Between 3−4 stars rating, 07 November 2018 Learn and Change at Every Age and Stage
By: Dine Rostianti
Human’s personal and professional life do not always go according to what they planned or wanted. The world we live in is also always changing and often unpredictable. At some point in his or her life, a person may suddenly be forced or demanded to change extremely the path of his or her life. Barbara Oakley invites the readers to prepare for extreme changes that may occur.
This book provides examples of real life people who can change their life paths unexpectedly. There is story of bus driver who have managed to fight depression. There is story of people who failed at school, then changed his mind set and managed to establish an organization that is engaged in... See More
guiding young people in learning. There is a smart girl who suddenly got a big disaster that befell her family so that she failed to actualized her dream for college. Facing this disaster, instead of ruminating her problems, she changed by thinking about other people's problems and ways to help overcome their problems.
This book reminds that humans have the potential that is often not realized by themselves. Many people have managed to explore the potential in themselves when unexpected things happen. However, other potentials within us can actually be explored and nurtured in preparation for unexpected and undesirable things. This book guides how to learn and explore the potential stored in us. Barbara Oakley stated, "…I see that people have the ability to learn and change at every age and stage ..."