How a Brain Injury Made Me Smarter…And How You Can Get Smarter Without One

Ann Zuccardy
4 min readJun 11, 2021
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Are you smart? Of course you are! You are reading and writing on Medium. You are reading other people’s articles because you’re curious and you are hungry for knowledge.

What Makes You Smart?

I used to believe the best measures of my intelligence were external: grades on a report card, scores on…

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Ann Zuccardy

30-year paid writing veteran. 2x TEDx talker, adjunct professor, keynote speaker. TBI survivor & advocate. Loves neuroplasticity & cupcakes.