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The events that happen the first time you are exposed to information play a disproportionately greater role in your ability to accurately retrieve it at a later date.
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141 |
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…our learning abilities don’t have to change as we age.
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252 |
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…one of our best attributes is the ability to learn through a series of increasingly self-corrected ideas.
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253 |
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We live in a time when the ability to adapt is critical.
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070 |
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To educate people for the future, we must see through the academic illusion to their real abilities…
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108 |
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…scientists have failed to find much evidence of natural abilities explaining experts’ successes.
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084 |
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The greatest achievement of the human brain is its ability to imagine objects and episodes that do not exist in the realm of the real, and it is this ability that allows us to think about the future.
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005 |
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The real problem is that we don’t appreciate our own ability to use attention to select and create truly satisfying experience.
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013 |
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…no matter what their field, exceptional achievers are characterized as much by their intense focus as their ability.
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105 |
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Regardless of income, teens who spend far more time with their peers than their families end up focusing on significantly fewer of the challenging activities, from studying to sports, that really develop their abilities.
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111 |
