how I studied for 12 hours a day for over a year

James Scholz
18 Apr 202119:43

Summary

TLDR在这段视频中,演讲者分享了他如何通过长时间的学习来实现个人目标和成长。他首先介绍了成长型思维模式,这是他改变心态的第一步,从固定型思维模式转变为接受挑战和不断进步的成长型思维。接着,他讨论了驱动力与动力的区别,强调了内在驱动力的重要性,以及如何通过阅读David Goggins的书籍《Can't Hurt Me》来找到自己的驱动力。此外,他还分享了如何通过建立强大的习惯来保持一致性,推荐了James Clear的《原子习惯》来学习如何养成习惯。他还强调了深度工作的重要性,并推荐了Cal Newport的《深度工作》来提高专注力。最后,他讨论了如何避免疲劳和保持健康,包括保持身体活动和正确的姿势。演讲者鼓励观众找到自己的驱动力,追求自己的目标,并成为更好的自己。

Takeaways

  • 🌟 **心态转变**:从固定心态(认为自己的能力是固定的)转变为成长心态(相信自己的能力可以通过努力提升)。
  • 🚀 **内在驱动力**:不依赖于外部激励(动机是易变的),而是依靠内在的驱动力去实现目标。
  • 📚 **成功欲望**:作者通过阅读《Can't Hurt Me》等书籍,找到了自己的驱动力,即想要成功并超越他人的看法。
  • 🔥 **持续努力**:即使在YouTube频道增长缓慢时,作者也没有放弃,而是继续努力,最终实现了快速增长。
  • 📈 **建立习惯**:通过建立习惯来保持一致性,如使用日记跟踪进度,推荐阅读《Atomic Habits》来学习如何建立习惯。
  • 🎓 **深度学习**:关注学习的深度而不是时长,推荐《Deep Work》来学习如何提高专注力和深入学习。
  • ⏱️ **时间与质量**:高质量的工作等于时间乘以专注的质量,专注的质量比时间更加重要。
  • 🤸 **身体健康**:保持身体健康对于能够长时间坐着学习至关重要,包括定期锻炼和保持良好的姿势。
  • 🧘 **心理健康**:认识到努力工作和避免过度劳累之间的平衡,以及如何通过耐心和自我接纳来克服疲劳。
  • 🍽️ **营养饮食**:注意饮食健康,确保摄入的食物有助于保持身体和精神健康。
  • ❓ **个人选择**:是否选择这种生活方式取决于个人的目标和优先级,需要自己决定这是否适合自己。

Q & A

  • 视频中提到了两种心态,它们分别是什么?

    -视频中提到的两种心态是固定心态(fixed mindset)和成长心态(growth mindset)。固定心态是指认为自己的能力是有限的,不愿意挑战超出自己认为的极限。而成长心态则强调面对挑战、不断自我提升,即使遇到困难也能变得更强。

  • 为什么说依赖动力(motivation)可能会失败?

    -依赖动力可能会失败,因为动力是易变的,容易受到外界因素影响,如天气、情绪等。当生活舒适时,人们容易找到动力去做困难的事情,但一旦遇到真正的挑战,动力可能就不足以支撑下去。

  • 什么是驱动力(drive),它与动力有何不同?

    -驱动力是一种内在的、持续的推动力,它不依赖于外部条件,能够让人在面对困难时继续前进。与动力不同,驱动力更加稳定和持久,它关注的是长期目标和个人内在的渴望,而不是短期的情绪或外部激励。

  • 如何找到并培养自己的驱动力?

    -找到并培养驱动力需要深入了解自己的渴望和目标。可以通过阅读励志书籍、与有驱动力的人交流、反思个人经历等方式来激发和增强驱动力。重要的是要有一个清晰的愿景,知道自己为什么要努力,以及这样的努力如何帮助自己实现长远目标。

  • 为什么建立强大的习惯对于长期坚持学习很重要?

    -建立强大的习惯有助于保持学习的一致性和持续性。习惯可以减少我们对是否执行某项任务的犹豫,使我们在特定时间自动开始行动,从而避免拖延。《原子习惯》(Atomic Habits)一书中提到,习惯的建立可以通过跟踪和奖励自己的行为来实现。

  • 如何衡量学习的效果?

    -衡量学习效果不应仅仅依赖于学习的时间长度,而应关注学习的深度。《深度工作》(Deep Work)一书中提到,高质量的工作等于时间乘以专注的质量。因此,应该追求在学习时达到深度专注,提高学习效率。

  • 为什么说深度学习比长时间学习更为重要?

    -深度学习能够让我们在较短的时间内获得更多的知识和理解,而长时间学习可能会导致效率低下和注意力分散。深度学习强调的是专注和效率,而不是单纯的时间长短。

  • 如何应对学习过程中的疲劳和倦怠?

    -面对学习过程中的疲劳和倦怠,需要对自己有耐心,接受学习过程中会有起伏。重要的是要找到适当的休息和放松方式,保持身心健康,避免过度劳累。同时,保持对学习的热情和目标的清晰认识,也有助于克服倦怠。

  • 为什么说身体健康对于学习同样重要?

    -身体健康是学习的基础。良好的身体健康能够保证我们有足够的精力和清晰的思维来进行学习。此外,定期的体育活动也有助于缓解学习压力,提高学习效率。

  • 如何保持正确的学习姿势以避免身体伤害?

    -保持正确的学习姿势需要投资于符合人体工程学的椅子和桌子,以及可能的辅助工具,如脚垫、背靠和腕托。此外,定期站起来活动和做一些伸展运动也有助于避免长时间静坐带来的身体不适。

  • 视频中提到,这种长时间学习的生活方式是否适合每个人?

    -这种长时间学习的生活方式并不适合每个人。它需要个人有强烈的内在驱动力、明确的目标和良好的时间管理能力。每个人应该根据自己的情况和目标来决定是否采取这种学习方式。

  • 如何确定这种长时间学习的生活方式是否适合自己?

    -确定这种生活方式是否适合自己,需要深入了解自己的目标、渴望和个人情况。可以通过自我反思、与他人交流和尝试不同的学习方法来探索。重要的是要诚实地评估自己是否有持续的动力和必要的资源来维持这种生活方式。

Outlines

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😀 心态转变:从固定心态到成长心态

视频的第一部分讲述了创作者如何通过理解成长心态来改变自己的生活和学习方式。他提到了TED演讲中介绍的两种心态:固定心态和成长心态。固定心态是认为自己的能力是固定的,不愿意挑战自己的极限。而成长心态则是接受挑战,不断突破自我,变得更强。作者分享了自己从高中时期依赖天赋而不学习,到大学面对困难时意识到需要改变心态,最终选择了成长心态,并将其作为自己学习和生活的重要驱动力。

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🚀 驱动力:超越动机的追求成功欲望

在这一部分,作者讨论了驱动力和动机的区别,并强调了驱动力的重要性。他认为动机是易变的,依赖动机来推动行动很容易失败。相反,驱动力是持续的,不因外界因素而改变。作者分享了自己如何通过阅读David Goggins的书籍《Can't Hurt Me》找到自己的驱动力,以及如何通过建立强大的习惯来维持这种驱动力。他还提到,驱动力来自于个人的目标和愿望,而不是为了他人的认可。

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📚 学习深度:重视学习质量而非时间长度

作者在这一部分强调了学习深度的重要性,而不是单纯的学习时间。他推荐了Cal Newport的书籍《Deep Work》来帮助读者了解如何在分心的世界中保持深度工作。作者认为,应该专注于提高学习的质量,即使这意味着减少学习的时间。他还提到了一个公式:高质量的工作等于时间乘以专注的质量。他建议找到适合自己的学习时长,然后尝试在这段时间内尽可能深入地学习,而不是无限制地延长学习时间。

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🔥 坚持与避免倦怠:平衡努力与休息

在这一部分,作者讨论了如何保持对学习和其他活动的长期承诺,以及如何避免倦怠。他分享了自己的经验,包括在感到倦怠时的应对方法,强调了耐心和自我接纳的重要性。作者还提到了身体健康对于维持学习和其他活动的重要性,包括定期锻炼、保持良好的姿势和饮食习惯。最后,他鼓励观众根据自己的目标和愿望来决定这种生活方式是否适合自己,并表达了对他们成功的愿望。

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Keywords

💡成长心态

成长心态是一种信念,认为通过努力和学习,个人能力和智力可以发展和提高。在视频中,它与固定心态相对,后者认为能力是天生的、不可改变的。视频作者通过TED演讲了解到成长心态,并将其作为改变学习态度和提高自我的第一步。

💡驱动力

驱动力是指个人内心深处想要成功和达成目标的强烈欲望。与动机不同,驱动力是持续的,不依赖于外部条件或情绪波动。视频中提到,作者不是依靠一时的动机,而是内在的驱动力,即使在困难和挑战面前也不放弃。

💡习惯

习惯是人们通过重复行为形成的自动化模式,有助于提高效率和减少决策疲劳。视频中,作者强调了建立强大习惯的重要性,如通过创建日志跟踪行为并建立连续性,从而减少拖延,保持一致性。

💡深度工作

深度工作是指在无干扰的状态下集中注意力进行的专业活动,这种工作方式可以提高效率和创造力。视频中推荐了《深度工作》一书,并讨论了如何在分心的世界中进行深度学习,以及如何衡量学习的深度而非仅仅学习的时间长度。

💡动机

动机是激发个人行动的内在或外在因素。视频中提到,动机是易变的,依赖于动机可能导致失败,因为动机会随外部环境和个人情绪的变化而波动。作者通过个人经历说明了动机与驱动力的区别。

💡健康

健康是身体、心理和社会福祉的完好状态。视频中,作者讨论了保持身体健康的重要性,包括适当的运动、良好的姿势和健康的饮食,这些都是支持长时间学习的基础。

💡目标

目标是个人或组织希望实现的具体成果。视频中,作者提到了明确的目标对于驱动个人行动的重要性,无论是为了个人成长、帮助他人还是实现职业上的成功。

💡持久性

持久性是指在面对困难和挑战时不放弃的特质。视频中,作者通过自己的经历,如YouTube频道早期增长缓慢,说明了即使在看似没有进展的时候,持久性也是推动继续前进的关键因素。

💡平衡

平衡是指在生活中不同方面之间找到的均衡状态。尽管作者强调了长时间学习的重要性,但也提到了保持生活平衡的必要性,包括社交、娱乐和个人兴趣。

💡自我提升

自我提升是指个人通过学习和努力改善自己的能力、技能和个性特质。视频中,作者的整个讨论都围绕着自我提升的概念,包括通过学习、锻炼习惯和深度工作来实现个人成长。

💡燃烧殆尽(Burnout)

燃烧殆尽是一种由于长期压力或工作过度而导致的极度疲劳和失去动力的状态。视频中,作者提到了在追求高强度学习和工作时,如何避免和应对燃烧殆尽的情况,强调了自我关怀和接受起伏的重要性。

Highlights

视频讨论了如何通过12小时以上的每日学习来实现自我提升,强调了动机、纪律和心态的重要性。

介绍了固定心态与成长心态的概念,以及如何通过改变心态来促进个人发展。

强调了驱动力与动机的区别,并讨论了如何依靠内在驱动力而非外部动机来实现长期目标。

提到了《不能伤害我》一书对理解个人驱动力的重要性,以及如何通过个人经历来找到并强化自己的驱动力。

讨论了如何通过建立强大的习惯来保持学习的连续性和避免拖延。

推荐了《原子习惯》一书,以帮助读者学习如何构建和维持有效的习惯。

强调了深度学习的重要性,而不仅仅是学习的时间长度,并推荐了《深度工作》一书来提高专注力。

提出了高质量工作等于时间乘以专注度的公式,强调了专注度的重要性。

讨论了如何找到适合自己的学习深度,并在保持健康的同时,避免过度劳累和燃尽。

分享了个人如何通过跑步和其他形式的锻炼来保持身体健康,以及这如何对学习有积极影响。

强调了良好姿势对于长期学习者的重要性,并分享了改善坐姿的方法。

讨论了如何通过健康的饮食和适量的运动来维持良好的身体状态,从而支持学习效率。

提出了是否每个人都适合这种高强度学习生活方式的问题,并鼓励观众根据自己的目标和愿望来决定。

鼓励观众找到自己的内在驱动力,并记住自己的长期目标,即使在面临困难时也不放弃。

分享了个人如何通过不断学习和自我提升,最终达到个人成长和满足感的经历。

视频以对观众的鼓励和祝福结束,希望他们能找到适合自己的学习方式,并实现个人目标。

Transcripts

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hey what's up you guys today we have

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an important video probably the most

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important one i'm ever gonna make

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uh my most asked question how did you

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do it what was your mindset how did you

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study for

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12 hours a day for over a year so yeah

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let's just go ahead and talk motivation

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discipline

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drive mindset what

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causes a person to do what i did

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so yeah this is just what uh worked for

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me um how i did it

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and kind of where i came from and yeah

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let's just go ahead and get right into

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it

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so what finally caused that 180 to the

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point where you're here now

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and the definitely the first step that i

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took was

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in physics um our professor assigned us

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a ted talk to watch

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and it's about this thing called the

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growth mindset

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and in the video they introduced two

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mindsets the first one is the fixed

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mindset

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and the second one is the growth mindset

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and in the fixed mindset

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it's kind of like all right

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here is my ceiling and anything outside

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of that ceiling

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i'm just not gonna do i'm born with the

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limit

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and i don't want to push myself

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i'm not smart enough to do this

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assignment and

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my boy greg has got me and

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that's definitely the mindset that i had

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up until that point in my life

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was the fixed mindset you know in high

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school

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i did really well without studying why

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would i

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study when i can get a's just fine

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but you see when college finally rolled

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around and it was actually difficult

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i didn't think that it was my studying

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that was a problem right i just thought

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i wasn't smart enough

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and that was just kind of how i was

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raised you know that kid's a priority

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over there

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so he's probably not very hard working

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and he just is born with all that talent

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you can just do it out of the bat i

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really

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thought that my mindset was the issue

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and i knew that i had like wanted to do

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well in university

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and in life in general so

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the other mindset they introduce is the

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growth mindset

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it's all about taking on your challenges

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and pushing yourself and breaking

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yourself down so that you can come back

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stronger

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it's about resilience it's about not

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waning in the face of aversion you know

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and it's not it's definitely a paradigm

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shift

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to what i had before and it's the very

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first step that i took

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was adopting and understanding the

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mindset in its entirety

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so if you're not familiar with the

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growth mindset

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i highly recommend you check it out and

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yep that was the first step that i took

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all right second topic that i want to

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talk about which is

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drive motivation and

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the desire to succeed all right

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so it's a pretty heavy topic uh i don't

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know how quickly i could summarize

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my entire life's experience in these

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short

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two minutes or so but motivation

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and drive the key part that i want you

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to take out of this following

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segment is that i don't rely on

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motivation to do the things that i do

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i think that if you just rely on

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motivation

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um you're just setting yourself up for

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failure right because motivation is

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volatile

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it's bound to change you know what it's

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raining outside

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i don't feel like running i'm just not

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gonna go train for the marathon today

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that's what motivation will get you uh

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nowhere

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no it might get you there for like two

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weeks

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but in the long run no motivation does

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not work at all

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so i think when people ask me all the

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time

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how are you so motivated why can you do

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this every day

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like what motivates you the thing is i'm

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not

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motivated to do any of this i'm driven

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to do this and that's a very big

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difference right

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drive versus motivation the fundamental

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change between the two is that drive

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continues

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drive can get you from point a to point

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b without stopping

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and it doesn't care about the rain

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outside

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when you're trying to go running it

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doesn't care about how cold the water is

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when you go shower you know

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and that sounds pretty intense but you

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ought to understand that

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motivation is volatile you know it's

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easy to be motivated

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to do hard things when you're

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comfortable in life when

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everything is going just a-okay but

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when you finally face challenges that

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actually push your buttons

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motivation is not going to work and

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that's why i rely on my drive so

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what is drive i have a difficult time

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defining it in words but

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my desire to succeed it kind of does

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and fans of flame inside my heart to get

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me driven to do the things that i want

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to achieve

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my goals my aspirations those are your

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drive

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and if you rely on motivation to get

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them

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it won't work so how did you finally

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find your drive

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i think like i hadn't met truly driven

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people in my life

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before you know i've met people who are

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brilliant but also driven they wanted to

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get life's full experience that's

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actually why i started this channel was

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to share my drive

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online so how did you get it

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um i don't want to say i read a book but

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the book can't hurt me by david goggins

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was really important in understanding

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why i wanted to do the things that i did

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i had this really massive chip on my

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shoulders all in high school because i

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was always like the weird kid

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who wasn't socially successful

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wasn't particularly liked

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by other people and i just really

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remember like

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hating that feeling people just looking

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down on me you know

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like i'm just another person that

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they're gonna meet but i just

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remember being like i'm just gonna be so

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driven that you won't forget me yeah i

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just always had that chip on my shoulder

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because

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i was always just like the weird kid and

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i just always wanted to

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do better i also will say about the

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whole

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um drive thing that it's not about

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showing off how driven you are or

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anything

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it's not about doing it for other people

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i would say that it was definitely for

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me like if you watch videos from when i

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was a little kid

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or in high school middle school you

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could see how unconfident i was you know

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i couldn't stand up straight anything

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that knocked me down i'll just kind of

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roll over and lay there and

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understanding why i wanted to

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do better really took me a long time to

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figure out

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and i think the book can't hurt me

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explains

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the reason for his drive and i could see

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a lot of myself in that person

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and i also wanted to share that with you

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guys

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so that's why i started this channel i

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wouldn't say that i did it for other

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people you know

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i did it for me because i wanted to

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become the best person that i could be

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i got things i want my life i want to

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buy

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my mom a big house i want to be a great

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father

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i want to help people

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and things like sitting there on

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instagram all day

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watching pointless youtube videos all

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day running away don't get me there

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it took me 19 years to figure that out

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i want to be present with my friends and

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i really want to connect with people

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and i just wasn't putting the two and

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two together i didn't know what i really

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wanted

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until i just been pushed so hard

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because in school my family

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no family not having a family and

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i knew what i finally wanted

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and i realized that i couldn't stop

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and care about small things together

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i didn't really wait

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i didn't want to wane no matter what and

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that's drive

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and that's why my my youtube channel you

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know starting off it took me

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like five months to reach 1000

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subscribers

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when i started making these videos i

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lost subscribers because i had like 100

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when i started

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but i didn't care about that motivation

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would have stopped me right there

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five months no growth why would i

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continue

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but no drive drive got me through that

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plateau

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because you know what after that five

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months i got 1 000 subs

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and then another month i got 10 000 subs

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and then three months after that i got

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50 000 subs

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and that's what drive will get you

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you've got to figure out

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what you truly want and you have to

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figure out

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why you want it and those things have to

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be really clear

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all right because when you're out there

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and you're fighting

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you're gonna forget a lot about why

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you're there you know you're gonna ask

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why am i even doing this you have to

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remember

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why you're doing it so figure out

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what drives you why you want to be a

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better person

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and you have to remember all right drive

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after you figure out drive the first

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thing

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i did after that was build strong habits

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there's a lot of systems that i use to

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do that the first thing that comes to

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mind

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was definitely streaking like creating

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journals

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where you track how much you do

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something and

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every time you do it you just cross it

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off and i built a streak

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that's how i did it in the book atomic

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habits

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by james clare he talks a lot about

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how to build habits and i highly

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recommend the book

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if you haven't read it basically the

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habits

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are what keep you consistent it's what

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stops procrastination

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because when you're doing something

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persistently you don't think about twice

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about doing it right

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you don't think about man should i brush

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my teeth this morning

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no you just do it and i've managed to

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turn a lot of things in my life into

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habits

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including studying i would say before i

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study for

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so and so every day i don't think about

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whether or not i'm going to do it you

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know

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it's more like my body knows that it's

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that time of day again

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it's time to study it's time to go work

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out it's time to go

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do the dishes or something i can't

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summarize the entire book

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about how to build habits into this

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short video

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but i highly recommend you check out the

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book atomic habits

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by james clare if you want to learn how

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to do it

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but after drive figure out

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your habits so that's the next step all

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right and then another thing that i had

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wanted to talk about

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in this video was measuring your

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studying

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and how you're progressing in your

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studying and

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i think on youtube especially it's

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definitely too easy to

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get obsessed with how long you study

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but that's the wrong way to do it you

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need to become

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concerned about how deep you can get

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there's another book

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about this that i also recommend so in

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this video i'll recommend three books

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the third one is deep work by count

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newport and it's about

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studying deeply how focused can you get

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in this noisy world and that's how you

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should be measuring your studying

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because

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we do things to make us study longer

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when we know we're going to study for a

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long time

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you know if you're going to go on an

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18-hour plane trip versus a two hour

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plane trip

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there's different things that you're

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gonna do i think that when you don't

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care about how deep you get you're not

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gonna make good use of your time you

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know

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there's better things to be doing than

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shallow work

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that you could be doing that actually

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makes you a better person

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in the book he introduces a formula high

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quality work

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is equal to the time spent times the

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quality of focus

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all right and if that second variable

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is low you're not going to get a lot of

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work done regardless of how much

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studying you do

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quantifying how well you can or how deep

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you can go

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isn't easy but i do recommend the book

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because he does give ways to measure

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that

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factor and how to get into the zone but

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that's my ultimate

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goal honestly is to get extremely deep

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for the entire

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study duration what i recommend you do

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is figure out

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where you're comfortable studying right

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now

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whether that's two or three hours you

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know or even longer than that

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and then during that span don't change

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it for a while

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but try to get as deep as possible

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during your study

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because that formula like i mentioned

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earlier there's an upper bar on how long

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you should be studying every day

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it doesn't really make sense to me to be

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studying you know the moment you wake up

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to when you go to bed

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because there's just no balance in that

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you know you have to have

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a life and you have to have friends

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and perhaps a bit hypocritical when i

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say this but i've

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managed to get good enough that i can

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study for

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you know a certain amount of time every

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day regardless of where you are

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you should always be prioritizing how

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deep you can get

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it took me a long time to be able to get

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where i am now

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a few years ago i could barely study for

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like two hours without

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getting a headache but it took a lot of

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deliberate effort to

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be able to push myself both in terms of

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depth and in terms of length

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that formula before high quality work is

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equal to work done times by the depth

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you need to make sure that you're aware

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that the depth

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is the more important one because that

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one has a lot more room for growth

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you know the other one is fixed it

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doesn't make sense to study

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more than 12 hours a day at least for me

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because

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i need to be getting like eight hours of

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sleep in order to get focused enough

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that i can study it for that long and

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certain amount of focus you know

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i'm just rambling but the point of this

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section of this video

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is that you need to understand that the

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depth to which you study is far more

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important than how long you study

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and i want you to remember that whenever

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you study so i also wanted to talk about

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burnout and staying committed to this

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lifestyle

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i wish i knew all the answers but i'm

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not sure what to tell people when

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they're burned out

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other than i think you just need to be

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patient with yourself

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and that you have to accept that it's

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always up there's also downs

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staying committed to this lifestyle it's

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not easy

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you know if it was easy everyone would

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do it but it's hard work

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there's a bounce between pushing

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yourself to the extreme

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and pushing yourself too hard and for a

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lot of people that balance is different

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and for me i can push myself pretty dang

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hard

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i think if i went even harder i would

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get burned out

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to be honest with you and i'm not sure

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what i'd do with myself then

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but at the start i did get burned out

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and really

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all that i was able to do during that

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time was just wait until things got

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better

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and i know that's not like a great thing

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to say but we have to accept that

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things do come with both positives and

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negatives

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and that pushing yourself so hard ain't

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easy you know

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and it's not desirable always i wish i

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could tell you

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how to get out of a burnout but i can't

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all i can tell you is that you have to

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be really careful about

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not getting into a burnout and if you do

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get into a burnout

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understand what happens and don't do it

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again i also want to talk about like

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your physical health

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and how i remains healthy you know even

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while

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sitting for 12 hours a day and the

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answer was i was always

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active outside of the studying outside

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of my live stream

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mainly running um

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i was training for a marathon before it

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was cancelled by running

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a 10k every few days around it three

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days a week

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there was like a two to three week

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period there where

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i lost track of things and i wasn't

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exercising

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and man that was physically horrible

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i like muffin tops almost immediately

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i think my mental health is just down in

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the drains then

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yeah going outside and routinely

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getting an exercise definitely was

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crucial

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in me being able to sit down all day

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and another thing that was really

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important was my posture

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if you like look at those earlier videos

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you can see that i have just horrible

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posture

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and that took a toll on my back after

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you know a few months of that

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and i wish i had taken it more seriously

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at the start

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but now i do take it very seriously

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um you can see me i use like a little

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angled writing stand

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i have an ergonomic chair in this

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position in a way that's

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very supportive of my back my lower back

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my legs i wish i had

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made an investment in those things

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earlier on

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because while i never had to go to like

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the chiropractor or anything

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i think that i wasn't pushing people to

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be more posturally correct

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as i should have been if you're going to

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do something like this

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you need to make sure that you're

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physically sound you know you're eating

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the correct

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foods and the types of foods that you're

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eating are all healthy for you

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and that you're sitting correctly you're

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getting enough physical exercise

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because that also impacts your mental

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health as well

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so yeah that was my physical health

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which also plays a big role in your

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mental health

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the last thing that i wanted to talk

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about in this video was

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whether or not this is for you um

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and i wish i could tell you whether or

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not it was for you but

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i know it's for me mainly because

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i really have strong aspirations i'm

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ambitious

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i want to become a better person i'm

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interested

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in helping other people i'm interested

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in becoming the best version of me

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so those are the reasons that i think i

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really

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wanted to study a lot but maybe

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those things aren't priorities for you

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so

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this isn't easy by any means in fact

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it's very difficult

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and if it was easy i'm sure that plenty

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of people would do it right because

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there's

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a lot of benefits to pushing yourself

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hard i mean i've learned

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so much just in the span of this

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pandemic

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i think as i grow older i'll also have

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to learn

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much more just by living in this

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lifestyle that i do

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i'm very happy and i'm present and i'm

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focused

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so i can tell you whether or not this is

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for you that's for you to answer

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but if you do decide to embark

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on this lifestyle i hope

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you do well you know i wish you the best

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of luck

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i really do hope that um you become a

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greater person

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so yeah thank you so much for watching i

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hope

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this video was a beneficial to you but

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have a nice rest of your day

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