100 Mental Tricks That Make You Smarter Than 99% of People

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Expand your mind while you sleep—subscribe!🌟 https://youtube.com/@SmarterWhileYouSleep?sub_confirmation=1 0:00 - Pause Before Responding 2:11 - Reframe Problems as Opportunities 4:11 - Use Silence Strategically 6:25 - Ask Why Three Times 8:31 - Write Down Stray Thoughts 10:39 - Visualize Outcomes 12:38 - Chunk Information 14:59 - Turn Tasks Into Games 17:08 - Use Mental Anchors 19:19 - Think in Analogies 21:31 - Ask Dumb Questions 23:33 - Summarize in One Sentence 25:36 - Think Backwards From the Result 27:44 - Sleep on Big Decisions 29:41 - Associate Facts with Images 32:02 - Teach Someone Else 34:01 - Debate Yourself 36:09 - Use If-Then Planning 38:23 - Practice Active Recall 40:30 - Think in Probabilities 42:41 - Apply First Principles 44:50 - Use Inversion Thinking 46:54 - Ask What Would Break This 49:01 - Replace 'I Can’t' with 'How Can I?' 51:00 - Compare Opposites 53:05 - Take Mental Snapshots 55:03 - Notice What's Missing 57:06 - Observe Patterns in Mistakes 59:12 - Guess Before Checking 1:01:10 - Use 80/20 Thinking 1:03:12 - Explain Like You're Five 1:05:15 - Think in Decades, Act in Days 1:07:22 - Visualize Constraints as Tools 1:09:28 - Use Deliberate Pauses 1:11:37 - Switch Perspectives Intentionally 1:13:46 - Count to 10 Before Reacting 1:15:48 - Ask What’s the Signal vs. Noise 1:17:54 - Practice Mindful Observation 1:20:00 - Replace Opinions with Data 1:22:00 - Use What-If Scenarios 1:24:01 - Keep Mental Checklists 1:26:04 - Zoom Out Before Zooming In 1:28:02 - Break Down Big Goals 1:30:10 - Notice Body Language 1:32:14 - Rehearse Conversations in Your Head 1:34:10 - Draw Problems 1:36:06 - Spot Recurring Themes 1:38:08 - Use Metaphors 1:40:07 - Remove One Assumption 1:42:12 - Think: What Would an Outsider Say? 1:44:05 - Notice Emotional Triggers 1:46:09 - Distill Ideas into Three Words 1:48:06 - Focus on Leading Indicators 1:50:05 - Pretend You’re Wrong 1:52:03 - Ask Who Benefits 1:54:07 - Mentally Time Travel 1:56:13 - Look for Second Order Effects 1:58:19 - Practice Selective Ignorance 2:00:16 - Clarify Definitions 2:02:32 - Identify Hidden Incentives 2:04:40 - Anticipate Objections 2:06:37 - Write Your Thoughts, Then Invert Them 2:08:43 - Use Thought Experiments 2:10:48 - Separate Facts from Interpretation 2:13:07 - Ask: What Am I Missing? 2:15:03 - Find Contradictions 2:17:08 - Summarize Daily Learnings 2:19:06 - Break Arguments into Premises 2:21:11 - Simulate Both Extremes 2:23:16 - Imagine the Opposite Outcome 2:25:08 - Use Role Models as Mental Guides 2:27:16 - Define Success Clearly 2:29:12 - Cut Problems in Half 2:31:06 - Ask: What If This Continues? 2:33:05 - Flip Cause and Effect 2:35:00 - Track Tiny Improvements 2:37:22 - Use Visual Timelines 2:39:23 - Mentally Remove Constraints 2:41:17 - Test Assumptions Aloud 2:43:34 - Categorize by Importance, Not Urgency 2:45:43 - Think Like a Beginner 2:47:45 - Isolate Variables 2:49:43 - Watch for Unintended Consequences 2:51:50 - Use Counterfactuals 2:53:54 - Ask: Is This Reversible? 2:56:00 - Treat Opinions as Hypotheses