How to Be Twice As Smart

I believe this book delivers on the promise of the title. And you don't need to use, or even read, everything in the book to reap benefits from owning it.

I find the "ideas" in this book repugnant, namely that craft skills to display the pretense of intelligence for purely narcissistic purposes are a ready substitute for actual thought, introspection and self-development.

How to Be Twice as Smart is a book that basically discusses the use of some older techniques that have been developed in the past.Predominating through this book are discussions of antiquated reading techniques such as : only reading the first sentence of every paragraph, using mnemonics to memorize things, and not using vowels when note taking.