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Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career by Scott H. Young

3.25

informative medium-paced

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 Nothing new here for anyone who’s had to get up to speed on a complicated topic (e.g., for work). Still, it’s always good to be reminded that impressive feats of self-directed learning are possible. The techniques offered are common-sense and available to anyone. 

Although the book is strongest when explaining how an individual can jumpstart their studying, there are interesting tangents on our broader system of education. The discussion of the transfer problem was especially intriguing (aka why it’s so hard to apply classroom learning to new problems). 

Definitely worth a borrow from the library, and check out the author’s blog for more tips, tricks, and stories.