how to be smarter

the first step is to recognise and own your wish to be smarter. Smart people are people who are successful in some social context. The big idea here is 'context'. We do not have an example of "non contextual" successes. Therefore we must accept the reality of context and put everything in context. (And trust me. We all want to be seen succeeding.) Practically, this means choosing a context in which you wish to be successful and working towards it is the same thing as being intelligent. This also means everyone is intelligent about the things they do the most by default. People do a lot of things, like "being themselves" and and silly stuffs like that. And if you really want to know a man then watch what he does with his days. So do with your days that which you wish to be smart in, and you will be smarter... *context aware or not*