From the course: Ultralearning: Accelerate Your Career and Outsmart the Competition (Blinkist Summary)

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Anyone can adopt the ultralearning style

Anyone can adopt the ultralearning style

- [Narrator] Thanks for listening to our blinks to "Ultralearning," by Scott H. Young. The blinks main takeaway is that at first glance, ultralearners can look like outliers, but in reality anyone can adopt ultralearning's aggressive, self-directed learning style to master difficult tasks in a short time. Want to successfully complete your own ultralearning project? Start by laying the groundwork. Apply meta-learning strategies and refine your focus. Optimize your learning by focusing on directness, drilling, retrieval, feedback, and retention. To take things to the next level, cultivate intuition and experiment intensively. And here's one more helpful tip, interested in taking on an ultralearning challenge to hone your professional edge? Before you commit to a time-consuming project, like teaching yourself the basics of a coding language, make sure it aligns with your career objectives. Find a professional in your…

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