“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 can bring the key idea to life.” — 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
“Focused problem solving in math and science is often more effortful than focused-mode thinking involving language and people.” — Barbara Oakley Copy Share Image
“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.… — Barbara Oakley Copy Share Image
