Barbara Oakley

Gave me a neuroscience-grounded understanding of how learning actually works and how to do it more effectively.

1 book reviewedCraft

Table 5Learning how to learn7 seats

Seated at Table 5, Learning how to learn

Seat 4 of 7. Also at the table:

Gayle Laakmann McDowellGave me a structured approach to technical problem solving and helped me prepare for my early technical interviews through her books.
Scott YoungInspired my approach to ultralearning and tackling ambitious self-education projects with structure and intensity.
Josh KaufmanReinforced the value of rapid skill acquisition and first-principles thinking about business and learning.
Josh WaitzkinTaught me about the art of learning itself, the power of presence, and how mastery transfers across domains.
Maria PopovaModeled the art of deep, cross-disciplinary reading and weaving ideas from literature, science, and philosophy into a coherent worldview.
Tim FerrissIntroduced me to the idea of lifestyle design and systematic approaches to accelerated learning and self-experimentation.

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Gave me a neuroscience-grounded understanding of how learning actually works and how to do it more effectively.

1 book reviewedCraft

Table 5Learning how to learn7 seats

Seat 4 of 7. Also at the table:

Gayle Laakmann McDowellGave me a structured approach to technical problem solving and helped me prepare for my early technical interviews through her books.
Scott YoungInspired my approach to ultralearning and tackling ambitious self-education projects with structure and intensity.
Josh KaufmanReinforced the value of rapid skill acquisition and first-principles thinking about business and learning.
Josh WaitzkinTaught me about the art of learning itself, the power of presence, and how mastery transfers across domains.
Maria PopovaModeled the art of deep, cross-disciplinary reading and weaving ideas from literature, science, and philosophy into a coherent worldview.
Tim FerrissIntroduced me to the idea of lifestyle design and systematic approaches to accelerated learning and self-experimentation.

No quotes kept from them yet.