Scott H Young Podcast
Episodes
(Ep 116) - The all-important difference between effort and effectiveness
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The all-important difference between effort and effectiveness.
(Ep 115) - You probably have too much motivation
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You probably have too much motivation.
(Ep 114) - The 10 best mental models
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The 10 best mental models.
(Ep 113) - How to commit to things you start
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to commit to things you start.
(Ep 112) - Boost your motivation to learn hard things
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The fourth free lesson for the upcoming Rapid Learner launch.
(Ep 111) - Get better at the things you do every day
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The third free lesson for the upcoming Rapid Learner launch.
(Ep 110) - The perfect studying routine
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The second free lesson for the upcoming Rapid Learner launch.
(Ep 109) - How to quickly extract the best insights from a huge topic
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The first free lesson for the upcoming Rapid Learner launch.
(Ep 108) - How much faster could you learn
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How much faster could you learn?
(Ep 107) - What's next?
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What's next?
(Ep 106) - The hard way is the easy way
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The hard way is the easy way.
(Ep 105) - Rethinking self-discipline
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rethinking self-discipline.
(Ep 104) - How successful was the MIT challenge?
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How successful was the MIT challenge?
(Ep 103) - How much of your career is running to stay in the same spot
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How much of your career is running to stay in the same spot?
(Ep 102) - Set goals in the middle
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Set your goals in the middle.
(Ep 101) - Choose your signal wisely
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Choose your signal wisely.
(Ep 100) - Cal Newport: The narrow path to success, fatherhood & challenging conventional wisdom
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Cal Newport about career success, family life and digital minimalism.
(Ep 98) - Week two Macedonian
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Update for week two of learning Macedonian.
(Ep 99) - Do the real thing
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do the real thing.
(Ep 97) - Week one Macedonian
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Week one learning Macedonian.
(Ep 96) - Seven rules for long-term productivity
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Seven rules for long-term productivity.
(Ep 95) - New project: Learning Macedonian
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My new project - Learning Macedonian
(Ep 94) - Being and time - An interesting book you probably shouldn't read
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A review of an interesting book you probably shouldn't read.
(Ep 93) - I was wrong about speed reading: here are the facts
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I was wrong about speed reading: here are the facts.
(Ep 92) - Seven habits that seem lazy (but actually let you get more done)
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Seven habits that seem lazy (but actually let you get more done)
(Ep 91) - How important is work
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How important is work?
(Ep 90) - Core ideas of self-improvement
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Core ideas of Self-Improvement.
(Ep 89) - Is your path a staircase or a circle?
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is your path a staircase or a circle?
(Ep 88) - Designing the perfect practice loop
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to design the perfect practice loop.
(Ep 87) - How to build skills that matter
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to build skills that matter.
(Ep 86) - Now’s the perfect time to start an ultralearning project
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Now is the perfect time to start an ultralearning project!
(Ep 85) - Information overload is a fake problem
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Information overload is a fake problem.
(Ep 84) - How fast should you be when learning
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How fast should you be when learning?
(Ep 83) - Why It's so hard to stick to your goals
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it so hard to stick to your goals?
(Ep 82) - How does age change how you learn?
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does age change your learning ability?
(Ep 81) - The power of being weak
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the power of being weak.
(Ep 80) - On keeping your word
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About keeping your word.
(Ep 79) - How to start your own ultralearning project part 2
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to start your own ultralearning project part 2.
(Ep 78) - How to start your own ultralearning project part 1
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to start your own ultralearning project part 1.
(Ep 77) - Success is stamina - to win means to keep playing
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Success is stamina - to win means to keep playing.
(Ep 76) - You fail to reach your goals because you design them badly
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You fail to reach your goals because you design them badly.
(Ep 75) - Your life problems are learning challenges in disguise
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Your life problems are learning challenges in disguise.
(Ep 74) - You have to be willing to get cut
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You have to be willing to get cut.
(Ep 73) - Too tired to do everything? How to live better without burning out
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Too tired to do everything? How to live better without burning out.
(Ep 72) - The complete guide to increasing your focus
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The complete guide to increasing your focus.
(Ep 71) - Unpopular Opinion: Don't just get started
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Unpopular Opinion: Don't just get started
(Ep 70) - Do you need to be smart to learn certain subjects
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you need to be smart to learn certain subjects?
(Ep 69) - Learning to code is easy: Here's how to teach yourself
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Learn coding by teaching yourself.
(Ep 68) - Is mastery more like a wedge or a knife
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is mastery more like a wedge or a knife?
(Ep 67) - How to worry less what other people think of you
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How to worry less what other people think of you
(Ep 65) - Why is taking action hard
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why is taking action hard?
(Ep 66) - The 5 habits to fall asleep on time every night
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The 5 habits to fall asleep on time every night.
(Ep 64) - Unraveling the enigma of reason
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Unraveling the enigma of reason.
(Ep 63) - The complete guide to memory
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The complete guide to memory.
(Ep 62) - Ultralearning Environments: Why where you learn determines how much you learn
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A post about Ultralearning Environments.
(Ep 61) - How do you make a good analogy
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make a good analogy?
(Ep 60) - Why care about learning
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why care about learning?
(Ep 59) - Neuroscience of anxiety
26 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Neuroscience of anxiety.
(Ep 58) - The obvious way to improve your career
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The obvious way to improve your career.
(Ep 57) - Some things that have helped me worry less
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some things that have helped me worry less.
(Ep 56) - What's the point of productivity
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What's the point of productivity
(Ep 55) - Why is it so hard to create permanent habits
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it so hard to create permanent habits
(Ep 54) - Why waking up at 5am won't make you rich
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why waking up at 5am won't make you rich.
(Ep 53) - A subtle mistake people make when trying to grow their careers
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A subtle mistake people make when trying to grow their careers
(Ep 52) - The hidden language of top performers
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The hidden language of top performers.
(Ep 51) - Should you target the minimum?
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Should you target the minimum when learning a new skill?
(Ep 50) - How to learn a language in record time
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How to learn a new language in record time.
(Ep 49) - How to stop feeling like an imposter
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How to stop feeling like an imposter
(Ep 48) - Are you stepping over $100 bills lying on the sidewalk?
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are you stepping over $100 bills lying on the sidewalk?
(Ep 47) - Are you living life or just planning your biography?
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
(Ep 46) - Is reading making you stupid?
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is reading making you stupid?
(Ep 45) - The critical 7 rules to understand people
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
7 critical rules for understanding people!
(Ep 44) - How important is growth?
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How important is growth?
(Ep 43) - Can life have too much meaning?
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Can life have too much meaning?
(Ep 42) - Twenty-five useful thinking tools
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
25 Thinking Tools
(Ep 41) - There is no “real” you
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There is no real you.
(Ep 40) - Update on My 10-Year Plans at Becoming Exceptional
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
My update on my 10-year plan of becoming exceptional.
(Ep 39) - Explore or exploit: The hidden decision that guides your life
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
(Ep 39) - Explore or exploit: The hidden decision that guides your life by Scott H Young
(Ep 38) - Book recommendation: Indistractable
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Book recommendation for Indistractable.
(Ep 37) - The complete guide to self control
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The complete guide to self-control.
(Ep 36) - How to think about your life's work
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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)
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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.
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I know it already and I disagree.
(Ep 33) - The hardest part about learning hard things
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
My thoughts about the hardest part of learning hard things.
(Ep 32) - Do you even want success (the perils of achievement bias)
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Scott shares his thoughts about the perils of achievement bias.
(Ep 31) - How should I get better at writing?
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Scott shares his insights about how you can get better at writing.
(Ep 30) - Book Recommendation: The Hungry Brain
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are going over the hungry brain book from Stephan Guyenet.
(Ep 23) - Five scientific steps to ace your next exam
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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?
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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?
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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?
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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)
10 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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
09 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 inste...
(Ep 25) - Bored with your job? The recipe for enjoying your work
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
(Ep 23) - Impossible Standards: The 3-step process to reach new heights in your work and life
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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?
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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?
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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
03 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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
02 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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.