It seems that when it comes to boosting your brain-power everyone has an angle - and it can be difficult to work out which direction or which approach you should take. Here is a list of assorted tools and techniques, stripped of their packaging, for you to trial. Pick and choose what works well for you, and keep this list handy for regular referencing. Trial a new technique each week and in three months you will have twelve extra or improved competencies. Or, put the opportunity off and in .