Mindshift” by Dr. Barbara Oakley
Swadesh Chakrabarty
Release date of the book: April 18, 2017
Learning is a continuous process. Our life is a discovery process of our hidden capabilities through continued learning. The learning process in itself is an art and science. There are definite ways by which we can accelerate our learning capabilities through understanding of the behavior of our brain.
This fact was critically understood by me while undergoing a MOOC course created by University of California, San Diego titled, “Learning how to learn”. The esteemed professors were,
Dr. Barbara Oakley, Ramon y Cajal Distinguished Scholar of Global Digital Learning, McMaster University
Professor of Engineering, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Oakland University
Dr. Terrence Sejnowski, Francis Crick Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Computational Neurobiology Laboratory
Dr. Barbara Oakley shared the neuroscientific insights about learning which made the subject matter highly interesting. Now she has come up with a new book released on Amazon on April 18, 2017. In our life we are always influenced by preconceived ideas experienced in our immediate past life. At the same time with the demands of time and our inner stimulations, at times we are prompted to change the course of our life or even to change the subject matter in our career path. This involves lot of dilemma. It is not easy for a Doctor to change his profession as writer or an artist being a politician.
In the book “Mindshift”, Dr. Barbara Oakley has inspired to imbibe the capabilities of managing the mind shifts so as to embrace a new path in life with joy and success. Like the book “a mind for numbers” this book is also going to be a must read for us.)