The simple answer to this question is “Train harder.” The more you’ll train your brain the stronger it would become. Training is the toughest job in the world.

If you could bear it, then you can achieve anything. Training gives you physical pain however, it’s important for the growth and development of the body.

But, why am I telling you about the training as the title says, “What are the best ways to make your brain stronger?” It’s because you need to train your brain in order to make it stronger.

However, I have discussed very common things that most people ignore. Let’s check them out.

Don’t allow a single negative thought to ruin your whole day

Your thoughts have great impact on life the way you think, you become. I have seen many people who ruin their whole day before a single negative thought. It is similar to overthinking but more harmful than it is.

A negative thought not just freezes your brain, but also it targets the whole body, as a result, you feel tired and weak.

I think most of you might have experienced this feeling. Finding happiness while being lost in negative thought is just like finding a needle in grass i.e. you can’t ever find it.

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Recommended book:

How Happiness Happens: Finding Lasting Joy in a World of Comparison, Disappointment, and Unmet Expectations

Thus, stop being into negative thoughts and get up and do the work that makes you happy, the more happy you’ll feel the more your brain will become stronger and sharp.

Your negative thoughts can’t change your past, but, for sure positive thought can change your future.

Recommended book: Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts

Stop giving attention to nonsense people

You have no business with non-sense people. Stay away from them. They’re meant to eat your precious time for sure. Such people don’t have any work they search for some prey to keep themselves busy in talking and wasting their time.

However, why do they do it? It makes them happy. However, you shouldn’t care for their happiness because they add no value to your life. It’s better to stay away from them.

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Such people can be found around you in any form. But how to find them? The following points will help you with this:

Non-sense people are talkative and mostly share useless things. They laugh at their own jokes, which may seem terrible to you. They try to distract you from the path. You may feel uncomfortable when such people are around you. And more.

If you find these signs in a person just leave them as soon as possible. It’s better to be alone than negative and nonsense people.

Recommended book: Making Sense of People: The Science of Personality Differences

Focus on self-development and read books daily

The time you’ll invest in yourself will pay off. Your focus should be self-improvement. There are many self-help books you can read and enhance your knowledge.

Reading a book is a mental exercise that helps your brain to develop and become stronger. Each time when you learn new things, your brain creates new neurons.

Neuron helps us to think and take a decision in a better way. It enhances you learn capacity. More neurons mean more control over your body.

Neurons are the ways through which your brain transmits electrical impulses, that help in various activities such as movement, thinking, learning, etc.

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How can you improve yourself?

Read books daily. Do the work that makes you happy. Practice for the work that seems harder for you. Shoo away your fear using your brainpower. Don’t talk about people, instead talk about future and ideas. Surround yourself with positive and goal-oriented people.

These were some powerful tactics, which can help you to improve. However, the best way to improve yourself is to go in a silent place and practice, practice and practice.

Recommended book: Best Self: Be You, Only Better

Imagine that you’re already mentally strong

Imagination is a powerful thing. What you think you become. You can use your imagination to be mentally strong.

What you have to do?

Just before, you sleep. Think or imagine everything that makes you mentally strong. For example, imagine that someone asks you and you replied in no time.

The results won’t be visible earlier however if you’ll continue to do it, you’ll get the result soon. One thing you should remember that never stop imagination even of you has achieved what you ever wanted.

Imagination has so much fun and it costs nothing. Moreover, anyone can imagine, and change their lives.

Recommended book: Mentally Strong: Against all Odds We Choose

Don’t overuse your Smartphone

Smartphones are a modern gadget that makes our work easy. However, with this awesome quality, it has a great drawback, which people often ignore. According to me, ignoring such a problem may lead to worse situations.

What problems do smartphones create? Radiation is the main problem. It is remitted from your devices, which is very harmful. Overusing your smartphone might cause serious problems.

What can you do to be safe from radiation?

Don’t carry your Smartphone in your shirt’s pocket. Never put your phone near the head while you sleep. Don’t talk for longer time over the phone.

Radiation is not the only danger of a Smartphone. Smartphone remits blue light that lays impacts on your eyes. When your eyes were exposed to blue light for a longer time then your brain, tend to feel tired and wanted to sleep.

You can read more about blue light here -> Effect of blue light technology

Recommended book: The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books)

Drink water as much as you can

Keep your brain away from dehydration. Drink as much as water you can. Your brain is 70% water.

People who drink 6 to 8 liters of water every day tend to be more intelligent. Drink chill water and see how it feels.

I think it feels incredible. If you work in the office, do carry a water bottle with you.

Water has all the minerals that are required by our body. Moreover, water helps in the filtration of waste material and from our body.

In fact, water is our life, no living thing can survive without water.

Conclusion

I think I have covered almost every point that I think could help everybody to become mentally strong. For your convenient let’s have look in brief what we have learned in this post.

You shouldn’t allow negative people and thoughts to enter your life. Never pay attention to non-sense people as they eat your precious time. You should focus on yourself and read books daily.

Moreover, you should avoid overuse of smartphones as it emits radiation, which is harmful to the brain and in the end drink as much as water you can to keep your mind in a healthy state.

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