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May 2024
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961: How to Get Better at Anything Faste...

How to be Awesome at Your Job
About this episode

Scott H. Young shows how to get better at getting better. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) The promise and pitfalls of copying the pros 

2) The See-Do-Feedback model of learning 

3) How to build the perfect environment for learning 


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep961 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT SCOTT — 

Scott H. Young is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Ultralearning, a podcast host, computer programmer, and an avid reader. Since 2006, he has published weekly essays to help people learn and think better. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Pocket, and Business Insider, on the BBC, and at TEDx among other outlets. He doesn’t promise to have all the answers, just a place to start. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.

• Book: Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery 

• Book: Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career 

• Website: ScottHYoung.com 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Fear and Courage by Stanley Rachman


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