Prereading is a game changer. It changed my life…Everyone is smarter when they have seen the material before. You will be too.

The night before a biochemistry class, I read the last year’s lecture notes. I look at the pictures in the book. Now, I’ve got the general concept. Sure…There’s a couple of details to fill in...

(From chapter on Getting Started at Stanford).Go ahead, go to all your parties. Go ahead and go home to your families and friends every weekend. You are probably smarter than me. But it doesn’t matter....

Ambient sounds, especially with words, occupy about 5-10% of your intellectual bandwidth.By wearing ear protectors, you acoustically isolate yourself. This freed up bandwidth can now be focused on the desired task.It’s a great deal. Just...

The teacher is a catalyst to convert information from a high energy state (list of facts) to a low energy state (visual concept associated with known concepts).

We’ve all experienced pondering a problem all day long only to find we receive the solution when forgetting about the problem and thinking of something else. When we stop concentrating so hard, we allow our...

Developing a genius mindset essentially comes down to two things: operating at speed and using the subconscious mind more than the conscious. This intuitive or relaxed approach to study is the polar opposite of traditional...

The table next to the sink is for flashcards. I saw a Monty Python skit called, “every sperm is sacred,” and it gave me the idea that, “every piss is sacred.” Meaning, WHY NOT LOOK...

Mozart liked to write letters while on the loo. He wrote, “I think it only fitting to write while shitting.” This gave me the idea of, “I think it only fitting to read while …”...

(About the magic bathroom).If knowledge is money, and money is gold, then this is modern day Alchemy. Feces (wasted time) is turned into gold (knowledge).