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To think like Sherlock Holmes, we must want, actively, to think like him.

Wheat farming historically had a more seasonal rhythm with periods of relative quiet. Wheat is typically sown in the fall or spring and then mainly just left to grow with the rain. Aside from episodic weeding or guarding the fields, there was less continuous labor until harvest time. Harvest itself was a crunch period requiring many hands with

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

thinking instead of remembering.

6. YOU’RE ALMOST THERE. HAVE YOU ADDED SOME “LITTLE BETS”?

A statement may be made by either party. While the subject holds it in mind, his arm’s strength is tested by the tester’s downward pressure. If the statement is negative, false, or reflects a calibration below 200 (see “Map of Consciousness,” Chapter 3), the test subject will “go weak.” If the answer is yes or calibrates over 200, he will “go

“I only saw it because I was looking for it.” Had he not had an a priori reason for the search, he never would have noticed it—and it wouldn’t have really mattered, not for him, at least.) Holmes doesn’t waste his time on just anything. He allocates his attention strategically.

He remains constantly active and constantly vigilant, lest a stray prime worm its way into the walls of his pristine mind space. And while that constant attention may be exhausting, in situations that matter the effort may be well worth it—and with time, we may find that it is becoming less and less effortful.

Reviewing images backward helps you remember them more effectively. If you learn concepts in reverse you create a new impression in your mind that makes information more outstanding and the memory much stronger. Once you have done this, you can review at longer and longer intervals: review after an hour, then a day, 3 days, 7 days, 14 days, 21