Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head.
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Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once.
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Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.
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Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best.
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Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.
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Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read.
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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.
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Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.
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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.
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People who work crossword puzzles know that if they stop making progress, they should put the puzzle down for a while.
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Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.
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Scientists and creationists are always at odds, of course.
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Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.
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Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.
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Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself.
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Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.
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Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
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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.
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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.
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The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.
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