John T. Reed > Quotes

“When you first start to study a field, it seems like you have to memorize a zillion things. You don’t. What you need is to identify the core principles – generally three to twelve of them – that govern the field. The million things you thought you had to memorize are simply various combinations of the core principles.”
― John T. Reed, Succeeding: How to Choose the Right Goals and Increase Your Chances of Achieving Them