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Ultralearning
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Ultralearning

Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career

HarperBusiness, 2019 mais...


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8

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  • Applicable
  • Concrete Examples
  • Insider's Take

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“Ultralearner” Scott Young practices what he preaches. He learned four languages in 12 months, learned the content of an MIT degree in a year and learned to draw competent portraits in a month. He shares insights from his experiences and those of other people who learned new, complex skills and entirely new disciplines, often quickly, by using nine principles of efficient, self-directed learning. Young’s techniques offer an alternative, practical approach to learning. Some of his methods are well-known, but his overall strategy will speak to students, anyone ambitious and anyone trying a career change.

Take-Aways

  • Use the intense process of ultralearning to learn new skills and knowledge quickly.
  • Despite the similarities among ultralearners, this method doesn’t follow a formula or a standard list of best practices – only nine principles. 
  • Work on “metalearning, focus and directness.”

About the Author

Ultralearner Scott Young learned the content of an MIT degree in 12 months and learned four languages in a year by using ultralearning techniques and principles.


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    R. T. 3 years ago
    I genuinely enjoyed this abstract. It’s a really nice summary of a learning strategy that people could adopt in a fast-paced world that requires constant effort to remain relevant.

    And it successfully poses the question: do you really need to go back to school - often at a huge cost - to get validation that you "know" something? When 9 times out of 10 it's almost as easy to learn it yourself online by "growth hacking" it (at a fraction of the cost).

    What I didn't know, was that you don't need to be Einstein to make it work; apparently just about anyone can do this as long as you focus and use deliberate study methods.

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