[theaussiestew]

While the research does point to general intelligence being largely fixed I find this to not be true in my own personal experience. I find that this kind of fixed belief, plus other beliefs like “I’m not good at this, or I’m not good at that” actually drag down performance. Of course, if we’re 4“11’ then we’ll never play in the NBA, but I mean beliefs like “I’m not good at math” or “My IQ is only so and so, therefore my intellectual ceiling is this”. I truly believe that we can increase our intelligence by 1 to 2 sigma (15-30 IQ points) if we make an effort to train not only our physical heath, but also emotional health, mental health and finally spiritual health. For me, it was realising that so much of my brain power was tied up in unresolved moments of the past, poor diet and exercise. With those out of the way, as well as some meditative exercises, I feel so much clearer than I was in the past.