Quotes from 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.”
― Art Markman, quote from Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done

“If I have seen farther,” he said, “it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”
― Art Markman, quote from Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done

“that the best way to learn something is to teach it to someone else.”
― Art Markman, quote from Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done

“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.”
― Art Markman, quote from Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done

“When you’ve completed the book or article or at the end of a meeting, write down the three (or so) main points.”
― Art Markman, quote from Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done

“it is important that people treat any gaps they identify in their knowledge as invitations to learn more.”
― Art Markman, quote from Smart Thinking: Three Essential Keys to Solve Problems, Innovate, and Get Things Done

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