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Whereas takers often strive to be the smartest people in the room, givers are more receptive to expertise from others, even if it challenges their own beliefs.
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We learn best with focused attention. As we focus on what we are learning, the brain maps the information on what we already know, making new neural connections.
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The brain learns and remembers best when focus is greatest. Video games focus attention… That presents an opportunity for training the brain.
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Curiosity is an outlook that can be embodied, and even learned.
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…you can’t lose. If you test your prototype with customers, you’ll win the best prize of all – the chance to learn… whether you’re on the right track with your ideas.
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This is the feedback loop behind all human behavior: try, fail, learn, try differently. With practice, the useless movements fade away and the useful actions get reinforced. That’s a habit forming.
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Habits are mental shortcuts learned from experience… a memory of the steps you previously followed to solve a problem in the past.
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Pain is an effective teacher. If a failure is painful, it gets fixed. If a failure is relatively painless, it gets ignored.
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The more immediate and more costly a mistake is, the faster you will learn from it.
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When the consequences are severe, people learn quickly.
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