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toggling between thinking modes
creativity and learning, 29–32, 31, 33–35, 36–39, 38, 46, 48
easy does it, 10, 20–23, 21, 22, 23, 25, 253
See also diffuse mode of thinking; focused mode of thinking
tools, tips, and tricks, 126–43
See also procrastination
top-down big-picture chunking process, 59, 60, 61, 61, 70, 79
transfer, 59, 209–11, 212
transition metals, 176
traumatic brain injury (TBI), 80–81
Treacher-Collins mutant, 105
triangles and squares exercise, 21, 21
trigger (cue) part of zombies (habits), 88, 94, 95, 96, 107, 109, 129, 153
trying too hard can sometimes be part of the problem. See easy does it
twenty-five-minute timer (Pomodoro technique), 24–25, 97, 99, 103, 103–7, 104, 108, 132, 138, 149, 151,
151, 253, 258

underestimating yourself, 189
underlining text, 62, 125, 178, 259
understanding basic idea for chunking, 58, 78, 79
units of measurement, friendly, 236, 247
unlocking your potential, 252–60
“upkeep” repetitions, 63
U.S. Army, 4–5, 142
U.S. Memory Championships, 156, 157

visualization, 156, 171, 171
visual memory, 157–58, 158, 158–59, 159, 161, 164, 165
visual metaphors, memory, 168–71, 171, 175, 181, 182, 255, 258

Wade, Nicholas, 223, 223–24
walking and recall, 30, 72–73, 90
Wassell, Shaun, 19
Wegener, Alfred, 55
Weierstrass, Karl, 204
weight training, 34–35
Where Good Ideas Come From (Johnson), 66
Whitehouse, Malcolm, 163
why vs. how, 183–84, 185, 185
Williamson, Alexander, 30
willpower, 34, 84, 91, 95, 97–98, 107, 150
wise waiting (pause and reflect), 146–48, 154
working a problem through, chunking, 56–57, 58, 82, 114, 259
working memory, 15, 41, 42, 42–43, 47, 64, 64, 65, 119, 121, 122, 157, 179, 186, 187
work in physics, 204–5
World Wide Web, 66
Wozniak, Steve, 216
writing about negative thoughts, 250