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> [Talented people can predict with great accuracy what's about to happen just a tiny bit ahead of their competitors. It might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/talented-people-can-predict-with-great-accuracy-what-s-about-to/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

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> [Chunking makes our brains more efficient. The more you can chunk something, the faster and easier you can process it. Wayne Gretzky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/chunking-makes-our-brains-more-efficient-the-more-you-can-chunk/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

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> [Wayne Gretzky's talent doesn't come from studying everything he's experienced in hockey and making long-term game plans. It comes from constantly taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/wayne-gretzky-s-talent-doesn-t-come-from-studying-everything-he-s/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

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## More by Kevin Maney

> [Talented people can predict with great accuracy what's about to happen just a tiny bit ahead of their competitors. It might be two seconds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/talented-people-can-predict-with-great-accuracy-what-s-about-to/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [Our brains are great at knowing what to forget. We actually have to teach computers to do the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/our-brains-are-great-at-knowing-what-to-forget-we-actually-have-to/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [If you spot a market where the only choices are at either one end or the other - high fidelity or high convenience -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/if-you-spot-a-market-where-the-only-choices-are-at-either-one-end-or/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [Chunking makes our brains more efficient. The more you can chunk something, the faster and easier you can process it. Wayne Gretzky had chunked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/chunking-makes-our-brains-more-efficient-the-more-you-can-chunk/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [Some of what we're learning suggests a balance between exposing children to new things, yet giving them a chance to repeatedly experience something they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/some-of-what-we-re-learning-suggests-a-balance-between-exposing/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [Eventually, we need to have computers that work differently from the way they do today and have for the past 60-plus years. We're capturing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/eventually-we-need-to-have-computers-that-work-differently-from-the/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [Our brains seem to have the power to do one or the other - record and remember every detail, or chunk it to higher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/our-brains-seem-to-have-the-power-to-do-one-or-the-other-record-and/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [Chunking is the ability of the brain to learn from data you take in, without having to go back and access or think about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/chunking-is-the-ability-of-the-brain-to-learn-from-data-you-take-in/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [We learn more about how human brains work. And that leads us to ideas about how to make human brains work better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/we-learn-more-about-how-human-brains-work-and-that-leads-us-to-ideas/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [When someone is in a state of flow, that person's brain is not thinking about anything - it's just processing things through chunks at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/when-someone-is-in-a-state-of-flow-that-person-s-brain-is-not/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [Anybody can develop a certain amount of talent at something. However, the supremely talented - the superstars - are people who have married a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/anybody-can-develop-a-certain-amount-of-talent-at-something-however/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [I reluctantly signed up for a journalism major, thinking I needed a fall-back way to make money should my career as a novelist fail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/i-reluctantly-signed-up-for-a-journalism-major-thinking-i-needed-a/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [“...A well-written, well-organized book packages the author's brain. It is the purest, richest, most complete way to take what's inside one person's brain and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/a-well-written-well-organized-book-packages-the-author-s-brain-it-is/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [Artificial intelligence uses a complex set of rules - algorithms - to get to a conclusion. A computer has to calculate its way through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/artificial-intelligence-uses-a-complex-set-of-rules-algorithms-to-get/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

> [If you want to stand out, find a way to be either high fidelity or high convenience in whatever you do. If you're halfway…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/if-you-want-to-stand-out-find-a-way-to-be-either-high-fidelity-or/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

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