1. Learn to Read with Great Speed! Only 10 minutes a day!
Then you need a miracle! No methodology can possibly have you quadrupling your reading speed in just minutes. That’s no more than a marketing gimmick. However, reading speed can be easily increased by sustained use of a few basic and simple techniques. I’ll show you how you can REALLY increase your reading speed and how to truly make it happen in only 10 minutes a day! The techniques I share can be implemented with whatever you are reading and in any environment (home, office, public transportation).
2. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (Study Habits)
To most of us, learning something “the hard way” implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners.
3. Thinking, Fast and Slow
In his mega bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, world-famous psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions.
4. Accelerated Learning Techniques for Students: Learn More in Less Time!
Let’s face it, we live in a fast paced world. In order to succeed, you must have the ability to absorb information rapidly, and to think logically and creatively all at the same time. Students must discover how to conquer the high-pressure challenges of an intensely competitive society. With technology on the rise, knowing how to learn efficiently will be the most important skill you ever possess. Unfortunately, most of us were never taught the actual art of learning. Many students struggle, not because they aren’t smart, but because they simply were never taught the rare techniques presented in this book. Well, that’s all about to change!
5. Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
In this fascinating and far reaching book, Newsweek science writer Sharon Begley reports on how cutting edge science and the ancient wisdom of Buddhism have come together to reveal that, contrary to popular belief, we have the power to literally change our brains by changing our minds. Recent pioneering experiments in neuroplasticity the ability of the brain to change in response to experience reveal that the brain is capable of altering its structure and function, and even of generating new neurons, a power we retain well into old age.
6. Novice to Expert
We all want to expand on our existing knowledge. But sometimes it’s impossible to stay consistent with a new skill or habit. It’s easy to fall into the trap where you focus only on learning and never get around to implementing the information. The truth is: You can learn anything… without spending lots of money… without dedicating thousands of hours to the process… and often without leaving the comfort of your home. Anyone can develop a talent with the right mix of practice, motivation, and coaching. And that’s what you’ll learn in Novice to Expert.
7. The Learning Habit
This important and parent friendly book presents new solutions based on the largest study of family routines ever conducted. The Learning Habit offers a blueprint for navigating the maze of homework, media use, and the everyday stress that families with school age children face; turning those “stress times” into opportunities to develop the eight critical skills kids will need to succeed in college and in the highly competitive job market of tomorrow skills including concentration and focus, time management, decision making, goal setting, and self reliance. Along with hands-on advice and compelling real life case studies, the book includes 21 fun family challenges for parents and kids, bringing together the latest research with simple everyday solutions to help kids thrive, academically and beyond.
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