Ultralearning (Ep. 288)

The Inforium

Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme

Personal Branding, Career, Productivity, Business, Learning, Lifehacking, College, University, Education, 101, Lifestyle Design, Work Smart, Class

4.8 • 998 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

We talk about Scott Young's book, Ultralearning, and how you can learn and build skills far more quickly than the average syllabus might imply. Full show notes This week’s episode is sponsored by: Skillshare: With thousands of courses in a wide range of different skills, Skillshare can help you take things to the next level. If you're one of the first 500 to use this link, you can also get started with 2 free months of unlimited learning (including Thomas' new Habit-Building class!) at Skillshare.com/geek. Dashlane can help make your online experience safer and more convenient with password management, VPN, form filling and more. Head over to Dashlane.com/collegeinfogeek for a free 30-day trial, and once you've fallen in love you can use the code 'collegeinfogeek' for 10% off your subscription. Things mentioned in this episode: Ultralearning, by Scott Young Thomas’ Habit-Building course on Skillshare Smart Passive Income Listen Money Matters Polyphonic on YouTube Better Ideas on YouTube Linus Tech Tips on YouTube Scott Young's 30 Day Portrait Drawing Challenge Fluent in 3 Months This Guy Edits on YouTube 10 YouTube Channels You Should Follow in 2020 Chrystopher Rhodes' Video on a Budget course on Skillshare The Most Powerful Way to Remember What You Study Anki (iOS | Android) iTalki (iOS | Android) Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page. You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter. Timestamps: 0:01:59 - Overview 0:09:30 - Metalearning 0:14:05 - Focusing 0:21:01 - Directness 0:25:12 - Sponsor: Skillshare (Learning new skills) 0:28:34 - Sponsor: Dashlane (Managing your passwords) 0:30:27 - Drilling 0:36:08 - Retrieval 0:44:43 - Feedback 0:52:57 - Retention 1:02:39 - Intuition 1:10:15 - Experimentation 1:14:57 - Conclusion If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! It's easy, you'll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure :) You can also leave a review! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:33.0	Hey what is going on everybody and welcome it to the College
0:36.0	Info Geek Podcast.
0:37.0	The internet's best resource for getting ahead as a student or possibly even a non-student
0:41.0	but a terrible resource for learning how to chisel your own face into Mount Rushmore.
0:46.0	In fact, I don't think there are... All four faces? All of them. Oh yeah.
0:50.0	In the one. Now I am working on a new online course on how to clandestinely chisel your own face to
0:57.7	replace all of the presidents. In fact, actually wait, is it, it's all presidents, right?
1:04.0	It's Washington, it's Lincoln.
1:05.4	I went there this one time.
1:06.6	Is, I think Roosevelt, and then the fourth one.
1:09.4	I don't remember all four.
1:10.8	It's like, none of them are.
1:12.3	I feel like I should know who is on Mount Rush
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