Scott Young is a writer, entrepreneur, and learner.

In this episode, we talk about how to be an effective learner, what most people get wrong about it, how to be a high signal learner, his MIT challenge, and much more.

0:00 Intro

1:29 Level Of Peace

4:21 “Reality Rarely Reflects Our Anticipation Of It”

7:21 “I Like Being Married”

8:38 Dating Advice

13:41 What Is Scott Doing Online?

15:02 High Signal Human Beings

18:00 How To Do Research

23:40 Was Scott Always Like This?

27:02 MIT Challenge

31:02 You Can Learn Anything

35:12 Planning & Action?

40:21 Lessons From 15+ Years Of Writing Online

42:28 The World Is Going To Change…

48:49 Misconceptions About Learning

52:01 Total Mental Bandwidth

1:01:21 Why Knowledge Matters

1:05:33 Reading Vs. Other Mediums

1:09:01 The Psychology Of Writing

1:12:58 Writer’s Block

1:17:32 What’s “Practice” For Writers?

1:22:01 Experts Are Not Always Right

1:25:23 Challenge

Posts mentioned:

• I'm 35 – https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2023/08/19/im-35/

• 18 Life Lessons I’d Give My 18-Year-Old Self – https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2023/10/03/18-life-lessons/

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