“If you only put into action half of what you read, you’d already be a millionaire.” I’ve heard many variations of this advice, all making the point that the problem isn’t that we don’t have good ideas, but that we implement little of it and therefore our lives don’t change, we don’t lose weight, grow […]
You Have to Be Willing to Get Cut
“I only want to teach people who are going to stab someone or get stabbed.” Whiskey in one hand, my friend was only half-joking. He teaches martial arts, including knife fighting. He was mocking the fact that students come to him, including police officers and members of the military who need the skills for their […]
What Medieval People Got Right About Learning
We tend to assume that if people today and people five hundred years ago do things differently, it’s because we’ve figured out a better way to do it. After all, we have microscopes, democracy and penicillin. People in the middle ages lit cats on fire for fun. Yet despite overwhelming progress, it’s ironically in the […]
Have a Podcast or Blog? Help Me Get the Word Out About Ultralearning
On August 6th, my new book, Ultralearning, will be published by Harper Business. Being able to quickly learn hard skills is essential to your career and life. Going back to school often isn’t an option, and even when it is, there are many important skills schools don’t teach. Ultralearning, the art of aggressive, self-directed learning, […]