Marilyn Vos Savant Quotes
Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head. Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once. Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom. Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best. Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin. Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read. Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much. Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself. No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time. People who work crossword puzzles know that if they stop making progress, they should put the puzzle down for a while. Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once. Scientists and creationists are always at odds, of course. Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying. Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks. Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself. Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses. Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces. The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time. The difference between talking on your cell phone while driving and speaking with a passenger is huge. The person on the other end of the cell phone is chattering away, oblivious. The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.
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