First and foremost, this bestseller is divided into four sections and contains eighteen chapters. The first
section gives the reader a holistic overview of what the book is mainly about. The author, Adam Khoo, also
conveys the message that everyone has the potential to produce better and fantastic results as he himself
has also been an underachiever during his primary school days. He tells the story of how a dumb kid like him
can be gifted.
Years ago, his parents lamented his utter lack of interest in his work and his uninspiring performance in
tests and exams. His parents sent him for lots of private tuition but that did not help at all. He was at
the lowest ebb of his school career when his father learned of a five day residential programme for
teenagers designed to teach them how to study and take charge of their lives. Deciding that they have
nothing to lose except their money, his parents enrolled him in the Super-Teen programme.
At the end of the five days, Adam was a completely changed teenager. What he learnt and experienced has
transformed his whole attitude and outlook of his studies and life. Intrigued and challenged, he left the
camp with his newly acquired super-learning skills, ready to claim his birthright of success. A self-made
millionaire at the age of only 26, he now owns and manages four businesses with a combined turnover of $20
million. He is also an entrepreneur, a peak performance trainer, and also a best-selling author. He
structures specific techniques and strategies and shares them through this book, which any student can use
to produce the same outstanding results he has achieved.
The second section is where the excitement comes in. The reader will be exposed to several super-learning
strategies, which are, power-reading for information, Mind Mapping(TM), super memory for words and super
memory for numbers.
Power-reading is a technique of reading that is designed to increase your concentration and comprehension of
reading at the same time. Through power-reading, you will be able to read up to three times faster than your
current speed. There are guidelines on how to power-read and activities to train your ability to power-read
at the end of the chapter. Power reading for information, on the other hand, is mainly about collecting
keywords which will help you in constructing your own Mind Map(TM). In general, in any textbook, only 20% of
the words contain the information you need to fully acquire all the knowledge and to score an ‘A’. This book
teaches you how to reduce 80% of unnecessary study time and remember more in the process through
power-reading for information.
Mind Maps(TM) saves you loads of time as it uses only keywords, utilizes all the seven principles of Super
Memory, and uses both sides of your brain simultaneously. There are step-by-step guides on how to construct
a Mind Map(TM) and also some exercises on Mind Map(TM) constructing at the end of the
chapter.
The third section deals with our personal driving forces, which are motivation and goals. The author gives
some tips on avoiding procrastination, time-management, and also the formula for scoring ‘A’s. As for the
fourth section, it contains important examination strategies which are very useful and handy during
exams.
