Suppose I wanted to get substantially better at writing, maybe through some kind of deliberate ultralearning project, how should I do it? Improving when you’re at zero is quite different from improving when you’ve already invested tens of thousands of hours into your craft. I’ve been writing for over thirteen years. I’ve written around 1500 […]

I’ve been recording a lot of podcast interviews for my upcoming book, Ultralearning. One of the recurring themes I’ve noticed in our conversations is that how people feel about learning is the overwhelming cause of the results they experience. Yes intelligence, talent, great teachers and schools all matter. But if you feel like learning something […]

Few skills scare people away like coding. Television portrayals make it seem like writing computer code is a genius-level activity, as weird symbols race across the screen and techno music blares in the background. But the truth is that coding is actually pretty easy. I’m not saying this to dismiss the work of brilliant programmers. […]

One of the biggest misconceptions about ultralearning is that it’s mostly about putting in a ton of hours towards a project in a short burst of time. On the surface, I can see why this impression would be misleading. My own projects often involve a ton of hours towards a project in a short burst […]