“You may want your learning to progress more quickly—to somehow command your diffuse mode to assimilate new ideas faster. But compare it to exercise. Constantly lifting weights won’t make your muscles any bigger— your muscles need time to rest and… — Barbara Oakley Copy Share Image
“The harder you push your brain to come up with something creative, the less creative your ideas will be. So far, I have not… — Barbara Oakley Copy Share Image
Welcome to the psychiatric hotline: if you are obsessive compulsive press one repeatedly. If you are schizophrenic listen closely and a little voice will… — Barbara Oakley Copy Share Image
“Habit is an energy saver for us. It allows us to free our mind for other types of activities.” — Barbara Oakley Copy Share Image
Psychopaths know intellectually what is immoral they just don't have a feeling of immorality about it. — Barbara Oakley Copy Share Image
“Interleaving means practice by doing a mixture of different kinds of problems requiring different strategies.” — Barbara Oakley Copy Share Image
“The key is to do something else until your brain is consciously free of any thought of the problem.” — Barbara Oakley Copy Share Image
“Attempting to recall the material you are trying to learn—retrieval practice—is far more effective than simply rereading the material.” — Barbara Oakley Copy Share Image
“If you are trying to understand or figure out something new, your best bet is to turn off your precision-focused thinking and turn on… — Barbara Oakley Copy Share Image
“whatever you’re learning, see whether you can make a metaphor to help yourself understand the most difficult topic—you’ll be surprised at how much it… — Barbara Oakley Copy Share Image
“Over the past decades, students who have blindly followed their passion, without rational analysis of whether their choice of career truly was wise, have… — Barbara Oakley Copy Share Image
