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 KonnikovaAs 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 KonnikovaBut when we observe, we are forced to pay attention. We have to move from passive absorption to active awareness. We have to engage.
Maria Konnikova