From the Web Stop Studying, Start Learning – Here’s an interview I did with Liam about holistic learning for his new program geared towards pre-med students. Liam’s also opening a new program offering coaching and school help for pre-med students. Like my recent sell-out, Liam only has a limited number of seats in the program, […]
Learning on Steroids Sells Out in 36 Minutes!
If you’re a casual reader of the website, you probably noticed small announcements the last two months about a program I was working on. The program is Learning on Steroids, and the idea behind it is to implement rapid learning tactics that will make you a more effective learner. I had been collecting emails of […]
9 Tactics for Rapid Learning (That Most People Have Never Heard Of)
Whenever the subject of why some people learn faster comes up, I get a whole host of common answers: Some people are just naturally smart. (Often implying you can’t improve) Everyone is “smart” in their own way. (Nonsense, research indicates different “intelligences” often correlate) IQ is all in the genes. (Except IQ changes with age […]
Friday Links
From the Web Overcoming Bias Rebuttal on Status Honesty – Interesting response from Robin Hanson about my article on the inner conflict of seeking status. Excerpt: No, no. Scott, you are thinking you are built with separate desires for status and creative expression (etc.), which you must consciously trade against one another. But we rarely […]
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