15 Effective Tips to Appear Smarter Than You Are

Are you smart enough or you want to appear smarter than actually you are? Well, there is no harm in being smart. But people don’t have enough time to put in to further study to achieve this.

Smart people always put a great impact on others by their attitude and intelligence. Smartness can never be defined by any degree or course. Anyone can become smart. Smart people put their best forward and always make a solid impression at a job interview, networking event and in society. Here in competitive society, being smart is very important. Most people just want to appear smart by trying to give a logical answer to a science question or history question.

People who are smart can achieve much more with less efforts than those who just do hard work. It is true that some people born indeed smarter than others because it is all genetics. Don’t worry if you are not one of them.

We are providing you 15 tips and tricks by which you can appear smarter than actually you are. Just follow the tips and become smarter than before.

We know you are very smart but lets know 15 tips to appear smarter than you are.

1. Ask questions

Asking questions is one of the best ways to look smarter. If you are willing to admit in a room of graduates that you are not smart enough. Then don’t think they all would be actually smart. Asking questions always puts a good impact on people around and the one who would answer those questions.

It shows that you are interested and smart enough to think. It also shows self-confident that it does not matter what people will think about you after asking questions. If you have a large audience then everyone would be aware of you. This really sounds good and exciting.

2. Improve your Vocabulary

If you really want to appear smarter then make sure you have good command in vocabulary. If you are not good enough then improve your vocabulary. You must know the correct pronunciation and spelling of words.

You must be familiar with new English words and their meanings. You can do these by subscribing some English vocabulary website that let you know about the new words and its uses.

3. Act like you are curious

Some people are really curious while others are not. No matter whether you are curious or not but apper smarter just by acting like a curious one. This is one of the best ways to appear smarter.

Whenever you are listening to any information, make up and try to note down three-four relevant questions. If you are doing conversation with someone, you can also question to them. These all will only help to learn more and it will help you in your thinking ability that will also encode the concepts in your brain.

4. Use words you know

If you don’t know the pronunciation or meaning of a word that you are not familiar with, don’t use it. As wrong pronunciation will only made you look idiot around the people.

You should stick to words that you are confident about the pronunciation and meaning. If only one word can explain what a whole phrase does, then it actually worth.

5. Try to know the classics

Knowing about the artists, dancers, players, novelists, musicians will put be a great impression of yours. It shows that you have interest in almost every field or you give importance to every aspect of life.

6. General Knowledge

Nothing can be more wonderful if you are full with general knowledge. It is not that much difficult as most of people think. You can improve your general knowledge by reading newspapers, watching news channel.

7. Be Quiet

If you don’t know anything or not familiar with the topic then it is better to keep quiet rather than speaking wrong. Sometimes, it is better to keep quiet or to say less.

8. Obscure knowledge

If you knowledge in very obscure area, it is very unlikely to meet someone else with the same knowledge. This means if you make mistakes then no one will get to know about it.

By this, you are going to appear be the ultra smart.

9. Learn quotes

Quotes will help you bring positivity in your nature. You will only be motivated with the quotes and this would be also making to smarter than before. Learning good quotes is a good practice. You can find many sites on the internet for motivational quotes.

10. Watch movies

Sometimes watching good and fulfilling movies also makes you smarter. It does not mean you will only watch good movies. You must be good enough to know the difference between the good and bad. So you must watch bad movies also. You must be able to justify why these are classified as these which would make you look smarter and intelligent.

11. Make some dumb friends

It is one of the easiest and simplest ways to appear smarter. If you are smarter than your friends then obviously people will notice you rather than your friends. You will become confident and this will make you feel good. So you should always choose your friends wisely.

12. Learn a topic to be debunked

Hot topics are mostly debated among people with a little knowledge. So, just gain the knowledge about any hot topic and learn deeply so that you can appear smarter among the debaters. Learn some experts option about the hot topic so that you may not go wrong.

13. Argue with your opinion

If you have inner voices then raise it and use it as your advantage.  Whenever you hear something that contradicts yourself, raise you voice and take the other point of view. You may open yourself with all the information provided that would strengthen your opinion.

14. You must know when you shut it

Some people often talk too much that make them nothing more than an idiot. You should pay attention on what you are speaking in social or networking situation. Watch other faces expression and in doubt stop talking and also give chance to others.

15. Always go with the flow

You should move with people’s speed neither faster nor slower. You should talk or move as the same speed as others. This shows that you care about others and this also show to appear smarter than you are.