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.

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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

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#100 Celebrating 100 Episodes with Scott Young