Ultralearning
Accelerate Your Career, Master Hard Skills and Outsmart the Competition
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Ultralearning
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Scott Young
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Scott H. Young
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READ BY THE AUTHOR
Future-proof your career and maximize your competitive advantage by learning the skill necessary to stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way in this essential guide.
Faced with tumultuous economic times and rapid technological change, staying ahead in your career depends on continual learning—a lifelong mastery of new ideas, subjects, and skills. If you want to accomplish more and stand apart from everyone else, you need to become an ultralearner.
Scott Young incorporates the latest research about the most effective learning methods and the stories of other ultralearners like himself—among them Ben Franklin, Judit Polgar, and Richard Feynman, as well as a host of others, such as little-known modern polymaths like Nigel Richards who won the World Championship of French Scrabble—without knowing French.
Young documents the methods he and others have used and shows that, far from being an obscure skill limited to aggressive autodidacts, ultralearning is a powerful tool anyone can use to improve their career, studies, and life. Ultralearning explores this fascinating subculture, shares the nine principles behind every successful ultralearning project, and offers insights into how you can organize and execute a plan to learn anything deeply and quickly, without teachers or budget-busting tuition costs.
Whether the goal is to be fluent in a language (or ten languages), earn the equivalent of a college degree in a fraction of the time, or master multiple skills to build a product or business from the ground up, the principles in Ultralearning will guide you to success.
©2019 Scott H. Young (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedCritic Reviews
‘Ultralearning is like a superpower in our competitive economy. Read this book! It will change your life.’
— Cal Newport, author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work
‘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.’
— Robert Pozen, author of Extreme Productivity and Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management
‘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.”
— Barbara Oakley, author of A Mind for Numbers and co-author and co-instructor of Learning How to Learn
‘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!’
— Chris Guillebeau, bestselling author of The $100 Startup and The Happiness of Pursuit
‘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.’
— Derek Sivers, author of Anything You Want
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- Geoff Lewis
- 09-01-2020
Good points, too long
A good book. Fairly simple central premise, which is over elaborated on. The main challenge will be whether you choose to apply the principles to your life.
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- Juan C. Cordovez
- 28-09-2021
Important overview of learning
The author does a great job of casting a wide net over many learning theories. Some more familiar and intuitive (positive reinforcement), others less so (rate of acquisition of various drill methods). What is important in his message is the perspective and drive needed, once all these variables are taken into consideration in a reduced timeframe. Regardless of whether the objective is to ultra learn or normal-learn a new subject, his outline for achieving good results is a great framework from which to start.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-03-2025
Learnt that this method is high intensity
Just like HIIT exercise, high intensity might not suit everyone, but I still got a lot out of this book should I ever be brave enough to embark on such a project. I will incorporate more retrieval exercise in my learning next time. Enjoyed all the stories mentioned in this book. His voice is very clear, makes listening to this book an enjoyable experience.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-05-2020
Ideas
This book has amazing advice. Delivers what it promises. However, there just some ideas on the influence of genetics and talent throughout the book that I disagree with. Personally I believe that genetics may make much less of an impact. The science may be wrong or yet to understand the factors better. The brain and body may be more versatile than appears.
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- Todd
- 28-03-2020
Great book
This book was really good and despite what others have said, it has some real practical advice. It is a great follow on from the book by Cal Newport ‘So Good They Cant Ignore You’. I intend be a life long learner, very inspiring.
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- Despina
- 20-12-2019
Brilliant!
Written well, with clear information and interesting examples. It’s also narrated very well, so it’s easy to listen to. Highly recommended!
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- Anonymous User
- 22-08-2022
Amazing
Highly recommended so informative and direct. Well narrated and very clear in the message they were trying to convey
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- Alexander Whillas
- 02-10-2019
quite an inspiring read
helped me reinvigorate my learning projects with some great ideas and motivating examples. need to listen to it on repeat (drip) to memorize it all (retention)!
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- Dude
- 09-12-2022
The book is amazing
It teaches you exactly what it says it will and is very entertaining at the same time
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- Shaun
- 03-10-2021
Very good audiobook about learning efficiently
Good to improve our learning techniques.
In our days learning quickly and remembering for application can feel very challenging.
This audiobook will help getting more out of our brain capabilities by understanding its strengths and limitations.
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