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Check out Tricki.
It's a repository of useful mathematical techniques. From my experience, many skills can be developed through practice.
For calculus I strongly recommend Rudin. Reading the book (~ half of it) line by line and doing the great exercises was very difficult but gave me a real insight into calculus and mathematical thinking in general.
Suggesting Rudin to an engineering or a programming student not already mathematically inclined is like offering a text in metallurgy or forest management to an apprentice lumberjack. They will learn nothing and give up in frustration almost immediately. Stewart calculus is plenty, and in some ways overkill.
I disagree. There is no point in doing anything if you're not trying to do it right.
Rudin is fundamental, which I find to be the only important thing. He is indeed difficult, but requires no prior knowledge of advanced math.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it's worth trying.
I tend to jump straight into advanced when I really want to learn.
Maybe it works for you, but it is certainly not a common approach.
Thanks, I'll check em out.