"Daniel J. Boorstin was right. “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”"

"Ignorance motivates us to pursue our intellectual curiosities. Even you become an expert, it pays to keep refining what you know. It’s the only way to reinvent yourself in a rapidly changing world."

"“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” Galileo once said. Albert Einstein also observed that “All of science is nothing more than the refinement of everyday thinking.”"

"Unwillingness to learn or improve what we already know is one of the biggest obstacles to personal growth."

"If you are serious about success but don’t value knowledge acquisition, you are wasting your time."

"“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.” Benjamin Franklin once observed."

"“We read a lot. I don’t know anyone who’s wise who doesn’t read a lot. But that’s not enough: You have to have a temperament to grab ideas and do sensible things. Most people don’t grab the right ideas or don’t know what to do with them,” says Charlie Munger"

"New knowledge improves how you think and make decisions. It guides both our thinking and action."

"Seeking wisdom is an essential habit of many lifelong learners. It’s the only way to avoid terrible decisions that could change the course of your life."

"“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” Socrates said."

"Circle of competence —If you want to improve your odds of success in life and business, define the limits of your knowledge."

"Be clear about what you know and don’t know."

"2. Mere-exposure effect — Our tendency to develop a preference for something merely due to being familiar with it."

"3. Thought experiment — All practical knowledge arises from thought."

"4. Occam’s razor — The simplest solution is almost always the best."

"5. The ostrich effect — The tendency to avoid opposing information to what one desperately wants to be right."

"6. Second-order thinking — The process of considering the intended and unintended implications of our decisions."

"7. Compounding — Regularly investing small amounts of money, time and energy pays off massively in the long-term."

"8. Eisenhower decision matrix — Separate your tasks into important and urgent columns."

"9. Pareto effect — This rule suggests that 20 percent of your activities will account for 80 percent of your results."

"10. Regret minimisation framework — Looking back on life, you want to minimise the number of regrets you have."

"11. Inversion —Thinking forward and backwards. Occasionally drive your brain in reverse to consider the opposite side of things."

"12. Hock principle — Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex and intelligent behaviour."

"13. Emotional contagion — Empathy acts in transferring emotions from some individuals to others through observation."

"14. Thinking grey — Don’t see the world in black and white; see the grey in between."

"15. Self-handicapping — The tendency to resist putting in an effort to do something because of a worry that failing might put a dent in one’s self-esteem."

"16. First-principles thinking —The practice of actively questioning every assumption you think you ‘know’ about something — and then creating new knowledge and solutions from scratch."

"17. Planning fallacy — Tasks often take longer than expected."

"18. Sunk cost fallacy — Invested resources — time, money and effort — that you cannot recover."

"19. Triangulation — The gathering and confirming information from more than one source before making a decision."

"20. Probabilistic thinking — The ability to predict the possibility that an event may or may not to occur."

"The most successful people are learners for life."

"Lifelong learning means maintaining your curiosity and aiming to be smarter today than you were yesterday."

"You can rely on a few sources of knowledge to feed your mind every day."

"Einstein famously said, “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” It’s literally the best way to explain lifelong learning."

"Imagine taking that daily learning process into your own hands and choosing what you want to learn deliberately."

"“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” — Confucius"

"And you will remember a lot of what you learn in the future if you figure things out for yourself."

"The pleasure of enlightenment is one of my biggest motivations for choosing new topics and learning new things."

"The motivation for learning takes you on the best journey possible."

"Einstein said, “A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing.”"

"Ignorance is the beginning of authentic wisdom."

"The moment you think you’ve arrived, you stop growing."

"“It is our capacity to doubt that will determine the future of civilization.”"

"Genuinely successful people acknowledge their ignorance and take action to learn and discover new things."

"Learning compounds, so you don’t have to commit a lot of time learning a new skill or topic. You can learn at your own pace"