How to Self Study Effectively: Powerful Strategies for Learning, Reading & Thinking
Summary
TLDRThis video script emphasizes the importance of effective self-directed learning, highlighting Isaac Watts' insights on improving the mind. It outlines three foundational principles: intellectual humility, avoidance of dogmatism, and diligence. The script then delves into Watts' five methods of learning: observation, reading, conversation, lecture, and meditation, advocating for a balanced approach to these methods with a focus on reading and meditation for deep understanding and retention.
Takeaways
- 📚 Embrace self-directed learning to improve your mind and develop better reading, researching, and thinking skills.
- 🧠 The method of learning is as crucial as the subjects themselves; ineffective learning can lead to mere information acquisition.
- 🕵️♂️ Adopt intellectual humility to recognize and confront your own ignorance, which fuels the desire for learning.
- 🚫 Avoid dogmatism by not fixating on positions before thorough study and considering counterarguments.
- 💪 Diligence is essential for a self-learner; learning should be laborious yet delightful.
- 🔍 Isaac Watts' 'The Improvement of the Mind' offers insights on learning better and thinking more effectively.
- 🔑 Focus on five methods of learning: observation, reading, conversation, lecture, and meditation.
- 👀 Observation is the first mode of improvement, involving the conscious noting of occurrences and introspection.
- 📖 Reading is a refined form of learning, but choose books judiciously and engage in inspectional reading to determine their value.
- 🗣️ Conversation is vital for learning from others and avoiding intellectual isolation; build a diverse network for rich discussions.
- 🤔 Meditation and study are crucial for synthesizing knowledge; they allow for the development of personal understanding and ideas.
Q & A
What is the main theme of the video script?
-The main theme of the video script is self-directed learning and the improvement of the mind, focusing on Isaac Watts' five methods or modes of improvement.
What are the three foundational principles for self-directed learning mentioned in the script?
-The three foundational principles for self-directed learning are intellectual humility, avoidance of dogmatism, and the necessity of diligence.
What does Isaac Watts emphasize as the importance of observing occurrences in life?
-Isaac Watts emphasizes that observation is important as it is the most direct method of learning, allowing us to notice and reflect on occurrences in life, including our own thoughts and feelings.
Why does the script suggest reading books with other people?
-Reading books with other people is suggested because conversation can unlock aspects of the book that wouldn't be otherwise, and it helps in cross-referencing and gaining different perspectives on the subject.
What is 'inspectional reading' as recommended by Watts in the script?
-Inspectional reading is the process of determining if a book is worth reading by looking at its table of contents, flipping through a few pages, and gauging its quality before committing to it.
How does the script describe the role of living instructors or tutors in learning?
-Living instructors or tutors are described as lively and animated, which can help untangle difficult aspects of a subject. They can answer questions and explain doubts, making learning more engaging and effective.
What is the significance of conversation in improving one's mind according to the script?
-Conversation is significant in improving the mind as it helps avoid developing awkwardness, allows learning from everyone, and prevents being confined to one's own perspective or echo chambers.
What does Watts suggest regarding the approach to studying difficult or complex subjects?
-Watts suggests not to be frightened by difficulties but also not to jump into complex subjects without the necessary foundation. He advises gradual and regular steps to understand complex subjects.
Why does the script mention the importance of not studying too many things at once?
-The script mentions that studying too many things at once can lead to a lack of focus and prevent deep learning. However, it also suggests that having more than one subject can be useful to avoid fatigue and maintain interest.
What is the final piece of advice given in the script regarding the pursuit of knowledge?
-The final piece of advice is to not seek certainty in everything but to be content with probability, and to pursue the five methods of improvement jointly, with a focus on reading and study meditation.
Outlines
📚 Embracing Self-Directed Learning
The script introduces the importance of self-directed learning for personal growth, emphasizing the quality of learning methods over the subjects themselves. It highlights the need for effective learning strategies, critical reading, and reflective thinking. The video focuses on Isaac Watts' insights from 'The Improvement of the Mind,' discussing foundational principles like intellectual humility, avoidance of dogmatism, and diligence. These principles are essential for anyone aspiring to be a better learner and thinker.
🔍 The Power of Observation and Reading
This paragraph delves into Isaac Watts' first two methods of learning: observation and reading. Observation is described as a direct and continuous learning process that involves reflecting on one's surroundings and inner thoughts. Reading is presented as a refined way to learn from the matured thoughts of wise individuals. Watts advises being selective with reading material and engaging in inspectional reading to determine a book's value before committing time to it.
🤝 Enhancing Learning Through Conversation
The script discusses the third mode of improvement: conversation. It suggests learning from everyone, regardless of their profession, by engaging them in discussions about their area of expertise. The importance of avoiding echo chambers and the value of having diverse discussions are highlighted. Watts recommends building a mastermind group for mutual learning and improvement, emphasizing the benefits of shared perspectives.
🧠 The Importance of Study and Meditation
The fourth mode of improvement, study and meditation, is explored, emphasizing the need to synthesize and reflect on the information consumed. Watts argues that true wisdom comes from the exercise of reason and judgment on what is read, rather than just the act of reading itself. He advises against jumping into complex subjects without the necessary foundation and encourages gradual learning.
🛠 Balancing Multiple Subjects and Avoiding Single-Perspective Thinking
The script advises on the benefits of studying multiple subjects to avoid mental fatigue and the man with a hammer fallacy, which is letting one subject dominate one's perspective. It also touches on the importance of not seeking absolute certainty in all subjects, suggesting that probability is often sufficient. Watts recommends a balanced approach to learning, with a focus on reading and meditation.
🌟 Integrating the Five Methods of Improvement
The final paragraph wraps up the video by advocating for the integration of all five methods of improvement: observation, reading, conversation, lecture, and study/meditation. It stresses that while all methods are important, reading and study should be given more time. The video concludes by encouraging viewers to explore additional resources for effective reading and self-learning strategies.
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Keywords
💡Self-directed learning
💡Intellectual humility
💡Dogmatism
💡Diligence
💡Observation
💡Reading
💡Meditation
💡Conversation
💡Lectures
💡Mastermind group
Highlights
The importance of learning how to learn, including reading, judging books, and reflecting on information.
Isaac Watts' influence as a theologian, logician, and author on improving the mind and learning.
The three foundational principles for self-directed learning: intellectual humility, avoidance of dogmatism, and diligence.
The significance of intellectual humility in igniting the ambition for learning and avoiding the barrier of ego.
Avoiding dogmatism to maintain open-mindedness and the ability to learn from various perspectives.
Diligence as a key to effective self-learning and the joy found in the process of studying.
Isaac Watts' five methods of improvement: observation, reading, conversation, lecture, and meditation.
The role of observation in learning from occurrences in life and introspection.
The value of reading and the practice of inspectional reading to determine a book's worth.
The benefits of reading books with others and cross-referencing ideas for deeper understanding.
The importance of marking and conversing with books to engage critically with the material.
The advantages of live instruction and lectures for untangling difficult aspects of a subject.
The benefits of engaging in conversation to learn from a diversity of perspectives and avoid echo chambers.
The recommendation to build a mastermind group for mutual learning and improvement.
The central role of study and meditation in synthesizing knowledge and forming original ideas.
The advice against focusing on complicated subjects without first establishing a foundational understanding.
The suggestion to not study too many things at once to maintain focus and depth of learning.
The importance of not letting a single subject dominate one's perspective, avoiding the 'man with a hammer' fallacy.
The advice to be content with probability in learning, accepting that absolute certainty is unattainable in many subjects.
The final principle of combining all five methods of improvement for a well-rounded learning experience, with a focus on reading and meditation.
Transcripts
if you have an insatiable appetite for
self-directed learning you want to grow
your mind you want to be a better reader
a better researcher a better thinker
then this video is for you see the
mattera of learning is just as important
as the subjects themselves if you don't
know how to learn well if you don't know
how to read and judge books and pass the
information well you don't know how to
reflect on things you don't know how to
doggedly develop skills and meditate on
what you're learning then you will be
relegated to a life of pure information
acquisition now there's someone called
Isaac Watts who knows a thing or two
about this as a prolific Theologian
logician and songwriter he wrote over
750 hymns as well as various guide books
on topics like geometry and logic and
philosophy his book on logic was used at
Oxford University at one point and his
more accessible book The Improvement of
the mind which was written as a
supplement to that IC book is a treasure
Trove of insight on how to learn better
how to think better and ultimately how
to improve your mind in this video we're
going to dive in to the key principles
Concepts and strategies that whats
recommends for those wanting to learn
better and to improve their mind now our
core focus is going to be on what wats
calls the five methods or five modes of
improvement these are five methods of
learning observation reading
conversation lecture so live instruction
and then study and meditation but before
we get to these let's look at three
foundational principles for
self-directed learning those are
intellectual humility avoidance of
dogmatism and the necessity of diligence
so to Be an Effective self-learner you
must adopt a posture of intellectual
humility you must purposely remind
yourself of how little you know your
Poverty of understanding is what's caus
it
and doing this will ignite your ambition
it will ignite your hunger and appetite
for learning quote from the book you
should therefore contrive and practice
some proper methods to acquaint yourself
with your own ignorance and to impress
your mind with a deep and painful sense
of the low and imperfect degrees of your
present knowledge that you may be
incited with labor and activity to
pursue after greater measures the
egotistical conceited person lacks this
intellectual humility and they suffer
because of it they lack Drive they lack
hunger and they are lazy as a result in
whats words remember this that if upon
some few superficial acquirements you
value exalt and swell yourself as though
you were a man of learning already you
are thereby building a most unpalatable
barrier against all Improvement you will
lie down and indulge idleness and rest
your self-content in the midst of deep
and shameful ignorance now ego is not
the only barrier to learning you must
also avoid dogmatism what says in the
book and I'm paraphrasing here that you
shouldn't fix yourself to a position
before you really studied it before
you've looked at the subject you've
looked at the counterarguments you've
looked at the landscape and you can see
things from all sides what a lot of
people do and what you and I have a
tendency to do as well because we're
humans
is we learn about something we believe
it's all correct and then we just become
dogmatic about it we think that we're
right and we can't be wrong and this
affects our ability to learn because we
get stuck or concreted in a position and
we basically shut down our learning and
observation faculties the dedicated
self-learner is not satisfied with
easily or quickly attained knowledge
because they know that Nuance exists
right Topics in fields must be studied
not just glanced at the dogmatist lets
ideas take dominion over himself and
finally the committed self-learner is
someone who is diligent someone who
labors but does so in Delight quote from
the book be not so weak as to imagine
that a life of learning is a life of
laziness and ease dare not give up
yourself to any of the Learned
professions unless you are resolved to
labor hard that study and can make it
your delight and the joy of your life a
life of learning should be laborious but
delightful if it's not at least somewhat
difficult if it's not at least somewhat
laborious then you're probably not
learning much but if it's not at all
delightful then you're probably learning
the wrong things you're not following
your curiosity and your interest now
with the foundation of humility the
avoidance of dogmatism and diligence let
us look at Isaac watt's five methods of
Improvement there are five emminent
means or methods whereby the mind is
improved by the knowledge of things
these are observation reading
instruction by lectures conversation and
meditation let's start with Improvement
by observation what says that
observation is the notice that we take
of all occurrences in human life whether
they are sensible or intellectual
whether relating to persons or things to
ourselves or others he places
observation as the first mode of
improvement because it's the most direct
that's what we do all the time we are
always observing the world around us
people places animals objects and we're
always observing ourselves and our own
inner workings our thoughts right the
effective
self-learner is the one who reflects on
these things most people don't most
people don't engage in any such
reflection or introspection and they
don't profit from their observations
even if those observations are fleeting
and so one way we can improve our mind
is simply to observe it to observe our
own inner thoughts as what says let the
enlargement of your knowledge be one
constant View and design in life since
there's no place no transactions
occurrences or engagements in life which
exclude us from this method of improving
the mind when we are alone even in
darkness and silence we may converse
with our own Hearts observe the working
of our own spirits and reflect upon the
inwards Motions of our own passions and
some of the latest occurrences in life
we may acquaint ourselves with the
powers and properties the Tendencies and
inclinations both of body and spirit and
gain a more intimate knowledge of
ourselves and of course we can observe
human nature as well when we are in
company we may discover something more
of human nature of human passions and
folies and of human Affairs vices and
virtues by conversing with Mankind and
observing their conduct every moment is
a moment that you can use to improve
your own mind seek lessons and All That
You observe and as whats recommends
write them down and take review
occasionally the second mode of
improvement is reading I have made a
video on reading advice that I wish
someone had told me earlier so if you
want to go deeper on this specific mode
of improvement then check that out but
there are some interesting tips and
principles that wats talks about in this
book when it comes to reading in fact
his chapter on reading or section on
reading is actually quite large there's
a lot in it and there's too much to go
through in this video so I encourage you
to read the book if you want to learn
more about that one of the first things
he points out is that books are a very
useful form of improvement and learning
because they are highly refined in a way
that conversations with people lectures
observation is not he points out in more
words that I'm about to say is that
books that have stood the test of time
are usually written by wise people not
only that they are the matured and
refined thoughts of such wise people
books take a lot of effort to write they
are a slow medium they are edited right
in a way where me talking to you or us
having a conversation is not it's not as
high signal as a Bookers and so you
should read books he does say however
that you should be judicious about the
books that you read there are too many
books out there many of them aren't that
good and others are irrelevant to you
and not useful given your goals so he's
basically saying don't just read
everything don't just read anything
exercise judgment be smart about it one
of the key strategies he recommends is
to engage in inspectional Reading if
you've read how to read a book by morm
Adler you'll know what this is and
essentially inspectional reading is to
figure out if something is worth reading
in the first place you don't need to do
this with every book but if you're not
sure whether it's going to be good then
it's worth doing essentially you open a
book you look at the table of contents
perhaps you kind of get a get an idea of
like what it's about whether it's
relevant to you you might flip through
to a few pages try and gauge the quality
of the book and then decide if you want
to commit to it I actually did exactly
that with this book by the way uh the
other day I was standing up looking at
my bookshelf this title stuck out to me
and I was like all right let's uh
haven't read this yet looked at the
table of contents it was exactly what I
wanted to read and wanted to learn about
and so I just started diving in it was
really good also on that note if the
book clearly is not good or useful to
you and you don't enjoy it then stop
reading as what says life is too short
and time is too precious to read every
new book quite over in order to find
that it is not worth the reading one
thing he recommends is to read books
with other people with friends
conversation he points out will unlock
aspects of the book that wouldn't be
unlocked otherwise and one interesting
idea he puts forth is that you should
read distinct books on the same subject
and then cross reference with each other
so perhaps you and two other people want
to learn about psychology or mathematics
or some specific subject mathematics
isn't very specific neither psychology
you get the idea you want to learn about
a subject maybe you find a book each on
that subject and you go away and read
them and then come to discuss it and
you'll each have slight differences or
maybe significant differences in what
you've learned another thing that wats
recommends with reading is to not get
caught up in the exciting and novel you
know when you're reading something new
or you're learning about a new subject
especially if it's a subject that's not
like hard science you can become
convinced by things just because they're
new to you even if they're not well
argued right and so again it goes back
to that avoidance of dogmatism when
you're reading something new for the
first time you're learning about a new
subject you should be approaching it not
necessarily from position of skepticism
but just be being wary of that tendency
that you have to get caught up in it all
and to take it at face value instead of
thinking critically about what you're
reading he stresses the importance of
marking your books so correcting them
conversing with them if you come across
text that you like then Mark then
highlight it mention something in the
sidew like I love the sentence WR really
well if you come across something you
dislike or you think could be ridden
better then point that out to your
yourself argue with your books converse
with them doing this properly takes a
lot of time the way wats is talking
about it but it's worth it quote
remember that one book read over in this
manner with all this laborious
meditation will tend more to enrich your
understanding than the skimming over the
surface of 20 authors this is advice I
shared in my other video on reading
which is that you get more by going
through books again and again and again
again and understanding them deeply than
spreading yourself across a number of
books and only just touching the surface
of them one of the common themes which
relates to all this is the importance of
reflection particularly with reading
right as he says as a man may be eating
all day and for want of digestion is
never nourished so these endless readers
May cram themselves in vain with
intellectual food and without real
Improvement of their minds for want of
digesting it by proper Reflections now
the third model Improvement is living
instructors tutors you know lectures
we're not going to spend too much time
on this uh and neither does what
actually in the book he spends more time
on what you should be doing as a
lecturer or as a teacher near the end of
the book but that's beyond the scope of
this video one of the things he points
out about this mode of improvement is
that lecture is Lively it's animated in
a way that a book isn't and because of
this it can not only be more engaging
but it can help you untangle difficult
aspects of a subject that's why a lot of
people find it easier to learn something
like maths or science from videos on KH
Academy than they do textbooks because
having someone explain the intricacies
of it in a way the textbook might not or
might not do as effectively is very
helpful and they do seem to be subjects
that almost require a interaction with
someone else a tutor as what says there
is scarce any science so safely and so
speedily learned even by the most
noblest genius in the best books without
a
books are a sort of dumb teacher they
point out the way to learning but if we
labor under any doubt or mistake they
cannot answer sudden questions or
explain present doubts and difficulties
this is properly the work of a living
instructor essentially what he's saying
is that you can spend you can waste a
lot of time going in the wrong direction
if you have no one to challenge your
thinking and look at what you're
learning the fourth mode of improvement
is conversation and to introduce this
mode of improvement he kind of talks
about the contemptible scholar this idea
of the contemptible scholar he says that
the person who just reads books and just
observes things you know there's sort of
this like hermit and the hermit rusts
and develops an awkwardness right
engaging in conversation living in the
real world helps you avoid this it helps
prevent it and hopefully you're not this
person but you will know one or you will
know of one the person who does spend
all their time at home
books you know never goes out and they
do develop the sense of awkwardness you
don't want to be that person and one way
to avoid being that person is to engage
in conversation not only is it useful to
avoid being awkward it's useful for
improving your mind and there's a few
key points here which I want to point
out the first point is that you can
learn something from everyone what says
if you happen to be in company with a
merchant or sailor a farmer or a
mechanic a milkmaid or a spinster lead
them into a discourse of the m matters
of their own profession for everyone
knows or should know his own business
best in this sense a common mechanic is
wiser than a philosopher by this means
you may gain some improvement and
knowledge from everyone you meet there's
a skill to this is a skill to conversing
with people and asking the right
questions to get deep into what they
know you have to go beyond the small
talk and follow up and find those paths
the second point he makes is to avoid
Echo Chambers confine yourself not
always to one sort of company or to
persons of the same party or opinion
either in matters of learning religion
or the Civil Life lest if you should
happen to be nursed up or educated an
early mistake you should be confirmed
and established in the same mistake by
conversing only with persons of the same
sentiments now people don't do this
because they don't like hearing opinions
that are contrary to their own and
here's what wats has to say about that
be not frightened nor provoked at
opinions different from your own some
persons are so confident they are in the
right that they will not come within the
hearing of any Notions but their own
they Canon out to themselves a little
province in the intellectual world where
they fancy the light shines and all the
rest is Darkness one of his
recommendations to improve at
conversation is to actually build your
own Mastermind build your own group of
people who are also self-learners who
are also autodidacts who want to get
better want to improve prove their mind
he says it is of considerable Advantage
when we are pursuing any difficult point
of knowledge to have a society of
ingenious correspondence at hand for
Every Man Has Something of a different
genius in a various Turn of Mind whereby
the subject propos will be shown in all
its lights it will be represented in all
its forms and every side of it be turned
to view that a just judgment may be
framed iron sharpens iron when you're
around other people who are also
learning similar things to you or not
you get this Fe back that you don't get
when you're by yourself this is also
what Benjamin Franklin did he set up a
group of started with 12 people and it
was a society or Community essentially
of mutual Improvement as he called it
they debated questions of morals
politics philosophy business you name it
so if you don't have something like this
consider whether you can set one up
doesn't have to be in person can be
online can be on Zoom but it's something
that's worth doing now the final method
of improvement which he spends a lot of
time on and we're going to spend some
time on is that of study and meditation
he uses these terms into changeably when
he talks about meditation he really
means study and study as whats defines
it as the bringing together of it all
the reflection the understanding the
thinking right another way to put it
would be the synthesis it's very
important it is the heart of learning
and that is because consuming
information alone is is not enough
memory is not enough what says as you
are not to fancy yourself a learned man
because you were dressed with a really
wet so neither must you imagine that
large and laborious reading and a strong
memory can denominate you truly wise you
can't become wise by just reading alone
is what he's saying why because it is
meditation and studious thought it is
the exercise of your own reason and
judgment upon all you read that gives
Good Sense even to the best genius and
affords your understanding the truest
Improvement he goes on mere lectures
reading and conversation without
thinking are not sufficient to make a
man of knowledge and wisdom it is our
own thought and reflection study and
meditation must attend all the other
methods of improvement and perfect them
you must think you must reflect this is
how we make ideas our own by the way
when you read an idea in the book like
I've been doing with this video I'm just
ering it to you right but when you think
through things and when you study and
you meditate you can form your own
opinions you can form your own synthesis
and come up with what seem like original
unique ideas even though they are built
upon a foundation of other ideas one
thing he says is to not spend time on
the complicated in particular before
you've built the foundation essentially
that you shouldn't try and learn
something that you don't know about or
you don't have the necessary
prerequisites for which sounds obvious
but like a lot of people do it including
myself I get attracted to the
complicated like complex things and I'm
like I can learn this and it's like bro
you haven't like you don't even know how
to do algebra at this level and this is
like five levels beyond that so you need
to learn this first if you want to do
that you can't just like jump all the
way to there it's not how it works he
says let not young students apply
themselves to search out deep dark and
obstru matters far above their reach or
spend their labor in any peculiar
subjects for which they have not the
advantages of necessary anticipant
learning or books or
observations
four this will confound rather than
enlight the understanding and create an
aversion to Future diligence and perhaps
by despair May forbid the pursuit of
that subject forever afterwards if you
go into the complicated subject to early
without the foundation you probably
won't like it you'll feel stupid and you
may not re visit it in the future now at
the same time you shouldn't trick
yourself into thinking that just because
something is difficult to learn just
because a subject seems tricky that it's
insurmountable this is the other end of
the spectrum right he says nor let any
student on the other hand fright himself
at every turn with insurmountable
difficulties nor imagine that the truth
is wrapped up in impenetrable Darkness
these are formidable specters which the
understanding raises sometimes to flat
matter its own laziness we rationalize
our way out of learning subjects because
we just want that homeostasis we want to
be lazy we don't want to put in the
effort and so we say to ourselves it's
too hard it's impossible for me to learn
how do you learn these things these
complex subjects here's what watt says
those things which in a remote and
Confused view seem very obscure and
perplexed may be approached by gentle
and regular steps and may then unfold
and explain themselves at large to the
eye the hardest problems in geometry and
the most intricate schemes or diagrams
may be explicated and understood step by
step every great mathematici Bears a
constant witness to this observation the
next two tips or principles are very
useful uh the first is that you should
not study too many things at once I've
talked about this a bunch on the channel
don't need to go into it too much but
obviously if you have too many subjects
on the go then you know you're not going
to be able to focus very well you're not
going to be able to dedicate the time
necessary to really make progress
however
Isaac Watts doesn't recommend that you
only spend time on one subject he
actually says that having more than one
subject on the go is useful for
productivity useful for study he says
where two or three Sciences are pursued
at the same time if one of them be dry
abstracted and unpleasant say logic
metaphysics law languages let another be
more entertaining and agreeable to
secure the mind from weariness and
aversion to study what he's basically
saying is that if you just have one
subject like let's say you're
learning logic right and you can do
maybe two hours of that in a day and by
those two hours you just like I'm done
with this I'm it's so boring it's so dry
I know it's important for me to learn
it's somewhat interesting but I can't do
it from more than 2 hours a day well if
that's all you're learning then that's
all you're going to be able to do in a
day but if you have other subject you're
on the go something that's more
interesting to you maybe you're learning
to make music or maybe you're you know
learning to write poetry or something
then you can switch to that when you
fatigue of the harder subject or the
more boring subject this is the power of
deviation or productive procrastination
something Noah Ryan and I talked about
in our recent interview that you have a
thing or project on the go that you want
to procrastinate on and you let yourself
procrastinate on so you can do other
productive things over here to move
yourself forward another thing he points
out is what's commonly known as the man
with a hammer fallacy or at least a
variation of it which is to a man with a
hammer everything looks like a nail what
he says is that you shouldn't let a
single subject or topical area Prevail
over your mind quote as to give a
sovereign tincture to all your other
studies and discolor all your ideas like
a person in join us who spreads a yellow
scene with his eyes over all the objects
which he meets and he uses example of a
man he says who had particular skill in
music and much devoted to that subject
who found a great resemblance of the
Athan doctrine of the trinity in every
single note and so he's he's applying
this like thing he learns music to this
subject of Theology and it doesn't
necessarily connect but because he views
everything through the lens of music
that's how he he sees things and he's
like you shouldn't do that because each
subject like sits on its own there are
references and they cross over and
there's interactions between them of
course but if you're the person who just
lets the one subject takes sovereignty
over your mind then it's going to make
you stupid this is the man with the
hammer fallacy the final piece of advice
that I want to share is to not seek
certainty in everything but be content
with probability do not expect to arrive
at C certainty in every subject which
you pursue there are aund things wherein
we Mortals in this dark and imperfect
state must be content with probability
where our best light and reasonings will
reach no further other than a few
subjects there's no way you can reach
certainty in most things you learn if
you're studying psychology good luck
because there's just so much nonsense
and noise and like uncertainty in that
field same with history same with
philosophy and so you need to be content
with probability you need to get to a
point where you're like okay I'm pretty
sure this is what it means but I'm never
going to be one + 1 = 2 certain about it
and for me to try is probably not a
useful thing to do all right so to wrap
this up I want to share one final
principle which really brings it all
together and that is that you should not
just focus on one method of improvement
you should bring them all together for
your benefit if you only read and listen
then you will have as what says a mere
historical knowledge of learning and
only be able to tell what others have
known or said on the subject if you only
Converse but you don't read or observe
or study you will gain a slight and
superficial knowledge which will be in
danger of Vanishing with the voice of
the speaker and if you confine yourself
to yourself and you only observe and
don't do anything else then you will be
as Isaac what says in danger of a narrow
Spirit a vain conceit of yourself and an
unreasonable contempt of others and you
will have a very limited and imperfect
view of the knowledge of things and you
will sadom learn how to make that
knowledge useful these five methods of
improvement we've looked at should be
pursued jointly however whats does say
that you should spend more time in
reading and study meditation than the
others so he does place a little bit
more importance on those two methods of
improvement so that is it for this video
hope you found it use useful uh if you
want to learn more about how to read
effectively you want to learn the advice
that I wish someone had told me earlier
about reading and self-learning then
check out this video here I talk about
14 or 15 tips that I don't think are
very common they're not like basic tips
uh but they've helped me a lot with
developing my reading plan and system
thanks for watching see you next time
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