How I tricked my brain to be addicted to studying 🧠
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the speaker shares transformative techniques that improved their relationship with studying. They emphasize the importance of understanding the 'why' behind learning a subject, such as calculus, by connecting it to future benefits and real-world applications. The speaker also advocates for seeing the 'big picture' by understanding how individual topics fit into the broader curriculum. Lastly, they highlight the power of teaching others as a means to consolidate knowledge and identify gaps in understanding, suggesting methods like explaining concepts to friends or to an imaginary audience.
Takeaways
- 🎓 **Understanding 'Why'**: Before starting to study, ask why you are studying the subject and how it can benefit your future.
- 🌟 **Impact on the World**: Consider how the knowledge you gain can solve real-world problems and have a positive impact.
- 🔗 **Connecting to Interests**: Find personal connections between the subject and your interests to increase motivation.
- 📚 **Seeing the Bigger Picture**: Recognize where each topic fits within the broader context of the course or field of study.
- 🗺️ **Timeline of Learning**: Visualize the progression of topics in a course as a timeline to understand the flow and connection of concepts.
- 🤔 **Teaching Others**: Teaching or explaining concepts to others simplifies and consolidates your understanding, reinforcing the material.
- 👥 **Study Groups**: Collaborate with friends to explain and test each other on concepts, enhancing mutual understanding.
- 🦆 **The Rubber Duck Method**: Pretend to teach an inanimate object to clarify your thoughts and identify gaps in your knowledge.
- 📈 **Becoming a Tutor**: As you gain proficiency, consider tutoring others to solidify your own knowledge and help others learn.
- 🎥 **Create Content**: Making videos or writing blog posts can help reinforce your learning and provide a platform to share knowledge.
Q & A
What is the first technique Gary suggests to improve one's relationship with studying?
-The first technique Gary suggests is to ask oneself why they are studying a particular subject, breaking it down to understand how the knowledge can benefit their future.
How does Gary recommend connecting the study of calculus to real-world problems?
-Gary recommends connecting the study of calculus to real-world problems by understanding its crucial role in fields like medicine for understanding rates of infection or in environmental science for modeling climate change.
What personal connection does Gary make with the subject of calculus?
-Gary makes a personal connection with calculus by relating it to his interest in technology, image recognition, and his future career aspirations in those fields.
What does Gary mean by 'seeing the bigger picture' in the context of studying?
-Gary means understanding where each topic fits within the overall curriculum or subject matter, like recognizing the progression from basic to complex topics in a course, which helps in making sense of the learning material.
Why is it beneficial to teach others what you have learned, according to Gary?
-Teaching others forces you to simplify and consolidate your thoughts, which reinforces concepts and helps you recognize knowledge gaps, as you try to explain them to someone else.
How does Gary suggest finding the 'why' behind studying a subject?
-Gary suggests finding the 'why' by asking how the knowledge can benefit one's future, solve real-world problems, and connect to personal interests or passions.
What is Gary's advice for students who find a subject like calculus boring?
-Gary advises students to find a personal connection to the subject, see the bigger picture of how it fits into their overall learning journey, and teach it to others to reinforce understanding.
How does Gary use the technique of 'seeing the bigger picture' in his work?
-Gary uses the technique of 'seeing the bigger picture' at work to understand the overall knowledge flow in an organization, which helps him identify knowledge gaps and areas to learn more effectively.
What is the third technique Gary shares for improving one's relationship with studying?
-The third technique Gary shares is teaching others, which helps in simplifying thoughts, consolidating knowledge, and identifying knowledge gaps.
How does Gary recommend incorporating the technique of teaching others into one's study routine?
-Gary recommends incorporating teaching others by studying with friends, explaining concepts to each other, pretending to teach an imaginary person (like a rubber duck), or becoming an actual tutor or creating educational content.
What does Gary suggest doing if you find it challenging to teach someone else?
-If you find it challenging to teach someone else, Gary suggests starting by explaining concepts to an imaginary person or object, which can help clarify your understanding and prepare you to teach real people.
Outlines
🎓 Transforming Study Habits with Powerful Techniques
The speaker shares their journey from being a procrastinator to discovering techniques that transformed their relationship with studying. They emphasize the importance of understanding the 'why' behind studying a subject, such as calculus, by connecting it to future benefits, real-world problem-solving, and personal interests. The speaker also highlights the significance of seeing the bigger picture of a subject by understanding its progression and how it fits into a broader context, akin to knowing the destination and the route on a map.
🔍 Seeing the Bigger Picture and Teaching Others
The speaker discusses the technique of 'seeing the bigger picture' as a way to enhance learning, not just in academics but also in professional settings. They suggest creating a timeline to understand the flow and progression of a subject, which helps in identifying knowledge gaps. The paragraph also introduces the powerful method of teaching others as a means to consolidate one's understanding and identify areas of weakness. The speaker shares personal experiences, including the use of the 'rubber duck' technique, where one explains concepts to an inanimate object to solidify their own grasp of the material.
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Keywords
💡Procrastination
💡Techniques
💡Calculus
💡Impact
💡Personal Connection
💡Bigger Picture
💡Teaching Others
💡Consolidating
💡Knowledge Gaps
💡Engagement
Highlights
Gary discusses overcoming procrastination and distraction to focus on studying.
Shares personal transformation in attitude towards studying.
Emphasizes the importance of understanding 'why' you are studying a subject.
Advises to consider how knowledge can benefit your future.
Suggests relating studies to real-world problems for motivation.
Recommends finding a personal connection to the subject matter.
Explains the significance of seeing the bigger picture in education.
Advocates for understanding the timeline and progression of a subject.
Uses the analogy of a journey with a clear destination for learning.
Encourages seeking the bigger picture even in professional settings.
Introduces the technique of teaching others as a learning strategy.
Describes how teaching simplifies and consolidates your understanding.
Mentions the value of identifying knowledge gaps through teaching.
Suggests practical ways to incorporate teaching into your study routine.
Recommends pretending to teach an imaginary student or 'rubber duck'.
Advises becoming an actual tutor to reinforce your knowledge.
Encourages creating content like videos or blog posts for learning.
Reflects on how creating the video itself reinforced learning.
Transcripts
[Music]
Gary go study
[Music]
okay why is everything so much more
interesting when I have the study
let's talk about this back in the day I
used to be a procrastinator used to get
distracted when it comes to studying all
I wanted to do was go play with my
friends or play hockey and studying was
the last thing on my mind until I
learned these few powerful techniques
over the course of the years that have
really transformed my relationship with
studying Al together and these
techniques have really really helped me
and I was just studying the other day
and I realized that damn I wonder if
other people know about this so here I
am thinking about sharing this with you
and I hope it's useful to you let's just
Dive Right into them let's assume I'm a
university student who is studying
engineering so I have to learn calculus
because that's one of those forced to
take classes in University the first
technique before I even open my calculus
textbook is to ask myself why why am I
even even studying this now that's a
very difficult question to answer right
so let's break it down even further so
the first question to ask yourself is
how can this knowledge benefit my future
it's not just about passing the class
right now but if you think about it me
learning calculus right now as a
university student will actually open a
lot of doors for me not just in
University when it comes to being able
to take other classes but if I ever want
to pursue a career in engineering
physics computer science maybe go into
data science maybe create my own AI
model I do need fundamental knowledge of
calculus to be able to do all that so if
I look at it that way learning this
subject right now is actually going to
help me in the future the next question
is what real world problems can they
solve now this question is very useful
for someone like me because I care a lot
about impact I care a lot about what I'm
doing and the impact it has to the world
so when I answered this question it
actually makes me feel like what I'm
learning is useful to not just me but to
the world so in the example of calculus
it's crucial in fields like medicine to
understand rates of infection or
environmental sence maybe to model
things like climate change just very
vague things that actually end up doing
pretty good stuff to the world so me
learning this can allow me to have that
impact one day in the future final
question how does this subject connect
to my interest and my passion so in my
case calculus that's really hard to
answer but I do like technology I do
like things like image recognition and
want to go pursue a career in those type
of fields and to be able to do so I need
to know calculus so there you have it a
personal connection when I tend to find
personal connection to a material it
makes me way more motivated to study it
because I feel feel like there's a
meaning behind this I'm not just
studying it to get an A in an exam but
I'm studying this to get knowledge about
a specific field that will let me get
knowledge about something that I'm
actually interested in especially if the
current subject is slightly boring like
calculus mostly is once you found your
why it's time to look at the bigger
picture see when I started to learn
programming I had to learn data
structures and algorithms it's a topic
in programming and in data structures I
had to learn different type of arrays
and that was so dry and boring but
everything clicked once I understood
where arrays fit in the bigger picture
think of your subject as a
timeline you have the beginning the
middle and the end usually lecture notes
and textbooks or any course that you
take tend to show you the timeline of
what you're going to learn in this
course right at the start use this to
recognize where each topic you learn
fits in the bigger story for examp
example in data structures course you
start with basic concepts like arrays
link list and then you move on to more
complex structures like trees and graphs
and then once you know those basic
things you then move on to more complex
topics like algorithms once you
understand this progression it lets you
see how different pieces of the puzzle
will fit in the bigger picture it's kind
of like knowing your final destination
and seeing the map of how you're going
to get there for example if I told you
to leave your house and go to the bus
stop Downs test and then I tell you to
go to bus stop number two next to it you
will be lost cuz you will be like why am
I even going to that bus stop instead if
I tell you okay you're supposed to go to
the Lululemon store at 2: p.m. to get
there first go to this bus stop a after
you go to bus stop a go to bus stop B
and then you will end up in Lululemon
store that makes life so much easier
because then you're not so lost anymore
you kind of know what every step of your
journey is and what the fin know
destination is once you know your
destination these small parts start to
make more sense and once things make
more sense you get more engaged and
motivated to continue learning about
them more seeing the bigger picture is
actually not just limited to academic
subjects so I know the examples I give
are more about University students or
like just people learning new subjects
but I use this technique even at work
especially in bigger organizations where
you just have a lot of different things
to learn and there's just so much
knowledge flowing around like how do you
understand everything that's where
seeing the bigger picture actually comes
handy because once you see the bigger
picture you can narrow down and see what
you don't know and start to learn and
pick up those knowledge gaps so the next
time you start to learn a new subject of
skill look for the bigger picture look
for the main timeline what is this
subject or what is this course actually
going to be about spend like the first
10 minutes of starting out just drawing
out this timeline and even if those
parts seem confusing you don't even know
what they mean that's a good thing
because now you know what you don't know
and that's the first step solved now
that you found your why and you know
that you have to see the bigger picture
it's time for the third technique which
is teaching others this technique was
actually so so powerful for me and it
really helped me go to the next step
because I realized two things first when
I decided to teach someone else I
actually had to simplify my thoughts
and consolidate them in a way that is
easily understandable by somebody else
especially those who have less knowledge
about a subject than you and that whole
process of consolidating simplifying
things helped reinforce these Concepts
and ideologies in me and just made it so
much easier for me to remember them in
the long term and number two it also
helped me recognized what knowledge gaps
I had because as I tried to explain
something to someone else and they would
ask me me questions about what they
didn't understand and sometimes I
wouldn't have the answer to those
questions so then I would realize that
hm there's still quite a bit I don't
know and that would make me go back read
up more so that I can explain it to
somebody else but it's very easy for me
to sit here and say okay just going and
teach somebody else but the truth is how
do you actually incorporate this
technique into your everyday study
routine the first way and the easiest
way is to find friends and teach them
you can study with friends and explain
different concepts or topics to each
other and test each other that's a great
way or something else that really really
worked for me was I used to pretend like
I have a TT in my room when I'm sitting
alone and just try to explain Concepts
to this random thing person or in
programming what we call a rubber duck
so just try and explain something to
somebody else and pretend like they have
no knowledge about the topic and as you
explain you'll really start to
understand that concept A lot better
once you end up being good enough in the
topic I highly recommend becoming an
actual tutor to real people around you
who might not be as knowledgeable about
that subject but they want to learn more
that's another great way you could also
make videos or blog posts about certain
topics that interest you or that you
want to learn more about them something
like what I'm doing right now or that
I've done on this channel making this
video actually helped me reinforce all
these Concepts and remember them all
over again and I also ended up learning
new things while researching and trying
to keep all this knowledge more
comprehensible for all of you but there
you have it some powerful strategies
that really really help me improve my
relationship with studying learning and
have helped me helping me and will
continue to help me in the future as
well hope you like it and I will see you
in the next one
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