Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery

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Price
$32.00  $29.76
Publisher
Harper Business
Publish Date
Pages
304
Dimensions
6.21 X 9.28 X 0.94 inches | 0.93 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780063256675

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About the Author

Scott 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, at TEDx, and other outlets. He doesn't promise to have all the answers, just a place to start.

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"Scott H. Young knocks it out of the park with Get Better at Anything. This concise guide will help, no matter what you are learning--or teaching!" -- Barbara Oakley, author of A Mind for Numbers and instructor of Learning How to Learn, one of the world's most popular online courses

"The ability to efficiently learn hard things is like a superpower. In this phenomenally wise book, Scott H. Young reveals exactly how to obtain it!" -- Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work

"Get Better at Anything is a master class in accelerated, effective learning. Learning grounded in seeing how others are succeeding; experimenting with and testing new ideas in the real world; and, most important, being open and receptive to the feedback that inevitably comes back. Almost everything we do depends on learning new skills, new attitudes, and new behaviors--this book is an indispensable guide to mastering that skill for a twenty-first century rocked by change and uncertainty." -- Tiago Forte, author of Building a Second Brain

"Full of fascinating insights and practical tips. Scott H. Young has written an excellent guide to getting better at getting better." -- Brad Stulberg, author of Master of Change and The Practice of Groundedness

"By far the best book on learning available today. The best method by the leading expert. Actionable, intriguing, inspiring. Read it now before learning more, to be supereffective." -- Derek Sivers, author of How to Live and Anything You Want

"Young breaks down the science of learning into actionable advice. A must-read for anyone who wants to master their craft." -- Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Indistractable