At some level there’s a craving that drives us to do something else, there’s an aversion to doing the task itself or both.

• Economics: Average is over. But even if the economic landscape is rapidly changing may, we can engineer our response to it by aggressively learning the hard skills we need to thrive.
• Education: Ultralearning can fill some of those gaps when going ba...

It is a strategy for acquiring skills and knowledge. Ultralearning is a potent skill for dealing with a changing world. It has three main characteristics:

• Outcome feedback: this tells you something about how well you’re doing overall but offers no ideas as to what you’re doing better or worse.
• Informational feedback: this feedback tells you what you’re doing wrong, but it doesn’t necessarily tell you ...

1. Meta - learning: Start by learning how to learn the subject or skill you want to tackle.
2. Focus: Carve out time in your bday, and hack back distractions.
3. Directness: Practice the thing you want to learn. Learn by doing.

• Your environment: be aware of what environment you work best in, and test it. Multitasking may feel like fun, but it’s unsuitable for ultralearning.
• The task you’re trying to learn: certain activities, due to their nature, are harder to focus on tha...