The Science of Rapid Skill Acquisition: Advanced Methods to Learn, Remember, and Master New Skills, Information, and Abilities

I was very excited about reading this book, and I'm highly disappointed. For starters, I had to read the first 71% of the book BEFORE the "rapid learning techniques" started. It seems the author found a couple of interesting studies and rather than explain them in a brief article, he decided to add fluff to sell a book. I won't describe what's in the first 70% percent of the book because you can probably "Look Inside" (which I should have done). Do the titles "Make a Plan," or "The Environment You Inhabit" give you an idea of the "depth" of the advice you'll get?It has been proven that the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic "learning styles" is a myth. There is no scientific proof of this, even though multiple researchers have tried to find it. (What has been proven is that the sense is more related to the type of information to be learned rather than the "style" of any learner.) Well, when the author runs with this myth as fact, he lost me. I stopped trusting his "expertise." (The fact that his name is Pete Hollins and he presents himself as "Author and Researcher at PeteHollins.com should have been my first clue. That this is a self-published book might have been a second clue for me to research what qualifies him to write this book before buying it.) I kept reading, and lo and behold a few pages later the author contradicts the word "science" in the book's title again by presenting the pyramid of learning first to later state, "It should be noted that there is no real, concrete, scientific proof that the learning pyramid is accurate." A couple of paragraphs later: "Nevertheless, I like the idea." After that, the author takes several pages to explain the pyramid, which is condescending. Does someone really need multiple pages to understand that people learn little by just been passively lectured on a topic and much more by discussing a topic, practicing, and/or teaching others? (I bet high-school students know this.)I found this book, in general, condescending. I expected much more than being told that I'll learn more/better if I create and schedule time to practice, find mentors, and other "common sense" basics. The author does a good job at illustrating his ideas with examples and stories, but still, they're no more than basic ideas.The last 6% (according to my device) of the book is a summary. So really, you just get from 72% to 93% of "meat," and that bit over 20% of the book has the inaccuracy cited above, tons of stories, and condescending "common sense."In summary, this book overpromises and underdelivers. The author seems a nice guy that writes well, is a good storyteller, and goes do some research in scientific journal databases and Google, compiles a couple good ideas and stretches them into a book. I certainly do not recommend it.

I have found that there are many things I want to know and skills to acquire. How can I do them? This book provides the roadmap and rationale behind the process. I learned new ways to approach the tasks of learning new skills and also found affirmations of things I’ve already been doing. The first steps in the process are done and now I am moving actively to implementing the process’ tasks.

Instead of bring a "how to" this book contains no helpful info. Let The Buyer Beware!

Nice, tackles solid methods, while using diverse analogies. Short, right to the heart of the matter. I would definitely recommend.

Cool introduction to the topic! Really important points about the environment and the people and how they influence us. Not just in learning, but in life and living in general. Kind of scary, but it shows how important the choices we make are. Favorite chapter was the last one because of how insanely direct it was.

I found a lot of helpful tips for organizing my desire to learn to play guitar and very useful information on how to make myself stand out and be more valuable to employers through techniques such as skill stacking and others presented in the book.

A quick read, I bought it for 0,99. Some good techniques, it's totally worth the price as ambiguous as that might sound. I wouldn't pay more than 3,99, that's my money appreciation regarding the book.

I feel great about the information given from the the book.Some parts of the book were used by me on a gut level but the book really organized my thoughts.

I liked the book for its main purpose, but the book takes too long getting there. It may have been better if the reader were given a clearer view on what is important for learning faster before being subjected to so many secondary subjects like how to prepare your room for learning.

There was no science (atleast very little). Simple read and sound advice but the evidence was lacking.

Positiv ist zunächst die übersichtliche Struktur, in der viele Aspekte bearbeitet werden.Zu kurz kommt das Thema "deliberate Practice".Leider bietet der Autor keine konkreten Beispiele an. Solche Fallbeispiele - seien es eigene oder die von anderen - hätten dem Buch gut getan. Daher ein Stern Abzug.Dennochalles in allem lesenswert.

Very Good Book,Worth Reading.

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