If you had fifteen days to learn calculus well enough to pass a comprehensive exam, starting from scratch, how would you do it? A gut reaction might be to memorize. If you learn everything by rote, you can spit it out on the exam paper, then forget it. But this only works if your exam […]
Career Planning and the Dao
You’ll swim fastest if you go with the current. You’ll accomplish more in life if you work with the flow of things rather than against it. The ancient Chinese called this the Dao. The ineffable becoming of things to which we are all linked. The height of wisdom, they believed, was to work with this […]
How I Became a Full-Time Blogger: Reflections on Ten Years of ScottHYoung.com
It’s been 10 years since I started this blog and journey. Learn what I did and what you can do if you want to go into the same direction.
How to Get Great Value from Information Products
It’s no secret I’ve taken a lot of online courses. I’ve bought hundreds, perhaps thousands of books. I’ve also bought quite a few online courses ranging from helping improve my business, languages, networking and even painting. In this article, I’d like to talk about how I make the decision to buy information products. Making those […]
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.