Maria Konnikova Quotes

• Pero cuando observamos, nos vemos obligados a prestar atención. Tenemos que pasar de la absorción pasiva a la conciencia activa. Tenemos que comprometernos.

  Maria Konnikova

  Moving, Attention, Pay

  Maria Konnikova (2013). “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes”, p.9, Canongate Books

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• All too often, when it comes to our own minds, we are surprisingly mindless. We sail on, blithely unaware of how much we are missing, of how little we grasp of our own thought process - and how much better we could be if only we'd taken the time to understand and to reflect.

  Maria Konnikova

  Taken, Missing, Mind

  Maria Konnikova (2013). “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes”, p.9, Canongate Books

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• the most powerful mind is the quiet mind. It is the mind that is present, reflective, mindful of its thoughts and its state. It doesn't often multitask, and when it does, it does so with a purpose.

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  Powerful, Mind, Doe

  Maria Konnikova (2013). “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes”, p.264, Penguin

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• How many thoughts float in and out of your head without your stopping to identify them? How many ideas and insights have escaped because you forgot to pay attention?

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  Ideas, Stopping, Attention

  Maria Konnikova (2013). “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes”, p.16, Penguin

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• Imagination is all about new possibilities, eventualities that don't exist, counterfactuals, a recombination of elements in new ways. It is about the untested. And the untested is uncertain. It is frightening-even

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  Imagination, Elements, Way

  Maria Konnikova (2013). “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes”, p.99, Canongate Books

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• Holmes es un modelo ideal de cómo podemos aprender a ver y pensar mejor.

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  Thinking, Awareness, Holmes

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• Looking at scenes of nature, for even a short while, can help us become more insightful, more creative, and more productive.

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  Nature, Creative, Insightful

  Maria Konnikova (2013). “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes”, p.9, Canongate Books

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• As children, we are remarkably aware. We absorb and process information at a speed that we'll never again come close to achieving... we are learning about our world and its possibilities.

  Maria Konnikova

  Children, Our World, Information

  Maria Konnikova (2013). “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes”, p.10, Canongate Books

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• When we are forced to do multiple things at once, not only do we perform worse on all of them but our memory decreases and our general well-being suffers a palpable hit.

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  Memories, Stress, Suffering

  Maria Konnikova (2013). “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes”, p.9, Canongate Books

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