20 Hours Study Day! A Day in Life of Serious GATE Aspirant
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Raham, an MCH alumni of I medas, shares his journey of transforming his daily study routine using scientific strategies, leading to significant academic and personal achievements. He emphasizes the importance of adequate sleep, meticulous planning, having the right study strategy, and managing time, focus, and energy effectively. Raham introduces five time management principles and recommends apps like Dukes, Google Calendar, and Todoist to enhance productivity. He advises viewers to implement changes gradually and provides a goal tracker for progress monitoring, aiming to help aspirants excel in competitive exams.
Takeaways
- 😴 Prioritize sleep: Adequate sleep is crucial for learning and memory formation, with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommending at least 7 hours for adults.
- 📝 Plan meticulously: Successful individuals are adept at planning, as highlighted by the example of Adam Grant, emphasizing the importance of detailed time allocation for every task.
- 📈 Implement a strategy: A well-thought-out strategy is essential for effective learning, as opposed to aimlessly studying without a plan.
- 📈 Use the 'Rule of Three': Start each day by identifying three key accomplishments you wish to achieve, which helps in focusing on important tasks.
- ⏰ Schedule every minute: Following the example of Adam Grant, plan every minute of your day to ensure that time is used meaningfully.
- 🔍 Manage focus: Use techniques like setting deadlines and minimizing distractions to maintain concentration during study periods.
- 💪 Manage energy: Proper diet, regular exercise, and adequate hydration are key to maintaining energy levels for productive studying.
- 📱 Limit distractions: Use apps and strategies to minimize the impact of mobile phones and social media on your study time.
- 📅 Use apps for time management: Utilize apps like Dukes, Google Calendar, and Todo List to organize and execute your daily, weekly, and monthly goals.
- 🚀 Gradual implementation: Introduce changes to your routine slowly, one step at a time, to ensure that they become a lasting part of your daily habits.
Q & A
What is the main purpose of the video?
-The main purpose of the video is to guide aspirants in building a perfect daily study routine for their preparations, incorporating scientific proof, apps, resources, and tips to stay motivated.
Who is Raham and what is his educational background?
-Raham is the presenter of the video and an MCH alumni of IIT Madras.
What significant change did Raham implement in his routine that led to better results?
-Raham implemented evidence-based scientific strategies in his daily routine, which led to him cracking IIT Madras, publishing a paper in Springer, and achieving other academic and personal successes.
What is the first step in building a perfect study routine according to the video?
-The first step in building a perfect study routine is ensuring adequate sleep, as recommended by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, which advises adults to have at least 7 hours of sleep.
Why is planning an essential part of a study routine?
-Planning is essential because it helps in time management and ensures that the study time is used effectively to achieve specific goals, as emphasized by the example of Adam Grant, a successful professor who meticulously plans his time.
What is the 'Rule of Three' and how does it apply to time management?
-The 'Rule of Three' is a time management principle that suggests identifying three main accomplishments one wants to achieve by the end of the day, and it can be applied to weekly and monthly goals as well.
How does the video suggest managing focus during study time?
-The video suggests managing focus by setting deadlines, minimizing external distractions like phone usage, and dealing with internal distractions by noting them down to address at a later time.
What role does energy management play in productivity according to the video?
-Energy management plays a crucial role in productivity as it affects the efficiency and effectiveness of work. The video recommends proper diet, exercise, taking breaks, and staying hydrated as ways to manage energy.
What are the three apps recommended in the video to execute time management principles?
-The three apps recommended are Dukes (for noting down daily accomplishments), Google Calendar (for blocking out time for tasks), and Todo List app (for capturing thoughts and managing internal distractions).
How does the video suggest implementing changes in one's daily routine?
-The video suggests implementing changes gradually, one step at a time, over a period of 7 days, using a gold tracker sheet to monitor progress and ensure that the changes become a habit.
What is the video's advice on dealing with mobile phone distractions during study time?
-The video advises keeping the phone in another room while studying and provides additional strategies and apps in a separate video to limit mobile phone distractions.
Outlines
📚 Introduction to Building a Perfect Study Routine
The speaker, Raham, introduces the video's purpose: to help aspirants create an effective daily study routine backed by scientific evidence. Raham shares his own experience of transforming his routine, which led to significant achievements including a successful GATE exam, publishing in Springer, earning a PhD in South Korea, and growing a YouTube channel. Raham emphasizes the importance of a daily routine, suggesting that it was key to his success. He then outlines the video's agenda: identifying flaws in his initial GATE preparation routine, introducing scientific strategies to improve it, and sharing tips to stay motivated.
💤 The Importance of Sleep for Effective Learning
Raham discusses the critical role of sleep in learning and performance, citing research by Professor Matthew Walker. He explains that inadequate sleep can lead to a 40% deficit in the brain's ability to form new memories, which is detrimental to exam preparation. Raham then recommends at least 7 hours of sleep for adults, as suggested by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He shares his personal sleep schedule and emphasizes the importance of power naps to boost energy and learning. The speaker also provides a promotional offer for PW gate courses, highlighting various batches and the use of a discount code.
📈 Planning and Strategy for Optimal Study Performance
The speaker emphasizes the importance of planning and strategy in building an effective study routine. He shares an anecdote about Adam Grant, a successful psychologist, who manages his time meticulously. Raham suggests that planning is essential for success, as highlighted by Benjamin Franklin's quote, 'If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.' He then discusses the need for a proper study strategy, drawing from his own experience of weak strategy during GATE preparation. Raham recommends learning from top performers' strategies and shares a preparation strategy video for viewers. He also introduces five time management principles to optimize time usage and mentions three apps to facilitate these principles.
⏰ Time, Focus, and Energy Management for Productivity
Raham outlines the final two time management principles: scheduling every minute of the day and planning the next day before sleep. He then transitions to discuss the importance of focus and energy management for productivity. The speaker provides tips on maintaining focus, such as setting deadlines and minimizing distractions. He also addresses internal distractions and suggests strategies to manage them. For energy management, Raham advises on proper diet, exercise, taking breaks, and staying hydrated. He introduces apps like Dukes, Google Calendar, and Todo List to help execute time management principles and manage distractions. The speaker concludes with advice on implementing changes gradually and provides a goal tracker sheet for viewers to track their progress.
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Keywords
💡Daily Study Routine
💡Scientific Strategies
💡Sleep
💡Time Management
💡Focus
💡Energy Management
💡Apps and Resources
💡Motivation
💡Aspirant
💡Productivity
Highlights
The video aims to help aspirants build a perfect daily study routine using scientific evidence.
The creator, Raham, shares his personal experience of transforming his study routine for better results.
Raham emphasizes the importance of evidence-based strategies over mere hard work for exam preparation.
He discusses the negative impact of insufficient sleep on learning and exam performance.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends at least 7 hours of sleep for adults.
Planning is crucial for a successful study routine, as emphasized by Benjamin Franklin's quote.
Raham suggests using a time allocation strategy similar to that of a successful professor, Adam Grant.
He advises creating a detailed plan, including a flowchart for developing relationships.
Raham recommends checking out 'Toppers Podcast' for effective study strategies.
The video introduces five time management principles to enhance productivity.
The 'Rule of Three' is introduced as a principle for setting daily, weekly, and monthly goals.
Scheduling every minute of the day is suggested to prevent wasted time.
Managing focus while studying is crucial for productivity.
Raham suggests setting deadlines and minimizing distractions to improve focus.
Energy management is as important as time and focus management for effective studying.
Proper diet, exercise, breaks, and hydration are recommended for maintaining energy levels.
Raham shares his personal productivity system using three apps: Dukes, Google Calendar, and Todoist.
He provides a minimalistic approach to implementing the discussed strategies to avoid overwhelm.
A progress tracker sheet is provided to help viewers monitor their implementation of the routine.
The video concludes with advice on limiting mobile phone distractions during study time.
Transcripts
I don't think so no no no
no I don't think
so no no no no it's never ever ever ever
ever ever going to happen now this video
is made with the intention to help any
aspirant to build a perfect daily study
routine for their preparations with
scientific proof along with that I'm
sharing apps and resources to implement
this science in an effort
and some tips to stay motivated during
your preparation now if you're new here
I'm raham and MCH alumni of I medas and
this is the recreation of one of my gate
preparation day the reason I recreated
this day is did you know despite me
studying the old day in the month of
January before gate exam I ended up
scoring average marks then I decided to
implement evidence-based scientific
strategies in my routine and it gives me
result I cracked I madas I got grades at
I far better than my PS who got
thousands of rank ahead of me in Gate
exam published a paper in Springer di in
just 7 Days got a PhD in South Korea
along with winning MVP best player and
multiple trophies at IID plus growing
this channel to 100K subscribers and it
primarily happens due to my daily
routine and this video is to guide my
younger self and any competitive exam
aspirant to build their powerful daily
routine based on sign so that he can
shine in his competitive exams so
firstly we'll see what's wrong with my
day during gate preparation then I'll
add scientific evidence to make it the
best stud routine ever
sitting lonely in my room again trying
to find the words to say but nothing
comes
out I am looking for the better day seem
like they just stay away whenever I
try there's so many things that I keep
in my mind my friends keep me out and it
hurts every time with all the emotions I
built up inside oh why can
I will someone look for me
if one of the thing that frustrates any
aspirant is giving best for the exam but
the res doesn't reflect that but I see
the away it's down line maybe I not up
without fight cuz there will be a time
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oh oh oh
oh there will be a time
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oh there will be a
time there will be a
time now let's talk about the scientific
strategies to make a good study routine
now this is a guide and it's difficult
to remember all the things I'm going to
do so just pause this video take a pen
and paper and note it
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want to ask a question what would you do
if you prepare an exam for many days
with lacks of investment and eventually
feel like a failure so after my not
satisfied G prep ation I came to home
and if you are 23 20 years old and
staying in home you are in a big problem
what
problem huh what is your son doing beta
how can I escape from this guy okay
let's disappear
somewhere relatives so with career
pressure and social judgment I started
preparing it one more time so one day I
went for a haircut while coming back in
bike in a turning I just fell down
nobody on a sudden crossed my bike I
just fell down people came and lift me
up and I went home at that time I didn't
know much about that but once time
passes and once I started understanding
my brain I understand it's due to my
study routine because once I came home
with pain I literally pushed myself
every day I study till 4:00 a.m. and
sleep from 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. with
all lights on in my room and fans off so
that I can forcefully wake up around
8:00 a.m. big mistake the costliest
mistake for everyone as Matthew Walker
the professor of neuroscience and
psychology at University of California
puts up the shter sleep the shorter your
life not simply a life threat it's a
thread to learning and exam performance
and when you put those two groups Head
to Head what you find is a quite
significant 40% deficit in the ability
of the brain to make new memories
without sleep so step one sleep so first
question how much hours of sleep
required American Academy of sleep
medicine recommends adults with 18 plus
years to have at least 7 hours of sleep
and that actually means 7 hours of sleep
not 7 hours of bed so I usually blog 8
hours from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m.
because usually take 20 minutes to sleep
up and while waking also it takes 10 to
20 minutes to actually start meting and
also whenever you are tired take power
it boost your energy and learning now
second scientific strategy to build a
perfect routine there is one time KL
NewBo computer scientist and Professor
George toown University went to
interview Adam gr who is an American
psychologist and professor at won School
Adam gr is simply phenomenal because
he's the youngest full professor in the
history of won University because
consistently publishes more number of
Articles every here in good journals
along with that he writes books and many
of them are international bestsellers he
does podcast he does massive audience
and much more so Cort went to find out
how he was able to do all things and
still able to get success and do you
know what happened Adam gr didn't tell
instead he shows he opens his Google
Slides which includes detailed pie chart
of time allocation for each thing trust
me there is a flow chart for developing
relationships also what kind of person
is AD everything from a to is is planned
the point is every successful person you
take he must be very good at planning as
Benjamin Franklin once says if you are
failed to plan you are planning to fail
so step two plan well but but but
planning doesn't mean Crossing off too
list it has to give us result what's the
point of studying 16 hours if you can't
able to crack an exam so how to plan
well let me explain I don't know about
you guys but if you ask me who is your
favorite character in Mahabharat I would
say karna because he's a great Warrior a
loyal person and in Tamil movie industry
they made a dedicated movie for Karan
and when I was a kid they re-released
the movie and we went to theater to
watch that and by the end of the movie I
was like literally not happy and crying
because Karan is dead I I just literally
respected and loved him and the way he
was defeated it's not actually a defeat
he's been tricked into the plans of Lord
Krishna and that's what we have to do if
Lord Krishna just go on war with karna
even with the mightiest of panda brother
I think he might not have defeated Kara
the strategy of Lord Krishna is what
made it happen so step number three have
a right strategy and when I Was
preparing I have a very weak strategy in
the month of January 2020 when I was
doing my second attempt of gate I was
just literally written 15 previous year
questions as full length test which has
no way of new learnings because I have
already solve those questions and there
is no strategy to improve my weaker
areas and no strategies to level up
myself so I would recommend check out
Toppers podcast how they did it and
especially learn from the mistakes of
them and if you are a great aspirant I
did a deep research and made a
preparation strategy video do check it
out now you have the strategy now let's
build a productive system see planning
should be focused on accomplishments
accomplishments I emphasize one can
sleep for 4 hours every day and wake up
at 4:00 a.m. and studies for 12 hours
and finish an entire subject and he
feels efficient and another person
sleeps 8 hours studies 6 hours on the
same subject and still finish it in both
the cases the accomplishment is the same
so how to plan in such a way we get
accomplishments I'll explain five time
management principles to get the most
out of your time along with three apps
to execute the principles one important
thing the principles are code it can't
be changed but you can change different
apps to execute the principles first
principle JD mayor Microsoft's Director
of Business program written a book
called getting resultes theil way the
book appears very complex but it
explains one of the simplest productiv
principle of all time the rule of three
so what is Rule of three at the
beginning of every day mentally fast
forward to the end of the day and ask
yourself when the day is over what three
things will I want to have accomplished
write those three things down two do the
same thing at the beginning of every
week and I personally add one more step
in this because I plan three things I
want to accomplish for the current month
and for the year also so principle
number one rule of three now second
principle remember our W and Professor
Adam Grant he actually plans every
minutes of his day the reason is the
time that is unplanned will most likely
to be wasted on unmeaningful things like
the things that haven't been noted in
rule of three so even if you want to
take break or spend time with your
family block it out and use it
meaningfully so principle two schedule
every minute of your day and principle
three plan everything the day before you
sleep as simple as that now for the
fourth one I want to ask your question
what will you do if you manage your time
better and study for 10 hours 12 hours
but yet you feel you can't able to
complete your work I promise you that is
what going to happen if you're are not
going to follow the next two steps so
why despite managing your time you can't
able to complete a task that actually
can be completed in the time frame for
that had this thing ever happened with
you s of - x = - COS of - x = cos x 1/
cos x = secant x difficult to understand
why did she left
me I did everything for Focus see focus
is an important ingredient to time
management so principle number four
manage your focus while studying Focus
only on the task here are some tips to
get laser focus on your studies Chris
Bailey the author of productivity
project mentions an idea that literally
works for me let's assume a task will
take 100 minutes to finish and if we
give a deadline of finishing it in 90
minutes our brains will focus better and
less distracted so set deadlines second
cut down all of your distractions like
your phones families friend simply say
no to everything during your study time
and there is another type of distraction
it is called internal distraction
internal distractions are thoughts that
distracts us while studying like you
might having a grudge with your friend
so you might be thinking about him or
even a fear about your future for these
things just create a column titled or
list in your to-do list and schedule to
solve it at later point of time and
while studying if these thoughts come up
then simply remind yourself that I'll
worry about these thoughts at a later
point of time usually I look at my Worry
List while planning for the next day and
another hack for internal distractions
is set deadlines and the time is limited
we are forced to walk on the task in
front of so principal for manage your
focus along with your time now time
management and focus management is not
sufficient to get things in the time
frame because there is another culprit
how many of you observed
this yeah an hour
later an hour
later which is energy management you
won't get your work done or your
duration of getting your work done will
increase if you walk Less on energy so
Prin number five manage your energy
along with time and focus but how to
manage your energy firstly have a proper
diet while I Was preparing at Hyderabad
i l Hyderabad food whether I eat in mess
or in hotel I eat a lot full see food
provides you with energy and your body
will convert your food into glucose on a
neurological level you have mental
energy if you have glucose in brain but
the problem is if there is a higher
glucose or less glucose you will feel
less in energy so eat in an Optimum way
and secondly eat nutritious there are
countless studies which climb eating
nutritious is linked to brain's
performance two exercise there's a
wonderful book called Spa the
Revolutionary science of exercise and
the Brain see exercise helps you with
energy it helps you with learning it
makes you remember better it reduces
depression it helps you manage your
stress it improves your health it can
get your girlfriend so just do it well I
would suggest do intense exercise 30
minutes a day that's the best but if you
are lazy just start with 7 minute
workouts why 7 minut minutes there is an
app which is called 7 Minute Workout
where it will give you some quick
exercise which you can do in just 7
minutes so download that app and just
start doing it and gradually improve it
thirdly take breaks breakes recharges
your brain and no no no no don't use
phones maybe listen music sing music but
don't open social media at all in your
break just simply have fun and finally
drink lots of water avoid alcohol and
sugary drinks so time management simpy
manage your energy along with focus and
time now that we understood productivity
is not simply about managing time it is
also about managing energy and attention
now let's discuss apps to create a
system previously I use notion and I
will give you my simple notion template
with you all to execute this but some of
my friends they made a simple productive
system using just three apps and even
though three apps are involved I feel it
is easier and simpler and that is what
currently I'm using I'm going to share
it with you first app to execute our
time management principle is Du Dukes in
this app you can clearly note down your
three daily accomplishments that you
want to complete by the end of the day
and Below there will be list for weekly
monthly and yearly gos I love this
because it gives a bird's view of what I
want to accomplish for the next few days
also and if the task is incomplete you
can move it to the next day and one
quick tip as David Allan the author of
getting things done suggest when you are
writing to-do list write everything in
terms of actions like attend today's
class write today's test note down all
the mistake that is very important but
this app is paid but there is a similar
alternative is there it is called weekly
to-do but that app is only for laptop
who creates app only for laptop and not
for phone so I created a similar tsdos
template in notion that is also
available in telegram go check it out
and the second app to execute our time
management principle is very simple
Google Calendar not because there are
more color blocks I can create to block
out my day but it's very simple and it's
cool remember our V Professor Adam Grant
he plans every minute of his day
basically whatever the task you want to
accomplish block certain hours of the
day and walk and the key here is you
have to block every hour from morning
till you sleep even if you take time off
like spending time with your family then
block that time and just do it thirdly
use too list app it has a nice widget
there in one clip near home screen you
can capture your thoughts because we
know in order to manage Focus we need to
manage our internal distractions and we
need to capture some important ideas
like there are some things to remember
and we have to do it at certain point of
time like oh I forgot to send the answer
sheet to Professor by evening and these
thoughts we need to capture and we need
to take action so whenever you remember
these things one tap on the wiet note it
down best is you can set a timer to get
reminded of it and another thing is when
Boris shows up like I'm not getting my
marks in testing will I fail my
girlfriend is in online but she's not
replying to me so will she is chatting
to that guy capture it and schedule her
time to check that worry and whenever
these worries comes just say to yourself
that I have allocate time for this worry
and I will think about it at that time
so that when you are working you can
work only on the task but make sure
whatever you captured in to-do list
review during your plan before sleep now
if you ask me rahu did you apply
everything that you told to us I don't
think so now have you ever come across
this person in your life let's call him
John Cena so John Cena one new year he
takes a New Year resolution that he will
hit jym daily follow slow cop diet and
read one book a week so he buy shoes
order a bunch of books and vegetables
but unfortunately after 4 days John lost
his motivation because he was trying to
change all things at once the same way
if you also try to implement everything
I discussed in this video at once that
might happen I believe the real progress
is slow and steady so let's try
minimalistic way we have discussed the
daily routine in steps so take the first
step just walk on your sleep for the
next 4 days and then implement the next
step and then add the next step in the
routine and to help you track your
progress I have attached a gold tracker
sheet completely free just download it
and take a print out and write the first
step it has a window of 28 days try to
follow one step for at least 7 days and
then move on to the next St for me also
the same initially I was not able to
apply everything of these consoles but I
have added one by one in the interval of
7 days and it sticks with me now here
comes the last idea to make your daily
routine the best like if you observed my
day I have used phone a lot a simple
solution is keeping the phone in the
next room while you are studying that's
what I do when I was working on
something important yet nowadays
aspirants need to rely on phone for
accessing virtual calculator and
attending classes but there is a problem
whenever we feel bored or we feel we
have some free time or if we solve a
problem which is difficult we might kind
of want to check our phone and we
naturally open open social media because
the hormones that generates in our brain
while having our favorite piece of food
or having sex also generates while we
are scrolling social media so now the
question is provided mobile phones are
essential for many of us how can we
limit that distraction for that people
check out this video as where I have
discussed the scientific strategies to
be distractions and along with it I have
shared apps that will keep you away from
your mobile phone distraction during
your studies stay driven bye-bye but I
see the light from far away it's down
the line maybe I should not give up
without a fight
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