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opiate receptors, 216
organization and chunking, 73, 118–19
Orrell, Mike, 100, 117
overconfidence, avoiding, 20, 225–37, 247, 248, 254
overlearning vs. interleaving, 74, 74–78, 113, 173

panic, 103–4, 244–46, 248, 250–51
paradoxes of learning, 41, 255
Pariseau, Michael, 130
passion, following your, 147–48, 154
passive repetition, 119
pause and recall, 26, 79, 90, 108, 122, 140, 153, 165, 182, 190, 199, 212, 222, 234, 249, 257, 260
pause and reflect (wise waiting), 146–48, 154
Pavri, Vera, 177
persistence vs. intelligence, 101, 213–14, 221, 255
personalizing study material, 205–7, 206, 207, 208, 211, 212, 214–15
Pert, Candace, 215–16
photon, 206, 206
“picture walking,” 11, 61, 61, 81, 113, 260
Pietro, William, 176
pinball metaphor, 13, 13–16, 15, 16–17, 18
planner-journal, 130–37, 131, 140, 149, 152
Plath, Sylvia, 201, 202
“playtime” planning, 132, 134, 140
Ploughman, Elizabeth, 128
poetry and mathematics, 202–5, 211
Pomodoro technique, 24–25, 97, 99, 103, 103–7, 104, 108, 132, 138, 149, 151, 151, 253, 258
Porter, Mark, 189
Power of Habit, The (Duhigg), 93
power of teamwork (avoiding overconfidence), 20, 225–37, 247, 248, 254
practice makes permanent, 68–72, 69, 74, 74, 78, 82, 120, 188, 257–58, 259
practice tests, 246, 250
prefrontal cortex, 12, 12, 14–15, 187
Prentis, Jeffrey, 203–4
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 214
priming your mental pump, 11, 61, 61, 81, 113, 260
prioritizing and procrastination, 146
problem solving, chunking, 62–63, 65, 71
process vs. product, 101–2, 104, 104, 106, 107, 109
procrastination, 83–92, 144–54
addiction and, 87, 88–89
attention difficulties, 149, 150
brain and, 86–89, 87
challenge of, 17, 24, 26
change, possibility of, 88
cramming, 24, 38, 38, 85, 87–88, 111, 145, 185, 254, 259
discomfort and, 85–86, 90, 101, 102, 107
distractions and, 84, 105, 107, 150–51, 151, 154
FAQs, 148–52