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Letting the other person feel that the idea is his or hers not only works in business and politics, it works in family life as well.
Dale Carnegie • How to Win Friends and Influence People
First, we have a fire hydrant (hydrogen) with helium-filled balloons (helium) tied to the top of the hydrant. The helium balloons are touching the light bulb (lithium). The light bulb is burning the different berries (beryllium). The berries are being eaten by a smelly wild boar (boron). A car with a bun attached to it (carbon)
Kevin Horsley • Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
we remember more when we are interested and motivated. Chances
Maria Konnikova • Mastermind
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Big goals work best when we’re passionate about the subject of the goal (the idea that surrounds it) and its end result (the bigger purpose the goal serves). If you followed this book in order, then you added autonomy and mastery into your stack of drivers before you started setting HHGs. This sequence ensures that Locke and Latham’s if-then
... See moreSteven Kotler • The Art of Impossible
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Like all examples, Bear is imperfect (don’t tell his mother I said that). I talked about his individual behavior, and yet usually behavior change isn’t about a specific person but rather about changing the likelihood of a behavior across a much larger group: team, organization, city, nation—as we said in the behavioral statement, a population. And
... See moreMatt Wallaert • Start at the End: How to Build Products That Create Change
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Feature engineering is the process of formulating the most appropriate features given the data, the model, and the task.
Alice Zheng, Amanda Casari • Feature Engineering for Machine Learning
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This is because you and I have different values than Mustaine does, and we measure ourselves by different metrics. Our metrics are probably more like “I don’t want to work a job for a boss I hate,” or “I’d like to earn enough money to send my kid to a good school,” or “I’d be happy to not wake up in a drainage ditch.” And by these metrics, Mustaine
... See moreMark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Mark Manson Collection Book 1)
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The world is not golf, and most of it isn’t even tennis. As Robin Hogarth put it, much of the world is “Martian tennis.” You can see the players on a court with balls and rackets, but nobody has shared the rules. It is up to you to derive them, and they are subject to change without notice.
(Journalist) David Epstein • Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Connection: Vulnerability, impartiality, empathy, and wonder
The majority of us have been taught that connection is earned through achievement. We believe that once we become successful, smart, or generous enough, we’ll be worthy of connection.
But people don’t want you to be perfect. They want to be connected to you.