How to study complicated subject

The swallow a mountain method
1. Break big task into smaller ones.
2. Reward yourself frequently.
3. Studying Oracle is no harder than studying abc. Just expose yourself daily to it.
4. Practice, practice, practice - A great samurai
5. Do things one step at a time
6. Detachment.
7. Believe the task is easy. This will banish your resistance.

Best Oracle books
1. Oracle 10g Database Administration Concepts & Implementation Made Simple by Asim Abbasi
2. OCA: Oracle 10g Administration by Chip Dawes, Bob Bryla
3. Expert Oracle Database Architecture by Thomas Kyte
4. Selftestsoftware
5. Head First SQL by Lynn Beighley
6. Oracle Performance Tunning 101 by Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha, Kirtikumar Deshpande
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How to study books
1. Find good books : Googel search "Oracle" best book. Read reviews in Amazon. Get books in Singapore library. Get free books on internet google "book title" free book.
2. Quick scan : Quick scan each chapter to get a overall idea.
3. Organic read : Only read the parts that interest you. Gain understanding first.
4. Detail reading: Gain understanding.
5. Notes taking: This step is very important for memorization and detail reading. Use hand writing or copy paste from ebook. Write down your questions on the notes to refer back later.
6. Memorize: Read the notes and memorize. There is no understanding without memory.