Some practical techniques for improving mathe-logical, sequential and analytical skills (they need to be practiced continuously for a long time to get results)

• Analyse and solve a technical problem. Ask for instructions and write them down systematically.
• Read and try to understand a budget/ financial report.
• Calculate a monthly salary, how much it means per minute/second.
• Learn a new computer program (not game).
• Define your goals for next year, next decade and for your entire life.
• Prepare a ‘Time log’ on daily basis and monitor how much you are implementing it.
• Organize your filing system, desk, cupboard.
• Be on time for appointments, calculate time for travel, each task, etc.
• Write detailed job description of small and simple tasks of everyday life.
• Use logic, explore probabilities, analyze data in decision-making.
• Find out how a machine (frequently used) works.
• Review rationally a recent impulsive decision that you took (e.g. you just turned from your regular route and went to a friend’s house).
• Play logic or number games, practise Sudoku, mind puzzles in magazines or books.
• Assemble a model kit by following instructions.
• Prepare personal budget for everyday expenses. Do cash handling.
• Prepare personal property list of all the things you own, classify them category wise.
• Write down expiry dates of driving licence, insurance, due dates for bills etc., and calculate number of days left.
• Find out meanings of some new terms, words, whenever you come across them.
• Vigorous jogging, preferably early morning.
• Give and take directions to go to a new place with step-by-step instructions, and see how accurate it was.
• Do forecasting of how a proposed cricket match, stock market, or election result will go, write down your logical steps for your prediction, and match with actual results.
• Make a habit of writing neatly, fitting correctly into place, and highlighting/underlining important points.