{"id":11638,"date":"2020-03-25T13:48:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T21:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/?page_id=11638"},"modified":"2023-06-13T05:01:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T13:01:53","slug":"oakley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/oakley\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Must-Know Strategies to Learn Anything Faster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello! My name is Scott Young. You may have seen me in Week 2 of the Learning How to Learn<\/a> course taught by Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski.<\/p>\n

I’ve spent the last decade undertaking different learning “challenges” and documenting my experiences on my blog. Some of my projects include:<\/p>\n

The MIT Challenge<\/a> – I spent 12 months studying MIT’s 4-year computer science undergraduate curriculum well enough to pass the final exams and do the programming projects. Watch my TEDx Talk about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Year Without English<\/a> – A friend and I traveled to four countries, learning Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese and Korean in just one year. Our method? Don’t speak English! You can watch our TEDx Talk<\/a> about it, which has now been watched over 2 million times.<\/p>\n

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Portrait Drawing Challenge<\/a> – How much better could you get at drawing portraits in 30 days? See my progress below:<\/p>\n

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Additionally, I’m also the author of the Wall Street Journal<\/em> best-selling book, Ultralearning<\/a>, documenting the strange world of intense autodidacts who master hard skills quickly. <\/p>\n

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I’m going to be opening a new edition of my six-week learning course, Rapid Learner<\/a> soon. If you join my weekly newsletter, I’ll let you know when the next session starts and also send you a free copy of my ebook: 7 Must-Know Strategies to Learn Anything Faster<\/em>:<\/p>\n