Scott H Young Podcast

Why bother trying to remember things when everything is just a quick Google search away? Here's the real reason you need it inside your brain.

In 1967, C. West Churchman defined "wicked problems". Here's why they are prevalent in life, and how to get past their inescapable difficulties.

We all want that one key person to look up to. Unfortunately, such people are hard to find (and often have less time). Here's what you should do instead.

Work is often boring or frustrating (sometimes both)! Applying principles from a Hungarian psychologist, you can make work a lot more enjoyable.

Is ambition a good thing? Something you should cultivate or abandon? Ambition has allowed for some very positive things, but it also has a hidden dark side.

Hard goals create rapid growth. Pick standards you can't currently reach, without rejecting or lowering them to meet your current abilities.

Nearly any advice you get on improving anything implicitly fits into one of three types: minimum, average or maximum. Which you should aim at?

Would your life be better if you read less news? Should you be reading more olds instead: books and ideas that will last for more than a moment?

Should you set goals, cultivate ambition and strive for greater and better things? Or should you diminish your needs and be more accepting of life?

Why does learning have to be hard work? Why is studying such a chore? Why making your study more like play will help you learn more and have more fun.