Maja
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Educated
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The skill I was learning was a crucial one, the patience to read things I could not yet understand.
“Start before you're ready.
Don't prepare, begin.”
― The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
Don't prepare, begin.”
― The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel, goes the popular saying.”
― The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
― The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
“if you don’t sleep the very first night after learning, you lose the chance to consolidate those memories, even if you get lots of “catch-up” sleep thereafter. In terms of memory, then, sleep is not like the bank. You cannot accumulate a debt and hope to pay it off at a later point in time. Sleep for memory consolidation is an all-or-nothing event.”
― Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
― Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
“I owe my morning routine to Duke University professor Dan Ariely. According to Ariely, the first two to three hours of the day are the best hours for your brain, once you fully wake up. So, if you pop out of bed at 6 a.m., your peak thinking and productivity window is 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. And so on.”
― The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
― The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage
“Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
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