Ten Lessons for Mathematicians, according to Gian-Carlo Rota

Ten Lessons I wish I had been Taught (1994), by Gian-Carlo Rota.

7. Use the Feynman method

You have to keep a dozen of your favorite problems... Every time you hear or read a new trick or a new result, test it... to see whether it helps. Every once in a while there will be a hit, and people will say: "How did he do it? He must be a genius!"

This is the best advice. I must immediately think up at least one problem to get my chance of being a GENIUS!

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