If you study this book well, you will become highly skilled in doing mathematical proofs, but not just. After having only gone thoroughly through the first chapters, you will be so skilled that you can skip the material at the beginning of many math textbooks that review set theory, etc. For instance, Munkres, Topology. The material at the beginning of the book becomes an utter triviality. Your understanding of proofs in Real Analysis textbooks will be ameliorated. I can not fully explain how this will help you.<br>I personally read How to Read and Do Proofs, Solow, but after going through that textbook then picking up this one. I would advise you to not bother with Solow's text. He makes up his own terminology for things that already exist, and it's kind of handwavy. You will find that you have to relearn what you're doing if you read his, but you will see where he was coming from on his techniques. His techniques are wrong, but there is a better way. Use this book. I never give anything 5 stars. 4 is the max I rate out of 5; it would be 9 stars, if it were up to 10, etc.<br><br>Buy this book, study it, go back to the beginning of the book, and review it, just like you would if you were taking a college exam on the material. Ensure your mastery. You will not regret it.