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 suffers a palpable hit.
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
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
Looking at scenes of nature, for even a short while, can help us become more insightful, more creative, and more productive.
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
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…
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
Imagination is all about new possibilities, eventualities that don't exist, counterfactuals, a recombination of elements in new ways. It is about the…
Holmes serves as an ideal model of how we can learn to see and think better. - Maria Konnikova
Holmes serves as an ideal model of how we can learn to see and think better.
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
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 …
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
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…
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
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…
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
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…
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