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> [I've figured out how to turn what's different about me and limitations - I'm new to this world, I'm a woman, I don't have a math background - and how I use that to my advantage. They're what make me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/i-ve-figured-out-how-to-turn-what-s-different-about-me-and/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

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## More by Maria Konnikova

> [The cognitive skills that underpin resilience, then, seem like they can indeed be learned over time, creating resilience where there was none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/the-cognitive-skills-that-underpin-resilience-then-seem-like-they-can/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

> [If you are lucky enough to never experience any sort of adversity, we won't know how resilient you are. It's only when you're faced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/if-you-are-lucky-enough-to-never-experience-any-sort-of-adversity-we/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

> [We don't appreciate luck in life when things are going well. No matter how smart I am and how I prepare, there are things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/we-don-t-appreciate-luck-in-life-when-things-are-going-well-no-matter/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

> [I'm capable of just putting my butt in a chair and spending nine hours a day studying poker. I took it as a full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/i-m-capable-of-just-putting-my-butt-in-a-chair-and-spending-nine/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

> [Creativity requires novelty. Imagination is all about counterfactuals and untested possibilities that don't yet exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/creativity-requires-novelty-imagination-is-all-about-counterfactuals/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

> [One of the things that women really excel at is reading and reacting to subtle cues. We've always had to do that because men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/one-of-the-things-that-women-really-excel-at-is-reading-and-reacting/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

> [To a child, 'The Little Prince' is the story of a boy who falls from the sky, meets lots of funny people on his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/to-a-child-the-little-prince-is-the-story-of-a-boy-who-falls-from-the/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

> [It's strange, when you think about it, that we spend close to a third of our lives asleep. Why do we do it? While…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/it-s-strange-when-you-think-about-it-that-we-spend-close-to-a-third/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

> [Fraternities breed leaders. That, at least, is what most any chapter website will tell you, in not so many words - and the message…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/fraternities-breed-leaders-that-at-least-is-what-most-any-chapter/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

> [Las vegas shouldn't exist. The incongruity hits you from the moment you first glimpse it from the airplane. First mountains, then desert, then neat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/las-vegas-shouldn-t-exist-the-incongruity-hits-you-from-the-moment/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

> [I hate casinos. I have zero interest in gambling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/i-hate-casinos-i-have-zero-interest-in-gambling/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

> [“a failure to use all senses equals a scene not seen to its full potential, attention that has not been allocated properly, and subconscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/a-failure-to-use-all-senses-equals-a-scene-not-seen-to-its-full/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

> [It's not at all a far jump to think that overall perceptions of gender - and what is and is not important in gender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/it-s-not-at-all-a-far-jump-to-think-that-overall-perceptions-of/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-konnikova/)

> [“We are terrible at seeking evidence that challenges our own beliefs, but other people do us this favor, just as we are good at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/we-are-terrible-at-seeking-evidence-that-challenges-our-own-beliefs/)

[Maria Konnikova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-konnikova/all-too-often-when-it-comes-to-our-own-minds-we-are-surprisingly/)

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