becoming smart is easy
Summary
TLDRThis video script offers practical advice on building true intelligence beyond generic tips. It emphasizes three key principles: tutoring what you learn to refine thinking and identify core concepts, aligning intelligence with your environment to leverage your strengths, and engaging in 'knowledge campaigns'—focused periods of learning on specific subjects to foster intellectual growth. The speaker shares personal experiences and encourages viewers to apply these principles to enhance their lives.
Takeaways
- 🤓 Intelligence can be built with simple principles, not just through hard work or fancy schools.
- 🧑🏫 Tutoring helps refine your thinking process by forcing you to identify and teach the most important parts of a topic.
- 🧠 Teaching or applying what you learn improves your ability to retain and understand new information.
- 🌍 Align your intelligence with your environment to feel and be perceived as smarter.
- 🏫 Your surroundings can influence how smart you feel; different environments value different types of intelligence.
- 🧩 Cognitive psychologist Howard Gardner defines eight types of intelligence, highlighting that intelligence is multifaceted.
- 🎮 You can choose what type of intelligence to improve based on your interests and environment.
- 🎯 Accept that you can't be good at everything and focus on improving the intelligences that matter to you.
- 📅 Go on knowledge campaigns: dedicate 2-3 months to focus on and improve a specific subject or skill.
- 🔄 Diversify your knowledge campaigns to gain deep knowledge in various subjects and see connections between them.
Q & A
What is the main idea of the video?
-The video emphasizes that intelligence can be developed through simple principles rather than being an innate gift or something that requires extensive effort or education.
Why does the video suggest tutoring what you want to learn?
-Tutoring helps refine your thinking process by forcing you to identify the most important parts of the information and discard the less essential details, thus improving your fluid intelligence.
How does the video define 'fluid intelligence'?
-Fluid intelligence is the ability to reason and think logically in novel situations, which is honed by practices like tutoring where you need to quickly grasp and convey essential information.
What is the significance of explaining complicated topics in a simple way according to the video?
-The ability to explain complex subjects simply is seen as a key indicator of intelligence, as it demonstrates a deep understanding and the ability to distill information to its core elements.
Why does the video recommend aligning your intelligence with your environment?
-Aligning intelligence with the environment ensures that you are developing the type of intelligence that is valued and rewarded in your surroundings, which can boost your confidence and effectiveness.
What is the role of the environment in determining how smart someone is perceived to be?
-The environment sets the metrics for intelligence, and what is considered smart in one context might be seen as less valuable in another, affecting how individuals perceive their own intelligence.
How does the video relate to Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences?
-The video references Howard Gardner's theory to illustrate that there are different types of intelligence and that recognizing and developing your strengths in certain areas can make you seem smarter in those contexts.
What is the concept of 'knowledge campaigns' introduced in the video?
-Knowledge campaigns are focused periods of 2 to 3 months where you concentrate on learning and practicing a specific subject to make significant gains in both fluid and crystallized intelligence.
Why is consistency important in knowledge campaigns according to the video?
-Consistency in daily attention and practice during knowledge campaigns allows the brain to encounter and overcome intellectual challenges, leading to the development of both types of intelligence.
What is the advice for diversifying knowledge campaigns?
-The video suggests engaging in various knowledge campaigns to gain deep knowledge in different subjects, which can help in seeing connections and similarities between them, ultimately enhancing overall intelligence.
Outlines
📚 Building Intelligence Through Tutoring
The first paragraph emphasizes the misconception that intelligence is an innate trait or something that requires immense effort to acquire. The speaker introduces the idea that true intelligence can be developed through simple principles. The key principle discussed here is the act of tutoring, which involves learning something and then teaching it to others. This method is highlighted as an effective way to refine thinking and identify essential information. The speaker shares personal experiences from college, where they found teaching peers to be a more enjoyable and effective way to learn. The act of tutoring not only tests one's knowledge but also helps in identifying gaps in understanding. The speaker suggests dedicating specific days to learning and practicing what has been learned, applying this principle to adult life.
🌐 Aligning Intelligence with Environment
The second paragraph delves into the influence of the environment on perceived intelligence. The speaker shares a story about a friend who excelled in a video game but felt unintelligent in school, illustrating how intelligence can be context-dependent. The speaker introduces Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, suggesting that everyone has strengths and weaknesses in different areas. The importance of choosing an environment that rewards the type of intelligence one wishes to develop is emphasized. The speaker also discusses the idea of choosing to work on certain types of intelligence based on personal interests and the rewards of the environment. The concept of a 'knowledge campaign' is introduced, suggesting a focused period of learning on a specific subject to make significant progress in intelligence. The speaker encourages viewers to apply the principles discussed in the video to their own lives and to take action.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Intelligence
💡Tutoring
💡Fluid Intelligence
💡Crystallized Intelligence
💡Environment
💡Knowledge Campaigns
💡Cognitive Psychology
💡Academic Environment
💡Interpersonal Intelligence
💡Logical Jump
💡Multiple Intelligences
Highlights
Being smart is not just a gift or something that requires extreme effort; it can be built with simple principles.
Intelligence should be a means to better your life, not just an abstract goal.
The first principle is to tutor what you want to learn, which helps refine your thinking process.
Tutoring helps identify the most important parts of the subject and improves your ability to explain complex topics simply.
Tutoring also tests your knowledge by forcing you to explain concepts out loud, which can reveal gaps in understanding.
Applying what you learn is crucial, and can be done by dedicating specific days to reading and practicing.
The second principle is aligning your intelligence with your environment, as intelligence can be relative to the context.
Different environments value different types of intelligence, and you may feel smart or dumb depending on the context.
Cognitive psychologist Howard Gardner defines eight types of intelligence, suggesting everyone has strengths and weaknesses in different areas.
It's important to choose what type of intelligence you want to improve and ideally be in an environment that rewards that type.
Accepting that you won't be good at everything is key to focusing on areas where you can excel.
Einstein's quote emphasizes that everyone is a genius in their own way, but societal judgments can mislead us.
The third principle is to go on knowledge campaigns, focusing on a particular subject for 2 to 3 months to make true gains.
Consistent daily attention to a subject is more important than sporadic intense study.
Diversifying your knowledge campaigns by focusing on different subjects in different periods can deepen your understanding and make you more intelligent.
Applying what you learn from the video to your own life and acting on it is encouraged for real impact.
The video concludes by emphasizing the importance of taking action on the principles discussed.
Transcripts
if you clicked on this video it means
you want to be smart most people think
being smart is some gift you're born
with or something you can only become if
you work super hard or go to some fancy
school but in reality true intelligence
can be built with a few simple
principles I'll be going over in the
next few minutes most YouTube videos
will give you some extremely generic
advice like read a book a week or eat
blueberries and exercise and while those
aren't necessarily bad pieces of advice
they miss the fundamental point of why
you should become smart and that's that
intelligence should be a means to better
your life and the principles I'll go
over have all helped me better my life
in some way way whether that's getting
into and graduating from an IV league
university with an engineering degree
reaching a high rank in a video game or
navigating my career path so the first
principle is to tutor what you want to
learn I know that sounds weird because
how can you teach something you haven't
learned but what I propose is instead of
spending 2 hours trying to study
something simply spend 1 hour studying
it and another hour trying to teach it
my personal number one indicator that
someone is smart is their ability to
explain complicated Topics in a simple
way so what better way to do that than
explicitly practicing it and this isn't
some party trick just to make you seem
smart tutoring challenging things helps
refine your thinking process by
improving your ability to get rid of
useless information when you tutor you
quickly find out you have to identify
what the most important parts of what
you're teaching are in a limited session
it's useless trying to cover every
single detail or else you'll just end up
confusing the student instead you pull
out the most important pieces of what
the student needs to learn and make sure
those are highlighted and by getting
used to that process you're honing your
fluid intelligence because now when you
encounter new information and you have
the intention of teaching it your brain
will automatically pick up the important
pieces you need to know and this is not
to mention how tutoring just simply
helps test your knowledge either the
person that you're tutoring will have a
follow-up question that you don't have
the answer to or a gap in your knowledge
will simply come out when you're
explaining something out loud because
sometimes things make sense in your head
but when you actually say it out you
realize you may have made a logical jump
or misunderstood some concept when I was
in college instead of studying by myself
for hours in the library I would try to
briefly comprehend the material as best
as possible which would help with my
processing ability and then teach to
some of my peers so I would learn the
actual content improve my thinking
process and not to mention have more fun
learning things because I always find
pursuing a goal is more enjoyable if
you're doing it with other people and if
you're not in a position to teach I
would generalize this whole principle to
applying what you learn how I implement
this into my life now as an adult is I
have specific days that I dedicate to
reading and absorbing information and
other days where I dedicate time to
practicing what I've learned all right
moving on to the second principle which
is aligning your intelligence and your
environment because here's a secret you
might already be smart but you're just
made to feel dumb because of your
surroundings when I was a kid I knew
someone who was top 500 in the country
and an extremely popular video game
League of Legends and to those of you
who play you'll know that this requires
a ton of hard work and both fluid and
crystallized intelligence when you
talked about the state of the game or
made extremely nuanced in-game decisions
I couldn't help but admire how smart he
was yet he was terrible at school and
always told me how dumb he felt the
point of the story is that being smart
also depends on your environment someone
who's considered Ed super smart in the
math club could be considered super dumb
in a debate Club someone who's a super
smart academic could be viewed as an
idiot in the business World fun fact did
you know that Isaac Newton greatest
physicist of all time lost a huge
fortune in the stock market what an
idiot if my friend had gone to video
game high school he probably would have
been viewed as one of the smartest kids
there yet he was made to feel dumb
because our school had extremely
different metrics for intelligence
cognitive psychologist Howard Gardner
defines eight types of intelligence and
when you view yourself objectively
you'll definitely find some you're good
at and some you're not so good at now to
be smart you have to make an active
decision on what type of intelligence
you want to improve and then ideally
being in an environment that rewards
that type of intelligence I personally
chose to work on my intelligence in a
way that suited my environment I became
good at test taking because that's
something the academic environment I
grew up rewarded I became good at some
video games because that's something my
friend Circle rewarded but almost more
importantly I accepted that I wasn't
going to be good at certain things I'm
pretty much a dumbass when it comes to
politics current events music Sports and
countless other things a lot of people
have plenty of intelligence
and while I chose what I worked on based
on my environment you could also choose
your environment based on what you like
to work on if you're extremely sociable
person that's constantly building that
interpersonal intelligence you will be
highlighted as smart in a career like
sales and maybe not so much in a career
like software engineering Einstein has a
very good quote around this everybody is
a genius but if you judge a fish by its
ability to climb a tree it will live its
whole life thinking that it's stupid
finally the last principle I have is to
go on knowledge campaigns so what is a
knowledge campaign just just like it
takes 2 to 3 months to see any weight
loss or muscle gain progress I think the
same principle can be applied to the
brain and intelligence you need two to
three months of focus on a particular
subject to make true gains on your fluid
and crystallized intelligence a lot of
you now do this passively with school
being like a semester long but I would
encourage you do this actively and
choose what you're going to work on and
I'm not saying you have to grind it out
24/7 all you think about by any means
but something that draws your consistent
ideally daily attention study and
practice be a video game academic
subjects making YouTube videos writing a
book making music learning chess reading
up on Politics as long as you learn
about it and touch it every day because
during that 2 to three months if you're
consistent at it you will encounter
intellectual challenges and to overcome
them your brain will probably need to
develop both fluid and crystallized
intelligence and I also believe unless
you're super passionate about one
subject you should go on a variety of
different campaigns try to get good at
chess for 3 months then try to get good
at job interviewing for another 3 months
then practice improving your finances
for another 3 months by diversifying
your campaigns not only do you get deep
knowledge about several different
subjects but eventually you'll start
seeing similarities and connections
between the different subjects which
will further deepen your understanding
of all of them and make you more
intelligent all right if you've gotten
to this point in the video you're
already headed in the right direction
but in the spirit of applying what you
learn think about how you can use the
principles covered in this video to
affect your own life and most
importantly act on them all right so
thanks for watching and I will see you
in the next one bye
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