Scott H Young

Wake up at 5am. Read a book a week. Exercise every day. Living well sounds exhausting. Maybe it’s just easier to flop down and watch Netflix?

I like James Carse’s distinction between finite and infinite games. A finite game, like chess, is one that you play for awhile and when somebody wins, you stop. An infinite game, like life, is one where the goal is to be able to keep playing. To win at life means to keep living. Most pursuits […]

I shared a lot of ideas this year. I published a Wall Street Journal bestselling book. I recorded 100+ podcast episodes. I also wrote 116 new articles to this blog. Here are some of my most popular essays from last year: The Complete Guides I worked on three in-depth, research-based guides with Jakub Jilek, who […]

Reading books is one of the best habits you can create for yourself. Here are seven easy habits you can implement to finish more books next year.