How to beat 99% of students while studying LESS
Summary
TLDRIn this engaging video script, the narrator shares a personal story of procrastination and inefficiency, leading to a discovery of how to effectively 'lock in' and achieve a flow state for optimal productivity. The script delves into the role of the reticular activating system (RAS) in our brain, the importance of managing stress, and the benefits of setting time limits and breaking tasks into smaller goals. It offers practical advice on enhancing focus and motivation, ultimately transforming the way one works and studies, aiming to unlock one's full potential.
Takeaways
- 🍍 'Pineapple as the most violent fruit' is a metaphor for the speaker's distraction from studying.
- 📱 The speaker admits to being distracted by their phone and social media instead of studying for exams.
- 📚 Despite having a chemistry book open, the speaker feels inefficient and guilty about wasting time.
- ⏱️ The script highlights the shocking statistic that only 2.3 hours of an 8-hour workday are productive for adults, implying even less for students.
- 👽 A humorous scenario imagines aliens observing human behavior, confused by the lack of focus on tasks.
- 🔒 The speaker, Steven Park, describes a transformation in their work habits, achieving a state of high efficiency.
- 🧠 The 'Reticular Activating System' (RAS) in the brain is introduced as the 'general' that controls focus and alertness.
- 🤯 The concept of 'eustress' is presented as positive, manageable stress that enhances focus, contrasting with 'distress'.
- ⏰ The strategy of setting short, intense study periods can lead to more productive work than longer, less focused sessions.
- 🎮 Drawing an analogy to video games, the speaker suggests breaking tasks into smaller, manageable goals to avoid overwhelming stress.
- 🚫 The importance of avoiding overstimulation to maintain the effectiveness of motivational hormones like dopamine is emphasized.
- 💪 The script concludes with an offer for a free masterclass and a program called 'Student Accelerator' to help students improve their study habits.
Q & A
Why is the pineapple referred to as the 'most violent fruit in the world' in the script?
-The script does not provide a specific reason for this statement, it seems to be a humorous or exaggerated claim made by the narrator to grab attention, as no further explanation is given.
What does the narrator do after learning about the pineapple?
-The narrator picks up their phone, starts scrolling, and then decides to tidy their room and rekindle their love for art by drawing random things.
Why does the narrator feel no sense of urgency despite having exams the next day?
-The narrator experiences a lack of urgency and procrastinates on studying, instead spending time on various non-study related activities, which is a common behavior among students when faced with exams.
What is the narrator's realization about their study habits?
-The narrator realizes they are inefficient, wasting a lot of time, and not studying despite having an exam the next day, which leads to feelings of guilt and self-awareness about their procrastination.
What statistic about work efficiency does the narrator mention?
-The narrator mentions that in an 8-hour workday, only 2.3 hours are actually spent working, implying that a significant amount of time is wasted.
How does the narrator describe the typical behavior of a person when they are supposed to be working?
-The narrator humorously describes a person getting distracted by various activities such as using a mobile device, scrolling social media, playing games, and even shadow boxing, instead of focusing on the task at hand.
What is the narrator's name and what is his claim to identity?
-The narrator's name is Steven Park, also known as Jay Park, and he describes himself as an active student.
How did the narrator transform their work habits after the described experience?
-The narrator learned from their experience and changed their work habits, being able to 'lock in' and work efficiently without getting distracted by random tasks.
What is the 'Flow State' mentioned in the script and how can it be achieved?
-The 'Flow State' is a mental state where a person is completely focused and immersed in an activity, leading to high productivity and creativity. It can be achieved by managing stress effectively and focusing energy on the right work.
What role does the Reticular Activating System (RAS) play in the brain?
-The RAS, likened to an 'Army General' in the script, is a network in the brain that activates the cerebral cortex and maintains consciousness, playing a crucial role in helping a person 'lock in' and focus.
What are the two types of stress mentioned in the script and how do they differ?
-The two types of stress mentioned are 'eustress' and 'distress'. Eustress is positive, manageable stress that keeps a person focused and energized, while distress is negative stress that is distracting and tiring.
What strategy does the narrator suggest to improve focus and productivity?
-The narrator suggests setting a strict time limit for studying, such as 16 minutes, and treating it as the only time available for revision, which can significantly increase focus and productivity.
How can setting goals and using 'checkpoints' help with managing stress and improving focus?
-Setting goals and using 'checkpoints' can help manage stress by breaking down tasks into smaller, manageable parts, allowing for a sense of accomplishment and reducing the feeling of being overwhelmed.
What is the 'challenge response' and how can it be used to improve focus?
-The 'challenge response' is a physiological reaction that prepares the body for action by increasing heart rate and respiration, sharpening focus, and providing a burst of energy. It can be used to improve focus by creating a sense of urgency and stress that can be capitalized on for motivation.
What advice does the narrator give for reducing overstimulation and improving focus?
-The narrator advises reducing exposure to overstimulating activities that can desensitize dopamine receptors, such as excessive use of social media or short-form videos, to improve focus and the ability to 'lock in'.
What is the 'Student Accelerator' program mentioned at the end of the script?
-The 'Student Accelerator' is a program introduced by the narrator that aims to help students become top performers in their class without having to study for hours on end, by utilizing the strategies and insights shared in the script.
Outlines
🤔 Procrastination and the Pursuit of Efficiency
The speaker begins by sharing a personal anecdote about procrastinating on a day meant for studying, instead getting distracted by various activities like watching YouTube documentaries, scrolling on social media, and even tidying their room. Despite knowing the importance of studying for an upcoming exam, they felt no urgency to start. They reflect on the inefficiency of their day, drawing a parallel to the statistic that in an 8-hour workday, only 2.3 hours are productive for adults. The speaker humorously imagines how aliens might perceive human behavior, focusing on the distractions and lack of focus. They introduce themselves as Steven Park, an active student, and reveal that this experience led to a transformation in their approach to work and studying, enabling them to achieve a state of high efficiency and focus.
🚀 Unlocking the Flow State and Managing Stress
In the second paragraph, the speaker delves into the concept of the 'flow state', a mental state where one is completely absorbed in an activity, leading to high productivity and creativity. They explain that the brain is naturally wired to enter this state, facilitated by the reticular activating system (RAS), which acts like a general controlling various hormones and physiological responses to help focus. The speaker discusses the importance of using stress effectively, distinguishing between 'eustress', which is positive and motivating, and 'distress', which is negative and tiring. They suggest setting time limits and small goals to create manageable stress that can help one enter the flow state. Additionally, they advise against overloading the RAS with too much stress, recommending breaking down tasks into smaller, manageable parts to avoid overwhelming the system. The speaker also touches on the role of various hormones in motivation and the importance of maintaining a balance to avoid overstimulation and burnout.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Pineapple
💡Efficiency
💡Flow State
💡Ras
💡Cortisol
💡Eustress
💡Distraction
💡Time Management
💡Dopamine
💡Challenge Response
💡Student Accelerator
Highlights
The speaker discusses the irony of watching YouTube documentaries about the 'violent fruit' pineapple while procrastinating on studying for exams.
A sudden decision to tidy the room and rekindle the love for art leads to a realization about the lack of urgency despite upcoming exams.
The speaker admits to feeling inefficient and wasting time, contrasting with the statistic that only 2.3 hours of an 8-hour workday are productive for adults.
A humorous hypothetical scenario of aliens observing human procrastination behaviors through a reality TV show lens.
Introduction of the speaker, Steven Park, and his transformation in work habits leading to increased efficiency.
The concept of the 'Flow State' and how it can be achieved through focusing energy on the right work.
The role of the Reticular Activating System (RAS) as the 'Army General' in the brain that controls focus and alertness.
The importance of managing stress through the balance of eustress (positive stress) and distress (negative stress).
Strategies to stimulate the RAS, such as using time-limited study sessions to create focused pressure.
Avoiding overloading the RAS by setting achievable goals and breaking tasks into smaller, manageable checkpoints.
The impact of hormones like dopamine, adrenaline, serotonin, norepinephrine, and endorphins on motivation and task completion.
The need to reduce overstimulation to enhance the motivational effects of completing tasks.
The challenge response as a way to prepare for action and increase focus under stress.
The value of learning to 'lock in' and work efficiently, as opposed to wasting time.
A call to action for students to realize their full potential by applying the strategies discussed for achieving better grades.
An offer of a free masterclass for those interested in learning more about becoming a top student without excessive studying.
Transcripts
huh that's really interesting I'm
sitting on my bed watching more YouTube
documentaries and I just learned about
how like the pineapple is like the most
violent fruit in the world I don't even
know why I'm watching at this point and
then I pick up my phone I just scroll
and scroll and then I suddenly just
decid to like tidy my entire room and go
through each drawer and I just decide to
suddenly like rekindle my love for art
marvelous and I start drawing loads of
random stuff but you know what the
craziest part is I have exams tomorrow
and I know I have to be studying but I
just feel no sense of urgency I have the
exam tomorrow and I know I need to lock
in I've said it over and over again I've
told my friends this Dam I'm going to
lock in for the exam don't worry guys
like I'm going to lock in I'm I'm going
to lock in like it's fine and today was
meant to be a day where I studied and I
worked and I spent none of that working
I felt no sense of urgency I'm meant to
be studying right and so I look guiltily
at my desk where my chemistry book is
wide open and it really just hits me how
inefficient I am giving me the ick how
much time I wasted do you know that in
an 8 hour workday only 2.3 of those
hours are actually spent working all the
other time it's wasted and that's for
adults and imagine how much more it was
for me on that day not to imagine like
the iPad kits that I cooked just just
imagine you're in some like reality TV
show and then we put a camera in the
corner of your room and we recorded you
working and we showed it to aliens just
for like fun they' genuinely be so
confused here in the natural habitat of
the homo sapien gen xenus they're
getting ready to hunt they sit down and
they're working on their task wow such
Vigor such concentration marvelous oh he
pulled out a mobile cellular device it
must be to research further into the
intricacies of mathematics he must be
enhancing his learning wow what a
wonderful species this oh hang on a
minute he's scrolling oh he's looking at
hot girls on Instagram oh he's playing
Clash Royale now oh he's fle he's he's
flexing in the mirror now oh he started
to shadow box randomly oh he started to
watch a whole movie while
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working my name is Steven Park also
known as Jay Park and I'm an active
student that what I just described right
there was my day I had to lock in I had
to exam the next day I just wasted so
much time it's funny that I think back
but I learned so much from that
experience I transform the way I work
and it's changed my life I can sit down
and get things done I can lock in it's
like I can reach the switch now and
there's no longer like the safety cap
over it it's a switch that I can flip
when I do I work at frighteningly
efficient rates without doing random
tasks this allowed me to study for a
less amount of time this allowed me to
study effectively for the exams tomorrow
and it allowed me to enjoy other things
on top of studying and working as well
as give time for other things we're
going to learn how to put distraction L
Focus energy onto the right work so the
Flow State You' probably experienced it
before in your life in some form I don't
blame you if you can't remember but you
probably can right when like every shot
was going in like when your tennis cers
were like acing when like in the
fortnite game like you're hitting all
your triple edits like everything makes
sense rapid decisions creative ideas
everything's just coming at you you're
focused in what you're doing you're 100%
IM must good news is that your brain is
actually wired to enter these states
your brain is wired to be able to lock
in and it all comes down to the Army
General inside our brain the r the
articularly activating system imagine
like a little guy quite little short guy
like ja like he's got a big build he has
like the camouflage like outfit on
that's your RS it's a network of
atomically and psychologically distinct
nuclear in the brain St that function to
activate the cerebral cortex and
maintain Consciousness okay nerd so what
does that actually mean basically your
Ras is the general that controls all
like your hormones like your nuclear
everything that works together to help
you lock it puts them in line and forces
them to get to work your RS has
something in his hand it's like little
wine cigar whatever the thing that he
needs it's cortisol cortisol is your
stress hormone and your RS needs that to
be able to lock the [ __ ] in but how do
we get our Ras more stimulated more
cortisol it's to utilize stress w JB JB
told me to get stressed like stress I
love you lifestyle workout I'm oh my God
over stress I'm going to get burnt out
I'm going to J I'm reporting you for
like child calm down I'm not promoting
like unhealthy study culture like stress
is bad obviously but there's two types
of stress distress and UST stress UST
stress is defined as happy manageable
stress that keeps you focused and
energized as opposed to distress which
is distracting and tiring you could also
think of ESS as pressure or motivation
whichever term you prefer you've
experienced it before right when your
mom said oh you you buy that helicopter
when you get good on this test there's
that pressure but that makes you work
even harder when it's 11:00 p.m. and
your say get to that pressure makes you
lock in and you suddenly like feel
Picasso bro like I'm I'm cooking like
something is spectacular in those last
hours as opposed to when it's a boring
task and there's no pressure when you're
just making notes on a lecture or you're
like studying like revising 10 hours a
day you feel no incenses for lock in and
that's why when it's too boring there's
no stress you're not able to lock in so
how can we have a better relationship
with our RS using these new found terms
you stress and distress it's to up the
intensity a lot of us be like I might
just Revis for 8 hours today and there's
no stress whatsoever set a time for 16
minutes and tell yourself that's the
only time I'm going to revise today tell
yourself like the world's going to blow
up today if you don't study for this one
hour and you'll be surprised how much
work and you'll be surprised how much
work you get done in the hour since
you're study for 8 hours previously AG
you get eight times more work done in
those 8 hours right actually this 1 hour
might even beat that Del Carnegie of
atomic habt literally did this when he
didn't wake up on time he haded the risk
of having to give his wife a Fiverr
every time he had the risk of saying
like in the evening when he said he work
and he didn't he'd have to run him up he
had this like consequence type thing the
second way to have a good relationship
with your Aras is to not overload it or
stress out too much if you stress out
your little Aras General too much like
he's going to start like spazing AR
right don't overwhelm him set goals in
video games there are like checkpoints
right so if you reach the checkpoint you
know it's like calm even if you die
you're just going to go back there but
when you say you have to finish the
5,000 word essay that's du tomorrow like
you're doing a hardcore run with no
checkpoints break down each task into
bite sizes and attack each one at a time
packs of dopamine adrenaline serotonin
nor epinephrine and endorphins big word
right they basically all are just
hormones inside your body that secreted
every time you complete a task you feel
happy you feel motivated when you
complete a task use this to your
advantage if you're dop re however are
too overstimulated if you gave your RS
guy strawberries to eat but he had
chocolate before that the strawberries
aren't going to taste sweet and they're
not going to have the same effects stop
frying your brain when you have too much
dopamine from Tik Tok short form all of
these things they actually decrease like
your dopamine receptors because they're
desensitized it's like you're stuffing
your RS with chocolate so the
strawberries don't taste sweet to feel
the effects of the strawberry and the
motivation to be able to lock it you
have to reduce dopamine from other
things try reducing things and you'll
see a massive Improvement in your focus
the challenge response also prepares you
for Action by increasing your heart
ratees causing you to breathe more
heavily sharpening your f focus and
giving you a burst of energy use this to
your advantage you want to get the
challenge response but this can only be
done under stress and being able to
capitalize on dopamine and your sense of
motivation learning how to sit down lock
in get work done it's such a valuable
skill think about it instead of wasting
time like you can actually just flick a
switch and you're locked in and you're
able to like get work done at
frighteningly efficient rates if you
want to get better grades I've got good
news and I've got bad news bad news is
that most students never achieve their
full potential but the good news is it's
simple to get good grad and it's by
utilizing stuff I've talked about today
I always strive to give the best free
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you heard today and you want to take it
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me and if what I just describe sounds
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as always take action and I'll see you
next time
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