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I got this book for going back to school. I'm making a career change (at 32), and going into Nursing, which as anyone knows is no small feat. And lets just say that I wish I had this book all through grade school. We learn so much, but are never taught HOW to learn, and definitely not taught how to retain material for later use (kinda silly isn't it?). This book teaches it all! It starts off with getting your thinking correct, and how to get out of your own way and reframe what you think about, and how you think about things. Then goes on to concentration. This part was HUGE for me, as I have a case of 'monkey mind', and find concentrating and laser focus to be non-existant.....that was until I read this book. Then he goes on to give you many examples for how to learn, file, organize, and get information back, as well as HOW OFTEN AND EXACTLY HOW to review material for maximum retention and recall. Now as a college student this was gold! I've gone from taking days and weeks to get material by saying it over and over in my head (which isn't effective and Kevin points out why), and then never really remembering half of what I've wasted all that time repeating to myself......to going to taking mere hours to study something, and just the next day being able to recall everything, forwards AND backwards. I actually feel like I'm cheating by using this system. But don't be fooled.....you have to put in the work. It's not a magic pill. But to me it doesn't feel like work because the material is fun. Do yourself a favor and get this book, if it wasn't for you memory, who would you be?