Since learning French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Korean, I get asked a lot about what’s the best way to learn a language. In this article, I’d like to share what I think works, what I think doesn’t and what I think doesn’t matter to learn a new language from zero to a conversational ability. Before […]
Back to China: Thoughts on Business, Culture and Language Learning in Beijing
Visiting China and speaking in front on 40.000 people in Mandarin was one of my biggest challenges. It left me wanting to do more in a slow and right way.
How is Ultralearning Different?
Recently, I tried to introduce the idea of ultralearning: deep, aggressive self-education. Since I’ve been discussing it more frequently, I thought it would be useful to clarify more precisely what I mean by it. To the casual reader this may seem pedantic, but I’m hoping for the more frequent reader of this blog this will […]
Advice Reversals
One problem of giving advice over the internet is that you don’t know the person you are giving it to. Discover my three main ways of dealing with advice reversal.
I'm a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, podcast host, computer programmer and an avid reader. Since 2006, I've published weekly essays on this website to help people like you learn and think better. My work has been featured in The New York Times, BBC, TEDx, Pocket, Business Insider and more. I don't promise I have all the answers, just a place to start.