Federico
The first 3 chapters introduce the method, the remaining 6 showcase how the author used it to learn radically different skills such as developing websites, playing Go, or windsurfing. While it was good to have examples of application of the method, they often went into way too many details (e.g. it was interesting to read about the origins and rules of Go, but ~15 pages? it's not what I'm here for).
The method itself is introduced in a very well structured way and explaining the reasoning behind every step.
All in all, a nice read, it could have been written in a long blog post rather than a book. The TED talk in which the author appears is very nice, by the way!
Not at the same level as the previous books in this series. The finale leaves many questions unanswered and felt... rushed, to say the least.
The authors' point of view is that effective thinking is not an inborn trait and can instead be learned.
It's compact and provides exercises to get you started with the strategies explained in it.
The book presents 5 strategies to trigger effective thinking:
- build a solid foundation
- use mistakes to gain new insight and avoid getting stuck
- build a habit of asking yourself good questions and answering them
- understand how concepts relate to each other, instead of learning isolated facts
- be open to constantly change yourself
4.5 ⭐️
My 6th book by Sanderson of the season... and one of my favorites, next to Elantris!
An insightful and entertaining story about how the author grew a business to success with a line of thinking that is at odds with most entrepreneurship practices.
The training method described in this book starts from a theory stating that fatigue is not the result of glycogen depletion, but a mechanism used by the brain to prevent muscles' overuse: based on this, the brain can be trained to delay the moment fatigue kicks in by letting it experience feedback similar to the one it would get during our target race. Since stride is everything in running, it provides a set of cues to focus on stride improvements while running, as well as some cross-training exercises to improve stability, flexibility, and power