"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain

DSSS: Deconstruction - what are the minimal learnable units, the Lego blocks, I should be starting with? Selection - which 20% of the blocks should I focus on for 80% or more of the outcomes I want? Sequencing - in what order should I learn the blocks? Stakes - How do I set up stakes, create real consequences, and guarantee I follow the program?

Herbs are from the leaves and stems of plants

Spices are from the root, bark, and seeds

Flavor is less than 10% taste and more than 90% smell

The five taste qualities are sweet, sour, bitter. salty, and umami

Never salt your food before tasting it

Use fat, not water, to counter hotness

Material beats method

Eat 30 grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking up

"It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult." - Seneca

Making effective decisions requires massive elimination and the removal of options

Parkinson's Law: A task will swell in complexity to fill the time you allot it

"Details create success." - John Wooden

Practice makes permanent

The number 9 on a produce's PLU number signifies it was grown organically

The dirty dozen for pesticides: apples, celery, sweet bell peppers, peaches, strawberries, nectarines, grapes, spinach, lettuce, cucumbers, blueberries, potatoes

The clean 15: onions, sweet corn, pineapples, avocados, cabbage, sweet peans, asparagus, mangoes, eggplant, kiwi, cantaloupe, sweet potatoes, grapefruit, watermelon, mushrooms

Eggs. Tomatoes and oregano make them Italian; wine and tarragon make them French, Sour cream make them Russian; lemon and cinnamon make them Greek; soy sauce make them Chinese

"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." - Neale Donald Walsch

When you are nervous, uncomfortable, that's when you're learning

The amateur trains until he gets iit right; the professional trains until he gets it wrong