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The author of the book decided to try out the principle of lifelong learning. From scratch he learnt to play checkers, sing, surf, doodle and juggle. And it turned out that everything is entirely possible.

The idea to conduct such an experiment in the author z’yavlyavlyavlyavlyavsya when he looked at his daughter, who is eager to learn something new, and wondered why with age in most people's desire disappears. This book — his own search for answers to this question. And the main reason, as it turns out, is not in the fact that we are steadily declining in abilities, — but in anticipation, the desire to go «rolled-out road » and fear that we will waste time on something unpromising.