Education is not about getting knowledge
Nobody can hand you an education. Maria Popova says you have to claim it, and here’s what that looks like…
Nobody can hand you an education. Maria Popova says you have to claim it, and here’s what that looks like…
Daniel Coyle argues that effective practice isn’t measured by the amount of time you spend, but by how deliberately you…
In the late 1940s, Richard Feynman was so burned out on physics that he decided to only study it for…
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “All life is an experiment” encourages action over overplanning. Trying more things, accepting failure, and tracking attempts…
Einstein’s line about having no special talent, just curiosity, is really about a habit anyone can build. He went from…
Morgan Housel’s quote contrasts curiosity with the impulse to defend existing beliefs. Charles Darwin recorded evidence against his theories, while…
Rudyard Kipling’s six honest serving-men, what, why, when, how, where and who, come from his story The Elephant’s Child. Together…
An old Chinese proverb on why asking a question beats staying quiet, every time. 5 minutes of looking silly beats…
Jim Harrison spent a lifetime figuring out how to survive hard times, starting with the year he lost the sight…
A doctor swallowed bacteria to prove a point nobody would believe. Frank Zappa’s line about an open mind means the…