Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.

Be sure to expose yourself to criticism: A fine polish requires an abrasive.

I believe Picasso's success is just one small part of the broader modern phenomenon of artists themselves rejecting serious art- perhaps partly because serious art takes so much time and energy and talent to produce-in favor of what I call `impulse art': art work that is quick and easy, at least by comparison.

Know how your representatives stand on major national or state issues.

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors. Behind one door is a car, the others, goats. You pick a door, say #1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say #3, which has a goat. He says to you: 'Do you want to pick door #2?' Is it to your advantage to switch your choice of doors?

Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best.

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.