JANE AUSTEN

• Ask yourself: “Is there any additional evidence or possible interpretations of existing evidence that I should be considering?”
• Avoid forming a hypothesis too early on, before you’ve had a chance to look at all the available information.

The attraction of novelty was identified early on by Wilhelm Wundt who came up with the Wundt curve.

The sweet spot is...

• Read with a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words and try to use them to fix them in memory. 
• Study the origins of words, which are often interesting histories rather than dull facts. 
• Avoid cliches and worn-out phrases, instead using precise language. Refer to a thesaurus o...