Scott H Young

Success in most things boils down to a simple, but easily ignored distinction: do the real thing and stop doing fake alternatives instead.

Two weeks ago I began a new project to learn my wife’s native language, Macedonian. To do that, we’ve been avoiding speaking English at home, to mimic the approach I used previously with my language learning trip. So far the project has been going quite well. I’m already pretty comfortable with the functional day-to-day communication […]

A system can make your life more productive--but it can also make you miserable. Here are 7 rules for productivity that actually works.

Last week, I shared my goal to learn my wife’s native language, Macedonian. Today, I thought I’d give a quick update for anyone following along, as well as some tips in case you’d like to attempt something similar with your spouse or roommate. How is Learning at Home Different from Travel? Listen to this article […]