Dr. Barbara Oakley is the world`s leading authority on Learning How to Learn and a Professor of Engineering at Oakland University. After struggling with math and science at a young age, Barbara decided one day to master the art and science of effective studying, and has since taught literally millions of students with her world-famous online courses on learning more effectively. If you want to gain mastery at any skill or simply be more productive studying for that next exam, this episode is for you!

Max Out Insights:

The most effective way to put something into long-term memory is to study it and then retrieve it - study, look away, retrieve the key ideas from memory

Most people remember things when they re-read them, but can`t retrieve them from memory

Spaced repetition is key - instead of 1x5hours, do 5x1hour

Quality sleep is absolutely necessary for your brain to change in response to new learning