Scott Young on How to Master Hard Skills

Sep 3, 2019

Today’s guest on the podcast is Scott Young, author of the bestselling book Ultralearning, subtitle Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition and Accelerate your Career. As a life long learner, Scott has always been fascinated with the idea of mastering hard skills and applying what he has learned to practical situations. From finishing an entire 4 year MIT degree in just under a year, to going a year without speaking English and learning four different languages, Scott has experimented with many facets of Ultralearning to become proficient at pretty much anything he puts his mind to. Now taking that knowledge that he has gained over the years, Scott has created a masterpiece of a book to provide a roadmap for anyone on how they can master hard skills and use it as a tool to move forward in life and create the life of their dreams. 

 

In today's episode, we discuss Scott’s different experiments to test his theories, the way in which techniques like his compare and complement todays education system, the advice he has for people who want to move forward in their careers and life in general , and much more.