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takes years of practice and effort to get good at identifying blind spots in ourselves and then expressing the affected emotions appropriately.

With a large enough sample, any outrageous thing is apt to happen,” Mosteller said.

You have learned that the only way to improve is to get rid of anything that prevents you from improving. So you got rid of the obstacles like excuses, limiting beliefs, and multitasking, and then you became willing to learn more. Then you learned how to improve through the SEE principle of imagination. You learned the different memory methods—the

One reason that helps to explain why Lucas’s scrappy team was able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat is because they were in total alignment. Prior to the shoot, Lucas sat them down and had them watch four films that embodied his desired vibe for Star Wars: 2001, Silent Running, Once Upon a Time In the West, and Satyricon. Armed with these

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)

Yet to increase your chances of making those connections, pay attention to two sets of details: both the history of the subject and the technical language used to describe that subject.

Consider the case of Silver Blaze, that famous missing racehorse that no one can track down. When Holmes has had a chance to examine the premises, Inspector Gregson, who has failed to find something as seemingly impossible to miss as a horse, asks, “Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” Why yes, Holmes responds, “To the

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

but the little evidence you have is not trustworthy, so the base rates should dominate your estimates.