle? ‣ you worked hard ‣ he spent hours on this! ‣ she’s put a lot of effort mercredi 13 février 2013
- 6. The problem is Kurt Gödel when you’re at a limit ‣ you’re not smart ‣ you’re ashamed ‣ you will never succeed ‣ your ego will not want to try hard things you might fail ‣ work on it! ‣ I failed? I didn’t work enough ‣ Get out of comfort zone ‣ Seek challenges, get better! mercredi 13 février 2013
- 7. Genius! Évariste Galois geniuses don’t exist ‣ that’s about respect ‣ he’s smart? he earned it ‣ don’t dismiss his hard work ‣ and self-respect ‣ you can be a genius too! ‣ it’s never too late mercredi 13 février 2013
- 8. QED Karl-Friedrich Gauss the sky’s the limit ‣ self-fulfilling prophecy ‣ the first step is believing ‣ think you can’t? you won’t! ‣ put the extra effort ‣ go from good to great ‣ rate yourself on 10‘000 not 10 ‣ form habits ‣ make 110% become your 100% ‣ don’t let 80% become 100% mercredi 13 février 2013
- 9. Read more... Daniel Tammet ‣ The secret to raising smart kids Carol S. Dweck: http://www.scientificamerican.com/ article.cfm?id=the-secret-to-raising-smart-kids ‣ Sebastian Marshall http://sebastianmarshall.com/the-1-to-10-scale-vs-the-1- to-10000-scale ‣ Derek Sivers https://sivers.org/kimo « There’s no speed limit » ‣ Daniel Tammet « Embracing the wide sky » mercredi 13 février 2013
- 10. eXpertiSe SMBC, by @ZachWeiner http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2722 mercredi 13 février 2013
- 11. Mastery Grigori Perelman Guess what? I can’t and won’t define it ‣ Beginner ‣ knows some rules ‣ Skilled ‣ knows and applies the rules ‣ Expert ‣ understands the rules ‣ combine them into new stuff ‣ Master ‣ innovates, teaches ‣ breaks the rules, innovates ‣ « feels », has a trained instinct mercredi 13 février 2013
- 12. 10‘000 hours Bobby Fischer ‣ will10‘000h make me an expert? ‣ deliberate practice ‣ explorations ‣ serendipity ‣ questions mercredi 13 février 2013
- 13. Read more... Srinivasa Ramanujan ‣ Terrence Tao : http://terrytao.wordpress.com/career- advice/there’s-more-to-mathematics-than-rigour-and-proofs/ ‣ SMBC ! http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2722 ‣ Google « 10‘000 hours » mercredi 13 février 2013
- 14. MemORy Archimedes mercredi 13 février 2013
- 15. Memory Benjamin Franklin I won’t define it either ;) but there’s lots of research and it’s getting better understood ‣ It’s actually a graph ‣ we’re storing many, many bits of knowledge ‣ we’re retrieving better if they’re woven together ‣ similarities / differences to what we already know ‣ works better if it’s personal mercredi 13 février 2013
- 16. Forgetting ‣ Reinforcement ‣ Spacing mercredi 13 février 2013
- 17. Experiences « Rasta » Liebniz ‣ themes and categories ‣ relate new things to known stuff ‣ add emotions ‣ how does this make you feel? ‣ add examples ‣ remember abstract stuff by their concrete examples ‣ Look at ankisrs.net ‣ also used in duolingo et al. mercredi 13 février 2013
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- 19. Be stupid! Richard Feynman http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/tag/studying/ ‣Feynman Technique ‣ ask « stupid » questions ‣ don’t get lost at the start! ‣ use simpler words ‣ add analogies / metaphors ‣ you might find errors in the common wisdom ‣ Subtle variations isn’t this ringing a bell? ‣ Lean Startup ‣ Fail fast mercredi 13 février 2013
- 20. Hirschfield’s rules Marie Curie ‣ http://blog.creativethink.com/2006/11/tom_hirshfields.html 1. set targets: not too small, nor too big 2. don’t look at details first 3. rephrase 4. try another direction 5. explain to other people 6. transforming a problem into another problem 7. if it’s surprising, it’s useful 8. study the inverse problem 9. analyze your own methods 10. ask « why this? » mercredi 13 février 2013
- 21. QED Grace Hopper Have you noticed? these are actually tips to: ‣ time management ‣ like setting priorities ‣ hacking motivation ‣ getting results is a key ‣ better health ‣ hacking yourself is caring about yourself mercredi 13 février 2013
- 22. Questions ? maitre-du-monde.fr @abelar_s: - twitter - slideshare -speakerdeck Thanks! mercredi 13 février 2013
- 23. Credits Entrepreneur Infographic:Kanjis http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/annavital/becoming-an- entrepreneur-infographic-book Zach Weiner: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, « 11 lives » comic: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2722 Gotlib: La Rubrique à Brac : Isaac Newtons GMathieu: Normalien / Centralien / Alien Unknown: Archimedes & Rasta Liebniz ... Alan Turing mercredi 13 février 2013