7 Must-Know Strategies to Learn Anything Faster

Hello! My name is Scott Young. You may have seen me in Week 2 of the Learning How to Learn course taught by Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski.

I’ve spent the last decade undertaking different learning “challenges” and documenting my experiences on my blog. Some of my projects include:

The MIT Challenge – I spent 12 months studying MIT’s 4-year computer science undergraduate curriculum well enough to pass the final exams and do the programming projects. Watch my TEDx Talk about it here.

The Year Without English – A friend and I traveled to four countries, learning Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese and Korean in just one year. Our method? Don’t speak English! You can watch our TEDx Talk about it, which has now been watched over 2 million times.

Portrait Drawing Challenge – How much better could you get at drawing portraits in 30 days? See my progress below:

Additionally, I’m also the author of the Wall Street Journal best-selling book, Ultralearning, documenting the strange world of intense autodidacts who master hard skills quickly.

I’m going to be opening a new edition of my six-week learning course, Rapid Learner soon. If you join my weekly newsletter, I’ll let you know when the next session starts and also send you a free copy of my ebook: 7 Must-Know Strategies to Learn Anything Faster:

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