Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential

Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential | Barbara Oakley

Ok, one last thing: did I mention this woman went from working as a Russian translator to a professor of engineering? And that she was a mathphobe for years before that? Yeah, seriously worth the read.

julesG What? 7y

Arbol I took a MOOC from her. She's really great. 7y

SusanInTiburon What happened?! Lightning strike? I wish I could strike myself scientific. 7y

Smrloomis @Arbol agreed! 7y

Smrloomis @julesG @SusanInTiburon she wrote in the Atlantic I think about her transformation and I also want to read another book of hers - Mind for Numbers.

Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

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Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential | Barbara Oakley

Part 2 of 2 of the book blurb for anyone who's curious 😁

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Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential | Barbara Oakley

Here's part of the description of the audio since right now there's no blurb up here. Part 1 of 2

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Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential | Barbara Oakley

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Really enjoyed this, particularly the parts about changing career paths and areas. She also has a learning MOOC on Coursera that's on now & free if you don't want a certificate. My only quibble is that I would have much rather read this. Her voice is reedy and - IMHO - not well suited for an audio book. I'm going to have to listen again to certain chapters because a tiny bit of background noise drowned her out at points. Otherwise, fascinating!

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