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(Ep 265) - Why Flashcards Beat Mnemonics for Studying

(Ep 265) - Why Flashcards Beat Mnemonics for Studying by Scott H Young

(Ep 264) - The Key to building rare and valuable skills

(Ep 264) - The Key to building rare and valuable skills by Scott H Young

(Ep 263) - Before You Burn Yourself Out Working, Do This

(Ep 263) - Before You Burn Yourself Out Working, Do This by Scott H Young

(Ep 262) - Lesson 2: The Simple Economic Theory That Explains Whether You’ll Have a Great Career

(Ep 262) - Lesson 2: The Simple Economic Theory That Explains Whether You’ll Have a Great Career by Scott H Young

(Ep 261) - Lesson 1: Who Cares what Warren Buffett eats for lunch?

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(Ep 260) - When is Learning Worth the Effort?

(Ep 260) - When is Learning Worth the Effort? by Scott H Young

(Ep 259) - The complete guide to working memory

(Ep 259) - The complete guide to working memory by Scott H Young

(Ep 258) - When are Minimal Habits Useful for Learning

(Ep 258) - When are Minimal Habits Useful for Learning by Scott H Young

(Ep 257) - Seven Steps for Making a Solid Studying Plan

(Ep 257) - Seven Steps for Making a Solid Studying Plan by Scott H Young

(Ep 256) - Ten Great Books on How to Learn Better

(Ep 256) - Ten Great Books on How to Learn Better by Scott H Young

(Ep 255) - 10 Ways You Can Use ChatGPT to Learn Better

(Ep 255) - 10 Ways You Can Use ChatGPT to Learn Better by Scott H Young

(Ep 254) - Recent Reading- Creativity, Mastery and the Three Phases of Learning

(Ep 254) - Recent Reading- Creativity, Mastery and the Three Phases of Learning by Scott H Young

(Ep 253) - Some thoughts on becoming self-actualized

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(Ep 252) - Ten of My Favorite Papers on the Science of Learning and Thinking

(Ep 252) - Ten of My Favorite Papers on the Science of Learning and Thinking by Scott H Young

(Ep 251) - How much transfer can you expect

(Ep 251) - How much transfer can you expect by Scott H Young

(Ep 250) - Are we losing the ability to read books

(Ep 250) - Are we losing the ability to read books by Scott H Young

(Ep 249) - No, ChatGPT Doesn’t Mean You Don’t Need to Learn Things

(Ep 249) - No, ChatGPT Doesn’t Mean You Don’t Need to Learn Things by Scott H Young

(Ep 248) - Creativity is productivity

(Ep 248) - Creativity is productivity by Scott H Young

(Ep 247) - Learning fast and slow

(Ep 247) - Learning fast and slow by Scott H Young

(Ep 246) - How my views on learning have changed over time

(Ep 246) - How my views on learning have changed over time by Scott H Young

(Ep 245) - What Would You Do With More Time?

(Ep 245) - What Would You Do With More Time? by Scott H Young

(Ep 244) - The Underrated Usefulness of Taking a Time Log

(Ep 244) - The Underrated Usefulness of Taking a Time Log by Scott H Young

(Ep 243) - The Key to Sustainable Productivity

(Ep 243) - The Key to Sustainable Productivity by Scott H Young

(Ep 242) - Needing to Pay Attention is a Novel Problem

(Ep 242) - Needing to Pay Attention is a Novel Problem by Scott H Young

(Ep 241) - Why Do People (Usually) Learn Less as They Get Older?

(Ep 241) - Why Do People (Usually) Learn Less as They Get Older? by Scott H Young

(Ep 240) - The Intermediate Plateau

(Ep 240) - The Intermediate Plateau by Scott H Young

(Ep 239) - Curated Consumption: A Saner Approach to Online Media

(Ep 239) - Curated Consumption: A Saner Approach to Online Media by Scott H Young

(Ep 238) - The ten-book rule for smarter thinking

(Ep 238) - The ten-book rule for smarter thinking by Scott H Young

(Ep 237) - 10 mental models for learning

(Ep 237) - 10 mental models for learning by Scott H Young

(Ep 236) - Good advice is obvious

(Ep 236) - Good advice is obvious by Scott H Young

(Ep 235) - What Classes Should I Study to Land a Job?

(Ep 235) - What Classes Should I Study to Land a Job? by Scott H Young

(Ep 234) - Why didn't more people take the MIT challenge

(Ep 234) - Why didn't more people take the MIT challenge by Scott H Young

(Ep 233) - 7 Books on the Science of Learning

(Ep 233) - 7 Books on the Science of Learning by Scott H Young

(Ep 232) - Variability not repetition is the key to mastery

(Ep 232) - Variability not repetition is the key to mastery by Scott H Young

(Ep 231) - Avoiding Flashcard Hell

(Ep 231) - Avoiding Flashcard Hell by Scott H Young

(Ep 230) - Rapid Learner Lesson 4: Why you need a learning sytem

(Ep 230) - Rapid Learner Lesson 4: Why you need a learning sytem by Scott H Young

(EP 229) - Rapid Learner Lesson 3: How to approach any exam with confidence

(EP 229) - Rapid Learner Lesson 3: How to approach any exam with confidence by Scott H Young

(Ep 228) - Rapid Learner Lesson 2: Which matters more method or motivation

(Ep 228) - Rapid Learner Lesson 2: Which matters more method or motivation by Scott H Young

(EP 227) - Rapid Learner Lesson 1: You've never been taught how to learn

(EP 227) - Rapid Learner Lesson 1: You've never been taught how to learn by Scott H Young

(Ep 226) - Failure is a lousy teacher

(Ep 226) - Failure is a lousy teacher by Scott H Young

(Ep 225) - Brain training doesn't work

(Ep 225) - Brain training doesn't work by Scott H Young

(Ep 224) - Building Confidence in Communication with Tristan de Montebello

(Ep 224) - Building Confidence in Communication with Tristan de Montebello by Scott H Young

(Ep 223) - Maximize learning time with these 7 habits

(Ep 223) - Maximize learning time with these 7 habits by Scott H Young

(Ep 222) - 85 percent rule for learning

(Ep 222) - 85 percent rule for learning by Scott H Young

(Ep 221) - What work matters

(Ep 221) - What work matters by Scott H Young

(Ep 220) - Why people stop improving

(Ep 220) - Why people stop improving by Scott H Young

(Ep 219) - How to find your next step

(Ep 219) - How to find your next step by Scott H Young

(Ep 218) - The key to career progress

(Ep 218) - The key to career progress by Scott H Young

(Ep 217) - Practice Made Perfect: The 10 Keys to Optimize Improvement

(Ep 217) - Practice Made Perfect: The 10 Keys to Optimize Improvement by Scott H Young

(Ep 215) - More Recent Reading: Viking Law, Backgammon Strategy, The History of Alchemy and more…

(Ep 215) - More Recent Reading: Viking Law, Backgammon Strategy, The History of Alchemy and more… by Scott H Young

(Ep 216) - You're never too good for the basics

(Ep 216) - You're never too good for the basics by Scott H Young

(Ep 214) - The 10 best books on productivity

(Ep 214) - The 10 best books on productivity by Scott H Young

(Ep 213) - You should pay for tutors

(Ep 213) - You should pay for tutors by Scott H Young

(Ep 212) - No, you haven't forgotten everything

(Ep 212) - No, you haven't forgotten everything by Scott H Young

(Ep 211) - Building A Second Brain - Tiago Forte

(Ep 211) - Building A Second Brain - Tiago Forte by Scott H Young

(Ep 210) - Do you learn more by struggling on hard problems

(Ep 210) - Do you learn more by struggling on hard problems by Scott H Young

(Ep 209) - Book Review - Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs

(Ep 209) - Book Review - Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs by Scott H Young

(Ep 208) - More recent reading

(Ep 208) - More recent reading by Scott H Young

(Ep 207) - Sustaining motivation, judging experts and the meanings of life

(Ep 207) - Sustaining motivation, judging experts and the meanings of life by Scott H Young

(Ep 206) - See-do-feedback - The correct way to practice

(Ep 206) - See-do-feedback - The correct way to practice by Scott H Young

(Ep 205) - How to decide what to work on

(Ep 205) - How to decide what to work on by Scott H Young

(Ep 204) - Cultural literacy

(Ep 204) - Cultural literacy by Scott H Young

(Ep 203) - What i've been reading

(Ep 203) - What i've been reading by Scott H Young

(Ep 202) - Desirable Difficulties: When Harder is Better for Learning

(Ep 202) - Desirable Difficulties: When Harder is Better for Learning by Scott H Young

(Ep 201) - Construction integration model

(Ep 201) - Construction integration model by Scott H Young

(Ep 200) - How Do We Learn Complex Skills? Understanding ACT-R Theory

(Ep 200) - How Do We Learn Complex Skills? Understanding ACT-R Theory by Scott H Young

(Ep 199) - Why don't we use the math we learn in school

(Ep 199) - Why don't we use the math we learn in school by Scott H Young

(Ep 198) - The science of achievement - 7 research-backed tips to set better goals

(Ep 198) - The science of achievement - 7 research-backed tips to set better goals by Scott H Young

(Ep 197) - New research shows I was right about watching lectures faster

(Ep 197) - New research shows I was right about watching lectures faster by Scott H Young

(Ep 196) - Cognitive load theory and its applications for learning

(Ep 196) - Cognitive load theory and its applications for learning by Scott H Young

(Ep 195) - 7 books that have challenged and changed my thinking

(Ep 195) - 7 books that have challenged and changed my thinking by Scott H Young

(Ep 194) - How much do you need to know before getting started?

(Ep 194) - How much do you need to know before getting started? by Scott H Young

(Ep 193) - Which works better habits or projects

(Ep 193) - Which works better habits or projects by Scott H Young

(Ep 192) - Learning by doing - when does it work, when does it fail

(Ep 192) - Learning by doing - when does it work, when does it fail by Scott H Young

(Ep 191) - What if you don't feel smart enough

(Ep 191) - What if you don't feel smart enough by Scott H Young

(Ep 190) - The craft is the end

(Ep 190) - The craft is the end by Scott H Young

(Ep 189) - 10 interesting books on how to think and learn

(Ep 189) - 10 interesting books on how to think and learn by Scott H Young

(Ep 188) - You're trying to do too much

(Ep 188) - You're trying to do too much by Scott H Young

(Ep 187) - The project driven life

(Ep 187) - The project driven life by Scott H Young

(Ep 186) - Want to write for a living - 7 things I wish I knew

(Ep 186) - Want to write for a living - 7 things I wish I knew by Scott H Young

(Ep 185) - Is modernity a myth

(Ep 185) - Is modernity a myth by Scott H Young

(Ep 184) - I'm 33

(Ep 184) - I'm 33 by Scott H Young

(Ep 183) - Lessons Learned from 5 Years and 5000+ Students in Top Performer

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(Ep 182) - Is life better when you're busy?

(Ep 182) - Is life better when you're busy? by Scott H Young

(Ep 181) - Why aren't there more apprenticeships?

(Ep 181) - Why aren't there more apprenticeships? by Scott H Young

(Ep 180) - Book recommendation - Uncommon Sense Teaching

(Ep 180) - Book recommendation - Uncommon Sense Teaching by Scott H Young

(Ep 179) - 10 Best tools to stay mentally sharp at work

(Ep 179) - 10 Best tools to stay mentally sharp at work by Scott H Young

(Ep 178) - Metrics - Useful or Evil?

(Ep 178) - Metrics - Useful or Evil? by Scott H Young

(Ep 177) - What are the best arguments against doing the real thing

(Ep 177) - What are the best arguments against doing the real thing by Scott H Young

(Ep 176) - What is understanding

(Ep 176) - What is understanding by Scott H Young

(Ep 175) - Beware tractability bias

(Ep 175) - Beware tractability bias by Scott H Young

(Ep 174) - How becoming a dad changed my thoughts on productivity

(Ep 174) - How becoming a dad changed my thoughts on productivity by Scott H Young

(Ep 173) - Digging the well

(Ep 173) - Digging the well by Scott H Young

(Ep 172) - 14 Books On Learning by Doing, Apprenticeship and Transfer

(Ep 172) - 14 Books On Learning by Doing, Apprenticeship and Transfer by Scott H Young

(Ep 171) - A new understanding of effort

(Ep 171) - A new understanding of effort by Scott H Young

(Ep 170) - Make your life better by doing less

(Ep 170) - Make your life better by doing less by Scott H Young

(Ep 169) - How I do research

(Ep 169) - How I do research by Scott H Young

(Ep 167) - How to think for yourself

(Ep 167) - How to think for yourself by Scott H Young

(Ep 168) - The key to find time for learning

(Ep 168) - The key to find time for learning by Scott H Young

(Ep 166) - The science behind building general skills

(Ep 166) - The science behind building general skills by Scott H Young

(Ep 165) - The 10 central strategies for deeper learning

(Ep 165) - The 10 central strategies for deeper learning by Scott H Young

(Ep 164) - Should you use flashcards to learn

Should you use flashcards to learn?

(Ep 163) - Some reflections on being off social media

Some reflections on being off social media

(Ep 162) - My 10 favourite free online classes

My 10 favourite free online classes

(Ep 161) - How hard should you work

How hard should you work?

(Ep 160) - Book recommendation: A world without email

Book recommendation: A world without email.

(Ep 159) - Could you learn every subject

Could you learn every subject?

(Ep 158) - 10 ideas that have shaped my life

10 ideas that have shaped my life.

(Ep 157) - How to improve your self awareness

Make It Happen - Free Lesson 4

(Ep 156) - Why we struggle to motivate ourselves

Make It Happen - Free Lesson 3

(Ep 155) - The neuroscience of motivation

Make It Happen - Free Lesson 2

(Ep 154) - Inspiration is overrated

Make It Happen - Free Lesson 1

(Ep 153) - The productivity frontier

Talking about the productivity frontier.

(Ep 152) - Smarter people take more risks

Smarter people take more risks

(Ep 151) - 10 foundational practices for a good life

10 foundational practices for a good life

(Ep 150) - How much can you change yourself

How much can you change yourself?

(Ep 149) - How to take notes

How to take notes

(Ep 148) - The key to making risky decisions

The key to making risky decisions.

(Ep 147) - What's the best way to learn biology

What's the best way to learn biology?

(Ep 146) - How to stay focused

Example Lesson 4 - Life of Focus

(Ep 145) - How to be more satisfied with your spare time

Example Lesson 3 - Life of Focus

(Ep 144) - On doing your life's work

Example Lesson 2 - Life of Focus

(Ep 143) - It's time to reclaim your mind

Example Lesson 4 - Life of Focus

(Ep 142) - Are you missing this essential foundation for good life

Are you missing this essential foundation for good life?

(Ep 141) - Fearing forgetting: Should you try to maintain or relearn knowledge?

Fearing forgetting: Should you try to maintain or relearn knowledge?

(Ep 140) - How to become more curious

How to become more curious.

(Ep 139) - Paradox of effort

Paradox of effort.

(Ep 138) - The boring and vastly underrated art of planning

The boring and vastly underrated art of planning

(Ep 137) - The value of learning useless things

The value of learning useless things

(Ep 136) - What are the Limits of Building Better Habits?

(Ep 136) - What are the Limits of Building Better Habits? by Scott H Young

(Ep 135) - Piers Steel - The science behind procrastination

(Ep 135) - Piers Steel - The science behind procrastination by Scott H Young

(Ep 133) - 7 essential focus rituals

7 essential focus rituals.

(Ep 134) - What is beyond self-improvement

What is beyond self-improvement?

(Ep 132) - Complete guide to motivation

The complete guide to motivation

(Ep 131) - How to teach yourself anything in less than three months

How to teach yourself anything in less than three months

(Ep 130) - How Einstein learned physics

How Einstein learned physics.

(Ep 129) - Two types of growth

There are two types of growth.

(Ep 128) - How to study for a standardized test

How to study for a standardized test

(Ep 127) - How to finish your work, one bite at a time

How to finish your work, one bite at a time

(Ep 126) - Audio, Paper or Kindle: What's the best way to read a book

Audio, Paper or Kindle: What's the best way to read a book

(Ep 125) - Set an unbreakable standard

Set an unbreakable standard.

(Ep 124) - What is productivity guilt

What is productivity guilt?

(Ep 123) - If you want to be fit, don't buy new running shoes

If you want to be fit, don't buy new running shoes!

(Ep 122) - How to pick which books to read

How to pick which books to read?

(Ep 121) - The 7 most common learner mistakes

The 7 most common learner mistakes.

(Ep 120) - Seven principles of learning better from cognitive science

Seven principles of learning better from cognitive science.

(Ep 119) - The Overkill Approach: How to solve the hardest problems you face

The Overkill Approach: How to solve the hardest problems you face

(Ep 118) - Five scientific steps to ace your next exam

Five scientific steps to ace your next exam

(Ep 117) - The surprisingly narrow path to success

The surprisingly narrow path to success.

(Ep 116) - The all-important difference between effort and effectiveness

The all-important difference between effort and effectiveness.

(Ep 115) - You probably have too much motivation

You probably have too much motivation.

(Ep 114) - The 10 best mental models

The 10 best mental models.

(Ep 113) - How to commit to things you start

How to commit to things you start.

(Ep 112) - Boost your motivation to learn hard things

The fourth free lesson for the upcoming Rapid Learner launch.

(Ep 111) - Get better at the things you do every day

The third free lesson for the upcoming Rapid Learner launch.

(Ep 110) - The perfect studying routine

The second free lesson for the upcoming Rapid Learner launch.

(Ep 109) - How to quickly extract the best insights from a huge topic

The first free lesson for the upcoming Rapid Learner launch.

(Ep 108) - How much faster could you learn

How much faster could you learn?

(Ep 107) - What's next?

(Ep 106) - The hard way is the easy way

The hard way is the easy way.

(Ep 105) - Rethinking self-discipline

Rethinking self-discipline.

(Ep 104) - How successful was the MIT challenge?

How successful was the MIT challenge?

(Ep 103) - How much of your career is running to stay in the same spot

How much of your career is running to stay in the same spot?

(Ep 102) - Set goals in the middle

Set your goals in the middle.

(Ep 101) - Choose your signal wisely

Choose your signal wisely.

(Ep 100) - Cal Newport: The narrow path to success, fatherhood & challenging conventional wisdom

Interview with Cal Newport about career success, family life and digital minimalism.

(Ep 98) - Week two Macedonian

Update for week two of learning Macedonian.

(Ep 99) - Do the real thing

Do the real thing.

(Ep 97) - Week one Macedonian

Week one learning Macedonian.

(Ep 96) - Seven rules for long-term productivity

Seven rules for long-term productivity.

(Ep 95) - New project: Learning Macedonian

My new project - Learning Macedonian

(Ep 94) - Being and time - An interesting book you probably shouldn't read

A review of an interesting book you probably shouldn't read.

(Ep 93) - I was wrong about speed reading: here are the facts

I was wrong about speed reading: here are the facts.

(Ep 92) - Seven habits that seem lazy (but actually let you get more done)

Seven habits that seem lazy (but actually let you get more done)

(Ep 91) - How important is work

How important is work?

(Ep 90) - Core ideas of self-improvement

Core ideas of Self-Improvement.

(Ep 89) - Is your path a staircase or a circle?

Is your path a staircase or a circle?

(Ep 88) - Designing the perfect practice loop

How to design the perfect practice loop.

(Ep 87) - How to build skills that matter

How to build skills that matter.

(Ep 86) - Now’s the perfect time to start an ultralearning project

Now is the perfect time to start an ultralearning project!

(Ep 85) - Information overload is a fake problem

Information overload is a fake problem.

(Ep 84) - How fast should you be when learning

How fast should you be when learning?

(Ep 83) - Why It's so hard to stick to your goals

Why is it so hard to stick to your goals?

(Ep 82) - How does age change how you learn?

How does age change your learning ability?

(Ep 81) - The power of being weak

About the power of being weak.

(Ep 80) - On keeping your word

About keeping your word.

(Ep 79) - How to start your own ultralearning project part 2

How to start your own ultralearning project part 2.

(Ep 78) - How to start your own ultralearning project part 1

How to start your own ultralearning project part 1.

(Ep 77) - Success is stamina - to win means to keep playing

Success is stamina - to win means to keep playing.

(Ep 76) - You fail to reach your goals because you design them badly

You fail to reach your goals because you design them badly.

(Ep 75) - Your life problems are learning challenges in disguise

Your life problems are learning challenges in disguise.

(Ep 74) - You have to be willing to get cut

You have to be willing to get cut.

(Ep 73) - Too tired to do everything? How to live better without burning out

Too tired to do everything? How to live better without burning out.

(Ep 72) - The complete guide to increasing your focus

The complete guide to increasing your focus.

(Ep 71) - Unpopular Opinion: Don't just get started

Unpopular Opinion: Don't just get started

(Ep 70) - Do you need to be smart to learn certain subjects

Do you need to be smart to learn certain subjects?

(Ep 69) - Learning to code is easy: Here's how to teach yourself

Learn coding by teaching yourself.

(Ep 68) - Is mastery more like a wedge or a knife

Is mastery more like a wedge or a knife?

(Ep 65) - Why is taking action hard

Why is taking action hard?

(Ep 67) - How to worry less what other people think of you

How to worry less what other people think of you

(Ep 66) - The 5 habits to fall asleep on time every night

The 5 habits to fall asleep on time every night.

(Ep 64) - Unraveling the enigma of reason

Unraveling the enigma of reason.

(Ep 63) - The complete guide to memory

The complete guide to memory.

(Ep 62) - Ultralearning Environments: Why where you learn determines how much you learn

A post about Ultralearning Environments.

(Ep 61) - How do you make a good analogy

How do you make a good analogy?

(Ep 60) - Why care about learning

Why care about learning?

(Ep 59) - Neuroscience of anxiety

Neuroscience of anxiety.

(Ep 58) - The obvious way to improve your career

The obvious way to improve your career.

(Ep 57) - Some things that have helped me worry less

Some things that have helped me worry less.

(Ep 56) - What's the point of productivity

What's the point of productivity

(Ep 55) - Why is it so hard to create permanent habits

Why is it so hard to create permanent habits

(Ep 54) - Why waking up at 5am won't make you rich

Why waking up at 5am won't make you rich.

(Ep 53) - A subtle mistake people make when trying to grow their careers

A subtle mistake people make when trying to grow their careers

(Ep 52) - The hidden language of top performers

The hidden language of top performers.

(Ep 51) - Should you target the minimum?

Should you target the minimum when learning a new skill?

(Ep 50) - How to learn a language in record time

How to learn a new language in record time.

(Ep 49) - How to stop feeling like an imposter

How to stop feeling like an imposter

(Ep 48) - Are you stepping over $100 bills lying on the sidewalk?

Are you stepping over $100 bills lying on the sidewalk?

(Ep 47) - Are you living life or just planning your biography?

The problem is that our experiential happiness is only loosely correlated with how happy we feel when thinking broadly about our lives. Listen to find out how we can resolve this dilemma.

(Ep 46) - Is reading making you stupid?

Is reading making you stupid?

(Ep 45) - The critical 7 rules to understand people

7 critical rules for understanding people!

(Ep 44) - How important is growth?

How important is growth?

(Ep 43) - Can life have too much meaning?

Can life have too much meaning?

(Ep 42) - Twenty-five useful thinking tools

25 Thinking Tools

(Ep 41) - There is no “real” you

There is no real you.

(Ep 40) - Update on My 10-Year Plans at Becoming Exceptional

My update on my 10-year plan of becoming exceptional.

(Ep 39) - Explore or exploit: The hidden decision that guides your life

(Ep 39) - Explore or exploit: The hidden decision that guides your life by Scott H Young

(Ep 38) - Book recommendation: Indistractable

Book recommendation for Indistractable.

(Ep 37) - The complete guide to self control

The complete guide to self-control.

(Ep 36) - How to think about your life's work

How to think about your life's work.

(Ep 35) - If you want to be an author don't start writing (and other strangely useful career advice)

If you want to be an author, don't start writing.

(Ep 34) - “I already know what to do, I just don’t do it.” I disagree.

I know it already and I disagree.

(Ep 33) - The hardest part about learning hard things

My thoughts about the hardest part of learning hard things.

(Ep 32) - Do you even want success (the perils of achievement bias)

Scott shares his thoughts about the perils of achievement bias.

(Ep 31) - How should I get better at writing?

Scott shares his insights about how you can get better at writing.

(Ep 30) - Book Recommendation: The Hungry Brain

In this episode, we are going over the hungry brain book from Stephan Guyenet.

(Ep 23) - Five scientific steps to ace your next exam

The ideas in this video are just some of what I teach in my 6-week course, Rapid Learner: https://www.rapid-learner-course.com/

(Ep 22) - Do you have habits or just commitments?

A habit is something you do nearly automatically, given a certain situation. Many of your habits might not be so automatic. Here's what to do about it.

(Ep 29) - Who has time for hobbies?

Should you schedule time for your hobbies? How to prevent digital distractions from eating up your time and what to do instead.

(Ep 28) - Why memorize?

Why bother trying to remember things when everything is just a quick Google search away? Here's the real reason you need it inside your brain.

(Ep 27) - Life’s wicked problems (and how to get past them)

In 1967, C. West Churchman defined "wicked problems". Here's why they are prevalent in life, and how to get past their inescapable difficulties.

(Ep 26) - Useful Career Tool: Look for partial mentors

We all want that one key person to look up to. Unfortunately, such people are hard to find (and often have less time). Here's what you should do instead.

(Ep 25) - Bored with your job? The recipe for enjoying your work

Work is often boring or frustrating (sometimes both)! Applying principles from a Hungarian psychologist, you can make work a lot more enjoyable.

(Ep 24) - Is ambition a good thing? Thoughts on striving without selfishness

Is ambition a good thing? Something you should cultivate or abandon? Ambition has allowed for some very positive things, but it also has a hidden dark side.

(Ep 23) - Impossible Standards: The 3-step process to reach new heights in your work and life

Hard goals create rapid growth. Pick standards you can't currently reach, without rejecting or lowering them to meet your current abilities.

(Ep 22) - Should you target the minimum?

Nearly any advice you get on improving anything implicitly fits into one of three types: minimum, average or maximum. Which you should aim at?

(Ep 21) - Should you follow less news?

Would your life be better if you read less news? Should you be reading more olds instead: books and ideas that will last for more than a moment?

(Ep 20) - Should you strive to desire more or less

Should you set goals, cultivate ambition and strive for greater and better things? Or should you diminish your needs and be more accepting of life?

(Ep 19) - Play is learning

Why does learning have to be hard work? Why is studying such a chore? Why making your study more like play will help you learn more and have more fun.

(Ep 18) - How to find time

Time is limited. But your energy, attention and enthusiasm are limited even more. How can you find time when there always seems to be so little of it?

(Ep 17) - How to cultivate mental stamina

The ability to focus on hard work for a longer period of time is essential to success in your career and studies. Here's five strategies to do this.

(Ep 16) - The three different types of luck

Chance and randomness have a big impact on our lives. Life isn't fair, but the kind of luck that impacts your life can have dramatic differences in how you should respond.

(Ep 15) - Is old advice better?

Is it better to read the Stoics, Buddhists and other ancient wisdom? Or is older advice out of date? I try to show both sides of this debate and give my recommendations.

(Ep 14) - Habit Stacking: How to keep up with everything (When you don't have time)

In this episode, I discuss how to keep on track with everything even when you don't have time.

Why Do People Go To School [The Case Against Education - 1]

We've updated the format of our bookclub and will be breaking each month's book into smaller, shorter discussions. Hope you enjoy! This month we're reading The Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan. In this thought-provoking book, Caplan argues that the main function of education is not to enhance students' skill but to certify their intelligence, work ethic, and conformity―in other words, to signal the qualities of a good employee. The author draws on the latest social science to show how the labor market values grades over knowledge and even explains why graduation is our society's top conformity signal.

(Ep 13) Book Club: The structure of scientific revolutions

This is the wrap-up video for this month's book club where we read The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn. About the book: This is the wrap up video for this mont's book club where we read The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn. American historian and philosopher of science, Kuhn was a leading contributor to the change of focus in the philosophy and sociology of science in the 1960s. He taught at Harvard, the University of California at Berkeley, Princeton University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 1962, Kuhn published The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, which depicted the development of the basic natural sciences in an innovative way. According to Kuhn, the sciences do not uniformly progress strictly by scientific method.

(Ep 12) - Book Club: The wizard and the prophet

This is the wrap-up video for the twelfth month of the book club. This month we read The Wizard & The Prophet by Charles C. Mann.

(Ep 11) - Book Club: The selfish gene

This is the wrap-up video for the eleventh month of the book club. This month we read The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.

(Ep 10) - Book Club: The enigma of reason

This is the wrap-up video for the tenth month of the book club. This month we read The Enigma of Reason by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber.

(Ep 9) - Book Club: Tao te ching

This is the wrap-up video for the ninth month of the book club. This month we read Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu.

(Ep 8) - Book Club: The elephant in the brain

This is the wrap-up video for the eight month of the book club. This month we read The Elephant In The Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson.

(Ep 7) - Book Club: Seeing like a state

This is the wrap-up video for the seventh month of the book club. This month we read Seeing Like A State by James C. Scott.

(Ep 6) - Book Club: Godel, Escher, Bach

This is the wrap-up video for the sixth month of the book club. This month we read Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter.

(Ep 5) - Book Club: Average is over

This is the wrap-up video for the fifth month of the book club. This month we read Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of The Great Stagnation by Tyler Cowen.

(Ep 4) - Book Club: Don’t sleep there are snakes

This is the wrap-up video for the third month of the book club. This month we read Don’t Sleep There Snakes: Life & Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel Everett.

(Ep 3) - Book Club: Predictably irrational

This is the wrap-up video for the third month of the book club. This month we read Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely and I'm joined by Vat Jaiswal. About the book: Why do our headaches persist after we take a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a fifty-cent aspirin? Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of soup? When it comes to making decisions in our lives, we think we're making smart, rational choices. But are we? In this newly revised and expanded edition of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. From drinking coffee to losing weight, from buying a car to choosing a romantic partner, we consistently overpay, underestimate, and procrastinate. Yet these misguided behaviors are neither random nor senseless. They're systematic and predictable—making us predictably irrational.

(Ep 2) - Book Club: Surely you’re joking, Mr. Feynman

Kalid Azad and I discuss August’s book, Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman. This is the autobiography of the Nobel-prize winning physicist, Richard Feynman. As I make the case at the start of the video, the benefit of reading biographies is that you get to see how someone very accomplished lived and thought in ways different from you. I find this a lot more effective than reading books expounding the virtues of creativity, curiosity or courage–you actually get to see how someone who embodied those characteristics lived in concrete terms.

(Ep 1) - Book Club: Sapiens, a brief history of humankind

James Clear and I discuss July’s book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. We cover the major themes in the book as well as the author’s thought provoking interpretation of human history, contemporary society, and beyond.