How to NEVER Burn Out again: 3-Step framework
Summary
TLDRThe video script discusses the common cycle of burnout among students and professionals, emphasizing the importance of decoupling productivity from motivation and understanding the 'black box effect' in learning. It advocates for creating an efficient learning system through reflection and experimentation, rather than relying on endless effort. The speaker shares insights from students who have successfully applied these strategies to avoid burnout and achieve better results with less stress.
Takeaways
- 🔥 The script discusses the common cycle of burnout, where high motivation leads to intense work, potentially resulting in either success at a high cost or failure, leading to frustration and demotivation.
- 🌪️ It highlights the danger of coupling productivity with motivation, as motivation naturally fluctuates, causing productivity to do the same, which can lead to a cycle of failure and burnout.
- 💡 The speaker suggests decoupling motivation from productivity by building good habits, which allows for consistent productivity regardless of motivation levels.
- 📚 The 'Black Box Effect' is introduced, which refers to the lack of understanding of what happens during the learning process that converts effort into results, and how addressing this can lead to better outcomes.
- 🧠 The importance of understanding the learning process and metacognition is emphasized to gain control over one's learning and reduce anxiety and uncertainty about exam results.
- 🔑 The script proposes that learning about learning (metacognition) and understanding the learning theory can help one become the 'mechanic of their own brain', leading to more effective studying.
- 🛠️ Three steps are recommended to avoid burnout: mapping out one's learning system, reflecting on its effectiveness, and experimenting with modifications to improve it.
- 🤔 The process involves critical self-reflection on the techniques used in learning and questioning their effectiveness and theoretical basis.
- 🔄 A cycle of reflection and experimentation is encouraged to iteratively improve one's learning system, leading to an optimized and personalized approach to studying.
- ⏱️ The script acknowledges that this process takes time and effort, but it is presented as a necessary investment for long-term success and avoidance of burnout.
- 🚀 The benefits of this approach include not only avoiding burnout but also achieving higher efficiency and better results with less study time, as exemplified by the speaker's own experience.
Q & A
What is the common issue with the approach of pushing oneself to the limit to achieve goals?
-The common issue is that motivation and productivity are coupled, leading to fluctuating levels of productivity that can result in burnout and demotivation when goals are not consistently met.
Why is motivation considered to be unstable for humans?
-Motivation is influenced by multiple factors, making it fluctuate rather than remain constant. It goes up and down based on various intrinsic and extrinsic components.
What happens when productivity is too low to achieve a goal?
-When productivity is too low to achieve a goal, it can lead to a perceived failure which in turn reduces motivation, potentially starting a negative cycle of decreasing motivation and productivity.
What is the 'black box effect' in the context of studying and learning?
-The 'black box effect' refers to the lack of understanding of the critical processes that occur during studying, which convert effort and time into outcomes like exam results.
Why is it important to understand the 'black box' of studying?
-Understanding the 'black box' allows for more control over the learning process, leading to better optimization, reduced waste of time and energy, and ultimately, more predictable and satisfactory outcomes.
What is the recommended approach to avoid burnout according to the script?
-The recommended approach includes decoupling productivity from motivation, building good habits, and identifying the root cause of burnout by understanding and improving the learning process.
Why is taking a break not always the best solution for burnout?
-Taking a break can provide temporary relief, but it does not address the underlying issues that led to burnout in the first place. Without changing the approach or environment, the same problems are likely to recur.
What are some of the strategies suggested for managing and improving one's learning system?
-Strategies include mapping out the current learning system, reflecting on its effectiveness, experimenting with modifications, and continuously iterating based on outcomes.
How can learning about learning theory benefit a student?
-Learning about learning theory can help a student understand the metacognitive processes, allowing them to become more efficient, reduce anxiety about exams, and avoid frustration and demotivation.
What is the significance of having a well-optimized learning system?
-A well-optimized learning system allows for higher efficiency, better use of time and effort, and a reduction in the likelihood of burnout, leading to more consistent and satisfactory academic outcomes.
How does the script suggest students should reflect on their learning techniques?
-Students should schedule regular reflection times to critically evaluate the effectiveness of their techniques, consider how they complement each other, and identify areas for potential improvement.
Outlines
🔥 The Paradox of Motivation and Productivity
The first paragraph discusses the common misconception that taking a break is the best solution for burnout. It uses the metaphor of a student's journey towards a goal, highlighting the cycle of intense motivation, effort, and the potential for burnout. The speaker points out the flawed approach of linking motivation directly to productivity, which leads to an unstable performance and a dangerous cycle of frustration and demotivation. The key message is that motivation is multifaceted and fluctuates, and relying on it for productivity is not sustainable.
🌪️ The Dangers of Environmental Influence on Behavior
In the second paragraph, the script addresses the ineffectiveness of temporary solutions like yoga or meditation for burnout, as they do not address the root cause. It draws a parallel to substance addiction, explaining how behavior is heavily influenced by the environment. The speaker argues that returning to the same environment after a break will likely lead to a relapse into burnout. The focus shifts to the importance of decoupling productivity from motivation and identifying the underlying causes of burnout, such as the 'black box effect' in learning, which refers to the unknown processes that convert effort into results.
📚 Unpacking the Black Box of Learning Efficiency
The third paragraph delves into the 'black box effect' in studying, emphasizing the need to understand and optimize the learning process to achieve better results with less effort. It discusses the inefficiency of not knowing how learning works and the importance of meta-cognition, or understanding the learning process itself. The speaker encourages opening up the 'black box' to gain control and confidence over one's learning, which can lead to more predictable and satisfactory outcomes and reduce the risk of burnout.
🛠️ Crafting an Optimized Learning System
The fourth paragraph outlines a three-step process to prevent burnout: mapping out one's learning system, reflecting on its effectiveness, and experimenting with improvements. It stresses the importance of understanding and strategically using different techniques throughout the learning process. The speaker suggests regular reflection and experimentation to refine techniques and improve learning efficiency, leading to better results and reduced frustration.
🚀 The Continuous Journey of Self-Improvement
In the fifth paragraph, the speaker emphasizes the long-term commitment required to optimize one's learning system. They acknowledge the process is time-consuming but necessary, as without it, one is likely to face the same stress and burnout. The speaker encourages small but consistent improvements, using the metaphor of climbing a mountain, to create lasting change. They also address potential skepticism and highlight the importance of starting the process early to avoid regret.
🗣️ Student Testimonials: Personal Experiences with Burnout and Growth
The sixth paragraph presents testimonials from students who have experienced burnout and found success through the approach outlined in the video. They share their observations about the ineffectiveness of simply working harder and the benefits of understanding and improving their learning processes. The students discuss the importance of reflection and experimentation in their journey to becoming more efficient learners and achieving better results with less effort.
🎓 Embracing the Path to Consistent Academic Success
The seventh and final paragraph features a student who, despite appearing to not study as much as their peers, achieved good grades. They discuss the frustration of not understanding why some study methods worked while others did not, and the relief of finding a systematic approach to learning. This student's story illustrates the benefits of understanding the 'black box' of learning, leading to more consistent results and less uncertainty about academic performance.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Burnout
💡Motivation
💡Productivity
💡Goal Setting
💡Sustainable
💡Habits
💡Metacognition
💡Black Box Effect
💡Learning Theory
💡Reflection
💡Experimentation
Highlights
The conventional idea of taking a break to overcome burnout may not be the best approach.
High motivation and a structured schedule can lead to burnout if not sustainable.
The outcome of hard work can sometimes be demotivating and lead to a cycle of burnout.
Motivation is influenced by multiple factors and is not constant, affecting productivity.
Productivity should not be solely dependent on motivation to avoid burnout.
Behaviors are heavily influenced by the environment, which can lead to recurring burnout.
To avoid burnout, one must decouple motivation from productivity by building good habits.
Burnout is a symptom that requires addressing the underlying root cause.
The 'black box effect' refers to the unknown processes within studying that affect outcomes.
Understanding the 'black box' can lead to more control and confidence in learning.
Metacognition and learning about learning can help one become the mechanic of their own brain.
An optimized learning system can reduce study time and increase results.
Learning theory is complex, but understanding relevant parts can help improve one's learning process.
Mapping out one's learning system and understanding the techniques used is the first step to improvement.
Regular reflection on the learning system and its effectiveness is crucial.
Experimenting with learning techniques and reflecting on the outcomes leads to an optimized system.
Success in learning and avoiding burnout requires consistent effort and reflection, not just time investment.
Students' testimonials highlight the effectiveness of understanding and optimizing one's learning process.
Transcripts
what are you meant to do when you're
burnt out
take a break obviously
uh today we're gonna be talking about
why that may not actually be the best
idea now i want you to imagine this this
is the story of every burnt out student
you've got a goal in mind you are highly
motivated this big new sparkly goal
maybe it's to get a certain exam score
or get into a university that you want
maybe it's to get a promotion
and you're super motivated and you
channel all that motivation and energy
into creating a great schedule and this
awesome to-do list you're feeling good
you get down and you're studying and you
spend all day and all night studying you
do this again and again and the outcome
is potentially either good and that you
were able to reach a certain goal like
you got a test result that you wanted or
it was not so good and that you didn't
get the result or you did but at what
cost
maybe you sacrificed all of your friends
all of your hobbies and all of your
sleep to get that and that's not really
sustainable but as goals go there's
always the next goal so we set our
sights on this new goal goal number two
and again we're renewed with motivation
uh although if we didn't do so well we
may be feeling a little bit uncertain we
may be feeling a little bit anxious a
little bit insecure but either way we're
gonna double down we're gonna try even
harder we're not gonna let that sit back
slow us down no we are driven we're
motivated we're gonna push through to
reach this next goal we're gonna create
a new schedule a new to-do list we're
gonna study again all day all night
we're gonna repeat that and
hope that we get the right outcome but
what if you don't what if you
continually seem to get an outcome that
is just below what you wanted or far
below what you wanted
what if every time you achieve the
outcome it never feels like it's
sustainable that produces a lot of
frustration a lot of demotivation and it
frankly makes you very tired now this is
the way that most people go about trying
to achieve their goal however this is
not the best way to achieve it because
there is fundamentally a problem here
and that is that motivation and
productivity are coupled so here's what
that looks like we know based on
extensive research around motivation and
behavioral psychology that motivation is
influenced by multiple factors it's not
a a plus b equals c kind of equation
there are lots of components that
contribute towards your overall feeling
of motivation and there's extrinsic or
intrinsic motivation all these different
angles that we can take on it but
fundamentally because there are so many
things that influence motivation it is
essentially unheard of it doesn't really
happen to the human being for motivation
to stay
constant motivation is often not a
constant just plateaued thing motivation
goes up and it goes down that's just the
nature of human beings and so the
problem here is that if motivation is
going up and down then not only are we
feeling sometimes really hyped up on
some days and then on some days we're
not if our productivity is coupled to
that that means that our productivity is
also going up and going down as well
and so that is less desirable but here's
where it gets really dangerous is that
when your productivity is a little bit
lower let's say that this is the minimum
level of productivity that you would
need to achieve your goal then in these
areas we are actually not able to
achieve our goal and so what happens is
that here we experience what we might
consider a failure and what that will do
is that actually reduces our motivation
so instead of our motivation tracking
along like it did before
instead what's gonna happen is that we
have a little bit less motivation and so
we spend a little bit more time down
here which means that this is now
leading to failure and that reduces our
motivation even more and more and more
and so what happens is that because we
inherently
have motivation linked to our
productivity and because inherently
motivation goes up and down then
therefore productivity also goes up and
down and if our results aren't always
good that means that each failure can
reduce our level of motivation and so we
end up in the cycle this very dangerous
spiral where we're putting an effort and
we're trying and trying and trying but
we're not getting the result that we
want that demotivates us further that
causes us to put in more effort into a
system that is fundamentally not working
to our advantage and then our results
are not as good and so we are getting
you know worse and worse and worse our
motivation is still going up and down
but the overall trend is that it's
getting lower and lower and eventually
we just don't have enough energy left to
put in we don't have enough effort we're
too demotivated and we're entering into
a situation where we conventionally call
it burn out what happens
when you're already here what happens if
you've been riding this cycle and you've
been kind of just scraping by and
summoning all your will power on a daily
basis to scrape through and now you're
here rock bottom burnt out you can't
even be bothered getting up and thinking
about studying let alone actually going
and studying well this is a bad place to
be in and the best thing to do here is
to avoid getting here in the first place
however if you are already here
the conventional advice is usually to
take a break
to do some yoga
to do some meditation to pick up some
more hobbies and play some sports and
the thing is that all of these things
will help yes it will help you it will
help you to relax and recover and take a
break and reset
but it's not really going to solve the
problem see back when i worked as a
doctor in the hospital
one of the most common things that i
would see are people that have substance
addiction or smokers and it's part of
your duty to try to convince them not to
smoke or take these illicit substances
that may be bad for their bodies and
we knew and we've always known that when
you convince someone to stop engaging in
a certain type of behavior that if you
discharge them from hospital and they go
back and all of their friends are still
smoking or taking whatever substances
it's just a matter of time before they
pick up that habit again and so what we
know is that behaviors are really
heavily influenced by the environment
and similarly the way that we feel and
the situation that we're in has a strong
influence on the way that we will be
able to conduct ourselves the behaviors
we have the ability to engage in and the
way that that makes us feel so if you
hype yourself up you watch some
motivational videos you relax and you
you know go on a holiday for a few weeks
and then you come back into the same
environment in the same setting with all
the same pressures approaching things in
the same way that led to the burnout in
the first place it's just a matter of
time it's inevitable that you will just
burn out again and the problem really is
that
it's much faster the second time and
it's even faster the third time and it's
even faster the fourth and fifth and the
hundredth time to the point where you
take an entire month's off and you get
back into work and four days into your
first week you're already thinking i
need another holiday and i'm sure many
of you will be able to relate to that
and so there are two different
perspectives at looking at this kind of
problem here one is to fundamentally
decouple our sense of productivity from
motivation so that even if our
motivation is fluctuating up and down
we're able to keep our productivity
relatively high and this relies on us
building really good habits so that we
don't need motivation to be productive
we are unlinking the relationship
between motivation and productivity and
that is a very valid strategy to use and
i encourage you to use it it's what i
teach in my program it's what i talk
about in many of my other videos it's
one component of it however we're going
to talk about the other aspect of it
which is much less talked about which is
actually identifying the root cause
understanding that burnout is a symptom
and in order to address the symptom we
actually need to solve the underlying
root cause so what does that mean in the
context of studying and learning
well if we think about studying and
learning this is something that i
observe very commonly in my everyday
practice is this thing that is called
the black box effect the black box
effect refers to when there are things
that we do not understand that are a
critical part of how things work so for
example when it comes to studying we
understand that when we put an effort
and when we put in time and then we do
this thing that is called studying we
presume that we will get this outcome
for example our exam results however the
black box is everything in the middle
what is happening while we are studying
that converts the effort and time into
the exam results it's not just the more
effort and the more time you put in the
better your results are because then the
people with the greatest results would
consistently just be the people that
study the most or put in the most effort
and that's not the case there are plenty
of people that are trying very hard and
putting in lots of time more than other
people that are still not getting the
top results likewise there are people
that are putting in very little time and
getting great results i used to be
the first one putting in heaps of time
to overcompensate to get the results and
now i'm the second putting in as little
time as possible achieving actually even
better results
so uncovering and opening up this black
box and understanding where effort and
time is wasted allows us to have more
control
over the outcome because we could put an
effort in time and maybe while we are
studying in our brain and cognitively
from a learning point of view maybe this
is what's happening and so in order for
us to get that result we need to put in
so much time and effort because there's
so much waste we're going on detours
we're going back and forth and we're not
using our brain or our processes in the
most efficient way whereas maybe we
could make it a little bit more like
this
and therefore get the same result but
we're translating that much more
effectively across and so opening up
this black box is what allows us to have
more control over the situation and with
control comes confidence because we
don't have to be anxious about whether
we're going to get the exam result or
not you see
the reason that a lot of students find
that they are anxious about their exams
and they're not sure whether they're
going to do well or not is because they
don't know how this effort is going to
translate into the result they're always
thinking is this enough have i studied
enough what if they asked this question
what if they asked about this i didn't
study this part in depth there's all
these question marks around whether
they're going to get that result because
they're not sure if the studying that
they did was sufficient because they're
not even sure what boxes need to be
checked in order for it to have been
sufficient in the first place and it's
actually frankly very difficult to get a
grasp of that without knowing a little
bit more around how learning actually
works and so this is the thing i preach
constantly for people to learn a little
bit more about the metacognition the
thinking behind the thinking learning
about learning because it allows you to
be the mechanic of your own brain it
allows you to problem solve and fix and
have control you don't have to have
anxiety because it's what if this and
then what if this you know what will
happen it's predictable what the outcome
is going to be because you know what it
took you know what processes are in play
and if something goes wrong you at least
know why it went wrong
rather than having an exam result
getting the result back and then
thinking man i thought i was going to do
really well i ticked all the boxes in my
own head however the result is not
whatever i expected and then that's very
confusing and if you tried really hard
and you spent lots of time studying for
this exam this is very demotivating and
this is very frustrating so opening up
this black box allows us to influence
more control here it allows us to
optimize the process it allows us to see
where we're wasting time and wasting
energy and ultimately refine the system
so that we're able to use our time more
effectively and therefore fundamentally
make it so that our results are going to
be better that we are not putting in
time and effort and then being
frustrated from it and therefore it's
not having a detrimental effect on our
motivation because we are changing the
approach that we are using we are
fundamentally less likely to burn out in
the first place because if you think
about it if you imagine that you're
right in there and you are traveling
along this windy windy path to try to
get to your result
how many people are going to be
motivated doing that how many people are
out there that are going to be motivated
going through this windy torturous path
to get to the result every single time
they sit down and study
not many in fact it's incredibly rare
it's weird actually to go through a
process like this and actually feel
hyped up and motivated and enjoying the
process the only way you can
fundamentally change the game is if you
change the way that you're approaching
it and you change the strategies that
you're using so if you're burnt out and
you're spending some time and energy
doing something yes you can take a break
allow yourself to recover
but don't just blindly put yourself back
in the same situation that created the
problem in the first place instead use
that time invest time into your future
in changing your approach and the way
that you do that is opening up this
black box and the way you open up this
black box is by learning more about how
learning works you have to understand a
little bit more about the learning
theory how learning happens in the brain
and how your techniques stack up against
it but the thing is that learning is not
straightforward in fact it's incredibly
complicated so to learn everything that
you need to know about how learning
works is frankly
not possible for most average students
and i know someone's going to probably
write here in the comments under this
video saying so how does learning work
well it will probably be hundreds and
hundreds of pages hundreds of thousands
if not millions of words to write out a
full report of all the ways that
learning works because it's one of the
most complicated processes that we know
that occurs in the human body as you can
see here from this diagram there are
lots of components that are interacting
with each other and this is just the
basic outline and already there is a lot
to go through but just because there is
an insurmountable amount that you need
to know
doesn't mean that you can't start the
process and still gain knowledge and
information that can legitimately help
you right now because you don't need to
know everything to help you you just
need to know what's going to be relevant
for you right now that's a journey that
all my students running through my
program are going through
so here are three steps that you should
take if you want to never get burnt out
again first of all and number one map
out your learning system what i mean by
learning system is not just here's a
technique here's another technique it's
about how do the different techniques
that you use complement each other to
produce a singular unified purpose the
techniques that you use
during class the way you write your
notes when you revise how you revise and
review your material how you prepare for
your exams the techniques that you use
at each of these stages should be
strategic they should complement each
other now for most people they're not
aware of exactly what techniques they're
using they don't know why they're using
it other than the fact that someone told
them to and that's what they've done in
the past but you have to be very
critical about this we have to
understand what techniques are we're
using and why are we using it
if the only reason we're doing it is
because that's what everyone says you
should do then you really need to think
about that very carefully because if
you're doing the same thing that
everyone else is doing you can't really
expect to get a result that everyone
else isn't getting and again if you're
really early on in your academic stages
like junior high school maybe or like
primary intermediate then yeah you can
maybe get away with uh just putting in
more effort and trying harder than the
people around you and yeah you can maybe
get to the top but at a certain point
especially senior high school university
college especially competitive programs
and definitely so in professional life
when you're trying to aim for the top a
lot of people are trying very very hard
and it's hard to differentiate yourself
with effort alone and if you're trying
to do that you're gonna have to
sacrifice more than is necessary i'm not
saying don't work hard but i'm saying
work smart first and then when you work
hard it's going to be an unbeatable
combination so start off by noting down
all the techniques that you use as many
as you can think of the ones that you
are actually using obviously not just
the ones that you've heard of and have
planned to use i'm talking about the
techniques that you genuinely truly use
in everyday life from the moment you
consume your first piece of information
all the way through to your assessment
if you have one and start thinking about
why you use each technique that you do
and whether you know enough of the
learning theory behind it to see if it's
well and truly supported or not the
answer to that question for most people
for most of your techniques will be i
don't know why i use this technique and
that is fine because it's the beginning
of the process and you can now go on the
journey of learning more about each of
these techniques and therefore you can
start optimizing and modifying them but
it's perfectly normal to know absolutely
nothing about this at the beginning
that's exactly where i started from as
well the only difference is i didn't
have a youtube channel where i teach the
learning theory to make it easier for me
to learn off of because you know like
time travel reasons it's not possible so
the second thing that you want to ask
yourself is not just why am i using this
but also how do each of these techniques
complement each other and again the
answer may be either that they don't
complement each other or i have no idea
and again that's fine it just means
there's lots of things for you to learn
about but on the other hand there are
that many opportunities for you to
improve the second thing you want to do
is start scheduling 20 minutes every
three days or just twice a week during
your weekdays where you are reflecting
very critically on the learning system
that you're using now that you've mapped
out the techniques and it may take you a
few weeks just to figure out what
techniques you even use if you've never
thought about this before that's totally
normal too once you've mapped it out we
need to start reflecting on how
effective these techniques actually are
are they working for us are they
producing the desired result at the end
of using each of these techniques what
is the outcome that i expect and what is
the outcome that i actually gain from it
this is very important because it allows
us to break up an entire learning system
into individual components a lot of the
time people look at their learning
system as this one big chunk and they
say it's good enough it's working for me
because i'm able to get these results
however most of those results may be
coming from just one or two components
of their technique they could capitalize
on that turn them into huge strengths
and get rid of all the rest to increase
their efficiency so it's important that
we think about each component of our
learning system and how that affects the
outcomes that we get because that opens
up into the next thing which is to start
experimenting and reflecting on the
experiments every three days so now not
only are we thinking about how each
component interacts with each other
we're also thinking about how we can
modify that component we can learn a
little bit more theory about that
particular component we can watch some
of the youtube videos uploaded by this
very generous learning coach who puts
things out there for free despite
getting hate all over the internet
called justin sung
or you could go and read some research
articles and just you know waste away
your life like
a certain youtuber also called justin
sung did or you can save yourself all of
the hassle and have a nice streamlined
program of development like joining my
course where you can check out the link
in the description below either way
however you're gonna do it you now have
certain components about your learning
system that you know that you need to
get more information about so you need
to go and learn more about that
component you need to learn a little bit
more about the theory behind how that
technique is meant to work and what
result you're meant to get out of that
and as you learn more you're going to
have more ideas on how i can modify it
okay so this technique is meant to
activate this cognitive effect so maybe
if i instead of writing out my notes
here and then transferring it over here
maybe if i start by having an
intermediate step that would allow me to
activate this cognitive effect more
effectively okay we can try that and the
best part about this is that there's no
real risk because you're only going to
be experimenting with one or two little
ideas at any given time worst case
scenario you do it for a few days it's
not as effective and you've wasted 15 20
minutes but if it does work that's a
game changer that means you're one step
closer to having a truly optimized
individualized learning system that is
tailored for high efficiency and so step
three is really just bringing all of
that together again and reflecting on
the experiments that we've made so step
one and step two is giving us the tools
and the resources to engage in this
cycle of reflection and experimentation
step three is about looking at the
results from our experiment feeding that
into the next one and saying okay was it
a success or was it a failure if it
worked great we implement that if there
was a failure then why how can we modify
things in a different way we could go
back and we could work on a different
component or maybe we want to keep going
down this particular pathway this is the
exact process that i did tens of
thousands of times for several years
teaching students what i was learning
and discovering as well and that is what
allowed me to create an extremely
optimized learning system that allowed
me to cut down my study hours from 20
hours a day down to one to two hours a
day and get even better results it's
what's allowed me to finish my masters
in
a tenth of the recommended time it's
what allowed me to work full-time while
studying full-time but it's not a single
step
it is the culmination of thousands and
thousands of iterations and you may say
at this point
justin that sounds all good in theory
but it just takes too long
and you're right it does take a long
time doesn't it and to that i just have
to say that there's actually no
alternative you see if you don't engage
in this process you will inevitably end
up with the same results that you may
have always gotten which may be
increasing stress it's getting harder
every year you're less able to deal with
the challenges every year and you're
constantly cycling in and out of burnout
because your approach your strategy your
method and process is inevitably leading
you to that outcome and unless you
change that you can't expect the outcome
to change and this is something that i
think really characterizes someone that
is successful they're willing to do the
difficult work and the difficult work is
not just putting in more hours and time
anyone can do that the difficult thing
is the time and the effort spent on
evaluating critiquing going through this
process that other people are not
willing to go through reaching just one
percent gains every single day until you
get to the point where you can look back
and you realize you're at the top of the
mountain while everyone else hasn't even
bothered to start climbing because it
looks too high if you think it's going
to take too long it just means you
should have started earlier some
students that i work with will hear a
message like this and they will still
put it off for a few years and then once
they've racked up enough regret they
will then engage in this process and
it's still going to take them just as
long
all they did is waste a few years in
between now do you have to engage in
this process no you can succeed without
engaging in this process if you are
extremely extremely lucky and i'm
talking like you are selected by the
universe like you are you know like the
neo of the world we're living in a
simulation you're the one that's going
to set us free if you're that person the
once in a generation genius uh that just
the stars are lined for then you
probably don't need to do much to
succeed
but for all of us mere mortals who don't
want to rely on having universe level
luck and plot armor we probably need to
engage in a safer process and that is
this now i know that this might seem
quite logical and intuitive for you to
do but you also might be a little bit
skeptical or cautious because it's a new
method of tackling something like
burnout that other people don't often
talk about and you'll probably realize
if you watch my other videos that i tend
to talk about things in a different way
and frankly that's just because i live
and breathe this stuff it's literally my
job to work with people to solve issues
like this and there's a lot of things
that i've realized from my years of
experience so let's talk now to a couple
of students that have been in your type
of situation before and get a
perspective on how this type of approach
changed things for them so that you
don't have to just believe me you can
see it from other people that have been
in your exact situation but before that
i mentioned my program so if you're
interested in learning this type of
stuff as well as a lot of other
strategies for learning more effectively
managing your time procrastinating less
developing more self-management skills
an end-to-end process all those little
things that i went through years and
thousands of iterations of trial and
error to figure out package neatly in a
way that you can learn and develop for
yourself then check the link you can
join my full program it's a entire
guided incubation program that is
designed to fundamentally retrain the
way that you think and approach
different tasks like studying like time
management like task management and
prioritization so that you can become a
little bit more efficient i can
guarantee you it is going to be the
fastest way for you to make
long lasting transformative changes that
stay after you're finished that don't
require you to constantly be coming back
to a course or asking someone questions
how to do something it's about producing
a change that's going to last but anyway
let's now see what these students have
to say so throughout high school i
definitely observed a lot of friends who
would study a lot and grind endlessly in
order to achieve a certain goal and i
noticed that a lot of them didn't
necessarily know what processes they
were using or what techniques they were
actually experimenting with to get to
that you know particular goal and what i
saw was a lot of people would pretty
much lose motivation they would you know
take a break as many people say but then
it didn't necessarily get them better um
or better equipped to actually you know
face the goal because it basically made
like they were basically doing the same
thing again so nothing really changed
whereas i guess for me like initially
like i wasn't actually that successful
for like pursuing my personal goals but
then like after i kind of learned more
about like how learning works and like
how like you know life kind of works in
terms of productivity i was able to kind
of improve and reflect upon my
experiences more and that meant that i
was able to essentially produce like a
better version of myself every single
cycle of reflection and experimentation
so eventually i was able to be like a
much better equipped learner and more
able to tackle my particular goals than
i was like a year ago let's say from
starting the goal well i guess i it's
like a similar thing for me as well um a
lot of my friends would kind of run into
the same thing and problem and then
we'll kind of like repeat and repeat um
but i think one of the things that
worked very well for me is that when it
comes to finding solution to a problem i
definitely don't want to be doing the
same thing again but the really ironic
thing is like in the people who were
kind of you know often being the person
who burnt out they'd always repeat and
do the exact same thing so when it comes
to kind of like this approach where you
know always reflecting on how you can
improve yourself each day that's
something that i specifically did even
just in my year 12 and year 11
experience because i really don't want
to be doing the exact same thing because
that just has a higher chance of having
the same kind of result as well in year
nine i started to realize that i really
wanted to get higher grades and so i did
the typical thing of just like study
your guts away essentially um and so uh
year ten i basically studied every
minute outside of extracurriculars and
co-curriculars and such i didn't really
play video games much anymore and that
was something i really enjoyed and by
the end of it i got the grades that i
wanted and eventually became ducks but
then i quickly realized that for the
amount of effort that i had to kind of
put in to make that possible it kind of
really wasn't being reflected so much in
my results like i was still getting you
know high a's and a pluses but i was
really expecting just you know kind of
get near top all marks and and all a
pluses and so essentially what happened
is by the end of the whole year because
everything was kind of writing on the
end of your exams as well um essentially
straight after the exams were done i was
just like fully exhausted
and i still remember that
kind of the week afterwards my parents
were genuinely concerned because every
other holidays and such i'd try to just
go ahead and play video games but in
this instance i was basically just
trying to sleep and sleep and like pass
time um for as long as i could until i
guess my results came back
which is something that i haven't really
experienced much of before um
but that kind of told me that you know
looking at year 11 and year 12 i had to
do something different entirely
otherwise it was just going to be like
way worse a lot of the time when you do
actually get the results you want to
just get so badly it becomes
overwhelming and that kind of added to
the feelings that i had in year 10 where
it's like you know oh i got it but there
was so much attic expense for that to
occur making it just overwhelming in
general underwhelming it as well so i
think for myself i was one of those
students that really annoyed the rest of
my badge because it seemed like i wasn't
studying as much as they were my
classmates really worked very hard
putting in lots of hours of study and
here i was seemingly fooling around and
getting as good or even better grades
and the thing that actually affected me
quite a lot was when a lot of people
made comments although it seemed like i
wasn't putting in as much effort and
most of the time i'll be getting good
grades there were plenty of occasions
where i didn't get those good grades and
it felt quite
unsettling because i couldn't explain
why i couldn't explain why i was getting
good grades and i had no idea why it
wasn't working so having that black box
of not knowing where i went wrong or
where i even went right was a bit
troubling to know because i had no idea
what to do or where to go from here
that's why when i started learning about
how learning actually works and seeing
in theory where i might have gone wrong
or what actually might have led to the
success it actually helped me to produce
more consistent results rather than just
like flipping a coin and praying that
somehow i get good results
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