Example: Research - the more time you spend, eventually it will be less valuable than learning.
Insight: The more time you invest in an activity, the weaker and weaker the benefits will be.
Definition/example: When someone with poor understanding believes they possess more knowledge than the people that actually do.
Insight: Poor knowledge means poor ability to assess your own ability.
Insight: People with poor knowledge tend not to ask a lot of questions about a topic in an attempt to appear more knowledgable, however this has significant costs, including being a barrier to becoming more knowledgable.
Principle: Ask a lot of questions.
Definition: 25 minutes of focused work with 5 minute break.
Insight: The challenge with tasks is that it is often difficult to get started, we procrastinate. The Pomodoro Technique is designed to overcome this.
Insight: Start small. If 25 minutes does not work, start with 5 minutes.
Reference: Francesco Cirillo: tomato kitchen timer.
Definition: The inverse-U shape of arousal verses performance - performance increases with stress, until a point (dependent on the difficulty of the task at hand).
Insight: Focus starts to suffer with too much arousal.
Insight: Increased stress can improve performance on simple tasks.
