Patricia Sun Quotes

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

It's actually very surprising how little we think about the quality of our decision-making and how we could improve it. How absent decision-making classes are from educational curricula. How little we think about how it is we think.

We only fear what we don't understand, and I hate to be scared.

I don't think I'm always right, but I would like to empower people to come to sound conclusions using a systematic way of looking at things.

Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn't always beat actual thought.

WHAT a person thinks is determined by HOW a person thinks.

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

We seem to have trouble with [critical thinking]. And our political system doesn't help.

Critiquing relieves you of the responsibility of doing integrative thinking.

The important thing to remember about mathematics is not to be frightened

Rationality is the master lifehack which distinguishes which other lifehacks to use.

We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.

The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.

Thinking. A process by which I use my brain to make a rational decision.

I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to play chess, because it helps them to develop their mental abilities. It also helps to consolidate a person's character, because as it happens both in life and in a chess game we have to make decisions constantly. In chess there is no luck and no excuses: everything is in your hands.

If you ain’t scared… you ain’t human.

Fear exists in the process of accumulation and belief in something is part of the accumulative process.

Sometimes I do have something in my head. But, for me, I think it usually ends up being about considering all of the elements, and trying to understand the distance from where we are to where we want to go.

There is a chalk outline slowly being drawn around common sense and most people can't identify the victim.

Everyone is coming from a place of fear and my feeling is stop being so afraid. If something doesn't work then that's fine at least then you know it doesn't work. Don't worry so much about it not working, you can always fix that.

Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa.

Once fear enters your life - it will take you in one of two directions: empowerment or panic.

No one could make a choice without feeling afraid.

Many people say, "Well, I'd love to make a decision like that, but I'm not sure how I could change my life." They're paralyzed by the fear that they don't know exactly how to turn their dreams into reality. And as a result, they never make the decisions that could make their lives into the masterpieces they deserve to be. I'm here to tell you that it's not important initially to know how you're going to create a result. What's important is to decide you will find a way, no matter what.

It is easier to rationalize than it is to be rational.