There are a few myths about learning that hold us back unintentionally, and keep us from our potential. Among them are thinking that failure is always bad, that our learning abilities are capped by our intelligence, and that more studying and exposure is always the better path. " If someone else appears to understand something more quickly, they are simply seeing it through a different perspective, not dissecting it like a genius "﻿

Chapter 1. Shattering Myths

Cramming is the attempt to stuff as much information into the hazy area just short of your long-term memory, but beyond your short-term memory. Chunking, summarizing, and making analytical connections between concepts are your best bets.

Chapter 9. How to CRAM 

Better reading is a matter of speed, efficiency, comprehension, and retention. You can train speed reading separately, while the other factors are a matter of analysis and active participation in reading rather than passive.

Chapter 4. Faster and More Efficient Reading

Deliberate practice is the key to truly growing expertise in something. Analyzing negative feedback and practicing at the edge of your abilities are close behind.

Chapter 6. Best Practices for Practicing

Most people want information to make it to their long-term memory. Spaced repetition is the best method for memory retention, while flashcards, mnemonics, and constructing a story narrative with information also help.

Chapter 7. Elephant Memory Techniques 

A final set of tips for learning come in the form of incubation, how to teach more effectively, and why your biggest obstacle to learning just might be your ego.

Chapter 12. The Trio 

Chapter 13. Albert Einstein’s Logic Riddle

As a precursor to improving your learning, you must be aware that multi-tasking is a complete myth, and learn techniques to focus yourself and pay attention to your own attention. You will see how you should generally approach and structure matters through the pyramid of learning and four levels of competence.

Chapter 2. Foundations for Better Learning

Taking better notes consists of four phases: taking, creating, analysis, and feedback. You can also use the Cornell Method of taking notes.

Chapter 5. The Art of Taking Great Notes

The best types of goals are S.M.A.R.T. –an acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-bound.

Chapter 11. Smart Goals 

If you can set out to accomplish a goal that just so happens to require skill acquisition, this is the easiest way to learn – by making the learning secondary. " That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes. " – Albert Einstein to his son, Hans Einstein

Chapter 8. Make Learning Secondary

Science can often reveal counterintuitive ways to learn better. Separate studies have shown that exercise boosts your brain power, changing locations helps memory retention, the Feynman Technique helps you learn what you don’t know, and you can actually learn some things during sleep.

Chapter 10. Learning by Science 

If you don’t know yourself and what you prefer, you are forever operating through inefficiency. There are a few models of learning styles and preference, highlighted by the VARK and seven styles models.

Chapter 3. Know and Understand Thyself

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Chapter 13. Albert Einstein’s Logic Riddle

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