The chapter delves into the balance between learning from experts in a field and incorporating personal creativity to innovate and excel. It emphasizes the importance of understanding established techniques before creating something unique and the value of personalizing learning experiences by creating a personalized feedback loop. The conversation also discusses the dynamics of seeking advice from successful individuals and managing expectations to avoid misunderstandings in communication.
How can you master hard skills more quickly? Accelerate your career? Be more productive and live a better life? Since 2006, Scott Young has been writing to try to find answers to these questions with books such as Ultralearning, hundreds of articles, and courses such as Make It Happen. In the last few days he has finished another major book on learning called Get Better At Anything.
In this podcast you will learn:
Why success is often a better teacher than failure
Why copying and innovation are complementary
Why most learning doesn't transfer between contexts
Scott's New Book Get Better At Anything: https://amzn.to/44IMVRR Scott's Blog: https://www.scotthyoung.com/