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A lot of what people did and said when they “predicted” things, Morey now realized, was phony: pretending to know things rather than actually knowing things.
“Remember: You always need your long-term memory to assist your short-term memory. With this method, you associate new information to long-term “memory pegs” in your mind. The pegs also act as compartments or files for your new thoughts.”
― Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
― Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
“Though thirty spokes may form the wheel, it is the hole within the hub which gives the wheel utility. It is not the clay the potter throws, which gives the pot its usefulness, but the space within the shape, from which the pot is made. Without a door, the room cannot be entered, and without its windows it is dark Such is the utility of non-existence.212”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.
~Charles Mingus”
― Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
~Charles Mingus”
― Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
“Training your concentration isn’t that hard. You just have to learn to become more peaceful and find the moment. You have to learn to be here, now. When you are at work, be at work. When you are at home, be at home. “Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb,” said Pythagoras.”
― Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
― Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
“idiots will be able to talk again. Perhaps that is true prayer: the question, “What have I done wrong, and what can I do now to set things at least a little bit more right?” But your heart must be open to the terrible truth. You must be receptive to that which you do not want to hear. When you decide to learn about your faults, so that they can be rectified, you open a line of communication with the source of all revelatory thought. Maybe that’s the same thing as consulting your conscience. Maybe that’s the same thing, in some manner, as a discussion with God.”
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
― 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
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