Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Lessons From Carnegie Mellon Visit Days

My journey across the U.S. and back (the first of 4 in 6 weeks) proved very educational. For one, I took away several lessons from Manuel Blum's talk on how to succeed in grad school. Here are a few:

On Reading

A book is not a scroll. It is random access. That is the beauty of books. That you can start and stop reading anywhere.

On Writing

1. Have something to say.
2. Say it.
3. Stop when you have said it.
4. Finally, give it an accurate title

Finally...

Brains are muscles, and should be exercised regularly.

These lessons were worth traveling across the U.S. for. I thought they were worth sharing.

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