Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
To master a cognitively demanding task requires this specific form of practice—there are few exceptions made for natural talent.
Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
As cognitive scientists like Daniel Willingham have shown, it’s all but impossible to have higher-order thinking without strongly established skills and lots of knowledge of facts.
Doug Lemov, Erica Woolway, Katie Yezzi • Practice Perfect
Knowledge: “I know it.” Skill: “I can do it right now.” Attitude: “I believe this will be worthwhile to do on the job.” Confidence: “I think I can do it on the job.” Commitment: “I will do it on the job.”
James D. Kirkpatrick • Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Training Evaluation
YOUR MOST valuable tool for success is your ability to think with greater clarity than other people. The more mental tools that you have at your disposal to aid your thinking, the better decisions you can make, and the better results you can get.
Brian Tracy • Delegation & Supervision
Skills are best gauged by what people can do, not what they say or what they’ve done before.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential
When you quiz yourself, check your answers to make sure that your judgments of what you know and don’t know are accurate. Use quizzing to identify areas of weak mastery, and focus your studying to make them strong.
Henry L. Roediger III • Make It Stick
We believe that there are three basic learning skills: 1) the search for information, 2) remembering the information, and 3) applying the information.
Jerry Lucas • The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play
One of the best habits a learner can instill in herself is regular self-quizzing to recalibrate her understanding of what she does and does not know.
Henry L. Roediger III • Make It Stick
A common characteristic of highly innovative people is that they are skilled at asking or answering thought-provoking questions that inspire creative thinking.