Scott H. Young - Author, Programmer, Entrepreneur

I have a new book!
Foundations is a guided journal that condenses much of the research I did in my year-long project. The book explains what foundations are, how to cultivate and sustain better habits, and teaches you the essentials for each of the twelve foundations I...

Recently, I’ve written about why managing your energy, not your time, is the key to productivity. Making a schedule is easy, but doing the work is hard. So we need to find ways to make the work easier, not just invent ever-more-elaborate timetables to...

Last week, I argued that energy management, not time management, is the key to productivity. It’s far easier to make a schedule than to do the work. Available energy being more limiting than time helps explain why we so often fall short of our productive...

Every now and then I get an email from a student preparing for a hard exam. They have their schedule planned out for how they’re going to study, and they end the email with a nervous “What do you think?”
Invariably, my answer disappoints: “Well, it depends …”...