In a prison cell, Malcolm X copied a dictionary by hand to teach himself the words he lacked. This Chinese proverb says a teacher...
Nobody can hand you an education. Maria Popova says you have to claim it, and here's what that looks like in practice...
Daniel Coyle argues that effective practice isn’t measured by the amount of time you spend, but by how deliberately you work at the...
In the late 1940s, Richard Feynman was so burned out on physics that he decided to only study it for fun from then on. Weeks later...
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “All life is an experiment” encourages action over overplanning. Trying more things, accepting failure, and...
Einstein's line about having no special talent, just curiosity, is really about a habit anyone can build. He went from a rejected...
Morgan Housel’s quote contrasts curiosity with the impulse to defend existing beliefs. Charles Darwin recorded evidence against his...
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 a lifetime of not...