Scott Young - Ultralearning

<p>On today’s episode of the Financial Independence Podcast, I’m excited to introduce Scott Young!</p> <p>I first heard about Scott when he decided to complete MIT's entire computer science curriculum in a year.</p> <p>Scott has taken on a lot of these types of impressive learning projects and he just wrote a great book about it – Ultralearning.</p> <p>As you know, I’m attempting to tackle a very intimidating project myself so what better way to kick off that effort than with my own 3-month ultralearning project!</p> <p>In today’s interview, we dive into the details of ultralearning and we design a new ultralearning project from scratch.</p> <p>Ultralearning projects seem perfect for anyone who is FI or hopes to achieve financial independence one day so hope you get as much out of this discussion as I did!</p> <p>Highlights</p> <ul> <li>Why ultralearning can help you get to FI quicker (while making the journey more enjoyable)</li> <li>How Scott was able to complete MIT’s computer science curriculum in one year</li> <li>Why the first part of learning something new is the hardest and how to use ultralearning to get past that phase sooner</li> <li>How to learn new languages as quickly and efficiently as possible</li> <li>Details about my own ultralearning project and how Scott suggests I design it</li> <li>The imporantance of breaking big goals into concrete stages</li> <li>Why limiting scope is so important when diving into something new</li> <li>What is meta-feedback and why it’s important</li> <li>The power of direct practice and how to use drills to fix specific issues</li> <li>What to do when you hit a block or a plateau in your learning</li> </ul>