Ultralearning
Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
About the book
Scott H. Young argues that hard skills can be mastered quickly through structured self-education he calls ultralearning. Young has learned four new languages, and he covered the four-year MIT computer science curriculum in a year. He draws on research about effective learning methods along with the stories of other ultralearners, among them physicist Richard Feynman, Benjamin Franklin, chess grandmaster Judit Polgar and Nigel Richards, who took the French World Scrabble Championship without speaking French. The book sets out a group of principles and a framework for planning and running a learning project, presenting self-education as a way to stay relevant as work changes.
Cal Newport endorsed it, likening ultralearning to a superpower in a competitive economy, and Barbara Oakley, creator of the Learning How to Learn course, called it the best book on learning she has read.
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This book has 5 recommendations
Cal Newport (Author)
Ultralearning is like a superpower in our competitive economy. Read this book! It will change your life.
Barbara Oakley (Author, Creator of Learning How to Learn Course)
Ultralearning is the best book on learning I’ve ever read. It’s a beautifully written, brilliantly researched, and immediately useful masterpiece. If you are looking for the magic match to help light your learning, Ultralearning is it. If you want to learn anything, do yourself a favor and read this book. Now.
Derek Sivers (Entrepreneur, Author)
A truly great book about learning. Riveting, useful, practical, and applicable to anyone ready to learn something at their own pace. Ultralearning shows you exactly how to learn better than you thought possible.
Robert Pozen (Author, MIT Sloan School of Management Lecturer)
How do you master a difficult subject more quickly than by sitting through years of classes? Read Ultralearning for specific directions on structuring and absorbing complex topics in record time. This short book provides you with a step-by-step guide to becoming an ultra fast learner.
Chris Guillebeau (Author, Creator/Side Hustle School)
This book is an invaluable tool to help you master complicated skills in a short period of time. Read Ultralearning and level up your life!
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