Exercises for the brain

Think about any topic and write down 10 (100) ideas about it
Difficulty: 6 out of 10

Time: 60 minutes

Do not limit yourself to topics. For example:

Ideally, you should come up with exactly 100 ways, as this will allow you to go beyond the usual thinking and significantly strain your brain. You can go to the past or the future, be a carpenter or a scout, a man or a woman.

Take a famous game and change the rules in it
Difficulty: 6 out of 10

Time: 30 minutes

Think about what any game known to you can turn into if it changes the rules, essence or purpose. For example:

Replace the queen by the king in chess and play with two.
Extend the football match to 180 minutes instead of 90.
In basketball, only those who are not more than 150 cm are allowed to play.
Punish those who in the game "Mafia" killed a civilian.
Exercise develops creative thinking, the ability to think and plan a strategy in new circumstances, a sense of humor, allows you not to focus on old rules and break them.

Five Questions
Difficulty: 8 out of 10

Time: 45 minutes

Approach with a person close to you that ask him 5 questions. Think of only one in advance. Listen to the answer and, relying on it, ask the following question.

Repeat this exercise with 5 different people. Thus, you will learn how to ask questions and listen to answers to them.

I noticed for a long time that when communicating with people I often pretend that I'm listening, but I just wait for the interviewee to finish his speech. This approach breaks down the dialogue and does not allow to establish contact with the person. Therefore, putting yourself in a certain frame during a conversation is an excellent strategy that allows you to treat the interlocutor's words consciously and really listen to him. This exercise should be your skill for life, and not just fun entertainment.

Name 100 words by letter ...
Difficulty: 7 out of 10

Time: 60 minutes

We are used to thinking that we have sufficient vocabulary and are proud of it. This exercise puts it in doubt. The fact that you know, for example, 50 thousand words, does not matter if you actually use a couple of thousand.

Start with light letters (a, p, c, d), because the game can seriously disappoint its complexity. You can only call nouns. In addition, the "forest" and "forester" are considered one word, so you will have to strain.

As a rule, people first call those objects that are used every day. Then they "go" outside the apartment to the open world and are searched there. After a while, they begin to think about abstract concepts. In a word, this is an excellent game for the brain, besides it does not require any objects (even a sheet of paper and pen).