How to STUDY so FAST that it feels ILLEGAL😳
Summary
TLDRIn this educational video, Steven, also known as JB, shares his journey from hating studying to achieving top grades by studying efficiently. He emphasizes managing expectations, focusing on high-yield study areas using the 80/20 rule, and setting time limits to enhance productivity. Steven also introduces a free study master class to help students become top performers and manage their time effectively.
Takeaways
- 📚 The primary obstacle to achieving top grades is the time-consuming nature of studying, which students often find tedious and daunting.
- 🎓 Steven, also known as JB, overcame his dislike for studying by learning to study efficiently, which allowed him to achieve perfect results in his GCSEs while studying less.
- 🔍 Managing expectations is crucial; setting a positive outlook on tasks can make studying more efficient and enjoyable.
- 💡 The 80/20 rule applies to studying; focusing on key concepts and weak areas can yield better results with less effort.
- ⏰ Using a timer during study sessions can increase efficiency by making students more aware of time and encouraging faster completion.
- 📈 By setting unrealistically realistic time limits, students can leverage Parkinson's Law to complete tasks more quickly than expected.
- 🚀 Students should prioritize studying areas that are weak or heavily tested, as this maximizes the return on study time.
- 🧠 Engaging in past paper practice is more valuable than relearning, as it familiarizes students with exam structure and identifies areas for improvement.
- 📉 Procrastination is often a result of the daunting feeling associated with long study sessions; breaking tasks into smaller, time-bound chunks can alleviate this.
- 🌟 Steven offers a free study masterclass to teach students how to study efficiently, become top students, and manage their time effectively.
Q & A
What is the primary reason students struggle to achieve top grades according to the speaker?
-The primary reason students struggle to achieve top grades is because they don't study, which is often due to the perception that studying takes too long and is a boring, tedious, and daunting task.
How did the speaker transform their attitude towards studying?
-The speaker transformed their attitude towards studying by learning how to study faster, making it a quick, easy, and simple process, which led to less procrastination and better results.
What is the significance of managing expectations in studying, as mentioned in the script?
-Managing expectations is significant in studying because it can influence the perceived duration and effectiveness of study sessions. A positive outlook can lead to more focused and efficient studying.
What study technique does the speaker suggest to manage expectations effectively?
-The speaker suggests using a framework where you state out loud that a study task will only take a specific amount of time, which helps in staying focused and efficient.
How does the speaker explain the concept of the 80/20 rule in the context of studying?
-The speaker explains the 80/20 rule by suggesting that focusing on key concepts or 'gold nuggets' that yield the most results in terms of exam performance is more effective than studying everything.
What is the speaker's advice on how to prioritize study time?
-The speaker advises focusing study time on weak points or areas that will be heavily tested in exams, rather than spending time on strengths, as this is where the most marks can be gained.
Why does the speaker recommend doing past papers as a study method?
-The speaker recommends doing past papers because it familiarizes students with the exam structure and types of questions, and learning from mistakes is more efficient than other study techniques.
What is the purpose of using a timer during study sessions according to the speaker?
-Using a timer during study sessions helps in being aware of time spent, encourages efficiency by trying to complete tasks in the least amount of time, and allows for setting and assessing targets.
How does the speaker relate the concept of Parkinson's law to studying?
-The speaker relates Parkinson's law to studying by suggesting that tasks will expand to fill the time allotted, so setting unrealistically short study times can lead to increased efficiency.
What additional resource does the speaker offer to help students improve their study skills?
-The speaker offers a free study master class and a 'Student Accelerator' program, which includes exclusive courses, workshops, and live calls to help students become top performers.
Outlines
📚 Overcoming Study Procrastination
Steven, also known as JB, discusses the primary reason students struggle to achieve top grades: the perception that studying is a long and tedious process. He recounts his own experience of dreading tests and the subsequent studying, which felt boring and daunting. To combat this, he learned to study efficiently, transforming his attitude from despising studying to finding it quick and easy. This change led to reduced procrastination and better academic results. He emphasizes the importance of managing expectations to study faster, citing a study that shows how expectations can impact well-being and health. He suggests using a framework to set a positive outlook on the duration of study tasks, which can lead to increased focus and efficiency. The video also promotes a free study master class for further learning on efficient studying techniques.
⏱️ The Power of Timed Study Sessions
The second paragraph focuses on the effectiveness of timed study sessions. It introduces the concept of learning through mistakes, suggesting that doing past papers and reviewing errors is more efficient than other study methods. The speaker argues that studying should involve making and learning from mistakes rather than just relearning known information. To enhance study efficiency, the paragraph suggests using a timer to make one aware of the time spent and to encourage faster completion. Setting time limits can help maintain a pace and allow for the setting of targets, which is likened to checkpoints in climbing a mountain. The speaker also references Parkinson's Law, which states that tasks will expand to fill the time allotted. By setting unrealistic yet achievable time limits, one can significantly improve study efficiency. The paragraph concludes with a call to action to try timed study sessions and a promotion for the 'Student Accelerator' program, which offers exclusive resources to enhance student performance.
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Keywords
💡Procrastination
💡Studying
💡Expectations
💡Efficiency
💡Parkinson's Law
💡80/20 Rule
💡Past Papers
💡Mistakes
💡Time Management
💡Student Accelerator
Highlights
The primary reason students don't achieve top grades is due to the perception that studying takes too long.
Procrastination is often caused by the daunting feeling of having to study for extended periods.
Steven, also known as JB, shares his experience of transforming his study habits to achieve perfect results in his GCSEs while studying less.
Managing expectations can significantly impact the efficiency and duration of study sessions.
A study on aging attitudes showed that positive expectations can improve health and well-being.
Setting a specific time limit for tasks can increase focus and efficiency during study sessions.
The 80/20 rule in studying suggests focusing on key concepts that yield the most results.
Students should concentrate on weak points and heavily tested areas to optimize study time.
Relearning is less valuable than focusing on past papers to familiarize with exam structures and question types.
Making mistakes and reviewing them is more efficient for learning than other study techniques.
Using a timer during study sessions can enhance awareness of time spent and promote efficiency.
Setting unrealistic yet achievable time limits can lead to surprising increases in study efficiency.
Parkinson's law is mentioned to illustrate how tasks expand to fill the time allotted for them.
Steven offers a free study master class to teach students how to study efficiently and become top students.
The video concludes with an invitation to join the 'Student Accelerator' for further support in becoming an excellent student.
Transcripts
the number one reason that students
don't get top grades is because they
don't study obviously but the number one
reason that students don't study is
because studying just takes too long and
I still remember despising school and
hoping and hoping that my teachers
wouldn't announce a new test because if
they announced a new test that would
mean more studying and studying meant
having to sit down on the weekends and
spend hours upon hours doing something
that I didn't want to do it felt so
boring tedious and daunting and you know
procrastination is actually caused by
this daunting feeling so by learning how
to study fast I slowly re at studying
from something that I despise and I
always hated to do something that would
take lots of time to something that's
quick and easy and simple and since I
started to be studying on that way I
ended up procrastinating less and I got
better and better results and in case
you haven't met before I'm Steven also
known as JB and I got this set of
perfect results in my gcses but the key
is I was able to do this while studying
little so that I had time to do all
these other things and I'm going to
teach you how to do the exact same the
first way to study faster is to manage
your
expectations there was a study done and
there were two groups of people that
were followed one group of these people
Associated aging with illness and they'd
like they'd have beliefs such as I'm
going to age so poorly when I age my
Skin's going to become all like wrinkly
it's just going to be like diseases like
bad stuff like negativity right whereas
one group had a more positive outlook on
Aging they had a more it is what it is
like I'm going to live my best life and
like you know I'm actually going to take
care of myself and you know that aging's
not even going to be that bad and the
crazy part is that the group who expect
us to age po actually did they went to
like the hospital more frequently they
literally had like a worse quality of
life when they did tests like they were
more prone to get diseases they had
worse skin whereas the group with the
positive outlook age well and they
actually did end up living their best
life expectations are powerful it
literally has an effect on your
well-being and health when it comes to
like the aging and so your expectations
when it comes to studying can actually
dictate how long it takes and since
whenever I sat down to study on those
weekends I'd always be like oh man this
is going to take forever this is going
to take hours it's going to be so boring
my study sessions ended up taking hours
and actually being boring next time you
sit down use this framework say out loud
this task or like whatever it is so past
paper studying Etc this is only going to
take x amount of time easy and as crazy
as it sounds when you start a task with
this positive outlook and you tell
yourself that it will only take like a
certain amount of time as opposed to oh
my God this is going to take so much
time you end up finding ways to do
something quicker you're more focused
and you'll be more efficient as David
Robson said by changing your perception
you can change the way you act and if
you're tired of just being average and
scool feeling tedious and you just feel
like you're not making enough progress
it just all starts with a change I used
to be kind of mediocre average until I
made a change and that led me to get
these results but you can't get this
without knowing what to change and
there's so much that you need to learn
especially if you want to study fast
like I did because I needed to have the
time to do all these other things that I
still love and so if you want to learn
how to study efficiently you want to
learn how to become a top student in all
aspects get the extracurriculars build
up an impressive portfolio it all starts
with learning how to be productive how
to be efficient and these are all things
that I teach you in this free study
master class so make sure to check that
out first link in the description it's
completely free anyway back to the video
the second chapter is you're doing too
much
imagine you're a miner and you're
looking for gold you dig and dig and dig
but most of the dirt you find is just
regular dirt however in a small part of
the mine you discover a huge vein of
gold that small area is what gave you
most of your wealth right that's the
8020 rule in studying there are certain
Concepts like gold they're worth more
than others and you can find these gold
nuggets which isn't found everywhere
they're only found in like certain areas
and when you focus your study time on
those areas you're going to end up
getting so much more better results you
don't have to dig everywhere to find
treasure you need to focus on the right
spots the the main reason that studying
takes a lot of time is because you spend
time studying everything but let me tell
you something let me make this a rule
from now on you should only be spending
time or studying areas that are your
weak points or areas that will be tested
heavily in exams suddenly you're not
having to spend time on your strong
points because although that's the most
fun part of revision because you're
going to get all this stuff right you're
not actually learning anything new and
when you Revis you need to study the
errors that will come up in the exams
and so when you study heavyweight Topics
in the exams you know you can bag
yourself the most marks and this 820
rule can also be applied in the context
of how you study during your stud
sessions 20% of what you do actually
gives you 80% of the results and then
the remaining 80% of that only actually
gives you 20% of the results and so it
makes sense to only focus on 20%
especially when we're trying to study
fast the way to find out what parts of
your study session are the most
important is to ask this one question if
I only had 2 hours a week to study for
whatever subject that you're trying to
study for what would it look like it may
seem like a ludic and it might seem like
a ludic and it might seem like a
ludicrously short amount of time since
you might be used to like multiple
hourong study sessions per day but once
you ask yourself this question you
naturally categorize the most important
and non-important parts of your study
sessions for me before I optimize my
study sessions it would contain a lot of
relearning I'd reread textbooks I reread
notes and then I review and then finally
I test but if I had only 2 hours a week
to study for that topic I'd focus on
just doing past papers because actually
getting familiar with the exam structure
and getting to know what kind of
questions might come up is far far more
valuable than actually relearning
because you're not trying to relearn
everything when it comes to an exam it's
called revising for a reason it's not
relearning and a common thing that say
when I like advocate for you to do past
papers is I can't just do past papers
since I'm not actually learning anything
but studies prove that you actually
learn most through your mistakes and so
when you do papers and you get stuff
wrong and you review the mistakes that's
more of an efficient learning than all
the other study techniques put together
it's not study or revision if you're not
making mistakes and so you should focus
your time on that and the third tip is
to put a timer on this is a kind of a
unique tip but try timing your study
sessions when you do them there's many
reasons for this firstly when you have a
timer in front of you you're acutely
aware of how much time you're spending
on the studyy session and so you see
that if you've been studying for like an
hour already you know how much time has
elapsed and you know if you need to
speed up or slow down also studies
actually prove that when you time doing
something humans are just naturally
inclined to try and get it done in the
least amount of time possible that's why
speed runs exist right and also when you
have a timer run you can also start to
set targets I want to get this task done
in 1 hour and when 1 hour passes you
know if you've been efficient or not and
that's why when you like climb mountains
there's checkpoints like by like hour 14
you want to get to like the checkpoint a
checkpoint B and imagine instead of that
you just said you wanted to get to the
top of mountain by 4 days time during
those 4 days you wouldn't know if your
pace is correct or not you can start to
do the same with studying when I used to
study poorly I would never tell myself
like how long I'd be there I just say
like I need to study and so I ended up
spending the whole day there 8 hours and
as we talked about my brain started
associating study sessions to be 8 hours
long right and so I dreaded it and that
led to procrastination but the trick is
to always set the time that you're going
to use to study to be something that's
unrealistically realistic Parkinson's
law says that your task will always fill
the dedicated time that you give it so
actually although 1 hour might be
unrealistic then you might think it's
like oh my God there's no way I can
finish this in 1 hour I used to think
this as well but when I actually gameer
1 hour or 2 hours to do the task that
would normally take 8 hours you'd be
surprised that I actually found that I
could get it done in that amount of time
never underestimate efficiency the flow
States and getting things done in the
least amount of time don't believe me
set up a time of your next study session
and you'll be surprised about how
efficient you are and if you like this
video you probably like learning from me
and so if you want to make sure that
your student years are the best they can
be you want to get the top grades like
I've done you might want to check out
the student accelerator it's where me
and experts help you become the best
student you can be with exclusive
courses workshops and live calls the
value there is amends make sure to check
that out first link in the description
but as always takey action and I'll see
you in the next one
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