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Book cover for Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
according to a growing body of evidence, the decline in the rate of language learning around age 18 is not a feature of our biology. It’s a bug in our education. Polyglots prove that it’s possible to master new languages well into ...more
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Brandon Sanderson
“Those who offer blanket condemnation are fools”
Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth

Brandon Sanderson
“it’s good to ask the questions long before you need the answers.”
Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth

Brandon Sanderson
“What did you do when there was a guard watching for you? You became the guard.”
Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth

Adam M. Grant
“You don’t have to wait until you’ve acquired an entire library of knowledge to start to communicate. Your mental library expands as you communicate. When I asked Sara Maria what it takes to begin, she said she no longer waits to talk until she has a basic level of proficiency. She starts talking on the first day, discomfort be damned. “I’m always trying to convince people to start speaking,” she tells me. “Just memorize a few sentences—a short monologue introducing yourself and explaining why you’re learning the language.”
Adam M. Grant, Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

Brandon Sanderson
“It was the eternal irony of the capable rhetorician: train to find holes in any philosophy”
Brandon Sanderson, Wind and Truth

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