10 “Normal” Habits That Are Proven to Make You Less Intelligent

I can’t believe that people consciously do this stuff.

Chris Wojcik
5 min readJan 20, 2023
Photo by Daniel Ramos on Unsplash

As a writer and martial artist, I spend pretty much all day everyday learning.

These are 2 activities that require constant self-evaluation, exploration, and repetition.

I read books and write articles to test my mind and make it more effective. I study Jiu-Jitsu techniques and test them in the gym to develop my grappling skills. I journal and go to therapy and talk to people to improve my thinking.

Everything I (and many other people) do is designed to make me (and us) smarter. However, if there’s anything I’ve learned about learning over the years, is that learning is just as much about the things you stop doing as it is about the things you do.

Quitting these 10 habits that most people think are “normal” will without a doubt elevate your intelligence to the next level.

Fighting with people on the internet.

The first time I went viral on the internet in early 2021, I experienced an overwhelming amount of hate.

It was terrible, and my ego desperately wanted to fight back against every single person who disagreed with my ideas. I wanted to prove…

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