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When I saw Scott's TED talk. I decided to look more into his ideas. "Perhaps this can help me focus?" I asked myself. So after some searching and research I found this video. I will admit, I did not really buy into this thing. However, I did secretly wanted to do the same thing as Scott. I was rather overwhelmed by just how focused he was and was able to do that MIT challenge. Well, I reflected on myself and come to find out I actually did just that. I did my own challenge. At age 20, I decided, that I was going to teach myself 3D modeling and graphic design. I spent 6 hours a day for 2 years learning graphic design and 3d modeling and It worked. I ended up being on a game design team for a bit. It is a matter of dedication. I since have lost all interest in graphics and decided to move on to something else. I mostly burned myself out. I just wanted to encourage people to try it. Set out to do your challenge for a month or a year. You must be realistic and strict with yourself. Good luck.
i learnt to modelling in maya in just 30 days. i got monstruosly fat because i spent all my days sat in front of the computer and after, i taught my colleagues how to work with the 3D software.. it was an amazing experience!
@Arid Sohan burn out has nothing to do with stupidity, I think you're projecting your own insecurities by saying such a ridiculous thing in the first place.
1. Metalearning - Mapping out your Journey, why, what and how, starts in beginning but repeats whenever (5-10% of total time) 2. Focus - how alert you are, focus and avoid procrastination 3. Directness - do what's important directly, and asses what you need the skill for. 4. Drill - Identifying and removing bottlenecks (what are not good at, and what's key to progression) 5. Retrieval - Keep testing ability to make brain properly process information. Feymam Technique, writing out what you can remember, flashcards, rephrasing what you've read or making challenge questions while reading. 6. Feedback - Whenever you test yourself receive feedback ASAP, you have to attempt to ask questions and access feedback. 7. Retention - How not to forget what you've learned 8. Intuition - True understanding of the topic, being honest with yourself and what you know and don't know, don't give up on hard problems east, prove things to understand things, concrete examples > abstract one, don't be a dunning kruger, use Feyman, (Write Concept, Write an explanation, go back to the book when stuck) explanation grants intuitive topic. 9. Experimentation - as skill develops educational research diminishes, at the peak of performance, experts develop unique styles, experiment to find own part.
To simplify in my terms 1.See the whole picture 2.focus towards your aim goal 3.prioritization,aim for most important first 4.start practice on that 5.test 6.feedback on test 7.fix the weak point from feedback 8.fully understand and teach 9.improvise to your own unique style
I don't really do this often, but i must admit, the way this was presented was amazing. Everything was well explained. No annoying intros, no fast or slow speaking, just straight and good amount of information. I think this video should be used as an example on how to present information and articulate it well. I want to say, thank you.
I agree. I hate it when a youtuber tries to jazz things up while presenting a subject that absolutely doesn't need it. It usually only detracts. I love the style this presenter has, I could listen to him for hours and never feel like I'm being messed around.
One of the most essential keys to learning is often overlooked or not even mentioned at all: genuine interest or desire to learn. If you are not fully committed, uncertain, unenthusiastic or daunted in anyway, you will not likely to succeed or it will take more time and effort, and retention will likely to fail much faster.
Writing a summery so that i memorise this video. Scott Young is a multitalented person who has learnt skills spanning from computer programming to drawing within a month all by using these core principles of ultra learning. Principle 1 is metalearning, metalearning maps out the most direct route to gaining the skills that you would need to in order to achieve your desired results. Recognising what study methods are needed and any key bottle necks in the process. This should take up 5-10% of your time. Principle 2 talks about focus and how to ensure that you are not distracted from your core goal. Principle 3 is Directness which is doing what is important and not what is comfortable. Principle 4 is drill which tackles the idea of finding what your worst at and working on it as to achieve the best possible results in the smallest time. Principle 5 retreival, the testing faze is key to learning in order to ensure this information stays with you for longer periods of time. Principle 6 Feedback, when ever you test yourself you should get feedback as soon as possible. Principle 7 is retention though it was not ellaborated on much in this video. Principle 8 is intuition which is the ability to distinct between knowing a theory and being able to apply the specific theory needed in a case by case basis. Bosus idead, the Feynamn technique for learning, writing down the concept or problem and then writing the anser as if your explaining it to someone else( like this comment is). Principle 9 Experimentation, this is when you run out of your initial resources you have access to as a beginer and then need to become more creative in how you are making new sources to work from. This is where you experiment to find your own path.
I recognized your voice from an audiobook i listened to like 15 years ago, i think it was the theory of everything or something like that i dont remember but i remembered your voice right away. Great voice and reading bro.
Math knowledge is something I'm still lacking. I'm quite comfortable with computer programming, so getting better at math would be very helpful. I lack a lot of the basics, but it actually interests me now as an adult, so I learn quickly. Where to start, and finding information is tricky, any advice?
honestly the two images in the thumbnail aren't very far apart in terms of the quality of the drawing, its the fact that he rendered the light and the shadows in the second, which is an easy quick improvement to make. Actual progress beyond that point is a much slower process.
i just realized i do the self explaining naturaly, whenever i'm thinking of a problem i tend to pretend i'm a uni teacher explaining it to a class in the most intuitive and complete way possible, many times ideas come from this by finding flaws in my explanation and also playing as the students asking questions. it's a well tested method and it's also quite fun
Learning norwegian and biology right now hit a bit of a rut with both so thats why I'm looking for new ways to learn. Found the summary very helpful great work
1 focused hour is much better than 10 unfocused hours, that also needs a reason and intuition. we can learn the basics of a skills which we could've learned in a year , now you got a month or even less to do so . depends on you. i did this with studying computer science, but you don't get mastery by doing this, for that you need experience , and you could also do that in less time too! the possibilities in this universe aren't limited as we think they are, we also really need a strong reason in order to complete because that will be the exponential factor.
I created my own list of learning principles over the past few years & am glad to see that it is nearly the same as this book, It's mind exploding to know it's out there summarized & in use :o
The best way to learn in my opinion (at least when it comes to certain subjects/areas) is to write the question (problem) AND the answer so that you can pair the 2 mentally in your head. For example with learning a language ask yourself a question you would ask a stranger, friend, family member in specific situations (buying a gift, arranging a healthcare appointment, asking the time/date/day ect.) And then also speaking/writing the correct reply to that question and then repeatedly practice the pronunciation, tone ect (of course this is just a basic quick breakdown of learning but just felt like writing it in case it helps anyone.) I think i might actually buy this book in the video sounds very helpful.
I just came across your channel, and I love it! The style harkens back to old documentaries that were simple, but informative, and generally easy to listen to.
Just found this !! Super helpful as I have an upcoming Chinese exam and only just realising I’ve been so general in my approach skirting around core issues I need to address. Thanks for this!
Explaining difficult concepts to someone in order to learn them is so incredibly powerful at creating understanding in your mind, it has it's own name in the computer programming world - rubber duck debugging. If you can't figure out a problem with your code, explaining it to someone, even if they have no understanding of coding, will help you discover the answer about 85% of the time. You know how to code, but you're stuck in your assumptions. It works so well that you don't even need a real person - a rubber duck works the same way.
I'm an audible junkie and have been scoping out Ultralearning for a while now. I have a small stack of audiobooks on learning and memory. To date, "Make It Stick, The Science of Successful Learning By," by Peter C. Brown, tops my list as the best book I have listened to on the subject. It seems to contain a lot of the information covered in Ultralearning. From what I gather, it seems to have been published years before Ultralearning, too. I may still pick up Ultralearning, but it is going to have to be really good to top "Make It Stick." I'm open to giving it a try, though.
The first thing I notice about Scott Young from your description, is that he is evidently independently wealthy, or otherwise does not have to work for a living, which give him a lot of extra time to do the things you described. So any advice he offers is completely suspect, because most people aren't going to be able to do that, solely on the basis of resources. This also supposes that you are not a naturally curious person and pursue things solely for predetermined purposes, specifically, that you lack a plurality of interests.
Very good review. Thank you. My Ultralearning projects involve consuming great books and giving my own reviews. This project will also serve to improve my public speaking. And yes, your video was a very helpful summary of that book. Excellent.
I just picked up this book and started reading but have been a subscriber for over a month now somehow I never seen this video before hand. Awesome summary video. I am gonna start making a UltraLearning project as soon as I can. Haven't decide on what though
Ok. I have tried many times to learn a certain thing, and I usually always failed to make a solid plan because it never occurred to me that going back and changing it would be a natural part of the project. And I find it kinda strangely intuitive, even though I probably never would have thought of it on my own.
[1:08] - Book review and bullet points 1. [1:49]- Metalearning (5-10% of time)-Map up our journey 2. [2:18]- Focus (all the time)-how to stay focused 3. [2:38]- Directness (do what is important and not what is comfort) 4. [3:56] - Drill (work on your bottomlack)-practice at what you suck at 5. [5:31]- Retrieval-you learn by trying to retrieve information. Test yourself 6. [6:39] - Feedback-aim for immediate feedback 7. [7:07] - Retention-how not to forget 8. [7:19] - Intuition-develop a deep understanding: 1. don’t give up on hard problems easily 2. prove things in order to understand them properly 3. use concrete examples over abstract ones 4. don’t fool yourself into thinking you understand what you don’t truly understand: ****The Feynman Technique:**** 1. Write a concept or a problem 2. write out an explanation of is as if explaining it to someone else 3. Wen out get stuck, go back to the book 9. [9:13] - Experimentation
Amazing video! Another book to add to my already humongous reading list. I prioritize "how to learn books above all else" in hopes that i will be more efficient with my time going forward.
Been reading his blog for ages, very nice to have a solid refresher like this, thanks. I've applied the ultra-learning approach in the past to platform fighters. I was "never good at fighting games", but using this approach and varying effort levels of practice I was able to achieve my goal of 'winning rounds against friends who'd been playing since they were kids; for in-person couch games'. For the record, I was casually training in Brawlhalla for 5 years, grinding ranked. And then learned Smash Ultimate in less than 3 months. Now I play Rivals of Aether, haha. But, my next attempt at Mastery using Ultra-learning is to go deeper into maths and programming. Making some progress, but this refresher will help me focus and scope it more efficiently. Wish me luck!
I will be utilizing the frameworks you presented here, to learn programming for video game development. Thanks for saving me countless hours by emphasizing the importance of the meta learning and Direct principles. Both of which will guide me to make more efficient learning decisions in my studies.
Hi peter, I want to do likewise, although it is not apparent to me how one might apply the methods in Scott YOung's book on said skill. It is really vague I find.
@@pitoblogg From my pov, i think you can tailor out your own method of learning based on these 9 principles, Applying it to something like learning a Programming lang seems kinda straight forward to me, but certainly not all 9 principles.
That's how I started, just me and a computer. It took a few years, but now I have a job as a software developer, with decent pay. No degree, no prior work experience. Dedication is key, never let your focus slip.
9:33 Please fill in the blanks with the artist/painting and correct my guesses in like manner. Thank you. 1. Pollock 2. da Vinci 3. Picasso? 4. ? 5. Vermeer? 6. ? 7. ? 8. Warhol 9. Gauguin? 10. ? 11. ? 12. Dali 13. ? 14. Van Gogh? 15. ?
i am bad at learning but here's what i found out about when learning programming 1) you need a skill to ignore some things sometimes. if you try to search up every single thing, you'll get even more confused and in the end you'll spend a lot of energy and get no visible result. our memory works associatively. the more dots you have ,the more lines you can make, the more visible the dot is 2) you gotta know how to manage across the learning material, such as a book. the contents page with title names isnt there for no reason. it's okay to skip some things, but if you get confused, you can take a peek into the chapters you haven't read yet (p.s. i dont really read books i read tutorials on the internet). the time you are confused for particular thing makes you really focused on the text that otherwise you woudn't be able to understand at all 3) when reading tutorials/books, the highlighted text and bold font might look like a useless, boring information. however, once you stumble across some unusual problem that you've got out of nowhere, its nice idea to check the highlighted text again 4) when we learn something completely new, we DON'T understand anything. but we must still keep going. once you know enough, its worth to check some things from page 1. you will start noticing important things that you haven't noticed in the first time, because at that time you had that one confusion when you're learning an entirely new topic 5) i can't find motivation for myself to START doing things, but when i want to "test something out quickly" or "make something simple for laughs", i start doing something, and it stretches for a long time. essentially i forget that i wanted to do something quick. i don't come back to the things i started though 6) yes, you should do it all on practice because only during practice you understand that maybe every single part of guide was mandatory. with mistakes, you also start focusing more on little, but important details. like, by testing out something on GNU compiler, i found out that you can compile your source files with .o file, and then link them all together (with thing like a makefile). you could do it with .cpp files, but in big projects it becomes slow, because the compiler will re-compile all your .cpp files into .o files and only then link them all together 7) i think everyone at this point knows that getting stuck at something is normal. and if you take a break, the solution will be found a lot quicker than previous time. and it's okay to be slower than others. eventually you'll get it and will never ever have to re-learn it, your next attempts will be a lot quicker 8) sleeping is important. sleep magically makes all the data we learnt today a lot easier to use. also, bad sleep always distracts you with sleepy feeling and silly mistakes, like the grammar ones i probably did in this comment 9) gotta be smart with google search prompt xd 10) the stress from knowledge that "oh no all the "normal" things like slow learning are so boring" is what i'm exepriecing right now. that's why i am posting this long comment instead of actually doing something we are only focused on something, when we are stressed. we lose our 10 dollars, we try to find out who stole them. we get 10 dollars "wow thats so cool" but don't care much who gave them to us
Hi Vox Stoica, although this comment will be buried deep and you may not see this, i want you to know im very thankful for your summary. Much appreciate
Thanks for the great summary! I bought the book and I like it this far. I agree with you that it is useful and worth the read. (Also, I like this style of video and your sense of humor.)
I'm not sure why there are comments that gives a summary of your summary, its just them rephrasing whatever you said and not letting others do their work to check out your book. Other than that, the book and summary seems promising, I'll check out your book and I hope there's an audiobook of it!
I approve of this type of video! I just reviewed my learning goals for this year and am not as far as I would have liked to be. I'll pick up this book via your link with the aim to follow his suggestions to a T.
I disagree with one thing. While it is true that native speakers of most languages will be able to understand a learner despite having bad pronunciation, it’s also true that vocabulary is inherently tied to pronunciation. Most language learners neglect pronunciation which leads to them solidifying bad habits, and having to unlearn bad pronunciation is a lot more difficult than learning good pronunciation early on. In this case, the main bottleneck when talking in your target language is still vocab, but if you’re ever planning on getting to a proficient level, you’ll save yourself a lot of trouble in the long run by focusing on building good pronunciation habits.
Great Summary! Ill def take a look at more of your videos : ) I like the timings you put below and that you outlined the key principles in step by step fashion, with a preview and then fuller explanation. That helps people to remember (#barbara-oakley-style) with "pre-hooks." I also liked that you talked about filler content in books and how this one does not have alot. It made me want to read the book... despite (welll... maybe bc of) your EXCELLENT summary
When I wanted to know more about cars I spent 6 months studying the brands and the car models, then learned about the different design philosophy and also test drove each vehicle then I gave my self some time to digest everything and pulled the trigger. I guess I have always learned this way. I thought everyone learned this way. I guess not. If you want to learn something dive deep and learn all you can.
I agree, but I would also say the hardest part is getting better. anyone can work on a car, paint a picture or even fly a plane, it just takes a bit of practice to do it better, faster, and with more confidence.
summary in my words: 1. elaborate interrogation on learning skills themselves 2. creation of a minimalistic and muffled darkroom plus practice of focus meditation for high flow-chance per session 3. usage of Importance-Urgency and Fun-Effort Matrices with T = (U!E) + I(F!E) for own Tasks 4. interleaving & aspective focus rotation on weakspots (!FU's and FE's) 5. retrieval practice in test-format and teacher-RPs 6. gamify stuff for fun increase 7. spaced repetition & spaced practice on I!E's 8. elaborate interrogation on tasks 9. aim for cognitive flexibility training via item generation count per session as parameter edit: F=fun, U=urgency, I=importance, E=effort, T=Task, !=not
5:45 exactly this i used to be lazy didnt study for a single test only drew for 80% of lessons got a low grade on a test like a 3 and afterwards id remember all of it didnt really help me out much now that i think about it but i didnt have a lot of patience back then
Map out the learning journey. 5-10% of time Focus and remove distractions. What am I not good at, that is key to progression? Test knowledge Intutitoin: Don't give up easily, prove things using concrete examples that you understand them Feynman Technique: Write down a problem. Write down an explanation explaining it to someone. If stuck, learn more. Experiment. Go against the crowd. Try out new things.
I spent a few minutes trying to pause at that moment and could not time it perfectly. I thought it was some subliminal message or something only to find out it is only the books cover. Haha thanks
In college biology class the Krebs cycle seemed to pop up a lot, but it was complex and boring. So I decided to memorize and be able to draw the cycle on the board if asked. We eventually took the brutal exam and nobody got a score higher than 62% except for me -- I got a 93% score. I imagine it was dismaying to any pre-med students because I was a pre-Engineering student that only took the class to meet a requirement 🤣
I was premed. I first memorized glycolysis, Krebs cycle and the electron transport chain. I then went deeper to understand biochemically each step so I could derive the next step as I truly understood it versus memorizing. Same goes for engineering. You learn Statics for example, but once you understand the concepts, you feel empowered to solve problems. Reductionism is fascinating when you can truly understand how everything breaks down.
I noticed I did a few of these things when I studied for my ct boards. Digital question I got wrong or kinda knew I wrote the answers and studied those for 2-3 months everyday
Hi, I've been learning piano sight reading for a couple of years. Keeping the eyes on the score and no looking at the keyboard. It is not an intellectual thing to learn, it's the opposite, a sort of new physical ability, like learning to read when being adult. It's very long to get decent results. I felt discouraged many times & had to convince myself to restart practicing after a period of discouragement. And it's still unfinished. I still wait for the moment when score reading will be automated. Is this book useful in my situation?
Yes! Practice the different scales with each hand, until each is perfect. Learn the fingering for each scale well enough to play them without looking, then learn to play both hands at the same time for each scale without looking. Perfection first, as slowly as needed, then increase speed. Go back to single hands if needed as you increase speed. [That's your fall-back practice]. Learn the chords, and the intervals to recognize patterns and groups of notes, in addition to where the notes are. Understand the visual pattern that connects the Treble Clef and the Bass Clef, as well as the Ledger lines above and below the clefs. Note, that initial 'success' at sight-reading starts with individual pieces, then individual composers, then across composers. Additionally, Two interesting exercises: 1) Chopin's 1-page, Prelude op 28 #7 in A Major. If you can find a copy of "the original autograph" in the local library, for example in Chopin, An introduction to his Piano Works by Willard A Palmer on p. 26, make a few copies, look at the fingering, mark the sharps and the notes as needed, and just 'practice' at least 4 times a day. Even after analysis, it seems difficult, but after 7 days or so, you'll see the patterns, then you'll see 'new things' with each practice and new patterns. After a month or less, when you can play it through, then you can start trying to 'sight-read' it to be able to play it within a minute. The better that you sight-read, the better that you can focus on fingering and articulation to bring out the beauty of the piece. I believe that going through this little piece for a month or two, will improve your sight-reading skills in unexpected ways... 2) You might consider just working through Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier for the 'reading' practice, to begin to see the patterns, then later going back for sight-reading. Post your progress in your own videos. ;-)
Intensity is definitely, absolutely paramount, but you can only work with *what you've got* . Genetics play a huge role in intelligence and your potential. I think that it is also possible that genetics play a role in whether a person has drive or not. So you could have two people with high genetic potential for learning, but different genetic potentials for applying themselves (regardless of environment).
