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This conclusion is beautiful and inspiring!
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If you’re not already an ultra-learner who’s used to do all the stuff by themselves and learn everything by themselves, you might get stressful or disappointed with yourself if you won’t get to apply the hints mentioned in this book. Because being an ultra-learner is not something you could do by just following some instructions. It comes from the inside; comes from a long painful path with lots of failures. And when you had it all, you’re already an ultra-learner; so why bother reading this book?

But since human brain tends to forget important points, maybe skimming such books helps to remind some hints from time to time, but again I deeply warn you, none of these books are written to actually help the readers, but of course the authors’ bank accounts. So maybe I should start writing a book like “Ultra-Smart: Hidden Facts and Beyond” and explain why we shouldn’t rely on self-help books and why we....... you can read the rest of the magical hints in my self-help book someday in the future.
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sir_earle's review

DID NOT FINISH: 26%

This book is just repackaging ADHD style hyperfixation for neurotypicals.
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An important book to read if you want to learn how to learn effectively and faster. I found it very practical and inspiring. Many of the practices that Scott mentions mentioned are not common in regular learning, but I can see that from my own experience that I have used these techniques earlier and had better results than my peers in a competitive exam.

kaetha's review

4.0
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尚記得中學死讀硬背嘅年代,有條討論題目係:「科技日新月異,如果我哋可以隨時隨地上網獲取知識,咁點解我哋仲要去記得啲知識呢?」,呢條問題令我反思到我哋應該具備seach information嘅能力,知道可以喺邊度滿足到我哋嘅需要。
我一直都唔鍾意呢類好速成咁教你成功嘅書,覺得好庸俗,好大眾,好無知識根源,有別於你讀一套完整嘅理論,睇完會更加空虛。不過因為「學習能力」呢樣嘢一直都令我好困擾,所以我就當係一個實驗,驗證書中嘅方法,而且過程可以提升我嘅學習動機,何樂而不為?

作者提出咗九大原則,之後再有不同的應用及成功人物的故事。
用咗兩三日嘅時間睇完之後,我認為自己係一個超速學習者,最主要係來自我對學習嗰份嘅熱枕
令我嘅人生入面,不斷努力去發展出一套嘅方法,去滿足呢方面嘅需要
基本上作者講嗰啲原則,都可以係互相矛盾,又可以互相重疊咁使用,關鍵就係在於你用喺邊度

我比較熟識嘅原則係:
1. 後設學習
2. 專心致志
3. 直截了當
4. 提取記憶
5. 勇於試驗

覺得好新奇嘅原則有:
1. 反覆操練
2. 意見回饋
3. 保留記憶
4. 培養直覺

整體嚟講,作者既肯定咗我過往嘅努力,亦都令我學習到更多嘅方式去滿足現有嘅需要,更加特別令我注意到自己要保持長期嘅記憶力。