Think Less Learn More: Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind

by Srini Pillay

Think Less Learn More

Genres: Nonfiction, Personal Development, Psychology

224 pages, Paperback

Published May 4, 2017

About the author

Also known as Srinivasan S. Pillay

Reviews

[Nicolette · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book felt like a collection of lots of little ideas that weren’t really well explained. I struggled to find ways to implement this book into my life because it’s not very practical. Maybe I don’t know enough about the brain but I struggled to relate his ideas to being unfocused (which he really means as having superior brainpower).

His first area of thought is creativity and he has a chapter devoted to being more creative. However, he doesn’t clearly explain how being creative leads you to be more unfocused.

His second chapter talks about dynamic learning but he fails to explain the concept of dynamic learning, other than a short story about a school where children learn by doing.

His third area of thought is called ‘supertasking’. Put simply, he has just renamed multitasking. Apparently multitasking is bad for the brain but his type of multitasking is great. His points for this are: reduce stress, add a happy task to the day, loosen up during tasks (eg doodling or playing musical instruments) to allow the unconscious to do its job, combining tasks to save time, get feedback (either from yourself or others), look for ways that things can be connected mentally (like objects in your bedroom), filter out distractions. These things are quite vague and it doesn’t explain well how this relates to being unfocused.

I think this book has a lot of potential but needs a rewrite.

[Enrica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Profoundly thought-provoking. This one took me a while to properly digest some of Dr Pillay’s philosophies. We often feel bad about procrastinating an important task but Pillay argues that losing focus is precisely what broadens our creative horizons and preaches steps to adopting a more carefree mindset.

Took one star off because I’ll just use this to justify my laziness.

[Laura Bartkiewicz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a insightful read on the benefits of a well balanced life to achieving success. It uses story telling to reinforce data and points that clearly support the narrative. It was an eye opener in day to day best practices to learn more by focusing less. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Vishal Choudhary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent put through on thinking and focus.
Unfocus is more important than focus. Unfocus can be done by daydreaming, relaxing, imagining, embracing complexity
Unfocus to get ideas which clears the path to greatness

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insightful, powerful and empowering.
A thought provoking read.

[Wiktoria Imrak · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I was familiar with this philosophy before reading the book (when you stop thinking about a problem and relax, the solution is likely to strike), I still enjoyed the read.

[Saransh Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice concepts and easy to work on if put unfocus