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1. Aim High: Shoot for the moon, fall on the stars. 2. Cram early: Cram the right way. Focus on the structure initially. Focus on the fine details later. a. Structure Focused: create anchor points of relevance. build prior knowledge. b. Detail Focused: "There is a time for learning everything." 3. Build Prior Knowledge: Get general knowledge. Increase in complexity every iteration. "Choose the path of most relevance." 4. Be strategic with your resources. "Never compromise with the non-negotiables."
@@asatsuki9250 that's true. i also want to make it clear that the 1st point is just a mere quotation. justin sung also called the faulty logic out behind that maxim, and said, "you get the point." hope that clears things out.
@@nyowgeleu848 you'll get what i'm trying to say by watching the video with intention. my comment is to merely summarize the video's content for my future reference, so I don't have to watch the whole video again. also, you have the right to question or disagree with the comment, but i don't think it'll do any good to call someone "detached from reality" when, in fact, they're attempting to cultivate the collective knowledge of society. i hope that we arrive at the same understanding. have a nice day.
Great points. As a 60yr old beginner, I find what works best for me in addition to building a framework, is to find some aspect of the subject that you really love (ex. When learning a language - can you love writing the script or translating a poem). This can give relevance and the brain some nourishment, so when you get distracted, you can go for a quick snack and then return with more energy. I excelled in engineering by learning body language, and then by selective questioning the profs, I predicted 70% of the paper. It's a hack, i know, but it worked
this is such an intelligent way to think about it!! i recently struggled a lot with motivation and i found that starting of somewhere even just remotely connected to the difficult topic of study, can cause a domino effect and brings out a narrative that is not just interesting but also relatively easy to remember and recall and actively improve. you’re absolutely right, those treats can work wonders :)
@@levenkasaackerman3246 it's basically working with your teachers to see where their passion lies by how they react to specific topics of the course. It's more likely they will base questions on areas of interest to them. There are ways to predict what may be on a paper better than a 50% coin toss based on observation of reactions to questions from a team of students working together to build a sort of heat map of what's worth studying. You have to cover all the material just in case, but focusing on the likely topics to perfect. In my time we had to answer 5 out of 8 questions typically, and often we hit at least 6 of the 8 questions by mapping. It's hard to do with one person but 3 to 5 people working together can get a pretty good idea. Like i said it's a hack, and you can always find ways to optimize study if you work in a team over single studing. Same holds true in life
@@Manny1996 The idea is that you are not on the planet Earth anymore. One could argue that the Earth is already among the stars all the time - but this way of self-perception is not common sense, since it takes a while to truly imagine
I don't think there is anything wrong with that, we sometimes need an empathetic hand to ease our pain and struggle and to not feel alone, however along side that hand should be the other hand gently pushing us forward, and with that duality of support and encouragement we can draw the strength to soldier on, so it's not wrong to seek validation, what's wrong is turning that into a psychological escape mechanism from struggle and hardship .
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 03:28 🎯 First strategy is to "Aim High," as setting higher goals makes you think and act differently, pushing you to excel. 05:18 📚 Second strategy is "Cram Early," which involves studying all content at the beginning of the semester, allowing more time for other activities and reducing stress. 07:22 🧠 Effective learning involves adapting to the "timeline of learning," focusing on structure in early stages and details in later stages. 08:44 🧩 To retain information, create connections between new knowledge and what you already know, making it more relevant and memorable. 08:58 🧠 Prior knowledge helps connect new information more effectively, creating "Anchor points of relevance." 09:41 🔄 Learning should be incremental and flexible, often requiring out-of-order approaches to understand materials effectively. 10:22 🕰️ Learning and consolidation should happen simultaneously to be efficient. Doing them separately is less effective due to memory decay. 11:18 🗓️ Being strategic about what to learn at each stage is crucial, especially when time constraints exist. 11:59 🔄 Adopting a non-linear mapping technique for learning is highly effective, with more details in another video. 13:51 🎓 Leveraging university resources like staff should go beyond asking basic questions; aim for self-regulated learning skills. 15:00 🙋♀️ Use questions to test hypotheses and validate your synthesized understanding, rather than seeking basic information. 16:56 🏆 Effort in understanding and synthesizing material can be validated through expert review and even be a contribution to others' learning. 17:10 🧠 Use expertise strategically. The speaker emphasizes the value of leveraging the expertise of lecturers or mentors only for complex issues, not for basics. 17:52 🚫 Don't compromise on non-negotiables. The speaker did not compromise on essential habits and approaches needed for success, even when other students were struggling. 18:37 📚 Work ahead, even without full information. The speaker suggests studying in advance, even if all course material isn't available yet, to get a head start. 19:19 ⏱️ Effective time management. The speaker was able to work full-time while pursuing a full-time education program by optimizing his study techniques. 20:01 🛤️ Solutions-oriented mindset. The speaker avoided looking for reasons why he couldn’t succeed and instead focused on finding ways to achieve his goals.
My hypothesis of the non-negotiables was: sleep, nutrition, exercise. But it was better than I expected, no more Victim mentality! I can't afford the course yet, nevertheless I've applying the videos techniques and advice, and will continue. Splendid work Justin!
@@slasher42vs Do not buy any online “masterclass” course by RUclipsrs or influencers. Will save you a lot of money. Regardless of what anyone will say.
1. Aim high -> What would a high achieving student do? 2. Cram early w the right way -> Create a structure of knowledge connects to what you already know - How can you make the information relevant? Consolidate at the time of learning in the order of most relevance 3. Synthesis mental model of content and present it to an expert 4. Solutions Mentality = stop trying to find reasons that it's hard for you
3 is not right. Yeah Justin did synthesize a mental model of the content and presented it to an expert, but that's clearly missing the point of point number 3. He presented the mental model to an expert to check if it was correct since it would have taken a lot of time to figure out if it was correct. So the better way to phrase point 3 would be "Don't ask the simple questions, Figure it out yourself, ask the lecturer to check hypotheses you can't check yourself."
This is ridiculous. Justin provides chapters in his video already with a more accurate description. As @timetraveller2818 indicated the summary provided for #3 isn't accurate. This was his example of what he did that used a knowledgeable expert in a much more useful way than asking the mundane, simple questions. Yes, in his particular context of trying to review and truly understand the various models, which he took seriously by integrating and trying to form his own - the question was what #3 says, but it wouldn't be the same thing in every context or if you were not far enough along the tree of building the foundational skills Justin talks about to do that effectively. And Justin isn't just "wasting time" going deeper than one phrase . That you feel this is what he is doing demonstrates you either 1) lack the prior knowledge to acquire what he's saying or 2) you are intentionally evading what he's saying out of some desire to undermine him because you envy his success, or it could be some mix of both.
@@timetraveller2818 how would you interpret point 2? Because I find it quite effective to study the slides before the lecture. If you have the time, you could always study a bit more so you'll always be 2-3 lectures ahead. Imo, this eliminates the need to study the entire textbook before the end of semester if anyone finds it too overwhelming.
Thank you! But remember I am just a regular person like all of you. I just have some more years of experience diving deep on these topics. There's nothing innately special about me, and all of you can be just as good/better by focusing on being smart and intentional about your personal skills development. (And it will take a LOT less time than it took me if you learn from my mistakes which I warn about constantly in my videos).
@@JustinSung We know you are regular, mortal and bleed amigo :) But what you have achieved and are helping others achieve is definitely cutting edge and far from regular! I'm happily enrolled in your course and focusing on my marginal gains. It's tough work to do, but seeing you and those in the community inspires me to aim for those next levels, no matter how hectic and busy my life gets. It's like when the 4min mile was broken. Seeing you and others do it, changes our paradigm, how we look and think about things, and helps us train the right way.
@@JustinSung I mean there may not be nothing innately special about you, but the position you are in right now where you can learn at a rate significantly higher than 99.9% of the population still makes you special. I am currently in my gap year between high school and uni which I took to focus on powerlifting but people such as yourself and Scott Young have inspired me to work on meta cognitive processes to really make time for myself and my hobbies.
Synopsis: 1. Create high goals and emulate the qualities you think someone who achieves those would have, eliminate the qualities that wouldn’t work. 2. Do an intense general overview at the beginning of the course, and build knowledge from there. 3. Use resources wisely after doing the mental work. 4. Choose: success or excuses, and be open to trying something new. This all makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the content. I’m giving it a shot.
Justin I did not liked studying before or i can say I was average in studying but after following your instructions for 8 months (because it intrigued me) it's like I like to study, now way more than before because it's enjoyable as well as result yielding and studying is easier than it used to be so 🤣🤣
Your great! just the theory of not wanting your own mistakes repeated and even the idea of contributing the knowledge from your years of experimentation to everyone and putting it out for free. You really are an idol to look up to for me, we need more people like you making everyone's life easier.
You're really underrated. If i say out loud what you are trying to teach us it seems obvious and just logic but as a third year college student who is really behind on the material that's just what i needed to hear: trying to speedread a chapter and then repeat it until i memorize it it's madness. I kept forgetting past topics after studying a new one and i was so discouraged because that method worked in highschool and i couldn't figure out what changed. I figured i just became stupid but i didn't. It worked just because i was constantly cramming. Basically in italian highschool you have a very detailed test every month on few chapters for every subject. That was good for me because i have a good memory but bad for my future self because focusing so much on few topics doesn't allow to create connections and so i forgot everything i learned in highschool and i had to study it again. I wish textbooks implemented your method by covering all the basics first because if you're a beginner in the subject it's not easy to recognize important or useless detail. Actually now i wanna write textbooks that work like that. Also lectures have the same problems and i hate them cause i am constantly screaming internally "why do i have to know that? Just tell me how does it fit in the big picture!" i know it's something us student are supposed to figure out but it's frustrating listening to someone who just skips from a topic to another. Also, i study chemistry in college, in some cases the big picture is created after 3 years and various courses, so you just have to blindly study what they say to finish college in the correct amount of time (3 years in my case, it will take me 4)
Your 2 questions at the end were so profound that the light couldn't even fathom them Well Done Justin 😁🤣 Really Grateful to you for pushing out content like this. I'm in my 11th year of schooling at South Africa and earlier this year, I struggled to figure out "What would be the right way to study?". Thankfully, I stumbled across your channel. Now I find myself watching at least one of your videos and putting it into practice daily
The reason I know and trust Justin Sungs techniques is because they are all linked to chunking as the inherent technique. Associations and chunking is the best way for the brain to learn. The prior knowledge technique to create chunks is absolutely genius. I was first introduced to the idea of chunking from the books 'The Art Of Learning' and 'Mastery'. Josh Waitzken describes the art of chunking as 'Making Smaller Circles'.
This is the best video where it's explained in a simple way how the brain consolidates learning. From the basic to the complex. I don't think many take the dimension of how difficult it's to convey this type of information in a simple way as you do. His work is extraordinary and contributes to building a better human being through education. Greetings from Argentina.
I learnt this lesson the hard way: I wasn’t paying any effort during the first 4 weeks; I didn’t study the basics until they don’t seem basic; all my assignments were left right before the midterms; I put myself under immense pressure and stress, nothing seeps into my brain. Week8 and I’m just getting started. Thanks for the advice, and hope this valuable lesson taught me something.
amazing. i’ve always felt like i need to cram and at the same time i’ve never really did it thinking it is bad and i still cram befor the exams…. now i understand way better
I would like to see someone do something similar with a concept like math or computer science. In my own experience having jumped around between psychology, economics to mathematic’s and now working in software development I’ve found the more stem subjects to just have thousands of more concepts one needs to learn and much more procedural practice being required. Proof that these technique’s work in those areas would be awesome to see.
Wherever possible, as a student who was working 25-45 hours per week , I found it beneficial to work 7 days per week and to study 📖 5 days per week. My study 📖 hours also varied between 25-40 hours per week ! This gave me the flexibility that I needed. Seek the support of family and friends so that you’re not stressed about covering basic housing, food, phone, transportation, and other expenses. It’s rewarding to keep education costs low and to manage to save money for emergencies. God Bless 🧑🏻💻
That final section was scary like someone was breaking in. I remember your videos really helped me to get through Art History by making big ideas and using a lot of comparison, connections, and imagery (since I like to doodle a lot) to consolidate information in order for me to maintain those points in my mind and make it easy to review and recall at the end of the week. Finding concise ways that work best for you to digest information is the way to go IF there isn’t already a guide out there which there usually is. I still read slower than my dad with dyslexia cuz I need to refresh on how to skim pages effectively for key words, and it is hard to stay motivated and care when the subjects we go over aren’t interesting. But then you can mix this channel and the Cajun Koi Academy channel with working when your mind works at its best (for me in the morning) and then less difficult and thought provoking tasks later in the day. And lastly to put more effort into the subject that matter most to you whether that be grades, potential jobs, or your own interest, and put less emphasis and effort into the subjects that are less risk and care. And of course, take time to stretch, drink water, eat well, exercise, breathwork, walks, go see friends, sleep over always going to your phone and coping with something -> Dr.K. Allow yourself to emotionally process things by being okay with being bored. Then you can think in the background about what you just studied and whatever trauma or problems you have naturally, allowing yourself to feel refreshed so you can go through this whole process clearer and with more energy. Overall, focus, time to recalibrate and process stuff emotionally/mentally/physically, and a purpose greater than your feelings currently are what I feel drive a person to do good. I write all of this to try and digest what I just wrote and what thoughts I had before during and after of what connected ideas go with schoolwork and being a student. I find with depression and lack of purpose I have a lot of low energy. So these time saving and energy saving ideas in all of these channels help to figure out what the hell I am doing with this life and how I can detach from expectation to do what I may actually want to do in a way that works for me. Thank you to all these online mentors. You don’t have to have a two way relationship to have a mentor, just someone that guides you by their wills and advice.
thank you for sharing your perspective with such detailed explanation. My studies have nothing to do with art but reading this and seeing your process really helped.
Dude this guy is so practical and it breaks it down in a way I can understand. You’re videos are helping me. For my freshmen year I didn’t study at all. I was way too chill and just didn’t really care. I still got A’s thou but now I’m a sophomore and it’s a little harder. So I’ve actually been learning to study and using different ways to learn. So far it’s been successful and I’ve gotten A’s but some things I struggle with. I’m going to experiment with what I use to study and put it to good use. Good luck to y’all and I hope the year goes great.
The ending questions were absolutely mind opening. It explained a lot of my mistakes and mentality towards my studies. The previous points you made also changed my perspective completely on studying. I hope to follow your methods.
Someone part of his course here! It is really life-changing so If you have considered joining it but aren’t confident enough to make the last step, I highly advise you to do it!
@@daydreamingcase I'm in the earlier stages myself, so I haven't gotten to some of the more advanced learning techniques. But for one, in the early stages, there are some perspectives covered that will just blow your mind. The most useful thing so far for me has been the self-management techniques that are taught. This just speeds up progress and boosts motivation immensely. It's really remarkable. One study technique that I've been implementing (which is covered in the video) that has been really useful is pre-study. Even the mind maps have shown me some interesting ways information can be mapped and remembered, and seeing that I haven't even touched the surface of advanced mind map techniques, I can't wait to see what more I can do with it. Anyway, I'm going to renew my subscription to the yearly subscription soon! There is also a lot of support resources available. I highly recommend it if you're serious about leveling up in all aspects of life. That said, it's a lot of work so don't go into the course expecting it to be easy.
that last point was crazy, honestly the best point over the 4 points mentioned. a lot of conversations these days and type of communicating happening at almost any level, you find someone asking for help when they really want validation on how hard it is.
The last piece of advice regarding the "Learning Enablers" was great Justin!! All the methods taught here won't do us any justice if we don't develop the right "mindset" first.
5:02 I've never heard that saying in that formulation, I've only ever heard 'Shoot for the stars, and if you fail you'll still get the moon,' which makes the same point, but is actually correct.
Bro...teachers should teach this way. The cramming time line was spot on. If the first week the teacher conceptually went over the general material of the entire syllabus, then spent the later weeks going over the details the curve would be squed in a favorable direction for the whole class
I am speaking from my personal experience, a master student that graduated at the top of his class. If you are not interested and have a strong desire to learn what you are studying then you probably are not going to learn it well. Likewise, if you take a job that you can not stomach and really don't have a desire to put up with the work, like I did; then you probably won't want to succeed. Today, I work at something entirely different. Learning how to learn and strong discipline are two of the most important skills I acquired from universities. Good luck at getting the right job.
Hey Justin, the saying actually goes like this: Shoot for the moon, if you miss you'll lend among the stars. Not land on a star. so it makes a bit of sense now
Great job! It's good to know someone takes an education major seriously. I walked past dorms & frat houses that had a lot of education majors to get to the comp sci quad and it was a non-stop party. Those places and the people in them were drinking, dancing and banging 24/7.
So, Hello Sir..... I am a 15 yr old Indian student preparing for an exam to get admission into a medical collage... I go to coaching and like have a proper final entrance test like test after every 21 days.... Your curriculum helped me finish a 21 days long syllabus of botany in just 3 days and like the most efficient way I have ever done in my life.... Well I have almost all the skills needed for this [ENCODING (loved it)] and other study techniques like MIND MAPS and Non linear & delayed note taking.......THANK U SO MUCH ❤❤❤❤❤
@@garimaa0301 yeah sure!! Actually my coaching class have tests after every 21 days... Ch i covered is anatomy.... I spent 3 hours reading and understanding ncert (part before the root str.. upto tissue system) and drawing a mind map trying to connect the topics (encoding) and all before that I simply watched a one shot (one shot was basically my pre study) .... Next day practiced ques around 300 and of course I got around 50-70 inc. I reread them (this time rote learning) .... For me botany is interesting btw....... ३rd day I revised using coaching modules and learning some extra points from it... As it was my first time I was not able to grasp all completely but yes faaaaaaaarrr better than before like ∆60% ...... I trust on revision because not a master after just once!!! Tip : I actually didn't made flashcards for facts such that " monocots lacks parenchyma ".. Etc. I think I should have made because I got this ques 4-5 times Inc via diff ques... So yeah u can make them (use pen and papper online is overwhelming)! Thank you ❤ All the best future doctor 😇👩⚕
I remember you mention craming early in a video i watched before my 2nd semester last year, i was like "i got nothing to lose, let's try it" i had so much free time while being able to study very effeciently in the later times of the semester lol, also i aced it:) the first time in my life placing 1st in something related to acedemics and i can say it craming early was a huge part of it, thanks alot
I start my 2nd semester a month from now and l thought might as well try it since there is nothing to lose. I hope l'll be successful this semester too.
Love it! I've rarely heard these tips before, so I'm thankful for you to share them. I think cramming early is a fantastic idea - getting that pre-class knowledge is exceptionally powerful because you then learn the topic twice ... once by yourself and once during lecture. Most people learn the topic once during lecture and then try to remember the lecture / homework when studying and cramming before an exam - but if you cram early, when the courseload is a little bit lighter in those first two weeks, you can learn the topics the first time by yourself - do your best, and when they're presented again in the lecture, they'll make a LOT more sense! SOLID KNOWLEDGE!
Thanks for the comment. I am constantly trying to improve my ability to teach and break down concepts, so glad to hear its coming through in the videos!
The last point was a very important one. Thank you for including it. It kind of indirectly point to the importance of an open, willing mindset in life and for students and learners more specifically towards shaping their won learning processes. I would love to see the points you made being presented for people doing graduate or higher level research. I think this translates quite effectively to those who are in the early stages [ even later stages of developing their own personal processes for scientific inquiry and analysis for a career in research and academia] graduate students who are in the process of shaping their own research process and would benefit from using these guiding points to shape the repetitive, arduous process of literature reviews and defining research questions and designing theoretical, computational or experimental research workflow.
This is a good revision of what Justin teaches in his course thank you for the update to my brain to change stuff up with learning journey. I'm aiming to top my grades this year thank you for inspiring me to do it Justin.
Loved the presentation! Even I struggled with the part of not knowing what will be covered so I couldn't cram earlier but now I am going to have that solution mentality! Thanks Justin for helping out so many students!🙂
i think that if the lecture/subject is just so vague that you can't possibly apply the technique, then it's fine to wait up and get enough info. but most of the time, there's precisions and bibliographical references available, so worst case you might just learn more than required
For me the key phrase that was revolutionary to me was Knowing the right time to learn everything i only learned how to start to use this in my 2 half of university, i failed a whole subject because of this, i still struggle with this because i have an obsessive personality , so when i come across an information i want to really dig deep in it before i feel comfortable going on to the next one .
Justin, it would be great if you could give a demo of how we can use your techniques in pure problem solving based subjects like maths. Your frameworks work great in other subjects but a **dedicated video** in maths would be appreaciated. Thanks! How many of you agree?? Like 👍👍 👇👇👇👇👇👇
This video was amazing in so many ways. I appreciated that your approach was more leveled to the individuals, such as myself, who are looking for answers in a more simplified fashion.
I’ve been a bit skeptical of you just because it sounds like it’s a magic method, but videos like these prove your legitimacy. I hope your methods can take me to the next level and you deserve to be far larger if your stuff actually works
it's always good to be skeptical, because god knows how many magical sounding methods are out there... but i noticed that Justin always mentions that his methods are simple, but not easy as they can take up to years to grasp the wheel and be able to apply them freely ! but i fully agree, this video and the community post he made earlier is just proof that crazy sounding things can happen if you work smarter
@@FruitsChinpoSamuraiG definitely man. I’m a decent student ABB at A level but I knew I was lacking something to get the top grades. Felt like I just didn’t have enough time no matter how hard I worked.
Great video justin! Very informative. I had a habit of cramming late as you mentioned 😅but one thing that made it easy for me was i did apply your 2nd and 3rd strategy: Reading the courseplan, the course requirment, structuring + using the resources wisely.
Hey Mr. Sung, I love your content and have been starting to implement some of your strategies in my learning. I am a first year medical student and the transition is difficult. I was wondering if you would consider doing a video specifically on how you would tackle succeeding in medical school if you were to do it again, or just how you would advise someone who has never really studied more than a day’s worth of cramming before. Thanks for all that you do. You have already helped me.
Same for me! I want to know how exactly he reads the textbook / papers to build framework first then understanding, especially while fulfilling tutorial readings and assignments
I feel like in some cases, saving time by asking a professor is better because you save yourself all of the time of trying to find stuff and you have a better understanding of where to find it in the future. Sometimes you are stuck on an issue, for example in my algorithms class, prof had went over an algorithm Edit Distance, and she had said "We aren't going over the full details, you can go over this yourself" but when it came to the assignment I was confused on what exactly to use. I did have an understanding of what edit distance was but I could not wrap my head around some of the details when trying to put it into practice via pseudocode before implementation. There are a million other examples, but it's very easy to not understand something, especially in a topic like physics 2 or calculus 2 where there are SO MANY special cases. You cannot expect a new learner to just connect everything so easily when they are taking so many classes. I would say the video is true, but it also takes years of you creating your own work ethic and what works for you in your situation, and sometimes that involves asking more questions. Giving people an idea of what could be used to create a good study ethic or work ethic is good such as "aim high", "cram early" and "Be strategic", but at the end of the day that isn't what actually 'works'.
REQUEST - As a audience point of view it will be great for us to have a single course in which we able to learn- 1. Most effective ways to reading books 2. How to develop and keep interest for subjects 3. How to keep our mind focused while studying 4. How to make notes for each huge subjects for exam in most effective way 5. Most effective ways to retain information what we read and learn forever ex- If i am Law student where i need to learn so many sections and article numbers for each subjects corresponding to different concepts 6. Most effective ways to testing and revisions. 7. What world top learners understand at core and do which average people dont do and know. Love from India 🙏🏾
This gives me hope I’m failing on my major subjects in college, I’m a smart student got with high honors during high school but now I’m literally failing. College is so advanced that we need Dr Justin advice to get ahead. Thank you so much, every study technique I applied during high school which I forgotten this college 😅 is now well discussed coherently in this video. So glad it is actually figured out by others too. Please apply this technique and I will do it too again.
I hope I can help you with that. Most people who flail for some reason other than health issues, emotional issues, or simply not doing the work are allowing worry or self-criticism to sap their energy. If all the time that you're studying, there is a little voice telling you you won't be able to do this, oh my gawd what does the teacher want(??!), and stuff like that, then you won't reach your potential. If you are undermining yourself, don't add worry on top of worry. When you notice that voice, just tell yourself, oh, there it is again, and bring your attention back to your work. Ignore it without battling it. If you keep ignoring it, you will find that it will go away. The other thing is to consider what you're studying. Do you like it? Does it resonate with you in some deep way, or are you studying it only because someone told you you had to pick something that will lead to a job? The problem with that is that for the rest of your life, you'll be in competition with people who LOVE love their work. No one who doesn't even like it can possibly compete with those people. I recommend taking one class in a subject that you are intrigued by or passionate about, and become consumed by it. See what it feels like to succeed, and see if you can repeat it in other classes.
Good job man. Congratulations. Just make sure that you are adaptable and not rigid in your approach. Career, social life will have different challenges and "there is no one size fit all solution to all things in life".
One of the lines was "pick the path of most relevance." Which to me, sounded like something relevant indeed. In order to learn as fast as lightning, we should be like lightning and pick "the path of least resistance." Where we don't go against our mind, and instead make the most of what we can to avoid fighting while reaching our goal. This may have been said before, but I find it to be something really nice and makes it easier to remember, as it should as I have just added another way to anchor learning about learning. Thank you Justin Sung.
1. Understand every key term related to the subject. 2. Understand every important idea within the subject 3. Study the important names within the subject 4. Study the important dates within the subject. 5. Read every major book on the subject 6. Analyze every article, video or podcast on the subject.
Love the videos as always Justin. Would love a video about micro decisions when making mindmaps or practicing higher-order learning to facilitate deep processing. A long tutorial on that would be a deal breaker of a video I believe.
Thank you so much for this. I believe I really needed to hear this for my current study and for future also. Though I already wasted a lot of time but I think I can still incorporate these.
Late to the party but hey I just wanna say big kudos for this video! I just started my uni after out of my 2yr national service, so my brain kinda degrade in a sense :'') so im finding ways on how to start learning and studying the correct way and also efficiently. big shoutout for the tips to make a change in all students' life.🎉
Yikes, you've lost two valuable years while your peers are now two years ahead in their careers/life. Furthermore, your capacity for rational thinking is significantly compromised from donning the green helmet incessantly and mindlessly following commands. We extend our sincerest sympathy to you, RIP.
Would you be able to make a video about efficiency in completing assignments/hand-in tasks? I'm pretty confident in my ability to learn content quickly and well and I do really well exams (with many thanks to this channel), but I find that assignments, essays, and most other hand-in stuff takes me wayyyy longer than they should. I know this channel is more about learning efficiency than it is about general productivity, but the two seem very related, and you obviously have experience completing assignments at a high level and in a timely manner. Thanks for all your content : ) Really enjoyed this video.
I think I misunderstood when he said, "When you're studying something, don't study to relearn it again" or at least something that goes in line with that, but I think, I think I can relate, was studying embryology, week 3 to 8 of human development, and man, it was hell to understand the formation of the spinal cord. So, what I did was, I first studied it, not thinking so much whether or not I'll remember that word, or when that and that happens. I went to discuss past papers with friends and, I was blank, but blank in a way I was like "I've studied this before, but I can't tell the exact details of when this and that happens". So I went back, studied it again and this time around, it made more sense, and I didn't forget from that point. I guess I understood better because my brain knew what was relevant, and I had prior knowledge... This is what he just explained.
That’s a very entrepreneurial mindset It always amazes me how over 3.5 decades in business how people tell you what they can’t do Spending the energy and time on why not and someone who was looking how they could do it then finished the task Speechless simplest interview question ever I ask to organise a meting to discuss next steps when someone starts with what time they can’t do…… Then that person wasted their money cause higher education has only one use in the outside world To teach us how to think or learn how to learn and adapt to solve problems
Hey Justin! Congratulations for your dean award🎉, and awesome video!! I’ve been loving your videos and applying what you are teaching. Studying is going great, and I have one question that has really been bugging me during studying. How can we mindmap whole subjects rather than topics within a subject in isolation? For example, mindmapping the subject ‘Anatomy and Physiology’ as a whole rather than creating a single mindmap each for each body system? I’ve seen in your videos you created a single mindmap for your entire masters! And I think that’s so amazing. I would really appreciate your feedback and advice :)
I would recommend starting with multiple lectures. if you can do one topic, that would be best. Don't do maps for entire subjects though as that will be overwhelming. My maps covered one paper each. If I was back in medschool which is higher raw content volume, I would do it for one topic at a time. Eg. antibiotics, upper limb pathologies, etc.
As a practicing emergency medicine physician I can suggest that you map according to how you would use the knowledge e.g. map muscles, bones and nerves involved in a colles fracture. Will be much more time consuming initially, but you will be far ahead of other doctors. There is learning for exams and learning for expertise, I hope you achieve the latter.
This is very impressive! I imagine that Master of Education is verbal-oriented (rather than quantitatively oriented). Your approach will likely work well for other verbal fields like business, economics, history, psychology, chemistry, biology, etc. But what about quantitative fields like math/physics? Quantitative subjects are of a different nature and typically require solving exercise problems rather than just understanding concepts and piecing them together. Or am I wrong about this? I challenge you to prove that your learning methods will make you a top student in a math-heavy discipline in a fraction of the time it takes the average student and show us how we can become the next Leonhard Euler or Terence Tao 😎
Yes! At one competition among 25 tables (5 pax participations). We were late to achieve win of each rounds because, I spend few loses studying those tables who wins. Then apply the winning method and gain the most points wins tables at the end of the competition among those clueless 24 tables.
I love the "solutions based mentality". Something I used to say to my kids all the time when they would say, "I can't, because..." is "Don't tell my why you can't. Tell me how you're going to make it happen". They're all well educated and successful now.
Wow, this video is a game-changer for anyone looking to excel academically! The presenter's 4-step framework is both inspiring and practical. "Aim High," "Effective Early Cramming," "Building Prior Knowledge," and "Resourceful Use of Lecturer's Time" are valuable strategies that can transform your approach to learning. I couldn't agree more with the emphasis on a problem-solving mentality - it's the key to overcoming challenges and achieving your goals. This video is a must-watch for students seeking academic success! 🚀
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1. Aim High: Shoot for the moon, fall on the stars.
2. Cram early: Cram the right way. Focus on the structure initially. Focus on the fine details later.
a. Structure Focused: create anchor points of relevance. build prior knowledge.
b. Detail Focused:
"There is a time for learning everything."
3. Build Prior Knowledge: Get general knowledge. Increase in complexity every iteration.
"Choose the path of most relevance."
4. Be strategic with your resources.
"Never compromise with the non-negotiables."
arent the stars further away from us than the moon tho?
@@asatsuki9250 dont mind him, he's detached from reality
Good for summarize
@@asatsuki9250 that's true. i also want to make it clear that the 1st point is just a mere quotation. justin sung also called the faulty logic out behind that maxim, and said, "you get the point." hope that clears things out.
@@nyowgeleu848 you'll get what i'm trying to say by watching the video with intention. my comment is to merely summarize the video's content for my future reference, so I don't have to watch the whole video again. also, you have the right to question or disagree with the comment, but i don't think it'll do any good to call someone "detached from reality" when, in fact, they're attempting to cultivate the collective knowledge of society. i hope that we arrive at the same understanding. have a nice day.
Great points. As a 60yr old beginner, I find what works best for me in addition to building a framework, is to find some aspect of the subject that you really love (ex. When learning a language - can you love writing the script or translating a poem). This can give relevance and the brain some nourishment, so when you get distracted, you can go for a quick snack and then return with more energy. I excelled in engineering by learning body language, and then by selective questioning the profs, I predicted 70% of the paper. It's a hack, i know, but it worked
Thank you Sir
this is such an intelligent way to think about it!! i recently struggled a lot with motivation and i found that starting of somewhere even just remotely connected to the difficult topic of study, can cause a domino effect and brings out a narrative that is not just interesting but also relatively easy to remember and recall and actively improve. you’re absolutely right, those treats can work wonders :)
Very good points about inserting passion into the brain and also predicting exam papers.
Very good on you sir for being so enthusiastic at your age! 👍
Is body language something other than the psychological context?
@@levenkasaackerman3246 it's basically working with your teachers to see where their passion lies by how they react to specific topics of the course. It's more likely they will base questions on areas of interest to them. There are ways to predict what may be on a paper better than a 50% coin toss based on observation of reactions to questions from a team of students working together to build a sort of heat map of what's worth studying. You have to cover all the material just in case, but focusing on the likely topics to perfect. In my time we had to answer 5 out of 8 questions typically, and often we hit at least 6 of the 8 questions by mapping. It's hard to do with one person but 3 to 5 people working together can get a pretty good idea. Like i said it's a hack, and you can always find ways to optimize study if you work in a team over single studing. Same holds true in life
the full saying is actually "shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars", which makes sense:)
But the moon is closer than the stars?
@@Manny1996 The idea is that you are not on the planet Earth anymore. One could argue that the Earth is already among the stars all the time - but this way of self-perception is not common sense, since it takes a while to truly imagine
“Are you really wanting help ?”
“Or are you just wanting validation for why it’s hard for you ?”
Wow !!! Great questions ❤️❤️❤️
I don't think there is anything wrong with that, we sometimes need an empathetic hand to ease our pain and struggle and to not feel alone, however along side that hand should be the other hand gently pushing us forward, and with that duality of support and encouragement we can draw the strength to soldier on, so it's not wrong to seek validation, what's wrong is turning that into a psychological escape mechanism from struggle and hardship .
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
03:28 🎯 First strategy is to "Aim High," as setting higher goals makes you think and act differently, pushing you to excel.
05:18 📚 Second strategy is "Cram Early," which involves studying all content at the beginning of the semester, allowing more time for other activities and reducing stress.
07:22 🧠 Effective learning involves adapting to the "timeline of learning," focusing on structure in early stages and details in later stages.
08:44 🧩 To retain information, create connections between new knowledge and what you already know, making it more relevant and memorable.
08:58 🧠 Prior knowledge helps connect new information more effectively, creating "Anchor points of relevance."
09:41 🔄 Learning should be incremental and flexible, often requiring out-of-order approaches to understand materials effectively.
10:22 🕰️ Learning and consolidation should happen simultaneously to be efficient. Doing them separately is less effective due to memory decay.
11:18 🗓️ Being strategic about what to learn at each stage is crucial, especially when time constraints exist.
11:59 🔄 Adopting a non-linear mapping technique for learning is highly effective, with more details in another video.
13:51 🎓 Leveraging university resources like staff should go beyond asking basic questions; aim for self-regulated learning skills.
15:00 🙋♀️ Use questions to test hypotheses and validate your synthesized understanding, rather than seeking basic information.
16:56 🏆 Effort in understanding and synthesizing material can be validated through expert review and even be a contribution to others' learning.
17:10 🧠 Use expertise strategically. The speaker emphasizes the value of leveraging the expertise of lecturers or mentors only for complex issues, not for basics.
17:52 🚫 Don't compromise on non-negotiables. The speaker did not compromise on essential habits and approaches needed for success, even when other students were struggling.
18:37 📚 Work ahead, even without full information. The speaker suggests studying in advance, even if all course material isn't available yet, to get a head start.
19:19 ⏱️ Effective time management. The speaker was able to work full-time while pursuing a full-time education program by optimizing his study techniques.
20:01 🛤️ Solutions-oriented mindset. The speaker avoided looking for reasons why he couldn’t succeed and instead focused on finding ways to achieve his goals.
130 likes and no replys? Lemme fix that
People like you are the reason I still read the comments to educational videos. Thanks so much for this. It was so helpful :)
@@introvertedhomebody its probably ai generated highlights. i have the same tool idk
@@giannnisantetosubtome8686 what tool do you use?
@@cob4754 it's called Harpa AI, it's literally easy, you just click create highlights and it sends you this exact comment
My hypothesis of the non-negotiables was: sleep, nutrition, exercise. But it was better than I expected, no more Victim mentality! I can't afford the course yet, nevertheless I've applying the videos techniques and advice, and will continue. Splendid work Justin!
Best of luck : ) (I'm rooting for you!)
@@JustinSung Thank you Justin, this really means A LOT to me! 😭
@@slasher42vs Do not buy any online “masterclass” course by RUclipsrs or influencers. Will save you a lot of money. Regardless of what anyone will say.
Did you check if ur eligible for the scholarship? 🙃
Lol I am glad that Justin released this gem right before the new academic year is about to start so we have to get to work now and cram early!
Remember to cram the right way ;)
1. Aim high -> What would a high achieving student do?
2. Cram early w the right way -> Create a structure of knowledge connects to what you already know - How can you make the information relevant?
Consolidate at the time of learning in the order of most relevance
3. Synthesis mental model of content and present it to an expert
4. Solutions Mentality = stop trying to find reasons that it's hard for you
3 is not right. Yeah Justin did synthesize a mental model of the content and presented it to an expert, but that's clearly missing the point of point number 3.
He presented the mental model to an expert to check if it was correct since it would have taken a lot of time to figure out if it was correct.
So the better way to phrase point 3 would be "Don't ask the simple questions, Figure it out yourself, ask the lecturer to check hypotheses you can't check yourself."
This is ridiculous. Justin provides chapters in his video already with a more accurate description. As @timetraveller2818 indicated the summary provided for #3 isn't accurate. This was his example of what he did that used a knowledgeable expert in a much more useful way than asking the mundane, simple questions.
Yes, in his particular context of trying to review and truly understand the various models, which he took seriously by integrating and trying to form his own - the question was what #3 says, but it wouldn't be the same thing in every context or if you were not far enough along the tree of building the foundational skills Justin talks about to do that effectively.
And Justin isn't just "wasting time" going deeper than one phrase . That you feel this is what he is doing demonstrates you either 1) lack the prior knowledge to acquire what he's saying or 2) you are intentionally evading what he's saying out of some desire to undermine him because you envy his success, or it could be some mix of both.
@adekunle4672Lol yeah most people don't need to know about the technical jargin maybe spend a minute on explaining them.
pov this dude didnt even watch the video
@@timetraveller2818 how would you interpret point 2? Because I find it quite effective to study the slides before the lecture. If you have the time, you could always study a bit more so you'll always be 2-3 lectures ahead. Imo, this eliminates the need to study the entire textbook before the end of semester if anyone finds it too overwhelming.
Justin Sung is honestly extremely inspiring....
He's the kind of person that you'd do a "What would Justin Sung do in this situation?"
Yooo…..
I want a WWJustinD bracelet
Thank you! But remember I am just a regular person like all of you. I just have some more years of experience diving deep on these topics. There's nothing innately special about me, and all of you can be just as good/better by focusing on being smart and intentional about your personal skills development. (And it will take a LOT less time than it took me if you learn from my mistakes which I warn about constantly in my videos).
@@JustinSung We know you are regular, mortal and bleed amigo :) But what you have achieved and are helping others achieve is definitely cutting edge and far from regular!
I'm happily enrolled in your course and focusing on my marginal gains.
It's tough work to do, but seeing you and those in the community inspires me to aim for those next levels, no matter how hectic and busy my life gets.
It's like when the 4min mile was broken. Seeing you and others do it, changes our paradigm, how we look and think about things, and helps us train the right way.
@@JustinSung I mean there may not be nothing innately special about you, but the position you are in right now where you can learn at a rate significantly higher than 99.9% of the population still makes you special. I am currently in my gap year between high school and uni which I took to focus on powerlifting but people such as yourself and Scott Young have inspired me to work on meta cognitive processes to really make time for myself and my hobbies.
Thank you for making videos like this, I am 100% sure videos like this would be valuable for all.🙏
I agree. Advancing human knowledge is the actual highest calling.
Thank you for leaving your comments
Synopsis:
1. Create high goals and emulate the qualities you think someone who achieves those would have, eliminate the qualities that wouldn’t work.
2. Do an intense general overview at the beginning of the course, and build knowledge from there.
3. Use resources wisely after doing the mental work.
4. Choose: success or excuses, and be open to trying something new.
This all makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the content. I’m giving it a shot.
Justin I did not liked studying before or i can say I was average in studying but after following your instructions for 8 months (because it intrigued me) it's like I like to study, now way more than before because it's enjoyable as well as result yielding and studying is easier than it used to be so 🤣🤣
Learning is inherently fun when approached with the right methods, processes and mindsets!!
(Glad to know you have come to enjoy learning!!!)
Your great! just the theory of not wanting your own mistakes repeated and even the idea of contributing the knowledge from your years of experimentation to everyone and putting it out for free. You really are an idol to look up to for me, we need more people like you making everyone's life easier.
You're really underrated. If i say out loud what you are trying to teach us it seems obvious and just logic but as a third year college student who is really behind on the material that's just what i needed to hear: trying to speedread a chapter and then repeat it until i memorize it it's madness. I kept forgetting past topics after studying a new one and i was so discouraged because that method worked in highschool and i couldn't figure out what changed. I figured i just became stupid but i didn't. It worked just because i was constantly cramming. Basically in italian highschool you have a very detailed test every month on few chapters for every subject. That was good for me because i have a good memory but bad for my future self because focusing so much on few topics doesn't allow to create connections and so i forgot everything i learned in highschool and i had to study it again. I wish textbooks implemented your method by covering all the basics first because if you're a beginner in the subject it's not easy to recognize important or useless detail. Actually now i wanna write textbooks that work like that. Also lectures have the same problems and i hate them cause i am constantly screaming internally "why do i have to know that? Just tell me how does it fit in the big picture!" i know it's something us student are supposed to figure out but it's frustrating listening to someone who just skips from a topic to another. Also, i study chemistry in college, in some cases the big picture is created after 3 years and various courses, so you just have to blindly study what they say to finish college in the correct amount of time (3 years in my case, it will take me 4)
Your 2 questions at the end were so profound that the light couldn't even fathom them
Well Done Justin 😁🤣
Really Grateful to you for pushing out content like this. I'm in my 11th year of schooling at South Africa and earlier this year, I struggled to figure out "What would be the right way to study?". Thankfully, I stumbled across your channel. Now I find myself watching at least one of your videos and putting it into practice daily
The reason I know and trust Justin Sungs techniques is because they are all linked to chunking as the inherent technique. Associations and chunking is the best way for the brain to learn. The prior knowledge technique to create chunks is absolutely genius. I was first introduced to the idea of chunking from the books 'The Art Of Learning' and 'Mastery'. Josh Waitzken describes the art of chunking as 'Making Smaller Circles'.
This is the best video where it's explained in a simple way how the brain consolidates learning. From the basic to the complex. I don't think many take the dimension of how difficult it's to convey this type of information in a simple way as you do. His work is extraordinary and contributes to building a better human being through education. Greetings from Argentina.
Appreciate the message, much love back from New Zealand
I learnt this lesson the hard way:
I wasn’t paying any effort during the first 4 weeks;
I didn’t study the basics until they don’t seem basic;
all my assignments were left right before the midterms;
I put myself under immense pressure and stress, nothing seeps into my brain.
Week8 and I’m just getting started. Thanks for the advice, and hope this valuable lesson taught me something.
amazing. i’ve always felt like i need to cram and at the same time i’ve never really did it thinking it is bad and i still cram befor the exams…. now i understand way better
Make an Atomic Habits reaction video! What concepts do you relate to, agree, and/or what techniques would you tweak/add to the book!
I would like to see someone do something similar with a concept like math or computer science. In my own experience having jumped around between psychology, economics to mathematic’s and now working in software development I’ve found the more stem subjects to just have thousands of more concepts one needs to learn and much more procedural practice being required. Proof that these technique’s work in those areas would be awesome to see.
Waiting with a lot of hope
Wherever possible, as a student who was working 25-45 hours per week , I found it beneficial to work 7 days per week and to study 📖 5 days per week. My study 📖 hours also varied between 25-40 hours per week ! This gave me the flexibility that I needed. Seek the support of family and friends so that you’re not stressed about covering basic housing, food, phone, transportation, and other expenses. It’s rewarding to keep education costs low and to manage to save money for emergencies. God Bless 🧑🏻💻
That final section was scary like someone was breaking in.
I remember your videos really helped me to get through Art History by making big ideas and using a lot of comparison, connections, and imagery (since I like to doodle a lot) to consolidate information in order for me to maintain those points in my mind and make it easy to review and recall at the end of the week. Finding concise ways that work best for you to digest information is the way to go IF there isn’t already a guide out there which there usually is.
I still read slower than my dad with dyslexia cuz I need to refresh on how to skim pages effectively for key words, and it is hard to stay motivated and care when the subjects we go over aren’t interesting. But then you can mix this channel and the Cajun Koi Academy channel with working when your mind works at its best (for me in the morning) and then less difficult and thought provoking tasks later in the day. And lastly to put more effort into the subject that matter most to you whether that be grades, potential jobs, or your own interest, and put less emphasis and effort into the subjects that are less risk and care.
And of course, take time to stretch, drink water, eat well, exercise, breathwork, walks, go see friends, sleep over always going to your phone and coping with something -> Dr.K. Allow yourself to emotionally process things by being okay with being bored. Then you can think in the background about what you just studied and whatever trauma or problems you have naturally, allowing yourself to feel refreshed so you can go through this whole process clearer and with more energy.
Overall, focus, time to recalibrate and process stuff emotionally/mentally/physically, and a purpose greater than your feelings currently are what I feel drive a person to do good.
I write all of this to try and digest what I just wrote and what thoughts I had before during and after of what connected ideas go with schoolwork and being a student. I find with depression and lack of purpose I have a lot of low energy. So these time saving and energy saving ideas in all of these channels help to figure out what the hell I am doing with this life and how I can detach from expectation to do what I may actually want to do in a way that works for me. Thank you to all these online mentors. You don’t have to have a two way relationship to have a mentor, just someone that guides you by their wills and advice.
thank you for sharing your perspective with such detailed explanation. My studies have nothing to do with art but reading this and seeing your process really helped.
Dude this guy is so practical and it breaks it down in a way I can understand. You’re videos are helping me. For my freshmen year I didn’t study at all. I was way too chill and just didn’t really care. I still got A’s thou but now I’m a sophomore and it’s a little harder. So I’ve actually been learning to study and using different ways to learn. So far it’s been successful and I’ve gotten A’s but some things I struggle with. I’m going to experiment with what I use to study and put it to good use. Good luck to y’all and I hope the year goes great.
thanks justin you just taught me the roadmap of every roadmap in life
welcome
The ending questions were absolutely mind opening. It explained a lot of my mistakes and mentality towards my studies. The previous points you made also changed my perspective completely on studying. I hope to follow your methods.
Someone part of his course here! It is really life-changing so If you have considered joining it but aren’t confident enough to make the last step, I highly advise you to do it!
What would you say has been life changing? Do you feel like it helps you in everyday learning as well as just academic life?
@@daydreamingcase I'm in the earlier stages myself, so I haven't gotten to some of the more advanced learning techniques. But for one, in the early stages, there are some perspectives covered that will just blow your mind. The most useful thing so far for me has been the self-management techniques that are taught. This just speeds up progress and boosts motivation immensely. It's really remarkable. One study technique that I've been implementing (which is covered in the video) that has been really useful is pre-study. Even the mind maps have shown me some interesting ways information can be mapped and remembered, and seeing that I haven't even touched the surface of advanced mind map techniques, I can't wait to see what more I can do with it. Anyway, I'm going to renew my subscription to the yearly subscription soon! There is also a lot of support resources available. I highly recommend it if you're serious about leveling up in all aspects of life. That said, it's a lot of work so don't go into the course expecting it to be easy.
According to the course what are the better methods of active recall?
having a tutor saved me oodles of time doing self-regulated learning.
that last point was crazy, honestly the best point over the 4 points mentioned. a lot of conversations these days and type of communicating happening at almost any level, you find someone asking for help when they really want validation on how hard it is.
It's: "Shoot for the stars and land on the moon" Your critical thinking is on point haha!
The last piece of advice regarding the "Learning Enablers" was great Justin!!
All the methods taught here won't do us any justice if we don't develop the right "mindset" first.
Exactly. A lot of people see it as "fluffy", but they're the people who need it the most I suspect...
5:02 I've never heard that saying in that formulation, I've only ever heard 'Shoot for the stars, and if you fail you'll still get the moon,' which makes the same point, but is actually correct.
Bro...teachers should teach this way. The cramming time line was spot on. If the first week the teacher conceptually went over the general material of the entire syllabus, then spent the later weeks going over the details the curve would be squed in a favorable direction for the whole class
I am speaking from my personal experience, a master student that graduated at the top of his class. If you are not interested and have a strong desire to learn what you are studying then you probably are not going to learn it well. Likewise, if you take a job that you can not stomach and really don't have a desire to put up with the work, like I did; then you probably won't want to succeed. Today, I work at something entirely different. Learning how to learn and strong discipline are two of the most important skills I acquired from universities. Good luck at getting the right job.
So excited!!
Hey Justin, the saying actually goes like this: Shoot for the moon, if you miss you'll lend among the stars.
Not land on a star. so it makes a bit of sense now
Glad I was able to clear that up lol
Great job! It's good to know someone takes an education major seriously. I walked past dorms & frat houses that had a lot of education majors to get to the comp sci quad and it was a non-stop party. Those places and the people in them were drinking, dancing and banging 24/7.
So, Hello Sir..... I am a 15 yr old Indian student preparing for an exam to get admission into a medical collage... I go to coaching and like have a proper final entrance test like test after every 21 days.... Your curriculum helped me finish a 21 days long syllabus of botany in just 3 days and like the most efficient way I have ever done in my life.... Well I have almost all the skills needed for this [ENCODING (loved it)] and other study techniques like MIND MAPS and Non linear & delayed note taking.......THANK U SO MUCH ❤❤❤❤❤
@@garimaa0301 yeah sure!! Actually my coaching class have tests after every 21 days... Ch i covered is anatomy.... I spent 3 hours reading and understanding ncert (part before the root str.. upto tissue system) and drawing a mind map trying to connect the topics (encoding) and all before that I simply watched a one shot (one shot was basically my pre study) .... Next day practiced ques around 300 and of course I got around 50-70 inc. I reread them (this time rote learning) .... For me botany is interesting btw....... ३rd day I revised using coaching modules and learning some extra points from it... As it was my first time I was not able to grasp all completely but yes faaaaaaaarrr better than before like ∆60% ...... I trust on revision because not a master after just once!!!
Tip : I actually didn't made flashcards for facts such that " monocots lacks parenchyma ".. Etc. I think I should have made because I got this ques 4-5 times Inc via diff ques... So yeah u can make them (use pen and papper online is overwhelming)!
Thank you ❤
All the best future doctor 😇👩⚕
I remember you mention craming early in a video i watched before my 2nd semester last year, i was like "i got nothing to lose, let's try it"
i had so much free time while being able to study very effeciently in the later times of the semester lol, also i aced it:) the first time in my life placing 1st in something related to acedemics and i can say it craming early was a huge part of it, thanks alot
I start my 2nd semester a month from now and l thought might as well try it since there is nothing to lose. I hope l'll be successful this semester too.
@@just_tammy praying for you
Awesome to hear!!!!
Love it! I've rarely heard these tips before, so I'm thankful for you to share them. I think cramming early is a fantastic idea - getting that pre-class knowledge is exceptionally powerful because you then learn the topic twice ... once by yourself and once during lecture. Most people learn the topic once during lecture and then try to remember the lecture / homework when studying and cramming before an exam - but if you cram early, when the courseload is a little bit lighter in those first two weeks, you can learn the topics the first time by yourself - do your best, and when they're presented again in the lecture, they'll make a LOT more sense!
SOLID KNOWLEDGE!
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sir you have gotten even better at simplifying complex topic in a insteresting way
Thanks for the comment. I am constantly trying to improve my ability to teach and break down concepts, so glad to hear its coming through in the videos!
One of the most essential RUclips videos I have ever watched, thank you man
No worries!
Hope you can apply the things taught in this video and see tangible differences in your life!
The last point was a very important one. Thank you for including it. It kind of indirectly point to the importance of an open, willing mindset in life and for students and learners more specifically towards shaping their won learning processes. I would love to see the points you made being presented for people doing graduate or higher level research. I think this translates quite effectively to those who are in the early stages [ even later stages of developing their own personal processes for scientific inquiry and analysis for a career in research and academia] graduate students who are in the process of shaping their own research process and would benefit from using these guiding points to shape the repetitive, arduous process of literature reviews and defining research questions and designing theoretical, computational or experimental research workflow.
7:20 this is unheard of to me. Never heard it from another youtuber. Tysm ❤
Mate, that (13:10) was the best ad I've ever seen
This is a good revision of what Justin teaches in his course thank you for the update to my brain to change stuff up with learning journey. I'm aiming to top my grades this year thank you for inspiring me to do it Justin.
Loved the presentation! Even I struggled with the part of not knowing what will be covered so I couldn't cram earlier but now I am going to have that solution mentality! Thanks Justin for helping out so many students!🙂
i think that if the lecture/subject is just so vague that you can't possibly apply the technique, then it's fine to wait up and get enough info. but most of the time, there's precisions and bibliographical references available, so worst case you might just learn more than required
Keep hustlin big dawg💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥
early "cramming" by going over the curriculim early is a fucking super power
For me the key phrase that was revolutionary to me was Knowing the right time to learn everything i only learned how to start to use this in my 2 half of university, i failed a whole subject because of this, i still struggle with this because i have an obsessive personality , so when i come across an information i want to really dig deep in it before i feel comfortable going on to the next one .
Justin, it would be great if you could give a demo of how we can use your techniques in pure problem solving based subjects like maths. Your frameworks work great in other subjects but a **dedicated video** in maths would be appreaciated. Thanks!
How many of you agree?? Like 👍👍 👇👇👇👇👇👇
This video was amazing in so many ways. I appreciated that your approach was more leveled to the individuals, such as myself, who are looking for answers in a more simplified fashion.
Step 3 is basically task management in action: do the most important parts of learning, which is to build that web of interconnected concepts
If only people would give us such a guide before entering university.......life would be much easier 😢
I think the quote is " Aim for the stars, and land on the moon." I'm sure others have already chimed in. 😊
And a perfect ending for this video! Love it.
Honestly, thank you so much for what you do. This is incredibly, incredibly awesome. I hope someone sculpts a statue of you in the future haha
Thanks for the kind words haha!
I’ve been a bit skeptical of you just because it sounds like it’s a magic method, but videos like these prove your legitimacy. I hope your methods can take me to the next level and you deserve to be far larger if your stuff actually works
it's always good to be skeptical, because god knows how many magical sounding methods are out there... but i noticed that Justin always mentions that his methods are simple, but not easy as they can take up to years to grasp the wheel and be able to apply them freely ! but i fully agree, this video and the community post he made earlier is just proof that crazy sounding things can happen if you work smarter
@@FruitsChinpoSamuraiG definitely man. I’m a decent student ABB at A level but I knew I was lacking something to get the top grades. Felt like I just didn’t have enough time no matter how hard I worked.
Great video justin! Very informative. I had a habit of cramming late as you mentioned 😅but one thing that made it easy for me was i did apply your 2nd and 3rd strategy: Reading the courseplan, the course requirment, structuring + using the resources wisely.
I'm gonna binge watch your account now since I'll begin my studies in October!
Thank you so much Justin!! Your videos have really helped me .keep up the good work🥺❤️
My pleasure
Thank you sir you are the the best ..........
Hey Mr. Sung,
I love your content and have been starting to implement some of your strategies in my learning. I am a first year medical student and the transition is difficult. I was wondering if you would consider doing a video specifically on how you would tackle succeeding in medical school if you were to do it again, or just how you would advise someone who has never really studied more than a day’s worth of cramming before. Thanks for all that you do. You have already helped me.
Same for me! I want to know how exactly he reads the textbook / papers to build framework first then understanding, especially while fulfilling tutorial readings and assignments
I feel like in some cases, saving time by asking a professor is better because you save yourself all of the time of trying to find stuff and you have a better understanding of where to find it in the future. Sometimes you are stuck on an issue, for example in my algorithms class, prof had went over an algorithm Edit Distance, and she had said "We aren't going over the full details, you can go over this yourself" but when it came to the assignment I was confused on what exactly to use. I did have an understanding of what edit distance was but I could not wrap my head around some of the details when trying to put it into practice via pseudocode before implementation. There are a million other examples, but it's very easy to not understand something, especially in a topic like physics 2 or calculus 2 where there are SO MANY special cases. You cannot expect a new learner to just connect everything so easily when they are taking so many classes. I would say the video is true, but it also takes years of you creating your own work ethic and what works for you in your situation, and sometimes that involves asking more questions.
Giving people an idea of what could be used to create a good study ethic or work ethic is good such as "aim high", "cram early" and "Be strategic", but at the end of the day that isn't what actually 'works'.
Bro.. you’re the best man than you for al this free information and knowledge it really helps a lot
No worries!! Enjoy : )
REQUEST - As a audience point of view it will be great for us to have a single course in which we able to learn-
1. Most effective ways to reading books
2. How to develop and keep interest for subjects
3. How to keep our mind focused while studying
4. How to make notes for each huge subjects for exam in most effective way
5. Most effective ways to retain information what we read and learn forever ex- If i am Law student where i need to learn so many sections and article numbers for each subjects corresponding to different concepts
6. Most effective ways to testing and revisions.
7. What world top learners understand at core and do which average people dont do and know.
Love from India 🙏🏾
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This gives me hope I’m failing on my major subjects in college, I’m a smart student got with high honors during high school but now I’m literally failing. College is so advanced that we need Dr Justin advice to get ahead. Thank you so much, every study technique I applied during high school which I forgotten this college 😅 is now well discussed coherently in this video. So glad it is actually figured out by others too. Please apply this technique and I will do it too again.
I hope I can help you with that. Most people who flail for some reason other than health issues, emotional issues, or simply not doing the work are allowing worry or self-criticism to sap their energy. If all the time that you're studying, there is a little voice telling you you won't be able to do this, oh my gawd what does the teacher want(??!), and stuff like that, then you won't reach your potential. If you are undermining yourself, don't add worry on top of worry. When you notice that voice, just tell yourself, oh, there it is again, and bring your attention back to your work. Ignore it without battling it. If you keep ignoring it, you will find that it will go away.
The other thing is to consider what you're studying. Do you like it? Does it resonate with you in some deep way, or are you studying it only because someone told you you had to pick something that will lead to a job? The problem with that is that for the rest of your life, you'll be in competition with people who LOVE love their work. No one who doesn't even like it can possibly compete with those people. I recommend taking one class in a subject that you are intrigued by or passionate about, and become consumed by it. See what it feels like to succeed, and see if you can repeat it in other classes.
Thanks for the advice, you´re a pioneer in the field of learning, enabling the next generation of learners.
Good job man. Congratulations. Just make sure that you are adaptable and not rigid in your approach. Career, social life will have different challenges and "there is no one size fit all solution to all things in life".
Holy crap this is gonna be insane
One of the lines was "pick the path of most relevance."
Which to me, sounded like something relevant indeed.
In order to learn as fast as lightning, we should be like lightning and pick "the path of least resistance."
Where we don't go against our mind, and instead make the most of what we can to avoid fighting while reaching our goal. This may have been said before, but I find it to be something really nice and makes it easier to remember, as it should as I have just added another way to anchor learning about learning. Thank you Justin Sung.
1. Understand every key term related to the subject.
2. Understand every important idea within the subject
3. Study the important names within the subject
4. Study the important dates within the subject.
5. Read every major book on the subject
6. Analyze every article, video or podcast on the subject.
40 hours, wow...sir, you're truly awesome!
Love the videos as always Justin. Would love a video about micro decisions when making mindmaps or practicing higher-order learning to facilitate deep processing. A long tutorial on that would be a deal breaker of a video I believe.
Thank you so much for this. I believe I really needed to hear this for my current study and for future also. Though I already wasted a lot of time but I think I can still incorporate these.
Late to the party but hey I just wanna say big kudos for this video! I just started my uni after out of my 2yr national service, so my brain kinda degrade in a sense :'') so im finding ways on how to start learning and studying the correct way and also efficiently. big shoutout for the tips to make a change in all students' life.🎉
Yikes, you've lost two valuable years while your peers are now two years ahead in their careers/life. Furthermore, your capacity for rational thinking is significantly compromised from donning the green helmet incessantly and mindlessly following commands. We extend our sincerest sympathy to you, RIP.
I'm not in school, but this is a really helpful strategy for me as someone who is learning software developement.
One of my favorite videos of yours. Thank you so much!
Appreciate it!
I'm starting to study at Monash Online in TP 6. Thanks for your study tips, it was helpful and informative .
Would you be able to make a video about efficiency in completing assignments/hand-in tasks?
I'm pretty confident in my ability to learn content quickly and well and I do really well exams (with many thanks to this channel), but I find that assignments, essays, and most other hand-in stuff takes me wayyyy longer than they should.
I know this channel is more about learning efficiency than it is about general productivity, but the two seem very related, and you obviously have experience completing assignments at a high level and in a timely manner.
Thanks for all your content : ) Really enjoyed this video.
Working within that zone of proximal development!
Thanks for the video
As a Monash Alumni, I am really inspired!
You are a inspiration for all ❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you Justin for all this AMAZING CONTENT 💖💖💖💖
Congratulations Justin! ❤
I think I misunderstood when he said, "When you're studying something, don't study to relearn it again" or at least something that goes in line with that, but I think, I think I can relate, was studying embryology, week 3 to 8 of human development, and man, it was hell to understand the formation of the spinal cord. So, what I did was, I first studied it, not thinking so much whether or not I'll remember that word, or when that and that happens. I went to discuss past papers with friends and, I was blank, but blank in a way I was like "I've studied this before, but I can't tell the exact details of when this and that happens". So I went back, studied it again and this time around, it made more sense, and I didn't forget from that point. I guess I understood better because my brain knew what was relevant, and I had prior knowledge... This is what he just explained.
That’s a very entrepreneurial mindset
It always amazes me how over 3.5 decades in business how people tell you what they can’t do
Spending the energy and time on why not and someone who was looking how they could do it then finished the task
Speechless simplest interview question ever
I ask to organise a meting to discuss next steps when someone starts with what time they can’t do……
Then that person wasted their money cause higher education has only one use in the outside world
To teach us how to think or learn how to learn and adapt to solve problems
Hey Justin! Congratulations for your dean award🎉, and awesome video!! I’ve been loving your videos and applying what you are teaching. Studying is going great, and I have one question that has really been bugging me during studying. How can we mindmap whole subjects rather than topics within a subject in isolation? For example, mindmapping the subject ‘Anatomy and Physiology’ as a whole rather than creating a single mindmap each for each body system? I’ve seen in your videos you created a single mindmap for your entire masters! And I think that’s so amazing. I would really appreciate your feedback and advice :)
I would recommend starting with multiple lectures. if you can do one topic, that would be best. Don't do maps for entire subjects though as that will be overwhelming. My maps covered one paper each. If I was back in medschool which is higher raw content volume, I would do it for one topic at a time. Eg. antibiotics, upper limb pathologies, etc.
@@JustinSungThank you so much! Keep up the amazing work :))
As a practicing emergency medicine physician I can suggest that you map according to how you would use the knowledge e.g. map muscles, bones and nerves involved in a colles fracture. Will be much more time consuming initially, but you will be far ahead of other doctors. There is learning for exams and learning for expertise, I hope you achieve the latter.
This is very impressive! I imagine that Master of Education is verbal-oriented (rather than quantitatively oriented). Your approach will likely work well for other verbal fields like business, economics, history, psychology, chemistry, biology, etc. But what about quantitative fields like math/physics? Quantitative subjects are of a different nature and typically require solving exercise problems rather than just understanding concepts and piecing them together. Or am I wrong about this? I challenge you to prove that your learning methods will make you a top student in a math-heavy discipline in a fraction of the time it takes the average student and show us how we can become the next Leonhard Euler or Terence Tao 😎
Yes! At one competition among 25 tables (5 pax participations). We were late to achieve win of each rounds because, I spend few loses studying those tables who wins. Then apply the winning method and gain the most points wins tables at the end of the competition among those clueless 24 tables.
Wow. That's really a new point of view
Very slick course ad there I liked that one especially because it‘s actually a very good point.
I love the "solutions based mentality". Something I used to say to my kids all the time when they would say, "I can't, because..." is "Don't tell my why you can't. Tell me how you're going to make it happen". They're all well educated and successful now.
I really love your content.
It's too helpful
Cheers!
What a useful video! One of my favorite videos of yours.
Fantastic! What are some of your other favourite videos on the channel?
Cram early sounds really useful. Before lecture I read the book so it's kind of an extension of that idea.
Thanks so much this is great
Wow, this video is a game-changer for anyone looking to excel academically! The presenter's 4-step framework is both inspiring and practical. "Aim High," "Effective Early Cramming," "Building Prior Knowledge," and "Resourceful Use of Lecturer's Time" are valuable strategies that can transform your approach to learning. I couldn't agree more with the emphasis on a problem-solving mentality - it's the key to overcoming challenges and achieving your goals. This video is a must-watch for students seeking academic success! 🚀