How can I make my brain sharper, smarter, and lightning fast?
我怎樣使自己思維更敏捷、更聰明、反應(yīng)快？

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獲得227.7k好評的回答@Andrew Ferebee：

1. Exercise
1.鍛煉

Regular exercise can increase brain function, improve memory, speed up cognitive processes, and fight off diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia.
有規(guī)律的鍛煉能提升大腦功能，改善記憶力，加快認(rèn)知過程，并且戰(zhàn)勝疾病，如阿爾茲海默癥和癡呆。

2. Get 8–9 Hours of High Quality Sleep
2.8-9小時(shí)高質(zhì)量睡眠

If you do NOTHING else except improve your sleep, I promise you that your brain will be faster and sharper than ever before.
除了改善睡眠其他什么都不做，我也能保證你的大腦會(huì)比以前反應(yīng)更快、思維更敏捷。

3. Meditate for 10–30 Minutes a Day
3.一天冥想10-30分鐘

Meditation has been shown to help rebuild grey matter in the brain and increase cognitive performance significantly.
研究表明冥想有助于重建大腦灰質(zhì)，有效提高認(rèn)知表現(xiàn)。

4. Play a Variety of Different Games
4.玩各種不同的游戲

5. Pick up a Musical Instrument
5.學(xué)一種樂器

Not only is music an amazing hobby that will do wonders for your social life, but it will literally rewire your brain and make you a faster and better learner.
音樂這個(gè)神奇的愛好不僅會(huì)給你的社交帶來驚人的影響，而且竟然能重新激活你的大腦，使你學(xué)得更快更好。

6. Volunteer
6.做志愿者

7. Eat a Diet High In Healthy Fats and Low in Processed Sugars
7.飲食應(yīng)富含健康脂肪，少含工業(yè)制糖。

8. Habits You Must Avoid
8.必須改掉的習(xí)慣

1) Drugs and Alcohol
1)吸毒酗酒

2) Eating Sugar
2)吃糖

3) Stressing Out
3)壓力過大

4) Operating from a Fixed Mindset
4)思維模式固定

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獲得342.5k好評的回答@Joel Kaplan：

Back in 2015, Red Bull took their athletes through a series of “fear exercises” to help them perform better under pressure.
回顧2015年，紅牛車隊(duì)（奧地利一級(jí)方程式車隊(duì)之一）帶領(lǐng)隊(duì)員經(jīng)歷了一系列“恐懼訓(xùn)練”以幫助他們在壓力下激發(fā)更好的表現(xiàn)。

They had to drive racing cars on a dirt track, hold their breath under water as long as possible, and even crawl through a tunnel filled with snakes. At the end of the “fear training”, the athletes measured their heart rate, blood pressure, and mental comfort.
他們要在一條很臟的賽道上開賽車，在水下盡可能長時(shí)間憋氣，甚至要爬過滿是蛇的地道?！翱謶钟?xùn)練”結(jié)束后，隊(duì)員測了心率、血壓和精神舒適度。

Guess what happened?
猜猜結(jié)果怎樣？

They were able to move faster, they were able to think faster, and they were able to act faster. Most importantly, their brain and body adapted under pressure. What was first a mentally exhausting and stressful activity, became something that they could do with ease and much more quickly.
他們移動(dòng)速度更快，思維更敏捷，反應(yīng)也更迅速。最重要的是，他們的大腦和身體適應(yīng)了壓力下的狀態(tài)，原本是耗費(fèi)腦力和施加壓力的活動(dòng)，反倒讓他們能輕松應(yīng)對，并且完成速度更快。

So what can you take away from this little experiment?
那么你從這個(gè)小實(shí)驗(yàn)中了解到了什么？

Do the things that scare you the most… and you will become sharper, smarter, and faster than ever.
做你最害怕的事，你就能比以往思維更敏捷、更聰明、反應(yīng)更快。

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（翻譯：菲菲）