Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes

by Maria Konnikova

declarative, or explicit memory, and procedural, or implicit memory. Think of the first as a kind of encyclopedia of knowledge about events (episodic memory) or facts (semantic memory) or other things that you can recall explicitly.

1. Know Yourself—And Your Environment

2. Observe—Carefully and Thoughtfully

3. Imagine—Remembering to Claim the Space You May Not Think You Need

4. Deduce—Only from What You’ve Observed, and Nothing More

5. Learn—From Your Failures Just as You Do from Your Successes