“Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own.”
BRUCE LEE
166
606 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
Spending a large amount of time with someone literally causes you to pick up their habits. Choose your friends wisely.
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about problemsolving with this collection
How to make rational decisions
The role of biases in decision-making
The impact of social norms on decision-making
Related collections
Similar ideas
Faster Isn't Better
Measuring the speed of learning in a timed test gives out the wrong impression that speed equals competency, and is generally useless.
Engaging with the material in flexible ways with plenty of time to absorb and study is the best way to long-term learning.
Satisfaction = What you have ÷ What you want
Don’t count what you own (in terms of money, power, status, or romantic partners) and try to figure out how to increase them; make an inventory of the attachments that you need to discard instead. Then, make a plan to act on...
All fears are not created equal
Some are useful, and some are useless fears that you can't or shouldn't do anything about.
They sap your strength for no reason, and you should put those fears in their place. Worrying about a comet striking Earth falls in this category.
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates