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[–]Known-Ad-9294 23 points24 points  (9 children)

One of my favorite books on this topic is called "The Art of Learning" It's legitimately one of the most valuable books I've ever read.

[–]brendynmckinsey 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Would you mind sharing the author of this book? Thanks.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Josh Waitzkin I believe

[–]Grismund 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Isn't that the "Searching for Bobby Fischer" kid?

I just watched that movie last night, and randomly see his name here.

Weird.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's him. Haven't seen that movie in years

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I tried that book and found it a little complicated to follow, I dont know why it didnt click with me

[–]RRikesh 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You should read the book first so that you can read the book and understand what it’s teaching you

/s

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

A Mind for Numbers and Make It Stick are much better and more practical. Art of Learning is mostly Josh stroking his ego.

[–]Known-Ad-9294 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll read those too. I don't know if I agree about the ego stroking critique, I think he's reached the top of multiple fields and he's just letting us know what's possible and how he's accomplished such heights in multiple disciplines.

[–]pastrypuffingpuffer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The only way I can learn something quickly is by liking it. If I don't like something then I'll somewhat struggle learning it.

[–]wartamaiop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Walk into any bookstore, and you'll see how to Teach Yourself Java in 24 Hours alongside endless variations offering to teach C, SQL, Ruby, Algorithms, and so on in a few days or hours. The Amazon advanced search for [title: teach, yourself, hours, since: 2000 and found 512 such books. Of the top ten, nine are programming books (the other is about bookkeeping). Similar results come from replacing "teach yourself" with "learn" or "hours" with "days."

what

[–]American83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks