#100 Celebrating 100 Episodes with Scott Young

Our first ever Language Hacking Podcast guest, author, and course
creator, Scott Young, revisits the show to catch up with Benny
and Shannon and share what’s changed for him over the last two
years with his language learning and projects.


Scott is an expert on learning and how to work better. He’s a
best-selling author who took on the MIT Challenge, A Year Without
English, and many more intensive learning projects. In this
episode, he shares many of his thoughts on momentum, confidence,
and balancing life with other pursuits.


Featured Resources


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Mentioned in this Episode


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Scott’s Website

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Scott’s Instagram



Episode Overview


Some of the topics brought up during the interview are:


How Scott’s life has changed over the past two years

Building a multilingual family and learning Macedonian

How to stay engaged in learning

Dealing with the long-term maintenance work of learning
languages

How to get back into learning after losing momentum and
confidence

Time and energy management for intensive learning projects

Setting concrete learning goals

Top 5 things Scott learned since our last discussion with him

How to prioritize personal projects



Podcast theme: “A New Beginning” by Shannon Kennedy