Book description
Have you ever wished you could give your mind an upgrade, just as you
can give one to your computer, car, kitchen, or wardrobe? Or that you
could remember all-important phone numbers or shopping lists without
fumbling with multiple slips of paper? Or speed-read or do
lightning-fast everyday math calculations? Or that you could be a
Renaissance man or woman and dazzle your friends at dinner with your
mastery of dates and facts, artists and albums, presidents and policies?
Now there is a way to give yourself this intellectual attention and
improvement: With
Your Intelligence Makeover
you'll enjoy a makeover that is more than just skin deep.
With this
book's three-week master plan, you'll learn the skills you need to nip
and tuck your own knowledge -- you'll double or triple your reading
speed and dramatically improve your memory. Then you'll have access to
a wide body of information to kick it up a notch and rise to a higher
intellectual plane. Whether you want to start a new career, complete
your education, brush up your cultural literacy, increase your
knowledge of a favorite subject, or simply chat up friends, family,
and associates with a fascinating array of anecdotes, you can use the
easy-to-learn secrets of education specialist Dr. Edward F. Droge,
Jr., to launch new chapters in your own life.
A former New York City police officer who went to Yale in his
thirties as an undergraduate and then on to Harvard to earn a master's
and a doctorate, Dr. Droge reveals the "Super Tools," which
he developed to fuel his own success, to help you create your unique,
personalized makeover plan. Take the entertaining self-assessment
quizzes to find the areas in which you need to brush up and then use
the Super Tools to immerse yourself in virtually any subject. Filled
with mind-expanding sidebars and a vast reservoir of resources for
learning in multiple subject areas (including History, Literature,
Grammar, Math, Art, Science, Sports, Music, and much more), Your
Intelligence Makeover promises to put you on the right track to
tapping the limitless power of your intelligence for satisfaction and
gain.
"This book is a great way to get smarter --
think of it as Miracle-Gro for your brain."
-- A. J. Jacobs, author of The Know-It-All
Before entering the field of Education, Edward F.
Droge, Jr., Ed. D., was a police officer in New York City. He
earned his B. A. in English at Yale, graduating cum laude, and earned
his master's and doctoral degrees at Harvard. He taught expository
writing at Harvard and helped launch three teacher education programs
there. His academic articles have appeared in national and regional
newspapers and journals. He has worked for twenty-five years as
headmaster, teacher, and consultant at independent schools in programs
ranging from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. His national honors
and distinctions include induction into the Cum Laude Society. Visit
him at www. drdroge. com.
