Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything

He covers six key steps to help listeners "learn how to learn," all illuminated with fascinating stories like how Jackson Pollock developed his unique painting style and why an ancient Japanese counting device allows kids to do math at superhuman speeds. For centuries, experts have argued that learning was about memorizing information: You're supposed to study facts, dates, and details, burn them into your memory, and then apply that knowledge at opportune times. With Boser as their guide, listeners will be able to fully capitalize on their brain's remarkable ability to gain new skills and open up a whole new world of possibilities.. Learn Better will revolutionize the way students and society alike approach learning and makes the case that being smart is not an innate ability - learning is a skill

Boser sets out a clear path that surfaces how we learn and provides strategies along the way to get better, no matter where wen Randy Ziegenfuss Now more than ever, in our world of exponential change, we need to be skilled learners before we can master anything. Boser sets out a clear path that surfaces how we learn and provides strategies along the way to get better, no matter where wen are on life's journey - young or old. In addition to being a skilled researcher, Boser is a skilled writer. My curiosity for learning and an accessible approach to communicating made it difficult for me to put this book down. I've also acquired the audio ve. A reporter and some learning ninjas walk into a bar D. McDowell I'm often wondering about the best ways to teach myself things and to help my kids learn. This book, "Learn Better," draws on the latest science to debunk myths and shine a light on smarter approaches.It reads like a long-form magazine story, or something you'd find on Slate or Vox - it pulls facts and insights out of a mountain of research, but it's written in an easygoing style. The author meets up with social scientists who explain the work they're doing, and they relate it to people's everyday . "Valuable and immediately useful" according to Timothy Michael. Excellent book, very valuable and useful. As a professional educator I can see the concepts and methods here in use by students every semester, and this will be something that I recommend.