The SECRET to be a TOP STUDENT in the new school year

Summary

This video script offers a roadmap for students seeking an academic comeback. It emphasizes five key strategies: studying efficiently by increasing intensity, maintaining a growth mindset, developing good habits, trying new activities, and setting clear goals. The speaker shares personal experiences and actionable steps to help viewers make the most of their school year, overcome past failures, and build confidence through new experiences and skills.

Takeaways

• 📚 Study Efficiently: Increase the intensity of studying to learn more effectively, avoiding passive revision methods.
• 🔄 Combat the Forgetting Curve: Regularly review material to move information to long-term memory and avoid cramming.
• 🎯 Focus on Both Macro and Micro: Maintain focus during study sessions to prevent the loss of time due to distractions.
• 🌱 Adopt a Growth Mindset: View failures as stepping stones to improvement and let go of learned helplessness.
• 🚀 Start Good Habits: Develop habits like frequent studying and reviewing flashcards to ensure consistent progress.
• 🌟 Try New Things: Engage in extracurricular activities to build multi-skills and enjoy school beyond academics.
• 🏆 Set Goals: Define clear academic and personal goals and outline the actions needed to achieve them.
• 💪 Develop a Growth Mindset II: Understand that challenges are temporary and use them as opportunities for growth.
• 📈 Practice Marginal Gains: Small, consistent habits compound to produce significant results over time.
• 🤝 Build Confidence Through New Experiences: Participating in new activities can boost self-discipline and motivation.
• 🔑 Take Action: The key to success is not just understanding the steps but actively implementing them.

Q & A

What is the main theme of the video script?

The main theme of the video script is about improving academic performance and having a successful school year by adopting effective study habits, maintaining good mental health, developing good habits, trying new things, and setting clear goals.

What does the script suggest as the first step to increase knowledge output while studying?

The script suggests increasing the intensity of studying as the first step to increase knowledge output, rather than just spending more time on passive revision.

What is the equation for knowledge mentioned in the script?

The equation for knowledge mentioned in the script is 'time spent studying times intensity squared', emphasizing the importance of study intensity.

How does the script define 'studying efficiently'?

Studying efficiently, as defined in the script, involves not just spending more time but increasing the intensity of study sessions, engaging in active learning techniques like explaining concepts to others, making flashcards, and summarizing materials in one's own words.

What is the 'forgetting curve' and why is it important in the context of the script?

The 'forgetting curve' refers to the phenomenon where a large portion of newly learned information is quickly forgotten unless reviewed. It is important in the script because it highlights the need for regular review to move information from short-term to long-term memory.

What is the impact of distractions on study time according to the script?

According to the script, distractions can significantly increase the time it takes to complete a study task. It mentions that it takes 17 minutes to refocus after a distraction and that task completion time can be 10 times longer if one frequently switches tasks.

What is 'learned helplessness' as described in the script?

'Learned helplessness' is a mindset where past failures or experiences dictate one's current actions and beliefs, leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy of not being able to improve.

How does the script encourage viewers to change their mindset towards past failures?

The script encourages viewers to adopt a growth mindset, viewing past failures and mistakes as stepping stones for improvement rather than permanent definitions of their abilities.

What is the significance of developing good habits as a student according to the script?

Developing good habits is significant because they become automatic and ensure consistent progress, even on days when motivation is low. These habits contribute to marginal gains that compound over time, leading to significant improvements.

Why does the script recommend trying new things during the school year?

The script recommends trying new things to enhance personal growth, build multi-skills, and enjoy school beyond academics. New experiences can boost confidence, self-discipline, and motivation, which can have a positive overflow effect on academic performance.

What is the final chapter of the script about and why is it crucial for academic success?

The final chapter is about setting goals and taking action. It is crucial for academic success because without clear goals and the corresponding actions, the insights and strategies discussed in the script cannot be effectively implemented.

Outlines

00:00

📚 Achieving Academic Success Through Efficient Studying

The first paragraph emphasizes the importance of making the most out of the new school year by committing to academic improvement. It suggests that students often fail to meet their goals due to inefficient studying methods. The speaker introduces the concept of studying with higher intensity to increase knowledge retention, recommending active learning techniques such as explaining concepts to others, creating flashcards, and summarizing information in one's own words. The paragraph also discusses the forgetting curve and the necessity of regular reviews to move information into long-term memory. It concludes with advice on maintaining focus during study sessions to avoid distractions and the negative impact they have on productivity.

05:01

🎓 Cultivating a Growth Mindset and Developing Good Habits

The second paragraph focuses on the significance of mental health and adopting a growth mindset for academic success. It addresses the issue of learned helplessness, where past failures influence current self-perception and actions. The speaker encourages viewers to see failures as opportunities for growth and to let go of past mistakes. The paragraph also highlights the importance of developing good habits, such as regular studying and reviewing flashcards, which can lead to automatic positive behaviors. The speaker shares personal experiences to illustrate how a change in mindset and the establishment of good habits contributed to their academic improvement.

🎻 Embracing New Experiences and Skills for Holistic Development

In the third paragraph, the speaker discusses the benefits of trying new things beyond academics, such as joining extracurricular activities and participating in competitions. These experiences are argued to contribute to personal growth by building skills like self-discipline, motivation, and self-belief. The paragraph introduces the concept of the 'Overflow effect,' where success in one area can enhance performance in others. The speaker encourages students to step out of their comfort zones and take risks to enrich their school experience and personal development.

🎯 Setting Goals and Taking Action for Success

The fourth paragraph stresses the importance of setting clear goals and taking actionable steps to achieve them. The speaker shares their own experience of setting academic and physical goals and the actions they took to reach them. The paragraph emphasizes the need for consistency and the development of habits that support these goals. It also touches on the necessity of a growth mindset to overcome challenges and the importance of understanding that improvement is a continuous process. The speaker concludes by urging viewers to take action based on the insights gained from the video.

Keywords

💡academic comeback

This term refers to a significant improvement in one's academic performance or a renewed commitment to excel in school after a period of underperformance. In the video, it is used to motivate viewers to make the upcoming school year their best one yet, emphasizing the importance of setting goals and taking action to achieve them.

💡study efficiently

Studying efficiently means learning in a way that maximizes the amount of knowledge gained in a given amount of time. The video emphasizes the importance of increasing the intensity of study sessions to enhance learning, suggesting active learning techniques such as explaining concepts to others, creating flashcards, and summarizing materials in one's own words.

💡intensity

In the context of studying, intensity refers to the level of engagement and effort put into the learning process. The script suggests that increasing the intensity of study sessions can lead to more effective learning, even if the total time spent studying is not increased, by making the study process more challenging and interactive.

💡forgetting curve

The forgetting curve is a concept that illustrates how information is forgotten over time if not reviewed. The video uses this concept to stress the importance of regular review and spaced repetition in retaining information and moving it from short-term to long-term memory.

💡focus

Focus, in the context of the video, refers to the ability to concentrate on a task without being distracted. It is highlighted as crucial for effective studying, as distractions can significantly reduce the time it takes to complete tasks and the rate of learning.

💡mental health

Mental health in this video is discussed in relation to overcoming past failures and adopting a positive mindset towards learning. It is emphasized that letting go of past failures and believing in one's ability to improve are essential for academic success.

💡growth mindset

A growth mindset is the belief that abilities and intelligence can be developed through dedication and hard work. The video encourages viewers to adopt this mindset, viewing each failure as an opportunity for growth and improvement rather than a permanent limitation.

💡good habits

Good habits, as discussed in the video, are routine behaviors that contribute to one's success. The script suggests that establishing good study habits, such as regular reviewing and consistent practice, can lead to automatic, beneficial behaviors that support academic achievement.

💡try new things

The video encourages viewers to step out of their comfort zones and try new activities, both academic and extracurricular. This is linked to personal development, suggesting that new experiences can build skills like self-discipline and motivation, which can have a positive overflow effect on academic performance.

💡set goals

Setting goals is presented in the video as a necessary step for achieving success. It involves identifying what one wants to achieve and planning the specific actions required to reach those objectives. The script emphasizes the importance of aligning actions with goals to make meaningful progress.

💡student accelerator

The student accelerator is a program mentioned in the video that aims to help students become the best they can be. It offers courses, live interactive calls, and a community for students to engage with like-minded peers, suggesting a comprehensive approach to personal and academic development.

Highlights

Starting a new school year with a commitment to academic comeback and setting goals for personal best.

The importance of studying efficiently by increasing the intensity of learning rather than just the time spent.

Understanding the knowledge equation: time spent studying times intensity squared equals knowledge output.

Active learning techniques such as explaining concepts to others, making flashcards, and using analogies for better retention.

The forgetting curve and the necessity of reviewing material to move information to long-term memory.

Studying little but often and avoiding cramming for better long-term retention.

The impact of distractions on study time and the importance of maintaining focus during study sessions.

Overcoming learned helplessness and adopting a growth mindset for continuous improvement.

Recognizing that failures and mistakes are stepping stones for improvement and not permanent setbacks.

The significance of mental health in academic performance and the need to let go of past failures.

Developing good habits such as regular studying and reviewing flashcards for automatic success.

The concept of marginal gains and how small, consistent habits can lead to significant results.

Encouraging students to try new things outside of academics to build multi-skills and enjoy school.

The overflow effect where confidence and skills in one area can improve performance in others.

The importance of setting goals and taking action to achieve them, including writing down specific actions.

The role of a growth mindset in overcoming challenges and the belief that improvement is possible.

The Student Accelerator program offering courses and community support for student development.

The call to action for students to apply the insights from the video and make a change in their academic journey.

Transcripts

we're already starting a new school year

just deep that for a second that's one

more school year that's passed where you

promised yourself that this would be the

Year this will be your year you're going

to have an academic comeback and it's

going to be like the best school year

you've ever had this year who year this

year this year it's my BR but it just

ended up being mid once more you didn't

perform win in tests you didn't learn

anything new and you didn't achieve any

of your goals oh you've gone to school

for a whole year and yet it just feels

like that time was meaningless and so

whether this year is an important school

year for you because you have big

example coming up or you're just tired

of school feeling boring and repetitive

and you just want to get more out of

school because you're going to have to

spend the same amount of time in it

anyway so you might as learn how to win

this video is made for you and if you

clicked on this you're already on the

right path as Alex OSI said winners

commit to actions whereas losers wish

for outcomes so here are five things

that I followed last year that made me

have my best school year meeting new

people trying new things going outside

my comfort zone and getting the best

grades I've ever gotten so chapter one

is study

efficiently when it comes to students

and like becoming a better student the

first thing that to mind is learning how

to study more efficiently right notice

how I said study more efficiently

because although people think like okay

I need to like block out more time study

more effectively that's very limiting

and it makes it so that you neglect all

these other aspects of being a student

that makes School enjoyable and so when

you study you have to learn how to

increase the intensity because the

equation for knowledge is time spent

studying times intensity squar so if we

can't increase the time studying we can

increase the knowledge output just by

increasing the intensity increasing the

intensity of studying just means making

it more difficult so that the rate at

which we learn increases so this means

your you're no longer going to write

notes or reread your notes or highlight

the textbook this means you have to do

stuff such as the fam and technique

which means explaining the concept that

you learned to another person doing P

papers making flash cards or resumming

materials in your own words or analogies

studies literally prove that when it's

more difficult and you make mistakes

that's when you learn at an

exponentially fast rate rather than just

passive forms of Revision in the gym

it's when the sets hurt and like you're

literally struggling on those very last

reps that's where you see the progress

right and so studying although like we

don't want you to be in physical pain

the same principle applies that it needs

to be very very difficult and that's

when the most growth comes this is the

forgetting curve and this diagram shows

that you end up actually forgetting 70

to 80% of the stuff that you learn very

very quickly unless you review it again

and so the mistake that a large students

make and the mistake that you might make

is you get yourself motivated and you

get yourself to study you end up

forgetting all of it because you don't

review it you have to review it for the

information to stick and go to your

long-term memory you should study little

but often and plan in advance avoid

cramming especially if you want to

remember it for a long period of time

and lastly focus in both the macro and

micro sense focus when you study because

when you get distracted while study it

takes 17 minutes to focus back onto the

task when your phone rings and you shoot

a text message and you think that takes

30 seconds it's actually taking 17

minutes and 30 seconds for you to

refocus back on the task every time you

also switch tasks it takes 10 times as

longer to complete the task if you just

stuck to that one task try to do the

things that distract you such as like

Netflix or your phone at a completely

different designated time other than

when you're studying and you'll remember

and learn at a faster faster rate

chapter 2 mental

health whatever happened in the past is

in the past a lot of us hold on to our

failures and so you still think you're

stupid and you still think you're just

bad at maths because you like got 60% on

a test like last year you can't expect

to see results if you don't believe in

yourself this is called learned

helplessness when an experience or

occurrence in the past dictates your

actions and mindset to this day start

adopting a growth mindset each failure

and mistake is a stepping stone for you

to be able to improve you can't improve

if you didn't make mistakes you have to

start to view like where you are right

now as a starting point it's not

permanent it's called a starting point

for a reason I did pretty poorly in my

history exams last year and I just

thought that's how it is and I thought

there was nothing I could do and that

led to the cycle of me thinking I'm bad

at history so I ended up not revising

and not revising let me to be worse and

worse and just led to this downwards

loop I always had this bad habit of

letting like the past or like one

mistake Define me but when I realized

that it was just a point of me being

able to like take that and improve and

saw as a starting point that's when I

started taking action actually ping in

the work and seeing my GES climb and

climb it all starts with a mental change

so go into the comments right now and

whatever subject it is might be ma might

be English might be history that one

subject which you think you're bad at

write in the comments and tell you

something that this is a new start and

write down the actions you're going to

do you're going to start like doing one

flash card a day for history you're

going to start reading one page of that

book but English because remember it's

the actions that will cause a change in

the outcomes the best time to start my

have been like 2 years ago but the

second best time to start is always now

chapter 3 start good

habits being a student isn't just one

thing it's a collection of good habits

start practicing good habits such as

studying little but often reading

reviewing flash cards Etc I promise you

that the only reason that I'm a good

student and the only reason I'm here

today are because of my habits once you

set them up they become automatic and

that's so powerful because regardless of

motivation even on the days where you're

feeling feeling ill you feel really lazy

you're still going to get those habits

those automatic things done because I

just had a habit of reviewing my flash

cards every time I go on public

transport those little things all add up

and it's called marginal gains and those

things all compounded to make me into

the student I am today so try making it

a habit to review just 10 flash CS a day

or just do quiz lit on public transport

instead of Tik Tok it's not taking up

any more of your time you're just

repurposing your time to use it in a

better way small Habits Like This As We

Loved Before are what makes it into the

big results try and make it a habit to

read 10 pages before you sleep every

night wake up early learn how to study

even just 15 minutes each day these are

things that will get you ahead and

chapter four is to try new

things try new things this school year

it's not all about academics being a

good student is just as important to be

multi-skilled and enjoying school I

joined the symphony orchestra in my

school I did the piano competition I

performed in binton competitions and

much much more you might think like oh

bro this guy's a neque but the thing is

these things aren't things that I

initially wanted to do if you check out

this video I actually ended up quitting

piano and I never wanted to touch it

again but I took the risk and these

things these experiences are what builds

us as a person and the skills like

self-d discipline like motivation and

believing in myself these are all things

that you can carry throughout everything

there's a reason that people are good at

sports are also good at academic it's

called the Overflow effect once you're

get at something that confidence goes in

all of your regards and everything that

you do and also you get to meet new

people and try new things and this is

all stuff that you will take with you

studies also prove anyway that when you

practice a sport or do a cocal activity

you do better in your academics and the

skills such as self discipline and fun

you have is amazing to have you don't

lose skills it's kind of like a

permanent buff that you always carry

around with you so learn and try new

things this school year chapter 5 set

goals none of this works if you're not

going to set goals and take action from

this video so for each of the goals you

might have write down the actions you

will do where is it that you want to get

to last year I knew what I wanted this

school year to come out

as I knew like my physical goals my

academic goals and because I knew those

goals I was able to set the action goals

that would get me there so Step One is

knowing where you want to get to and

then for that to happen you need to

write the actions for example you want

to get really good at like swimming but

you also want to become like really good

at your academics well then every day

you might make a habit to get up early

and then get like swim practicing but

then you want to do 15 minutes or like

flash cards on the way there and then

you want to like stay consistent and

build up those habits you probably need

a growth mindset I you talked about and

know that like there are going to be

tough times but it's just a starting

point and you get better Nothing Gets

Easier you get better and once you have

your goals like you want to become a

better swimmer for example you're going

to need to learn the skills of like

studying more efficiently so you have

time for those things remember now you

know what you have to do you have the

map in front of you and it's up to you

to calibrate that into becoming the

student that you always wanted to be

this video is useless if you don't take

action upon it and by the way if you

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more and I'm sure you'll enjoy it anyway

take action in what you learned today

and I'll see you in the next

one take

do this

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