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Curiosity is a miracle drug for treating fear… That pure, childlike sense of wanting to discover and learn can’t coexist with fear.

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No matter what the outcome is, leaps should be used for learning.

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Improv masters learn like babies: dive in and imitate and improvise first, learn the formal rules later.

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…the more contexts in which something is learned, the more the learner creates abstract models, and the less they rely on any particular example.

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…for learning that is both durable (it sticks) and flexible (it can be applied broadly), fast and easy is precisely the problem.

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Struggling to generate an answer on your own, even a wrong one, enhances subsequent learning.

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Tolerating big mistakes can create the best learning opportunities.

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Struggling to retrieve information primes the brain for subsequent learning, even when the retrieval itself is unsuccessful. The struggle is real, and really useful.

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Space between practice sessions creates the hardness that enhances learning.

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For a given amount of material, learning is most efficient in the long run when it is really inefficient in the short run.

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