#olav schewe

I loved this book! As someone going back to graduate school in the late summer, I welcome any tips I can learn about LEARNING and this book by Barbara Oakley and Olav Schewe got me excited about gaining knowledge and really understanding new facts. I started using the Pomodoro method of a timed 25-minutes of focus followed by a 5-minute break when I’m scattered and the advice to make goals SMART: specific, measurable, ambitious, realistic, and time-limited stayed with me. The book explains the importance of continuing to form new connections in long-term memory and developing deep understanding by forming long links connected to other links. Right? It’s cool! 

Seriously the only issue is that they have visual aids in the book that don’t show up in my Kindle version--very disappointing and I’m surprised other reviewers didn’t mention it.