Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done

It is fine to take a break from an effortful task every once in a while but your learning experience will be diminished without sustained effort.

If I have seen farther,” he said, “it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.

that the best way to learn something is to teach it to someone else.

When you are engaged in deep causal learning or putting in effort to redescribe a difficult problem, then multitasking can only hurt your chances of success.

When you’ve completed the book or article or at the end of a meeting, write down the three (or so) main points.

it is important that people treat any gaps they identify in their knowledge as invitations to learn more.