Mindshift
by Barbara Oakley
Oakley on career change and learning late: stories of people who switched fields, the neuroscience of adult learning, and practical use of online courses. Encouraging for anyone who thinks it is too late.
Read it if…
you want to change fields and doubt you can learn something new at your age.
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Skip it if…
you want study technique; see A Mind for Numbers.
Try instead: The Way of Aikido →
Three things you will actually use
- Adults learn well; the brain keeps changing.
- Past expertise transfers unexpectedly.
- Broaden rather than narrow as you age.
Do this first
Enroll in one online course outside your field and finish the first week.
Our verdict
Encouraging career-change science.
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