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The Favour
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You have to live with doubt and uncertainty; you have to hold contradictions together and not struggle to resolve them. You have to learn that you’re not as in control of life as you might like.
“A similar pattern emerged in a study of students who graduated at the top of their class. “Valedictorians aren’t likely to be the future’s visionaries,”26 education researcher Karen Arnold explains. “They typically settle into the system instead of shaking it up.”
― Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
― Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
“It turns out that although perfectionists are more likely than their peers to ace school,21 they don’t perform any better than their colleagues at work.22 This tracks with evidence that, across a wide range of industries, grades are not a strong predictor of job performance.23”
― Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
― Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
“In a typical three-hour class, I would spend no more than twenty to thirty minutes lecturing. The rest is active learning—students make decisions in simulations and negotiate in role-plays, and then we debrief, discuss, debate, and problem solve.”
― Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
― Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
“Many people think I paint easily, but it is not an easy thing to be an artist. I often suffer tortures when I paint. It is a great joy and a great suffering.”
― Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
― Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
“If you spend all of your school years being fed information and are never given the opportunity to question it, you won’t develop the tools for rethinking that you need in life.”
― Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
― Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
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