What are some ways that I can increase my intelligence?

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Ask better questions

The best question you can ask is "How do you know that?"

People are very quick to give advice or impart knowledge and most of the time (99% at least), it's great, steaming, flies-buzzing-round-it bullshine.

You wouldn't believe the amount of advice I've had about running a business from people who have never done it and never intend to do it. So how would they know?

What I've just told you is question authority. Just because someone is a parent, teacher, boss, manager, cop or judge doesn't automatically make them right.

Seek better advice

If you want to climb Mount Everest, don't ask me, I wouldn't know how. Ask Brian Blessed or another climber who could tell you something worth hearing. All I can tell you is that it can be done because people have done it.

Don't be afraid to ask

People are afraid of looking stupid. Why would not knowing something mean that you're stupid? It merely means that you're uninformed. As the world grows more complex and information-driven, it becomes impossible to be informed about everything. So does that mean people are becoming more stupid?

If in doubt, find it out

Learning is the price we pay to stay alive

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