{"product_id":"mindhacker-isbn-9781118007525","title":"Mindhacker","description":"\u003cb\u003eCompelling tips and tricks to improve your mental skills\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDon't you wish you were just a little smarter? Ron and Marty Hale-Evans can help with a vast array of witty, practical techniques that tune your brain to peak performance. Founded in current research, Mindhacker features 60 tips, tricks, and games to develop your mental potential. This accessible compilation helps improve memory, accelerate learning, manage time, spark creativity, hone math and logic skills, communicate better, think more clearly, and keep your mind strong and flexible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Memory 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 1: Remember to Remember 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 2: Build a Memory Dungeon 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 3: Mix Up Your Facts 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 4: Space Your Repetitions 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 5: Recall Long-Ago Events 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Learning 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 6: Establish Your Canon 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 7: Write in Your Books 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 8: Read at Speed 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 9: Learn by Teaching 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 10: Play the Learning Game 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 11: Pretend You’re a Grad Student 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 12: Study Kid Stuff 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Information Processing 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 13: Polyspecialize 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 14: Integrate Your Interests 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 15: Sift Your Ideas 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 16: Ask the Hive Mind 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 17: Write Magnificent Notes 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Time Management 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 18: Keep a Mental Datebook 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 19: Tell Time Who’s Boss 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 20: Meet MET 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 21: Get Control of Yourself 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 22: Locate Lost Items 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 23: Huffman-Code Your Life 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 24: Knock Off Work 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Creativity and Productivity 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 25: Manifest Yourself 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 26: Woo the Muse of the Odd 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 27: Seek Bad Examples 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 28: Turn a Job into a Game 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 29: Scrumble for Glory 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 30: Salvage a Vintage Hack 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 31: Mine the Future 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 32: Dare to Do No Permanent Damage 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 33: Make Happy Mistakes 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 34: Don’t Know What You’re Doing 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 35: Ratchet 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Math and Logic 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 36: Roll the Mental Dice 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 37: Abduct Your Conclusions 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 38: Think Clearly about Simple Errors 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 39: Notate Personally 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 40: Notate Wisely 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 41: Engineer Your Results 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 42: Enter the Third Dimension 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 43: Enter the Fourth Dimension 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Communication 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 44: Spell It Out 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 45: Read Lips 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 46: Emote Precisely 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 47: Streamline Your Shorthand 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 48: Communicate Multimodally 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 49: Mediate Your Environment 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Mental Fitness 299\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 50: Acquire a Taste 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 51: Try Something New Daily 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 52: Metabehave Yourself 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 53: Train Your Fluid Intelligence 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 54: Think, Try, Learn 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 55: Take the One-Question IQ Test 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 Clarity 335\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 56: Cultivate Beginner’s Mind 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 57: Take a Semantic Pause 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 58: Retreat and Reboot 350\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 59: Get Used to Losing 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHack 60: Trust Your Intelligence (and Everyone Else’s) 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A The Unboxed Games Manifesto 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B 3D Visualization 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 373\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRon Hale-Evans\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, game designer, and the creator of the Mentat Wiki, a collaborative environment for exploring ways to become a better thinker. He has done technical writing for the Free Software Foundation, the Linux Foundation, and Microsoft.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarty Hale-Evans\u003c\/b\u003e is a technical editor who has worked for Microsoft, Boeing, and the University of Chicago Press. An award-winning game designer, she currently chairs a local literary science fiction convention and pursues various creative endeavors.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eHack your mental OS and make your brain work better than ever\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThey say the mind is a computer, right? Boost its performance with this collection of mind-blowing ideas to improve your memory, creativity, logic skills, communication, and more. Put these tips to work, and you'll find your mind processes information more efficiently than you ever thought possible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBe more creative and productive by\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003ewooing the muse of the odd\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003emaking happy mistakes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003emining the future\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eManage your time with\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003ea mental datebook\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eMET (Mission Elapsed Time)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003ea different type of clock\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaster math and logic with\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eyour own personal notations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe use of abduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003ea trip to the fourth dimension\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImprove your memory by\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003ebuilding a memory dungeon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003emixing up your facts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003espacing your repetitions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnhance your learning ability when you\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eidentify your personal sacred books\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003elearn by teaching\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003estudy kid stuff\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e...and 45 more!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisit www.wiley.com\/go\/mindhacker for code, various programs, and a few surprises\u003c\/p\u003e  \"What I enjoyed most was that the book generally managed to avoid the overblown language and hype of most \"hack\" books and instead focused on practical applications and realistic assessments of how effective a particular strategy might be. Even without the hype, I found the book motivating and it encouraged me to explore subjects that were new to me and consider ideas for self-education, self-improvement, and creativity.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMichael Corayer\u003c\/b\u003e, MichaelCorayer.com  \u003cp\u003e\"Many of the hacks here take advantage of the fact that the way you see your mind and your world are often radically related, if not often the same thing. What I mean is that a lot of these are not just mental exercises, but tricks for productivity, ways to communicate better, hacks for breaking bad habits, tips for time management, and creative ways to be more creative. It's not just about the hacks though. \u003ci\u003eMindhacker\u003c\/i\u003e is also stocked with other (re)sources: Relevant URLs, books, and articles are listed on every page, along with the stories of the hacks' origins, and the book's website has even more, including pieces of code as well as complete programs.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRoy Christopher\u003c\/b\u003e, RoyChristopher.com\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The examples mentioned are just a couple that I found immediately useful, but this book seems like one I will return to again and again. Areas that may not seem as pressing to me today may well become very important to me tomorrow, and \u003ci\u003eMindhacker\u003c\/i\u003e may be my best hope yet in fighting off senility.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eGreg Barbrick\u003c\/b\u003e, BlogCritics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"There's a real embarrassment of riches in this book, all of which are well-researched and scientifically rigorous, which reflects Ron’s psychology background. This is a book that seems tailor-made for browsing. \"Mindhacker\" is extensively cross-referenced. When you pick this book up, you'll find yourself zooming around the pages, bouncing from hack to hack to hack. I was already a fan of the previous book, \"Mind Performance Hacks,\" and this is certainly a worthy sequel, in spirit if not in fact. It will definitely become part of my personal canon, and if you're really serious about stretching your mind, it should be part of yours, too.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eDavid Delony\u003c\/b\u003e, Walyou.com\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMindhacker\u003c\/i\u003e really is a good match to Grey Matters readers, as it is all about improving your mind, and having fun while doing so. It's approachable, educational, fun, and neither intimidating nor condescending in tone. I highly recommend \u003ci\u003eMindhacker\u003c\/i\u003e. 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