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Study Smarter, Not Harder (Self-Counsel Business Series) (Self-Counsel Business Series)
by Kevin Paul
from Self-Counsel Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Pragmatically this is a waste of time.
  After finishing the book I feel robbed of my money and my time. Although the author does provide some helpful tips, he wastes a lot of space stating the obvious, repeating himself NUMEROUS times, and filling the margins with absolutely useless random quotes whose purpose is only to consume space and make the book look larger.
  This book is for the novice and for those who believe everything they read. The author is only marketing the lure of good study skills, he doesn't actually teach them to you.... more info

• Lots of information
  This book has lots of sound advise. It does, however, repeat itself a lot, and it also doesn't seem to realize that we don't have all the time in the world. The trick is to chose the techniques that work best for you on a particular subject and be flexible. On the whole, it is a good book.

• Now in an updated second edition
  Now in an updated second edition marking the tenth anniversary of its publication, Study Smarter, Not Harder is a straightforward self-teaching guide to expanding one's memory, firing up one's brain, and learning the tips, tricks, and techniques to study with maximum effectiveness and minimum time expenditure. From learning the art of study reading (which is very different from "speed reading"!), to the importance being aware of one's own alertness cycle and the point of mental diminishing returns,... more info

• Do it right the first time
  Every year I try to learn a few new methods of "remembering" more of what I study. Usually I've gone to the memory books. However, you soon realize that mnemonics alone aren't enough. The real task is to figure out better ways of integrating new material with the knowledge you already have. Until reading Study Smarter, Not Harder the best I had come across was Kenneth Higbee's Your Memory. Higbee is excellent on mnemonics and has a very nice chapter on study skills. Kevin Paul takes the opposite tack,... more info

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