How to UPGRADE your Mind Mapping (Live Coaching)
Summary
TLDRThe video script is a coaching session focusing on effective study techniques, particularly the use of mind mapping and the importance of avoiding cognitive overload. Ada, a fourth-year Dental student, discusses the pitfalls of traditional linear note-taking and advocates for a more structured approach that involves grouping, simplifying, and deeply processing information. She emphasizes the need to pause and consolidate understanding before adding new concepts, thus creating a solid backbone for learning. Ada also addresses the challenges of transitioning from linear to nonlinear note-taking and provides strategies to enhance retention and comprehension. The session tackles the student's concerns about encoding and retention, offering practical advice on how to manage the study process and overcome the fear of failure or inefficacy in study methods. The summary also touches on the concept of 'information over experimentation,' where the fear of making mistakes leads to an excessive gathering of information instead of taking action through practice.
Takeaways
- 📚 **Avoid Cognitive Overload**: When studying, it's crucial not to overwhelm the brain with too much information at once. Instead, process and simplify the material in chunks to enhance learning and retention.
- 🤔 **Simplify and Group Information**: To prevent feeling overwhelmed, regularly pause to simplify and group the information, creating a structured and coherent understanding of the subject matter.
- 🧠 **Build a Strong Foundation**: Start with a solid high-level understanding of the topic before diving into details. This approach makes revision more manageable and effective.
- 🔄 **Iterative Learning Process**: Use an iterative process of collecting keywords, mapping them out, and then simplifying and grouping them to form a comprehensive understanding of the material.
- 🚫 **Don't Fear Mistakes**: Accept that mistakes are part of the learning process. It's better to try and learn from errors than to avoid attempting due to fear of failure.
- 📈 **Gradual Increase in Certainty**: As you gain more information and practice, your certainty in handling the material increases, which in turn improves your ability to learn and understand.
- 🔑 **Key to Effective Learning**: Effective learning involves active thinking, not just passive reading. Engage with the material to truly learn, rather than just going through the motions.
- ⏸️ **Pause and Reflect**: Regularly pause your study session to reflect on what you've learned, ensuring that each piece of information is well integrated into your understanding.
- 🔗 **Connect the Dots**: Try to connect new information to what you already know. This helps in creating a more coherent and memorable mental map of the subject.
- 📉 **Manage Study Load**: Be aware of your cognitive limits and manage your study load accordingly. If you feel overwhelmed, take a step back and simplify your approach.
- 📈 **Layered Learning**: Approach complex topics in layers, starting with a broad overview and gradually adding more detail. This prevents information overload and aids in comprehension.
Q & A
What is the main issue with studying in a way that leads to cognitive overload?
-The main issue is that it becomes a complete waste of time where you're not actually learning because your brain is not processing the information effectively due to the overwhelming amount of data.
What does Ada recommend to avoid cognitive overload when studying?
-Ada recommends simplifying the study material, grouping related concepts together, and not progressing too quickly through the material before consolidating the existing structure.
Why is it important to group and simplify information when creating a mind map?
-Grouping and simplifying information helps to reduce cognitive overload, makes the material more manageable, and improves memory retention by creating a more structured and coherent understanding of the topic.
What is the role of repetition in learning and memory?
-Repetition is crucial for reinforcing information and building long-term memory. However, the script suggests that relying solely on repetition without understanding can lead to inefficiency and a lack of true learning.
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How does Ada suggest approaching the process of studying a new topic?
-Ada suggests starting with a broad understanding of the topic, identifying main ideas and relationships, and then gradually adding more detail in layers rather than focusing on individual segments.
What is the significance of understanding the 'big picture' when studying?
-Understanding the big picture helps to integrate new information with what you already know, making it easier to see connections and relationships between different concepts, which in turn aids in memory retention and comprehension.
Why might someone feel overwhelmed when creating a mind map?
-A person might feel overwhelmed when creating a mind map if they are trying to add too many details at once without first establishing a clear structure or if they are not effectively grouping related concepts.
What is the recommended approach for handling a large amount of keywords when creating a mind map?
-The recommended approach is to first collect all the keywords, then create a smaller list of the most important ones, and work on integrating these into the mind map while simplifying and grouping them to form a coherent structure.
How does Ada's coaching style help in the learning process?
-Ada's coaching style helps by providing personalized feedback, actionable strategies for effective learning, and guidance on how to avoid common pitfalls such as cognitive overload and ineffective study techniques.
What is the relationship between the quality of initial study and the amount of revision needed?
-The quality of initial study is crucial because a strong high-level understanding during the first study session reduces the amount of revision needed. It allows for more efficient learning and better retention of information.
How does the fear of failure or making mistakes impact the learning process?
-The fear of failure or making mistakes can lead to information overload and analysis paralysis, where a learner gathers too much information and postpones the actual practice of learning. This fear can be overcome by accepting that making mistakes is a part of the learning process and trying out new methods to improve.
What is the 'information over experimentation' pattern mentioned in the script?
-The 'information over experimentation' pattern refers to the tendency of some individuals to seek more and more information when feeling uncertain, thereby delaying actual experimentation and practice. This can hinder the learning process as it prevents individuals from gaining practical experience and feedback.
Outlines
📚 Overcoming Cognitive Overload in Learning
The speaker discusses the importance of not overwhelming the brain during the learning process. They emphasize that merely going through the motions without truly engaging in learning is ineffective. The advice is to simplify and organize information into a map that is not overwhelming, and then proceed with learning. The speaker also mentions offering free coaching sessions to active and supportive community members of their study program.
🌐 Mind Mapping and Encoding for Better Learning
The conversation shifts to a student's experience with mind mapping and the challenges they face with encoding information. The student, Ada, a fourth-year Dental student, expresses her difficulty with retaining information despite creating mind maps. The coach suggests that Ada's issue might be due to the lack of consolidation of her mind map before adding new concepts. The solution proposed is to focus on main ideas, establish relationships between them, and then simplify the map to avoid cognitive overload.
🤔 The Importance of Grouping and Simplifying Information
The coach advises Ada to group and simplify information actively while studying. They explain that creating individual relationships between ideas is less effective than grouping them into larger concepts. The idea is to build a backbone or schema that is simple and makes sense, which can later be detailed. The coach also recommends not to start with high levels of detail, but to understand the main ideas first before adding complexity.
🧠 Techniques to Enhance Memory and Understanding
The dialogue continues with the coach explaining how to enhance memory through better organization of information. They suggest that Ada should focus on creating a broad understanding of the topic before adding details. The process involves collecting keywords, mapping them out, and simplifying the information progressively. The coach also addresses Ada's concerns about feeling overwhelmed with too many keywords by suggesting a limit and focusing on the most important ones.
📈 Balancing Detail and Overview in Study Techniques
The coach and Ada discuss the balance between focusing on details and maintaining an overview of the subject. The coach advises against studying in segments and emphasizes the importance of understanding the whole picture first. They suggest a layered approach where each layer adds more detail to the previous one, ensuring that the big picture is always clear. This method is designed to prevent cognitive overload and enhance learning efficiency.
📈 Addressing Uncertainty and the Fear of Failure in Learning
The conversation concludes with Ada expressing her uncertainty and fear of failing in her studies. The coach reassures her that it's normal to feel this way when trying a new method. They explain the concept of 'information over experimentation,' where the fear of failure leads to seeking more information instead of practicing. The coach encourages Ada to try the new method, emphasizing that making mistakes is part of the learning process and will ultimately lead to success.
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Keywords
💡Mind Mapping
💡Cognitive Overload
💡Grouping and Chunking
💡Nonlinear Note-taking
💡Encoding
💡Simplicity in Learning
💡Study Efficiency
💡Information Overload
💡Retention
💡Learning Techniques
💡Study Scheduling
Highlights
The importance of not overloading during learning to ensure effective retention and understanding.
The ineffectiveness of linear note-taking and the benefits of transitioning to mind mapping.
The necessity to group and simplify information to prevent cognitive overload and enhance learning.
The concept of 'chunking' information to improve memory and comprehension.
The strategy of pausing and processing information before moving on to new concepts.
The recommendation to start with a broad topic and then delve into layers of detail.
The advice against studying in segments, which can lead to difficulty in creating cohesive groups.
The suggestion to collect keywords first and then actively group and simplify them.
The idea that struggling with new learning techniques is a normal part of the process.
The emphasis on practicing the new method despite the fear of failure or incorrectness.
The discussion on the relationship between the quality of initial study and the amount of revision needed.
The strategy of focusing on high-level understanding before moving to low-level details.
The concept of 'information over experimentation,' where gathering too much information can hinder learning.
The advice to try the new method and learn from the process, rather than seeking perfect information upfront.
The reassurance that it's normal to feel uncertain when trying a new learning technique.
The emphasis on the value of practice and experimentation over theoretical knowledge alone.
The encouragement to continue practicing nonlinear note-taking to improve learning efficiency.
Transcripts
when you use this technique you never
enter into that overload but the reason
you're not overloaded is because you're
just not thinking and so you're not
actually learning so that's just a
complete waste of time you may as well
just like smash your face against the
book for like 3 hours anytime you feel
like okay I'm stting to get overwhelmed
stop look at the map you've got group it
simplify it make it simpler and then get
to the point where you can look at it
and think okay it's not overwhelming
anymore then carry on every couple of
months I find some members in our icon
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description my name is Ada I'm a fourth
year Dental student from us to have very
linear note taking and method of
studying before and now I don't seem to
get that much benefit out of them and I
have been more open to switch to mind
mapping and but the problem I have is
regarding mind encoding even though I do
for example mind map I still not having
the encoding that I desire yeah and when
you say that are you talking about the
fact that you don't the retention or the
depth or both yeah uh I think both yeah
I think both okay okay yeah yeah cool
how long have you been working on the
your nonlinear note taking skills when
school started I think almost around
September October okay so like a cple
months something like that yeah but I
haven't been using it every day okay not
too long then all right mhm so I mean
overall given that you're relatively new
you've only been working on this for
like a couple of months and you said
that you were previously very linear
right you used to just write all linear
notes I think given that you're starting
from a point where you used to be very
linear this is actually looking pretty
reasonable yeah I used to be very linear
but I will also used to do a lot of Rel
listening not just rewriting but also
Rel listening to the lectures because
that was my main thing I studying the
the double passive combination okay I
think overall your method of note taking
is not that bad when it comes to reading
like for example getting a material from
a book or from a lecture or from a notes
I usually write the thing that I feel is
the most important for example the topic
and I to I don't try to group or chunk
it I just use for example I try to do
arrows but sometimes is not the best way
I use it it's just yeah do you do this
across like the whole topic or do you do
it like one concept at a time I think I
do it in chunks like small small
increments okay so you sort of do it
segment by segment yeah do you ever feel
like as you start getting deeper into
the topic it's it gets harder to create
a map that makes sense once I get a bit
deeper and I see for example the
subtopics or the explanation of the
subtopics or I get some details I just
feel like they're that point where my
mind mapping starts to become that
useful start to become like I'm doing no
taking just for the sake of it it does
it's not that much processing after that
yeah okay so there there are two things
that I think you should try and I think
these will help you straight away
actually uh yeah three things the first
first one is at the moment you're going
segment by segment let let me explain it
this way let me just dra this out when
you read something from a book you're
going to take you know one particular
concept and then that concept is now
going to be in your head and then you
think well how is this concept related
to now the next concept and then you
might be able to create some kind of
Arrow and then as you continue to expand
out you can add more arrows and more
relationships and things like that and
then as you continue to progress this
map is going to have more things added
on to it and every time there's a new
thing that's added on you now need to
think how it's all related to everything
else and so there's a lot for your brain
to try to hold on to each of these
arrows is something that your brain has
to sort of hold on to in order to
process and when it gets too much that's
when you'll start feeling overwhelmed
and then now it doesn't even matter if
there's any new content that comes in
you're not going to know how to think
about it because each new piece of
information has so many different
possible things to think about that it's
just overwhelming that's not realistic
the reason this happens is because I
think what what's happening is that you
are progressing through the mapping too
quickly and what I mean by that is that
you're adding on New Concepts before
your existing structure is Consolidated
so what has to happen is you need to go
through the topic and you need to say
okay well this is you know here are some
main ones that I think are important and
then you figure out what you think think
other relationships that are there and
then you get to a point where you feel
like yes this to me makes sense and once
you're at a point where you feel like
this makes sense now you're ready to add
on a little bit more like the subtopics
and the subconcepts and additional
details and then you can add that on one
of the big things is you have to be
grouping and chunking more so at the
moment you're just doing individual I
can see this in your maps and it's one
of the clearest things to notice is most
of your relationships are just between
individual ideas you've got a couple big
groups here and there yeah but a lot of
the relationship it's like flow yes it
flows and which is not a bad thing flow
is not a bad thing at all but the idea
is that your flow is just concept to
concept to concept to concept to concept
so the idea is that when you know that
there are things that are related
together instead of just saying yes
they're related they're related like
that you should say okay well they're
all related together so therefore I need
to chunk it and I need to group it and
then now you've just got one thing to
work with instead and then this
stuff yeah and then that and then now uh
it might be like that so this can help
with a backbone right yes this directly
helps with building that b backbone a
bigger schema so it's about getting to a
level where it's it's simple um it makes
sense and it feels very simple and
that's where the mental effort has to be
dedicated like that's where the thinking
and the processing is about it's like
how do I make this simple how do i group
it in a way that makes sense I do this
on the page for example I do the and you
usually have to do it and redo it and
redo it and redo it and redo it like
multiple times so I need to collect the
keywords right uhhuh yeah you should
collect the keywords first yeah because
this is this is basically what's
happening right now okay right now
what's going on is that as you continue
to learn more um every time you increase
the the amount of Concepts and key
wordss that you're thinking about or
facts or details What's happen happen is
that you're getting more more things to
think about and you're getting
continually continually overloaded and
this is this is what's causing you to
feel overwhelmed because you enter into
cognitive overload and the thing that
prevents that overload is going to be
the effort spent on creating groups and
and getting to the point where it feels
simple enough so every time you feel
overloaded you spend your effort to
group it and then try to simplify it and
then that will now make it so that your
mental effort is lower and now you're
ready to take on the next piece of
information and then you do the same
thing like that I have a question when I
do I have used previously like just
today I used to collect keywords uh but
I get so many keywords and I just feel
overwhelmed do I do just limit the
keywords like just just don't don't
collect as many just or you can do you
can do two lists collect your keywords
and then from your keywords make another
list of like fewer keywords that you
think are kind of the the more important
ones yeah sounds great for a beginner
I'd recommend 20 to 30 keywords to start
with yeah but if I collect keywords I
will just continue continue continue
until I found the main uh the main
keywords so then I move to M map I don't
yeah so so collect your keywords first
those keywords yeah yeah collect your
keywords first and then move on to
mapping it together m because I do this
Sim simultaneously you can do it
simultaneously if when you are at a high
enough skill level but not yet it'll
take at least a few more months yeah
it's going to be a lot to think about
but right now what's I think the main
thing is just what I've um talked about
here which is the idea that um you're
you're overloading yourself before
you're able to simplify and group it so
you have to take in a little bit group
and simplify take in a little bit group
and simplify take in a little bit then
group and simplify yeah makes sense the
other thing so that's two things the
first one was
to um actually spend time to pause
before moving on spend time to pause
simplify and then and make it make sense
and then the second thing was you do
that by being more active and
deliberately grouping the information
and actively trying to simplify it and
the third thing is don't do it in
segments at the moment you're studying
like one segment chunk by chunk that's
going to be very hard to create groups
you want to do like broad topic first
and then you want to do the whole topic
again but at at another level of detail
and another level of detail so you want
to be able to understand how the main
ideas are formed and the main groups
first at a simple level and then you go
through and do the topic again but at a
more detailed level and then you go
through the topic again and do it at
like the most detailed level you should
never be working with high levels of
detail at the beginning before you've
got the whole picture so I wouldn't be
doing it chunk by chunk I'd be doing it
like layer by layer yeah but how do I do
the first layer do I do I still collect
the keywords it's the same process there
there's nothing that's different it's
the same process you just don't go into
keywords that you feel are too detailed
oh yeah I dismissed them yeah makes
sense yeah right so if they're like for
example and you'll see this these are
the one so you can see this right is
that you can see here there's basically
one big group here and then this is just
split off into like a couple different
concepts or facts there's only one flow
that goes group to group which is this
which goes to this it's just that that's
the only group to group flow and then
everything else is just like a chain of
ideas linking with each other and
especially here this is just like a
single chain yeah even my even my uh
retention or understanding started to
decrease when I was in this stage of the
Mind map when I was doing this yeah part
yeah so when there's not much grouping
it it fixs your memory so when I look at
this I can tell that the thing that will
probably be the easiest for you to
understand is probably this thing this
here including this thing that's
probably going to be the the strongest
for you to understand you probably can
remember this part as well this part
here and then maybe also this bottom
part and then this part was going to be
very weak I think this part will maybe
be weaker as well and you might forget
some of the ones that are across here
but also the other thing is that this
group and this group are very similar
it's function divided into components
leading to sell products so that's
actually a repeat so basically what
you're saying is that the concept that
is talked about like the flow of
information the logic of this is the
same as the logic of this yeah and so
there's probably a way that you could
group it that includes it so that you
don't have to create a
duplicate you don't want to be just
creating a duplicate so there's probably
a simpler way of representing this what
about in the one that I have written not
like it's more linear not this one uh
you mean this one the yeah then yeah
like this yeah so this one I I would
expect that you have very low retention
on most of this cuz there's just not
much of a network there's not really any
grouping there doesn't seem to be much
processing like you've got a table here
yeah you fix it just by doing what I the
reason you're doing this is because
here's the thing you're doing this in
this way because you're not stopping
yourself from doing it in this way
you're letting yourself do it yeah right
it's for you it's like it's acceptable
so it just has to become unacceptable
but do I do for example when I do this
way of learning do I do this every
single time or yeah pretty much because
it's very overwhelming when I do it this
way it's overwhelming because it's
different load yeah it's different I
want you yeah but think about it this
way way is that when you learn this way
it's overwhelming when you're learning
the technique but then once you know how
to do it it's much less overwhelming
because the technique directly is
designed to make you less over
overwhelmed and overloaded so if you
look at this graph again when you use
this technique you never enter into that
overload M right when you learn using
the previous technique you are neither
overloaded but the reason you're not
overloaded is because you're just not
thinking and so you're not actually
learning so it's just a complete waste
of time you may as well just like smash
your face against a book for like 3
hours yeah age so the reason people find
effective learning difficult is because
they're used to completely wasting their
time which is easy it's like saying
studying is harder than watching Netflix
it's like yes but one of them actually
you know like you have to do the work
but if you try to increase your
attention and increase your memory by
using your old method you'll find that
you just can't there's just a limit the
only way to overcome that is through
repetition and repetition and repetition
and repetition which is even more of a
waste of time so by using this method we
can make sure that we are never entering
into that point where we're really
getting that overloaded and therefore it
takes mental effort it takes effort to
bring it down here and then here and
then here and then here each of these
moments it takes effort to process and
simplify that information but it should
never get overloading like make you feel
overwhelmed unless you're leaving it too
long if you've got you know nine
different concepts and now you're trying
to simplify it you've lift it too long
that's why you want to simplify the
information as you go you take a concept
you simplify it you take a concept you
simplify it the big picture is forming
all the time but if you just like focus
on like one specific little network of
information like if you look at your
mind maps like this one if you just just
focus on like this part here for like 20
minutes and then you zoom out and you
think okay well how is that related to
everything else now it's overwhelming
because you've got a lot that you need
to try to integrate with everything else
but instead it should be like okay I've
added this one and I've added this one
now you zoom out how does that relate to
everything now I've added this and then
this how does that relate to everything
if you just continue to integrate it
with the big picture at every step it's
not very overwhelming but what if they
are just details so it depends on the
type of detail a lot of details they can
be made much easier and it can make more
sense just by thinking about how you
could make it make more sense so you
have to think okay if I feel like I'm
going to forget this and if I feel like
it's very detailed and Technical how
could I think about it to make it more
obvious is there a way that I can
connect it or make it more relevant and
make it part of the big picture so that
I don't have to just roote memorize it
and you try and sometimes you can and
then sometimes you can't and if you
can't then that's the type of stuff that
you put onto your flash
cards right yeah and you can make a note
of it on your my map as well sometimes
sometimes you can just leave it out
completely if you don't want to mess up
your your map but that's the that's the
way that you do it you make a
distinction about what you can
reasonably make easier to hold on to and
fit as part of your network yeah but it
should be in that order you have to
first try and then if you can't then you
put into your flash cards you should
never just like put it onto your flash
cards to begin with because you assume
you can't because it just looks
technical because you'll never know
until you try yeah but how would it be
for example in this case like this one
I've tyed the types do yeah for example
yeah
yeah well I think this part here is not
is I mean first of all it's not yeah
it's not detailed but it's just yeah
yeah so this part is not detailed yeah
so what what are you asking I'm just
asking for example I group the the the
types only or do i group also the sub
Part Group everything that can be
grouped you should grouped you should
group you just think about it this way
when you group it and simplify it your
memory gets better always for anything
so if you can always you always should
and it's only if you
can't then you put it on flash cards or
something yeah anytime you can for any
kind of information you should always
try to find a way that makes you able to
group it and simplify it and connect it
because when you can't and often can't
versus don't want to get confused like I
think this is a good example here this
information you can but you didn't this
here you could but you didn't so it's
about what you say is accept versus not
acceptable right this as well there's a
little thing here there's a little thing
here there's a little thing here this
could all be integrated right yeah this
here these are just three bullet points
they could have been integrated they
could have been grouped they could have
been simplified but you have to make
yourself do it I mean I think another
thing is that once you start grouping
and simplifying you'll start realizing
how much simpler these topics can be and
you'll realize that a map like this
shouldn't be a map just by itself cuz
the topic is just too small like this
should actually be joined into a bigger
topic that you're creating the map for
yeah I haven't finished the topic though
yeah okay oh but then that's another
thing right like like I said don't do it
chunk by chunk if you haven't finished
the topic then I should be able to see
which parts are not finished but at the
moment it looks like most of it is kind
of been fleshed out like maybe if
there's another thing here where a whole
other type of reaction or a whole other
type that hasn't been put on there
that's how it would get larger but if
that is how it gets larger it should
already be there like you should already
have a base skeleton of that already
yeah M okay so three things you just do
big picture at a time and then when you
go through the information take time to
pause to process simplify and group the
information and always try to group and
simplify and connect it whenever you can
try to avoid getting to the point where
you're actually getting overloaded
anytime you feel like okay I'm starting
to get overwhelmed stop look at the map
you've got group it simplify it make it
simpler and then get to the point where
where you can look at it and think okay
it's not overwhelming anymore then carry
on add more ideas to it and when you
start feeling okay I'm getting
overwhelmed again stop look at your map
group it simplify it try to make more
sense of it right and that again that's
going to take effort and it's going to
it's going to take a lot of thinking but
number one you will get better at it as
you continue to practice it and number
two if you don't do this your memory is
not going to be very good so it's kind
of a decision do you want to take it
easy and then have like bad memory or do
you want to spend effort and just be
better yeah anything else any final
questions any final comments before we
wrap up I would like to uh talk about uh
discuss the topic uh regarding study
scheduling if it's possible here's the
thing that's really important is that
the quality to which you study it the
first time is going to affect how much
more revision you need to do so if the
first time you've studied it you focus
just a lot on just like random little
low-level details that's not going to be
very efficient because now the hardest
part which is the high level
understanding that's what you have to do
your revision for and because your high
level understanding affects your
lowlevel understanding you're kind of
losing on all fronts which is why when
you first study it you want to have a
really strong high level and midlevel
understanding of it and even if you
don't have all the little details that's
actually fine because that's the easiest
thing to do revision on and even cram
last minute does that make sense because
you look confused I am confused I don't
see how confused do that for example the
scoping of the subject yeah I feel like
I don't know how to do the scoping of
the whole entire subject so when you say
you you don't have certainty what part
do you not have certainty about or is it
a general feeling of uncertainty I can
say General because I don't I don't see
how how should I be doing it okay I want
you to think about doing it and then
just run through in your head what you
think you would do step one step two
step three for example I have I have one
subject which is yeah relatively small
in exam and the material I have is just
some notes of a transcript supposed
transcripts of the professor and it's
not like for example the material I have
it doesn't have headings it's just
linear and I'm just thinking how do I do
that for example okay what what would
you do I think I would just look for
keywords like key for example the the
headings or for example let's say the
main I have done this before that's the
problem but I haven't is problem I'm
just having difficulty because I'm
imagining the the file I have to learn
this this material and it's just not
done properly and this is the thing that
it just making me feel the certain way
you understand yeah so if you get that
file and then you do you do you think
you could just pull out keywords from
that file yes or no yeah I I can okay or
I think it should be more detailed I
have done the like keywords collection
but I have done like like the for
example when I we talking about teeth
I'm just thinking about carries and I'm
not for example paradon I'm just diing
like the the very big big I don't think
you have a confusion about what you are
meant to do you have confusion about
whether what you do is going to be
successful or not you have fear of
failing and fear of making the
mistake I also think I have the fear of
knowing how to do it of not knowing how
to do it as well but you're explaining
what you do and it sounds fine like I
just go through the process it sounds
fine but I don't know why I haven't
found it that useful is that different
to how you've tried it before yeah it's
different yeah so you had a method that
wasn't giving you good results because
the method needed to be improved yeah so
and that's that's very that's like very
normal that's very logical right if the
process isn't working it's not going to
give you a good out come so now we have
improved the process and with this
improved process you should get better
results and it's probably not going to
fix absolutely everything but you will
get better results and you're going to
find it more effective than it was
before so now I understand so for
example you're saying I should collect
the keywords but also process chunk them
and simplify them this is the way I
should be doing it right yeah so the the
things that I told you to do like don't
do it segment by segment don't do it
like don't do one part of the topic
collect the list of keywords for the
whole topic create a smaller list of
keywords that's make that's easier to
work with that's across the whole topic
and then map it out as you're mapping
pause anytime you feel like every couple
keywords pause simplify it group it make
it make more sense then add on the next
set of keywords pause group it simplify
it connect it
and then continue to do that again and
again until you finish that list now you
can add on the other keywords that you
missed from that list but again every
couple key wordss pause simplify group
it fit it into the big picture that's
your new process that you should be
using and if you do it that way most of
the problems you faced before you
probably won't have
them I should definitely try this yeah
yeah does that make sense yeah it makes
it makes sense what was the like what
was the thing that you the the
perspective that you were having that
stopped you from understanding what I
was talking about I think it was like a
fear of not understanding for example a
keyword and not knowing what to do with
that when you feel uncertainty you have
to understand where the uncertainty
comes from you can you can think of it
like this there's a certain amount of
information that you need to try
something okay mhm and then there's a
certain amount of information you need
to be able to do it correctly if this is
the information that you need and then
this is your like as we increase the
amount of information the level of
certainty that we feel doesn't just go
up linearly MH right at the very very
beginning because we don't know anything
there's a very high level of uncertainty
so low level of certainty and as you get
a little bit more information we will
reach a certain point of certainty where
we now have enough information to give
it a go if we continue to gain more
information about this it may feel like
what will happen is like this and then
we will reach a point you know where we
will be able to do it and not make any
mistakes and be successful but this is
not actually what will happen because
the way you have to get the information
is through the experiment and practice
so once you are at the level where you
feel like you can try and get it wrong
that's the point at which you should
just try because that's the thing that
is going to then take you to the point
where you can get it right but if we get
get a certain amount of information and
feel like okay well here I feel you know
I feel uncertain in this period and
therefore what I try to do is I try to
just increase and ask more questions and
worry about not having enough
information what ends up happening is
just like this our level of certainty
goes down because all we're doing is
thinking about more and more and more
things that we have to worry about not
actually knowing how that actually works
in the real world I think you have
enough information about the process to
try it what the uncertainty that you're
feeling is that when you try it you
don't know how to make sure you do it
correctly and if that's the uncertainty
that means that the first step is to
just try it and then see right so this
is this is a very common pattern that we
see we call it information over
experimentation it's a tendency of some
people when they feel like they're
uncertain they respond by trying to get
more and more information about this and
they put off the experiment ation
because it's driven by a fear of not
being able to do it correctly and that
actually stops them from improving I can
relate yeah I felt like you could relate
okay so that's probably a more important
thing you'll see this whole explanation
of what I just talked about that's in
your diagnostic report that'll be in
your diagnostic report yeah as well
check it out okay I think a few things
for you to try you know let me know how
it all goes but actually your only
fundamentals one but your nonlinear note
taking I think is better than I would
expect for fundamentals one I have been
told to move to fundamentals 2
because previously before joining I can
study I used to do note taking but after
I joined and I tried a little bit of
Mind mapping I was able to not get that
and to not get the benefit of linear not
taking anymore I don't know why I felt
this way so linear notetaking probably
never had any benefit for you the only
thing that Chang was you started
realizing that it's not having a benefit
exactly yeah your Technique is higher
than I would expect for fundamentals one
oh thank you well good luck we'll be in
touch thank you and um thank you very
much yeah have a good rest of your
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