241: Scott Young | Ultralearning Your Way To Skill Mastery
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
4.8 • 12.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Scott Young (@ScottHYoung) is the host of the Scott Young Podcast and author of Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
What We Discuss with Scott Young:- How Benjamin Franklin, chess grandmaster Judit Polgár, and Nobel Laureate physicist Richard Feynman used Ultralearning to rise to the top of their fields.
- How Scott used ultralearning to absorb the entire MIT four-year computer science curriculum in 11 months and learned four languages in one year!
- The biggest mistakes you're probably making when trying to learn something new.
- Why school isn't the only place where intense learning is possible.
- How our brains process languages and why some of our most popular learning options (like Duolingo) may not be optimal.
- And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | A lot of people ask me how I'm able to stick to my fitness routine, especially since I have such a bananas schedule. |
| 0:06.1 | For me, it's really creating a routine that is sustainable and can be duplicated on an ongoing basis. |
| 0:11.3 | Consistency is the key, right? |
| 0:12.8 | And Peloton helps me have a sustainable fitness routine because there are thousands of classes to choose from. |
| 0:17.8 | It's also 24-7, I've always got time for it. |
| 0:20.1 | I might only have 15 minutes in between calls, but I can still fit in a Peloton class. |
| 0:24.7 | Peloton's really famous for their bikes, but they also make a top-notch rowing machine |
| 0:29.0 | that stores upright, which you think no big deal, but when you try to have a rower on the floor, |
| 0:33.9 | you'll be so glad this thing goes upright. |
| 0:36.1 | If you're a newbie to rowing, the Peloton row has sensors that contract your movements |
| 0:40.1 | that shows you how your form is doing, and it warns you if you're doing something wrong |
| 0:43.5 | that could injure you or whatever. |
| 0:44.8 | And right now is the perfect time to get rowing with Peloton row. |
| 0:47.3 | We can promise you've never rode like this before. |
| 0:49.8 | Peloton row offers a variety of classes for all levels and game-changing features |
| 0:53.7 | that help you get rowing or advance what you can already do. |
| 0:56.0 | Explore Peloton row and financing options at 1peloton.com-slash-row. |
| 1:26.0 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:36.6 | I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
| 1:38.1 | As always, I'm here with my producer, Jason DeFilippo. |
| 1:41.0 | On the Jordan Harbinger show, we decode the stories, secrets, and skills of the world's |
| 1:45.2 | most brilliant and interesting people and turn their wisdom into practical advice that |
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