How to Become a Super Learner

"In my first year of high school, my father was summoned to my counselor's office. He was advised to remove me from high school as I would likely not graduate. And if I did graduate, I would certainly never be accepted into college. It seems I was simultaneously burdened with two debilitating syndromes - dyslexia and ADHD. So, while my academic performance was short of outright failure, my prognosis did not seem very positive to my teachers at the time. Against my counselor's advice, my father insisted I continue in high school."

"My father delayed telling me about his encounter with my counselor until my graduation, but it wasn't my high school graduation. My father decided to reveal his encounter with my counselor only when I reached the age of 27 and had just completed my first doctoral training program. What happened? Now, many years later, having been a professor at two of the leading universities in the world and the author of over 20 books I look back and try to answer the question "What happened?""

"Jim McCann (author of the book Lodestar: Tapping into the Ten Timeless Pillars of Success) hosts a popular podcast, "Celebrations Chatter." He recently interviewed Dr. Barbara Oakley. Oakley's book, Learning How to Learn, is a national best-seller and her MOOC of the same name has been accessed by over 4 million learners. In her interview, her book, and her MOOC, Oakley describes how she went from an 18-year-old military recruit who hated math to a professor of engineering. What happened? She unravels the mysteries of learning. She describes how to harness an understanding of how the brain works so as to help you become a super learner. Most importantly, h"

Science identifies methods to accelerate learning, including exercise, multimedia learning, and other techniques that increase neuroplasticity. Super learning techniques can help overcome learning challenges such as dyslexia and ADHD by enhancing the brain's capacity to learn. A student advised to leave high school despite dyslexia and ADHD continued, completed doctoral training by age 27, and later became a professor at leading universities and a prolific publisher. An individual transformed from an 18-year-old recruit who disliked math into an engineering professor by applying brain-based learning strategies that harness how the brain works to become a super learner.

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