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By on October 10th, 2011

Three Easy Steps to Boost Your IQ

boost your IQDr. Glenn Wilson, a psychiatrist at King’s College London University, found the IQ of those trying to respond to messages and fulfill work obligations fell by 10 points. That IQ drop is equivalent to losing a night’s sleep or twice the drop seen by those who just smoked marijuana! If you don’t want to appear sleep-deprived or stoned, try these three steps to boost your IQ:

  1. Don’t respond to e-mails immediately.  This will lower expectations of those who you communicate with regularly. If you typically respond in minutes then you are training all those around you that you will respond quickly to all e-mails.
  2. Break your day into chunks of time and only respond to e-mail during certain periods.  Your brain needs a hiatus from disruptions in order to do deep thinking.
  3. Purchase a “Please Do Not Disturb” sign for everyone in your organization, so they can do uninterrupted work, too.  Bear in mind that it can take as much as 15 minutes to comeback to focus after being interrupted.

If you want to appear as smart as you really are, restrict your messaging and interruptions. Add ten point back to your IQ.

About the Author

Gary Cohen is a highly-skilled Executive Coach, Leadership Author, Trainer, and International Keynote Speaker. His clients range from entrepreneurial CEOs of the nation’s fastest-growing companies to executives of global 100 companies. He differentiates himself from traditional (psycho/therapeutic) executive coaches by bringing a vast amount of business experience as a former Founder / President of one the Nation’s Fastest growing companies. He is the author of Just Ask Leadership: Why Great Managers Always Ask the Right Questions (McGraw Hill). Gary B. Cohen Full Bio

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  • Deb Kramarich

    Interesting information, by taking time to work on important tasks you keep you focus. Breaking the day into chunks of time sounds reasonable and I’ve used the “do not disturb” in a previous position so my department was able to check emails and communications first thing in the morning for the requests and questions that were presented the day before.

    • http://co2partners.com/blog Gary B Cohen

      It does make perfect sense and when you begin to adjust you do start to feel more clear.

    • http://co2partners.com/blog Gary B Cohen

      It does make perfect sense and when you begin to adjust you do start to feel more clear.

    • http://co2partners.com/blog Gary B Cohen

      It does make perfect sense and when you begin to adjust you do start to feel more clear.

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