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The Power Of Mindful Learning

By: Ellen J. Langer
Narrated by: Rachel Frawley
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 A professor of psychology at Harvard encourages readers to open themselves up to a more mindful understanding of learning which allows the dynamic nature of information to guide their awareness of the world.

Radical in its implications, this original and important work may change forever the views we hold about the nature of learning. In The Power of Mindful Learning, Ellen Langer uses her innovative theory of mindulness, introduced in her influential earlier book, to dramatically enhance the way we learn. In business, sports, laboratories, or at home, our learning is hobbled by certain antiquated and pervasive misconceptions. In this pithy, liberating, and delightful book she gives us a fresh, new view of learning in the broadest sense. Such familiar notions as delayed gratification, ”the basics”, or even ”right answers”, are all incapacitating myths which Langer explodes one by one. She replaces them with her concept of mindful or conditional learning which she demonstrates, with fascinating examples from her research, to be extraordinarily effective. Mindful learning takes place with an awareness of context and of the ever-changing nature of information. Learning without this awareness, as Langer shows convincingly, has severely limited uses and often sets on up for failure.With stunning applications to skills as diverse as paying attention, CPR, investment analysis, psychotherapy, or playing a musical instrument, The Power of Mindful Learning is for all who are curious and intellectually adventurous. Aging & Longevity Creativity & Genius Developmental Psychology Education Personal Development Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Mindful Learning
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The narration was good. However the content was disappointing. The author makes a point of building a flexible mindset in learning. I find that common sense but this can be said very quickly: instead the author goes into great detail and pushes this point way too far with unreasonable examples, detracting from it in the end. There is a time and place for different kinds of thinking, conditional and absolute. Mental shortcuts and established routines are often needed to function in societies. I thought her presentation was very unbalanced.

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