Sometimes first impressions can be just that - impressions - and not necessarily an accurate picture of how people truly are. If you want to give an impression that you are bright and intelligent, here are a few ways - aside from wearing glasses - that you can trick people into believing you are smarter than you actually are. And who knows, maybe some of the methods will actually make you smarter or at least help you become a more interesting person.
Read a Quality Newspaper in Public and in Private
When you read newspapers like The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, you are reading material that is written at a higher educational level than your typical local newspaper. Not only will your brain be stimulated with words outside the mainstream, but the articles may give you topics to discuss with others at work or school or at your next cocktail party.
Work the Crossword Puzzle in the Sunday New York Times
This is not a puzzle for lightweights and pretty much everyone knows it. But puzzles are like games and every game has a few tricks that after awhile you'll learn and improve. While you're hanging out at coffee shops or between classes or on a break at work, keep plugging away at the Times crossword and people will assume you are an intellectual.
Read Good Books
When you're looking for some leisure reading, skip the beach fiction and go right to the quality literature section of the book racks or library. You can peruse the Sunday Times magazine section for book reviews and see what is and what is not worth your time.
Play Chess
Chess is a game of strategy. It's a thinking game. Most people assume that if you play chess, you're a thinking person.
Dress Smart and Keep Clean
If you dress like a high school dropout, that's what people will assume. If you dress like an attorney, people will think differently about you. Your clothes tell people more about you than you could possibly tell them yourself. If you care about yourself, it will show through in how you dress. If you are clean-shaven, with neat hair and conservative makeup, people will treat you differently and assume you are more educated and intelligent than someone covered with tattoos and multiple piercings.
Don't Talk About the TV Shows You Watch
Whether you watch 30 minutes of television each night or three hours, if you want people to think you're smarter than you actually are, don't bring up TV in conversations with others. But then, don't be smug about it either. There's nothing more annoying than someone proclaiming they don't watch TV.
Keep a Journal
Nothing looks more intelligent than seeing someone writing in a journal. Make sure you are sitting in a public setting so that people will see you writing your thoughts. They will immediately think that you are not only intelligent but that you actually have some important thoughts developing in your brain.
Remember, being smart and appearing smart are two different things. You can only fake being smart for so long, however, so unless you want to be accused of being a fraud you may as well be happy being yourself. Besides, if you start appearing to be really smart and then you start attracting smart people who want to hang out with you, you may find that you're stuck with friends who don't watch TV, who play chess and would rather read a great novel than join you bar hopping on a Saturday night.
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7种让你变聪明的方法
第一印象有的时候并不是那么重要，它并不能准确的反映对方到底是什么样的人。下面是一些方法教给你如何给人留下你是个聪明人的印象。除了戴眼镜，他会让别人觉得你比实际上要聪明。但是谁知道呢，也许有些方法会让你变聪明或至少可以让你变成一个有意思的人。
在公共或私人场合看高质量的报纸
当你看《纽约时报》或《华尔街日报》这种由受过高等教育的人编辑的报纸时。它不仅会刺激你的大脑，给大脑以冲击，还可以给你提供一些谈资。
在周日的《纽约时报》做填字游戏
大家都知道这种游戏并不是给低智商的人准备的。填字游戏和其他的游戏一样是有窍门的，在玩过一段时间以后你就会学到。当你在休息时间出去到咖啡馆聊天的时候，坚持在那样的地方玩这种游戏，人们会认为你是个聪明人。
读好书
如你想找些东西读来消磨时间，不要读无聊的小说，去图书馆找一些文学方面的书来读。你可以看《Sunday Times 》杂志评论，了解什么是应该读的什么是浪费时间。
下棋
象棋是一种将策略的游戏。他很费脑。大多数的人都认为爱玩象棋的人是很有心计的。
着装得体整洁
如果你打扮的像是个高中的退学生，别人会怎么看你。如果你穿的像是个律师，人们会觉得你很不同一般。你的穿着告诉被人更多的你的信息。如果你在乎自己的话，就可以从你的穿着中展示出来。如果你胡子刮得很干净，头发整齐，适中的化妆，大家会觉的你是受过高等教育的人，他们对你的态度会和对那些满身纹身和打孔的人不一样的。
不要谈论你看的电视节目
不论你是一天看30分钟还是3小时的电视，如果你想然人们认为你是个聪明人的话就不要和他人谈论电视节目。但是也不要强调你不看电视，因为这样做更令人讨厌。
写日志
没有什么比一个爱写日志的人更聪明的了。你坐在公共场合写一些你想法。别人会认你不仅是个聪明人而且你还有一些想法在你的大脑中酝酿。
记住，聪明和被看上去聪明是俩种截然不同的事情。有可以一直装聪明，但除非你想被人指出你是个骗子而不是做真实的自己。还有，如果你表现出你是个聪明人，你会招来一些真正的聪明人和你一起出去，你就会发现他们并不看电视，他们下棋，他们读小说而不是在周六晚上到酒吧去。