The Art of Self-Directed Learning: 23 Tips for Giving Yourself an Unconventional Education

The Art of Self-Directed Learning is a collection of 23 stories and insights that will help you become a more motivated and self-guided learner.

Drawing on a decade of research, adventures, and interviews conducted by Blake Boles (author of College Without High School and Better Than College), this book will inspire you to craft your own unconventional education, no matter whether you're a young adult, recent graduate, parent, or simply someone who never wants to stop learning.

Each chapter is brief, story-oriented, and accompanied by an original line drawing, making The Art of Self-Directed Learning a great choice for readers and "non-readers" alike.

Chapters include:

1. The Girl Who Sailed Around the World
2. What Self-Directed Learners Do
3. What Self-Directed Learners Don't Do
4. Consensual Learning
5. Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose
6. Discipline, Dissected
7. Cages and Keys
8. Second Right Answers
9. Googling Everything
10. E-mailing Strangers
11. The Digital Paper Trail
12. Information Versus Knowledge
13. Alone, Together
14. Nerd Clans
15. Learning How to Learn
16. The Dance Lesson
17. Indescribable Sexiness
18. Deliberate Practice
19. Pumping Poop for the Win
20. Passion, Skill, Market
21. Time Wealth
22. Career Advice from a Robot Dinosaur
23. How to Light Your Mind on Fire