But when we observe, we are forced to pay attention. We have to move from passive absorption to active awareness. We have to engage.

- Maria Konnikova

Looking at scenes of nature, for even a short while, can help us become more insightful, more creative, and more productive.

- Maria Konnikova

the most powerful mind is the quiet mind. It is the mind that is present, reflective, mindful of its thoughts and its state. It doesn't often multita…

- Maria Konnikova

Imagination is all about new possibilities, eventualities that don't exist, counterfactuals, a recombination of elements in new ways. It is about the…

- Maria Konnikova

All too often, when it comes to our own minds, we are surprisingly mindless. We sail on, blithely unaware of how much we are missing, of how little w…

- Maria Konnikova

How many thoughts float in and out of your head without your stopping to identify them? How many ideas and insights have escaped because you forgot t…

- Maria Konnikova

Holmes serves as an ideal model of how we can learn to see and think better.

- Maria Konnikova

As children, we are remarkably aware. We absorb and process information at a speed that we'll never again come close to achieving... we are learning …

- Maria Konnikova

When we are forced to do multiple things at once, not only do we perform worse on all of them but our memory decreases and our general well-being suf…

- Maria Konnikova