My "Personal Development Strategy"

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<p>I’ve devised a personal development strategy to foster healthy eating to increase my cognitive performance, raise my the non-hereditary aspect of my IQ, ultimately increase my academic performance:</p>

<p>Brain Training
Diet
Breakfast: Glass of water immediately after waking up, Omlette (beef, tomato, pepper, onion, cheese)
Glass of Mango Tango or Odwalla Superfood (Vitamin C dense juice)
Snack: Granola/Protein Bar and/or Fruit, Bottled Water
Lunch: Protein Dense Dish (Non-Fried Chicken or Fish)
No Breads or Pasta (i.e. Pizza, Biscuits)
No Caffeinated Beverages (Drink only Water)
Select Quantity of Dark Chocolate
Snack: Granola/Protein Bar and/or Fruit, Bottled Water
Dinner: [Avoid Caffeinated Beverages and/or Sweets after 6PM]</p>

<p>Cognitive Performance Self-Examination
“Secrets to Mental Math”
1. Complete book in its entirety</p>

<p>“Training Your Brain”
1. Memory: 62, 64-65, 73, 74, 78
2. IQ: 82-83, 90, 92-101, 102 (one day after completing previous exercises)
3. Numerical: 129, 132-137, 141-146
4. Logic: 161, 163, 165-167
5. Visual: 177-180, 196-205
6. Creativity: 223-226
7. Thinking Aloud: 232-234, 245-250</p>

<p>Daily Brain Training Ritual - (after Self-Examination is complete)
1. Breakfast
2. Reading daily publication (WSJ and/or NYT)
3. Complete 2 chapters of vocabulary from vocabulary book
4. Complete a logic/reasoning puzzle from logic games book
5. Train Ride to School (listening to classical music while reading enriching material)
6. 30-45 Minute Gym Workout (listening to tempo appropriate classical music: Ravel, Vivaldi)
7. Protein Rich Shake/Drink (Odwalla SuperProtein)
8. [Lecture, Coursework…]
9. Snack
10. [Lecture, Coursework…]
11. Lunch
12. [Lecture, Coursework…]
13. Snack
14. [Lecture, Coursework…]
15. Dinner
16. [No homework after 8PM, In bed by 10PM (8 Hour Minimum of Sleep)]</p>

<p>Exams
1. Eat select amount of dark chocolate at least 30 minutes before an examination.
2. Listen to Mozart at least 30 minutes before examination.</p>

<p>Take Supplements (Post Exercise)
1. Krill Oil (48X better than fish oil?)
2. Ginkgo Biloba (Ginkoba, Ginkgold)
3. B Vitamins (Folate, B12)</p>

<p>Other Suggestions for Raising Cognitive Peformance
1. Learn a New Musical Instrument, Pick up on last one: (Piano and Saxophone respectively)
2. New Languages: Spanish (DCCCD), French, Italian, German</p>

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<p>Is there a reason you are doing all of this?</p>

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<p>Yes, to “increase my cognitive performance, raise my the non-hereditary aspect of my IQ, ultimately increase my academic performance.”</p>

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<p>Well, I realize that. I meant is there a reason you need to “increase cognitive performance”. Are you doing poorly in school?</p>

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<p>Mozart is so clich</p>

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<p>I think any music that would relax and put you in your comfort zone would do equally well. Thanks for these tips nonetheless.</p>

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<p>Actually, I’m doing quite well. I’m currently one class shy of being a straight-A student.</p>

<p>I just think that most kids my age and even younger are not utilizing their brain’s full potential because of compromises in regular sleep, a superior diet, excercise, and execution of daily brain exercises.</p>

<p>I want to be above my classmates in cognitive performance, raising my academic performance.</p>

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<p>Haha all this is very admirable, but how much time are you spending on establishing meaningful relationships and building character? If you’re spending as much time doing those two things as you are on improving your academic performance and health, I congratulate you and wish you all the best. If not… it would be a shame for you to turn into a lean, muscular, intelligent, immoral, forlorn, desolate, 120 year old hermit, wouldn’t it? :)</p>