A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

by Barbara Oakley

The harder you push your brain to come up with something creative, the less creative your ideas will be.

Edison himself is said to have noted “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

A good rule of thumb, when you are first learning new concepts, is not to let things go untouched for longer than a day.

“What would you do if you weren’t afraid?”

Chunks are pieces of information that are bound together through meaning.

Focus on the process (the way you spend your time) instead of the product (what you want to accomplish).

Multitasking means that you are not able to make full, rich connections in your thinking, because the part of your brain that helps make connections is constantly being pulled away before neural connections can be firmed up.

Check out this quote.

“Eat your frogs first thing in the morning.”