Take my Learner Type free quiz to figure out your learning strengths and weaknesses: bit.ly/3SyNmcD. You'll also get a personalised report at the end with recommendations for what to work on to improve your learning efficiency as quickly as possible.
@@JustinSung sir you are the genius one i found on RUclips,sir in India there is a exam called jee advanced,and it is one of the toughest exam in the world. I request you to make a video on what skill do it required and how can we achieve that skill I am master that skills to score high in examination.
The driving analogy I found was fascinating, you could even continue the analogy and link it to a practical driving exam for all 5 dimensions, eg Mindset (speed limit, too slow too cautious with uncertainty, too fast, too impatient with the study technique), Retrieval (memorising the roads), Self-management (reacting to hazards/hazard perception). The stronger you are in all these dimensions, the more likely you will pass the exam. (except the mindset, keeping on the speed limit could symbolise just the right amount of uncertainty needed to neither be under/overwhelmed by challenges. Thank you for the video, absolutely brilliant Justin, P.S. My learning type is "Unchained" according to the quiz! Kang - 3rd year medical student UK. :)
Yup same here. Well, I don't know if the question really is, which one is most broken. What if all are equally most broken ? then I guess start from the beginning -- deep processing.
@@FekuEntertainmentLtd I think you should focus on self management mindset and self regulation first then deep processing and retrieval. Every dimension work together but if you can’t manage yourself then you will not improve in a single one of those. I think it’s possible to improve all the others at the same time
The Broken Barrel Approach to Learning **I. Introduction:** The Broken Barrel Approach is a personalized learning strategy that focuses on identifying and improving an individual's learning weaknesses. It's based on the analogy of a wooden barrel where each stave represents a different dimension of learning. Just like a barrel with a broken stave can only hold water up to the level of the broken stave, a learner is limited by their weakest learning dimension. **II. Ineffective Learning Strategies:** Before diving into the Broken Barrel Approach, it's crucial to understand why common learning strategies often fail. **A. The Silver Bullet Approach:** This approach involves seeking a single, magical solution to all learning problems. It's ineffective because: * **No Universal Solution:** There is no single technique that works for everyone in every situation. Different learning tasks require different approaches. * **Focus on the Tool, Not the User:** This approach ignores individual strengths and weaknesses, focusing on the technique instead of the learner. **B. The Strengths-First Approach:** This approach prioritizes developing existing learning strengths. While seemingly logical, it's flawed because: * **Weakness as a Limiting Factor:** In learning, your weakest skill often dictates your overall performance. A strong engine is useless if the car has flat tires. * **Neglecting Crucial Areas:** Focusing solely on strengths can lead to neglecting critical weaknesses that hinder overall progress. **III. The Broken Barrel Approach: A Paradigm Shift** Instead of seeking a magic bullet or focusing solely on strengths, the Broken Barrel Approach emphasizes: * **Identifying Weaknesses:** Understanding which dimension of learning is holding you back. * **Prioritizing Improvement:** Focusing on strengthening the weakest areas first. * **Iterative Process:** Continuously re-evaluating weaknesses and adapting the learning strategy. **IV. The Five Dimensions of Learning:** The Broken Barrel Approach identifies five key dimensions that contribute to learning effectiveness: **A. Deep Processing:** * **Definition:** The ability to understand information deeply, connect ideas, and solve complex problems. * **Strengths:** Easy understanding, strong memory, efficient learning. * **Weaknesses:** Difficulty grasping concepts, slow understanding, struggling to apply knowledge. **B. Self-Regulation:** * **Definition:** Awareness of learning processes, ability to adapt methods, and conscious control over thinking. * **Strengths:** Clear understanding of personal learning style, adaptable techniques, efficient learning across various situations. * **Weaknesses:** Lack of awareness of learning methods, difficulty adapting to different tasks, inconsistent performance. **C. Mindset:** * **Definition:** How you respond to challenges, mistakes, and uncertainty in the learning process. * **Strengths:** Embraces challenges, learns from mistakes, comfortable with experimentation and uncertainty. * **Weaknesses:** Avoids challenges, fears mistakes, seeks certainty, struggles with experimentation. **D. Retrieval:** * **Definition:** The ability to recall and test oneself on previously learned information. * **Strengths:** Effective spaced repetition strategies, challenging self-testing, strong recall ability. * **Weaknesses:** Lack of review, ineffective testing methods, poor recall. **E. Self-Management:** * **Definition:** Ability to manage time, prioritize tasks, maintain focus, and avoid procrastination. * **Strengths:** Effective time management, prioritization skills, focused work sessions, minimal procrastination. * **Weaknesses:** Poor time management, difficulty prioritizing, easily distracted, prone to procrastination. **V. Implementing the Broken Barrel Approach:** 1. **Identify Your Weaknesses:** Utilize the provided free quiz (link in the original text) to assess your strengths and weaknesses across the first three dimensions. 2. **Prioritize the Weakest Dimension:** Focus on improving the dimension that scored the lowest. 3. **Implement Targeted Strategies:** Research and implement specific techniques to address your weaknesses in that dimension. 4. **Re-evaluate Regularly:** Every 3-4 months, retake the quiz and adjust your focus based on your progress. **VI. Benefits of the Broken Barrel Approach:** * **Personalized Learning:** Tailored to your individual needs and weaknesses. * **Faster Improvement:** Focuses on the areas that will yield the most significant gains. * **Increased Efficiency:** Eliminates wasted time on ineffective techniques. * **Sustainable Growth:** Encourages continuous self-assessment and adaptation. **VII. Conclusion:** The Broken Barrel Approach offers a powerful alternative to traditional learning strategies. By focusing on your weakest areas and embracing a continuous improvement mindset, you can unlock your full learning potential and achieve significant progress in your academic or professional pursuits. The free quiz mentioned in the original text provides a valuable starting point for identifying your weaknesses and embarking on your journey to becoming a more effective learner. Remember, personalized means more effective, and the Broken Barrel Approach is all about personalization.
Please do a video on helping ADHD people learn. Areas of concern include being too impulsive to read material carefully, having brain fog, struggling to discern main ideas and points from general information and loosing concentration especially when concepts get more difficult
Speaking from experience: 1)if you’re diagnosed be sure you’re using your medication 2) get a study buddy or two for body doubling 3) take frequent breaks 25 min on 5 min off for water or a stretch. 4) something like brown noise to help keep focus. 5) making concept maps always helped me with data organizing and identifying main points.
We tend to be interest-based learners, trying to make the topic interesting helps. For example, I am interested in neuroscience, so whenever I study biology, I try to study it through the lens of neuroscience, if you know what I mean? Also, if something feels like a drag, try challenging yourself in creative ways. For example, I try to think of my tasklist as something like a training regime, like I'm in some kind of training camp.
@@MrAlandp I have ADHD and what helps me is: -study spot that’s used only for studying, so you can associate the place with studying -make your study spot nice and change it often if you find you’re losing interest in it -make studying exciting with nice notebooks, pens, devices if you’re not into writing by hand and introduce small new items -rain sounds or as someone already suggested white noise -study something you have actual interest in -set deadlines for whatever you’re studying to keep yourself going, if you can sign up for an exam to make it even more interesting -try not to burn out-keep checking in with yourself, are you tired, have you eaten, drank enough water etc. -take power naps if you’re feeling overwhelmed Edit.to add: - make studying a habit (😂) -study with “study with me” videos (free body double+timewatch you don’t have to think about) -Pomodoro 25/5 or 25/10 is what works best for me personally
Video 3 of asking justin to do a video on maths and how to make mind maps for procedural subjects like maths and how to learn them more efficiently in the first place ❤
Bro, he wont give you the entire advice of a topic. He will give you tips, but all the time will be incomplete, because he wants you to buy his course. For example, in this video he clears your mind about BARREL method, nevertheless didnt gave the details on how to do each step.
@@Looking_at_the_viewerfor math also, he doesn’t have much answer in his course . I have finished his course. You can connect with me if you need info how is course
Honestly speaking, Justin Sung's course can be well worth it. A little more than a dollar a day, in exchange to teach you how to learn better and properly. This could save you hundreds of hours, if not more.
Thanks doc. I can tell 4 weaknesses out of 5. Self discipline is greatest my weakness. The only plus i have is deep processing. Even that is weak. When i join residency, I'll comment and thank you for this
The mindset part hit me. I always learn fast and do well on exercises, but when I make a mistake it’s enogth to make feel bad or give up and go to the next subject
basically by test you asked several questions and i found out about my weakness i thought i need techniques and deep processing , but what i needed to improve was my mindset on the other hand it said i had a score of 93 on deep processing and then i remembered the comments of my teachers who said he has great potential but he is careless , idk what to do even when i know my weakness . i will update after i find anything useful
By "YouSum Live" 00:00:21 Understanding the Broken Barrel approach to learning 00:01:00 Common ineffective learning strategies discussed 00:01:03 Silver Bullet approach assumes one-size-fits-all solutions 00:03:04 Strengths First approach focuses on enhancing abilities 00:05:36 Learning results reflect weaknesses more than strengths 00:05:55 Broken Barrel approach targets weakest links first 00:06:26 Re-evaluate weaknesses every three to four months 00:07:34 Identifying strengths and weaknesses is challenging 00:13:25 Mindset impacts learning and handling challenges 00:17:40 Self-management crucial for effective learning 00:18:47 Use the quiz to identify learning strengths 00:19:03 Implementing the approach accelerates learning improvement By "YouSum Live"
I need to fine tune what I’m doing now, continue to use it, as it has been (mostly) successful. I’m very open to learning more study techniques but don’t want to waste effort on excursions and diversions that don’t pay off.
00:01 The Broken Barrel approach helps improve learning effectively. 02:09 Focus on enhancing learning strengths for effective studying 04:42 Focus on addressing weaknesses first for effective learning. 07:11 Identifying learning weaknesses crucial for effective improvement 09:19 Deep processing is key to learning efficiently and effectively. 11:40 Self-regulation is crucial for effective studying 14:14 Embracing challenges and experimentation. 16:37 Self-management is essential for effective time and task management. 18:34 Utilize the Broken Barrel approach for faster learning strengths and weaknesses analysis
Thank u so much for this video. I know my weakness but can not name it in an appropriate way, and now I know what limits my learning results for years.
Let's face it. He won't give you real thing on youtube. Some generic advice that's it. People I urge u all to carefully analyze his word to see that he talks about nothing but make big videos.
The videos of Justin Sung really helped me a lot. I've watched a lot of his videos and have learned already the "Big Picture" of how to study smarter. It's mainly about how to ENCODE information better and more efficiently to RETRIEVE those information easily when needed. The most helpful thing I've learned from his videos is that I've always used LOWER-ORDER LEARNING (e.g. memorizing and understanding) instead of using HIGHER-ORDER LEARNING (e.g. seeing the BIG PICTURE of things and HOW all the pieces of information are RELATED to each other) which caused me to have an ineffective ENCODING system. So yes, he does give the real things freely on RUclips. It actually made learning for me a fun experience as you get to be a 'detective' and see how all the information fits together. You just have to search for the correct video to watch. Maybe you should start with the PERRIO Learning System video (summarizes his teachings in a 12 min video).
Hello Justin, I advise that you publish a book on all what you know about learning and revision and being a professional learning expert/coach. It should also include your research and findings on assimilating efficiently. It will be invaluable to your subscribers and your audience at large...
20/80 --- you don't need to learn every concept in what you're trying to be good at, but only the 20% essentials that generates 80% outcome. Proactive Imperfect.
Thank you this is a great technique, I've always been good a processing information but now that I'm trying to start my business and the areas of knowledge are starting to get more diverse and different while everything is connected has make keeping track of what I thinking really hard, so this is perfect timing
Thanks for another free resource Justin! I have a decent idea of what the quiz will tell me 😁 If you ever get a chance, it'd be interesting to hear how you think about reading / learning from books that aren't necessarily related to what you're currently studying, but rather caught your interest for whatever reason. People have different ideas about this, but most of them focus on just taking notes and/or these days obviously integrating them into a second-brain. Probably not as fitting the channel as much as what you tend to upload, but if you can fit it in somewhere it'd be cool to hear how you go about this!
Your content of the video and the effort u put in to create it and the motive behind it i.e to help others become great....These are the best things about you brother.
Yes me too I just started to realise this guy is brilliant, saw his video about his RAIL learning system a few days ago and it already changed my whole perspective
@@danielfischer4399 he is an evidence based guy, I was skeptical about him initially...when I first saw his critique of active recall and spaced repetition.. But after listening to him for a very long time, with open mind...I realized he is the only study guru we need here
I have no idea how other people have learned nothing from his videos. Honestly if you listen to him again and again you kinda understand what he tries to say. After that it's just a matter of you doing it or not. I used to an average student but after 2 years of listening to him I have now become one of the most top performing students. Even teachers and parents thought I was cheating.
Often people do look at things that don't really work well and define it as "weakness" or "short comings". The approach here though is still very different. Why? Because it first sought to understand what actually is important in the big picture and tried to understand each component at it's respective role/importance. And THEN tries to look at the weakest link with an understand on how to address it. Very different from what people normally do which is like: "oh you are bad at this, that is why you will never be able to do x and y". Which in itself is a fixed and not open mindset.
Invest in the financial markets before retiring by diversifying across assets, allocating a small portion of your portfolio, staying updated on market trends, and considering long-term holding to balance risk and growth.
I feel sympathy for our country, low income people are now suffering to survive yet inflation and recession keep increasing daily, many families can't even enhance the good cost of living anymore. You've helped me a lot Sir Brian! Imagine I invested $50,000 and received $190,500 after 14 days
Very possible! especially at this moment. Profits can be made in many different ways, but such intricate transactions should only be handled by seasoned market professionals.
Some persons think inves'tin is all about buying stocks; I think going into the stock market without a good experience is a big risk, that's why I'm lucky to have seen someone like mr Brian C Nelson.
I know all these strategies and have always bee a top scorer, even on a national level. However, I cannot study for the life of me anymore. I can't do it any more than a week or so. It has become unsustainable. Any solution?
Hmm, there could be more things at play. I'm in the exact spot rn as you described. What's actually holding me back is my poor mental health, which I'm working to make sure stays stable. And also trying to keep myself physically fit as much as the circumstances allow.
So, I took the test and I'm pretty much meh in all areas. Not bad exactly just nothing to write home about. Also, I'm retired. I don't need to do well at learning. Doesn't mean I don't want to, just that there is no pressure.
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Stopping to studying 20 hours (sure) a day to 2 hours a day, the lower stress alone would make those 2 hours more efficient. In general the human brain isn't built for more than 4-6 hours of cognitive effort. Sure that can go up with practice, but there's inevitable degradation. Don't overdo it and don't skimp on sleep. Also I like your numbers magic man, very dramatic. (I realize the content of good quality, but the numbers man... you don't need to do that.)
I don't know if you've watched Blue Lock, but the main character Isagi is a great anime example of having a growth mindset and constantly changing how you go about things. He literally reconstructs himself as a person and goes under various training strategies to improve. Also, he has a big ego yet isn't permanently defeated when he fails. In fact, he just gets more determined to succeed when he fails.
Hello sir. Failed math recently and I need help. Pls do make a video on subjects like math and the actual best way to learn them so I can become exceptional in it
@@aslamkoomar397 I understand this perspective but even with countless of practice. If I learn maths incorrectly my practice would be done incorrectly too and I'm trying to avoid that
this broken barrel approach is similar to chess improvement. Your chess performance will best improve by improving your weakest area. If you have great calculation, strategic understanding, tactical vision, but struggle with time management and get into time trouble and lose the game then you can't improve until that weakest area is improved.
I mean, I’m not him but… in layers? So one group becomes a mind map, and another group another one, etc. Etc. Until you make one of the kind maps. Or just use all items. Probably the latter.
I've found that I do better with project-based learning. I consume subject matter in small bytes so as not to overload [1202] my circuits. But, my note taking is horrendous and needs improvement...
I think mindset is very important but to regulate tasks and leisure time aka time management is the most important one for me as even though efficient enough it feels in the beginning of day ,as the day goes on I feel that yeah that time I should have gone through that.......after the day or at that night. I'm watching for just a week over your video and it's proving much more useful for me. ❤❤❤ From India
Is there a strategy for someone that suffers severe ADHD? I've only just come across your channel maybe you may have spoke about ADHD before I'm not too sure I will have to look at your videos but ADHD is stalling my studying/learning. I know it sounds like an excuse but I feel like there's a steel more around me, mentally which seems to be preventing me from learning new things. I'm only 15% for your video so I'll keep watching Cheers pal
Someone tell me how I managed to turn this video and the quiz links into 6 pages of notes and self reflection on how I conduct myself?!?!?! (yes they are linear notes, I'm on google docs - fight me)
You said that a student is “only as good as his weakest link”, but you also said that a top student usually has very good deep processing and that's why copying study techniques from these guys usually won't work, because they can COMPENSATE even with mediocre techniques. So we should all improve our deep processing and be “OK” with everything else?
I might be dumb.. because I have no idea what you're talking about. I saw the test questions. I'm light. In what way are these questions gauging my learning style? It's like asking me what color I like, and you'll know how I was born; I don't get the connections at all.. help
The test is only to tell you which dimension you need to improve first. The video is about you improving each of your 5 learning dimensions, everyone has them and we should improve them to increase our performance in studies. In short, it is about improving each one: 1. learning and memorizing the material; 2. selecting and using the best methods and materials for each thing you want to learn; 3. having positive thinking when faced with challenges and mistakes; 4. taking tests and recall; 5. setting aside time and space to study with focus; You need to train yourself to be able to reasonably perform the 5 things in your study process. He probably actually explains how to improve these things in the course, but this video already gives us a goal to follow.
Thanks for keeping us updated! I feel sympathy and empathy for our country. low income people are suffering to survive, and I appreciate Victoria Anne Leonard. You've helped my family with your advice. imagine investing $30,000 and receiving $95,460 after 28 days of trading.
Study focusing on reasons behind: why this is true? How can I replicate this results? How can I explain this to a one year younger person? If this is not what you're struggling with, try to find the logic and test it to its limits: which cases do not follow this logic and why, or cases where one can doubt it applies for, why it really applies.
Good advice from the dude above me, if a bit hard to read. Also, these 2 things have helped me the most: Build from fundamentals. I can’t stress this enough, maybe you can get away with visualisations in the early stages, but please practice from the absolute beginning (addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, equations, triangles, squares, etc. Etc.) till they become second nature, because 98% of the time the sole reason you don’t understand something is because you didn’t know the prerequisites well enough. The second thing is realising that you can learn any topic of math to arbitrary levels of understanding. There is no limit. You can understand *everything* in math deeper, so don’t feel stupid if you think you know all the prerequisites well enough, and that that isn’t the issue. Look up “Using spaced repetition to see through a piece of mathematics” by Micheal Nielsen if you want some arguments for that, cause I don’t have the time to type that shit. Ignore the spaced repition aspect, just focus on his experience with matrix diagonalization and the essay he read about the *equals sign*. Any topic. Good luck! You can definitely do it.
Hi Justin. I've been applying your methods and this helped tremendously, so thank you. However, there are still some specific areas in which I struggle to apply it. Specifically, I'm trying to learn about a library in a programming langage. That library is used to perform mathematical operation on matrices and vectors. Each operation has a specific name and arguments order. It's very hard for me not to make my notes super linear in this case, and I can barely group methods together (for example methods to create matrices, then methods to perform operations on them...) but my chunking stops there, and most importantly, it's super hard to find relationships, and retrieving the name of the methods is super hard. Being able to memorize & retrieve the name of the methods is what makes my day to day work much faster Same thing apply to learn linux or windows specific commands. Do you have any tips on that?
Take my Learner Type free quiz to figure out your learning strengths and weaknesses: bit.ly/3SyNmcD.
You'll also get a personalised report at the end with recommendations for what to work on to improve your learning efficiency as quickly as possible.
@@JustinSung sir you are the genius one i found on RUclips,sir in India there is a exam called jee advanced,and it is one of the toughest exam in the world. I request you to make a video on what skill do it required and how can we achieve that skill I am master that skills to score high in examination.
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The driving analogy I found was fascinating, you could even continue the analogy and link it to a practical driving exam for all 5 dimensions, eg Mindset (speed limit, too slow too cautious with uncertainty, too fast, too impatient with the study technique), Retrieval (memorising the roads), Self-management (reacting to hazards/hazard perception). The stronger you are in all these dimensions, the more likely you will pass the exam. (except the mindset, keeping on the speed limit could symbolise just the right amount of uncertainty needed to neither be under/overwhelmed by challenges. Thank you for the video, absolutely brilliant Justin,
P.S. My learning type is "Unchained" according to the quiz!
Kang - 3rd year medical student UK. :)
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Good
Mindset is unironically the most important one
When you realise that all 5 parts of your barrell seem to be broken... 😅 question is, which one is the most broken
lol😂😂 same
Ong they are al my weaknesses😭
You're not alone 🤣🤣🙋🏻♀️
Yup same here. Well, I don't know if the question really is, which one is most broken. What if all are equally most broken ? then I guess start from the beginning -- deep processing.
@@FekuEntertainmentLtd
I think you should focus on self management mindset and self regulation first then deep processing and retrieval. Every dimension work together but if you can’t manage yourself then you will not improve in a single one of those. I think it’s possible to improve all the others at the same time
The Broken Barrel Approach to Learning
**I. Introduction:**
The Broken Barrel Approach is a personalized learning strategy that focuses on identifying and improving an individual's learning weaknesses. It's based on the analogy of a wooden barrel where each stave represents a different dimension of learning. Just like a barrel with a broken stave can only hold water up to the level of the broken stave, a learner is limited by their weakest learning dimension.
**II. Ineffective Learning Strategies:**
Before diving into the Broken Barrel Approach, it's crucial to understand why common learning strategies often fail.
**A. The Silver Bullet Approach:**
This approach involves seeking a single, magical solution to all learning problems. It's ineffective because:
* **No Universal Solution:** There is no single technique that works for everyone in every situation. Different learning tasks require different approaches.
* **Focus on the Tool, Not the User:** This approach ignores individual strengths and weaknesses, focusing on the technique instead of the learner.
**B. The Strengths-First Approach:**
This approach prioritizes developing existing learning strengths. While seemingly logical, it's flawed because:
* **Weakness as a Limiting Factor:** In learning, your weakest skill often dictates your overall performance. A strong engine is useless if the car has flat tires.
* **Neglecting Crucial Areas:** Focusing solely on strengths can lead to neglecting critical weaknesses that hinder overall progress.
**III. The Broken Barrel Approach: A Paradigm Shift**
Instead of seeking a magic bullet or focusing solely on strengths, the Broken Barrel Approach emphasizes:
* **Identifying Weaknesses:** Understanding which dimension of learning is holding you back.
* **Prioritizing Improvement:** Focusing on strengthening the weakest areas first.
* **Iterative Process:** Continuously re-evaluating weaknesses and adapting the learning strategy.
**IV. The Five Dimensions of Learning:**
The Broken Barrel Approach identifies five key dimensions that contribute to learning effectiveness:
**A. Deep Processing:**
* **Definition:** The ability to understand information deeply, connect ideas, and solve complex problems.
* **Strengths:** Easy understanding, strong memory, efficient learning.
* **Weaknesses:** Difficulty grasping concepts, slow understanding, struggling to apply knowledge.
**B. Self-Regulation:**
* **Definition:** Awareness of learning processes, ability to adapt methods, and conscious control over thinking.
* **Strengths:** Clear understanding of personal learning style, adaptable techniques, efficient learning across various situations.
* **Weaknesses:** Lack of awareness of learning methods, difficulty adapting to different tasks, inconsistent performance.
**C. Mindset:**
* **Definition:** How you respond to challenges, mistakes, and uncertainty in the learning process.
* **Strengths:** Embraces challenges, learns from mistakes, comfortable with experimentation and uncertainty.
* **Weaknesses:** Avoids challenges, fears mistakes, seeks certainty, struggles with experimentation.
**D. Retrieval:**
* **Definition:** The ability to recall and test oneself on previously learned information.
* **Strengths:** Effective spaced repetition strategies, challenging self-testing, strong recall ability.
* **Weaknesses:** Lack of review, ineffective testing methods, poor recall.
**E. Self-Management:**
* **Definition:** Ability to manage time, prioritize tasks, maintain focus, and avoid procrastination.
* **Strengths:** Effective time management, prioritization skills, focused work sessions, minimal procrastination.
* **Weaknesses:** Poor time management, difficulty prioritizing, easily distracted, prone to procrastination.
**V. Implementing the Broken Barrel Approach:**
1. **Identify Your Weaknesses:** Utilize the provided free quiz (link in the original text) to assess your strengths and weaknesses across the first three dimensions.
2. **Prioritize the Weakest Dimension:** Focus on improving the dimension that scored the lowest.
3. **Implement Targeted Strategies:** Research and implement specific techniques to address your weaknesses in that dimension.
4. **Re-evaluate Regularly:** Every 3-4 months, retake the quiz and adjust your focus based on your progress.
**VI. Benefits of the Broken Barrel Approach:**
* **Personalized Learning:** Tailored to your individual needs and weaknesses.
* **Faster Improvement:** Focuses on the areas that will yield the most significant gains.
* **Increased Efficiency:** Eliminates wasted time on ineffective techniques.
* **Sustainable Growth:** Encourages continuous self-assessment and adaptation.
**VII. Conclusion:**
The Broken Barrel Approach offers a powerful alternative to traditional learning strategies. By focusing on your weakest areas and embracing a continuous improvement mindset, you can unlock your full learning potential and achieve significant progress in your academic or professional pursuits. The free quiz mentioned in the original text provides a valuable starting point for identifying your weaknesses and embarking on your journey to becoming a more effective learner. Remember, personalized means more effective, and the Broken Barrel Approach is all about personalization.
thanks
seriously, thanks.
Great job dude
Thanks to the AI!
Please do a video on helping ADHD people learn. Areas of concern include being too impulsive to read material carefully, having brain fog, struggling to discern main ideas and points from general information and loosing concentration especially when concepts get more difficult
Speaking from experience:
1)if you’re diagnosed be sure you’re using your medication
2) get a study buddy or two for body doubling
3) take frequent breaks 25 min on 5 min off for water or a stretch.
4) something like brown noise to help keep focus.
5) making concept maps always helped me with data organizing and identifying main points.
We tend to be interest-based learners, trying to make the topic interesting helps. For example, I am interested in neuroscience, so whenever I study biology, I try to study it through the lens of neuroscience, if you know what I mean?
Also, if something feels like a drag, try challenging yourself in creative ways. For example, I try to think of my tasklist as something like a training regime, like I'm in some kind of training camp.
@@MamtajK This was really helpful...thank you
@@MrAlandp I have ADHD and what helps me is:
-study spot that’s used only for studying, so you can associate the place with studying
-make your study spot nice and change it often if you find you’re losing interest in it
-make studying exciting with nice notebooks, pens, devices if you’re not into writing by hand and introduce small new items
-rain sounds or as someone already suggested white noise
-study something you have actual interest in
-set deadlines for whatever you’re studying to keep yourself going, if you can sign up for an exam to make it even more interesting
-try not to burn out-keep checking in with yourself, are you tired, have you eaten, drank enough water etc.
-take power naps if you’re feeling overwhelmed
Edit.to add:
- make studying a habit (😂)
-study with “study with me” videos (free body double+timewatch you don’t have to think about)
-Pomodoro 25/5 or 25/10 is what works best for me personally
plz do would be awesome
Video 3 of asking justin to do a video on maths and how to make mind maps for procedural subjects like maths and how to learn them more efficiently in the first place ❤
Bro, he wont give you the entire advice of a topic. He will give you tips, but all the time will be incomplete, because he wants you to buy his course. For example, in this video he clears your mind about BARREL method, nevertheless didnt gave the details on how to do each step.
Join the course maybe you'll get your answer from there 😄
@@Looking_at_the_viewerfor math also, he doesn’t have much answer in his course . I have finished his course.
You can connect with me if you need info how is course
Keep going, don't give up, on video 50 or so I'm sure you'll have it.
Honestly speaking, Justin Sung's course can be well worth it. A little more than a dollar a day, in exchange to teach you how to learn better and properly. This could save you hundreds of hours, if not more.
Always looking forward to your video
My learning improved
My grades greatly improved
Learning became so much find! It used to be a chore
I see you learnt english very well, that's so find!
Thanks doc. I can tell 4 weaknesses out of 5. Self discipline is greatest my weakness. The only plus i have is deep processing. Even that is weak. When i join residency, I'll comment and thank you for this
The mindset part hit me. I always learn fast and do well on exercises, but when I make a mistake it’s enogth to make feel bad or give up and go to the next subject
So True , that's how important to have a grow mindset. It's okay to fail ,make mistake or do badly etc.
basically by test you asked several questions and i found out about my weakness i thought i need techniques and deep processing , but what i needed to improve was my mindset on the other hand it said i had a score of 93 on deep processing and then i remembered the comments of my teachers who said he has great potential but he is careless , idk what to do even when i know my weakness . i will update after i find anything useful
By "YouSum Live"
00:00:21 Understanding the Broken Barrel approach to learning
00:01:00 Common ineffective learning strategies discussed
00:01:03 Silver Bullet approach assumes one-size-fits-all solutions
00:03:04 Strengths First approach focuses on enhancing abilities
00:05:36 Learning results reflect weaknesses more than strengths
00:05:55 Broken Barrel approach targets weakest links first
00:06:26 Re-evaluate weaknesses every three to four months
00:07:34 Identifying strengths and weaknesses is challenging
00:13:25 Mindset impacts learning and handling challenges
00:17:40 Self-management crucial for effective learning
00:18:47 Use the quiz to identify learning strengths
00:19:03 Implementing the approach accelerates learning improvement
By "YouSum Live"
I need to fine tune what I’m doing now, continue to use it, as it has been (mostly) successful. I’m very open to learning more study techniques but don’t want to waste effort on excursions and diversions that don’t pay off.
I’m happy to see how many ideas you share with my favorite educator, Mortimer Adler. Working on our weaknesses is one of them.
00:01 The Broken Barrel approach helps improve learning effectively.
02:09 Focus on enhancing learning strengths for effective studying
04:42 Focus on addressing weaknesses first for effective learning.
07:11 Identifying learning weaknesses crucial for effective improvement
09:19 Deep processing is key to learning efficiently and effectively.
11:40 Self-regulation is crucial for effective studying
14:14 Embracing challenges and experimentation.
16:37 Self-management is essential for effective time and task management.
18:34 Utilize the Broken Barrel approach for faster learning strengths and weaknesses analysis
Thank u so much for this video. I know my weakness but can not name it in an appropriate way, and now I know what limits my learning results for years.
Let's face it. He won't give you real thing on youtube. Some generic advice that's it. People I urge u all to carefully analyze his word to see that he talks about nothing but make big videos.
The videos of Justin Sung really helped me a lot. I've watched a lot of his videos and have learned already the "Big Picture" of how to study smarter.
It's mainly about how to ENCODE information better and more efficiently to RETRIEVE those information easily when needed. The most helpful thing I've learned from his videos is that I've always used LOWER-ORDER LEARNING (e.g. memorizing and understanding) instead of using HIGHER-ORDER LEARNING (e.g. seeing the BIG PICTURE of things and HOW all the pieces of information are RELATED to each other) which caused me to have an ineffective ENCODING system.
So yes, he does give the real things freely on RUclips. It actually made learning for me a fun experience as you get to be a 'detective' and see how all the information fits together.
You just have to search for the correct video to watch. Maybe you should start with the PERRIO Learning System video (summarizes his teachings in a 12 min video).
@@nilo1178 Welll you only get as much as you take. His videos have been very helpful for me, personally.
@@nilo1178 If you had analysed it well , it would've changed you , not your mindset.
This video is helpful in my learning pillars reassessment.
Thank you. I love listening to your videos and are always learning new things.
your story approach made it more relatable and fun to watch excellent approach Dr Justin sung.
Hello Justin,
I advise that you publish a book on all what you know about learning and revision and being a professional learning expert/coach. It should also include your research and findings on assimilating efficiently. It will be invaluable to your subscribers and your audience at large...
Honestly really impressive how accurate the quiz is!
nice vid I think the mindset section is very important
Was kinda falling asleep while studying. Sudden notified my brain of ur video
Thanks sung, hoping this corrects my maladies.
great video Justin!..please make a video on how to improve or what actions to take to improve those dimensions
20/80 --- you don't need to learn every concept in what you're trying to be good at, but only the 20% essentials that generates 80% outcome.
Proactive Imperfect.
Another vital video. Thank you, Justin.
I really like your channel. Thanks!
this is just great to incorporate
Thank you this is a great technique, I've always been good a processing information but now that I'm trying to start my business and the areas of knowledge are starting to get more diverse and different while everything is connected has make keeping track of what I thinking really hard, so this is perfect timing
In this test I got unchained 44% mindset, 73% deep processing and 67% self-regulation
Your videos are always full of information
Thanks for another free resource Justin! I have a decent idea of what the quiz will tell me 😁
If you ever get a chance, it'd be interesting to hear how you think about reading / learning from books that aren't necessarily related to what you're currently studying, but rather caught your interest for whatever reason. People have different ideas about this, but most of them focus on just taking notes and/or these days obviously integrating them into a second-brain. Probably not as fitting the channel as much as what you tend to upload, but if you can fit it in somewhere it'd be cool to hear how you go about this!
This video was super helpful for my upcoming exams. Your every methods and tips indeed are so much effective. Much love ♡
Awesome! Great insughts.
Thank you very much 👍
Your content of the video and the effort u put in to create it and the motive behind it i.e to help others become great....These are the best things about you brother.
valuable content. Thank you!
My weaknesses are so weak i have no difficulty figuring them out 😂 i knew within first second: self management.
Am greatful for. You work....my grades were amazing i got a 4.86 cgpa
Nice video. Very helpful
I'm so obsess with efficiency, and my inspiration is Justin Sung.
Yes me too I just started to realise this guy is brilliant, saw his video about his RAIL learning system a few days ago and it already changed my whole perspective
@@danielfischer4399 he is an evidence based guy, I was skeptical about him initially...when I first saw his critique of active recall and spaced repetition..
But after listening to him for a very long time, with open mind...I realized he is the only study guru we need here
I’m just starting to watch all Justin’s videos and I agree :)
I hope we all can save time and effort for the more valuable things in life 🙂↕️
I have no idea how other people have learned nothing from his videos. Honestly if you listen to him again and again you kinda understand what he tries to say. After that it's just a matter of you doing it or not. I used to an average student but after 2 years of listening to him I have now become one of the most top performing students. Even teachers and parents thought I was cheating.
thank you so much, it is a tremendous help to us ❤🎉
Great information
My quiz result is sad
I'm a Karp learner
My deep processing is 80%
but my self regulation and mindset is 60%
That's why I have 65% which is average
Can these learning strategies be used for learning personal development books and not just academics?
Often people do look at things that don't really work well and define it as "weakness" or "short comings". The approach here though is still very different. Why? Because it first sought to understand what actually is important in the big picture and tried to understand each component at it's respective role/importance. And THEN tries to look at the weakest link with an understand on how to address it. Very different from what people normally do which is like: "oh you are bad at this, that is why you will never be able to do x and y". Which in itself is a fixed and not open mindset.
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How can I improve my mindset and self management?? I only lack these two dimensions....
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I have a good processing and last week i had 2 light bulb moments in 2 of my study sessions, than I knew that all my effort was paid!!! thks justin 🙏
I know all these strategies and have always bee a top scorer, even on a national level. However, I cannot study for the life of me anymore. I can't do it any more than a week or so. It has become unsustainable. Any solution?
Hmm, there could be more things at play. I'm in the exact spot rn as you described. What's actually holding me back is my poor mental health, which I'm working to make sure stays stable. And also trying to keep myself physically fit as much as the circumstances allow.
@@MamtajK Thank you for the reply. I will hink about the reason.
@@JamalAhmadMalik Getting physically active is one of the best things you can do to be in a better headspace. Start with that my friend
@@Darknight526 thanks, I'll try that.
So, I took the test and I'm pretty much meh in all areas. Not bad exactly just nothing to write home about. Also, I'm retired. I don't need to do well at learning. Doesn't mean I don't want to, just that there is no pressure.
My barrel has all the planks broken 😆
Great video! New subscriber 😊
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Would like to hear from Justin regarding language learning.
Stopping to studying 20 hours (sure) a day to 2 hours a day, the lower stress alone would make those 2 hours more efficient.
In general the human brain isn't built for more than 4-6 hours of cognitive effort.
Sure that can go up with practice, but there's inevitable degradation.
Don't overdo it and don't skimp on sleep.
Also I like your numbers magic man, very dramatic. (I realize the content of good quality, but the numbers man... you don't need to do that.)
Unchained... SPOT ON!
I don't know if you've watched Blue Lock, but the main character Isagi is a great anime example of having a growth mindset and constantly changing how you go about things. He literally reconstructs himself as a person and goes under various training strategies to improve. Also, he has a big ego yet isn't permanently defeated when he fails. In fact, he just gets more determined to succeed when he fails.
I actually really love this video and the RAIL one
Hello sir. Failed math recently and I need help. Pls do make a video on subjects like math and the actual best way to learn them so I can become exceptional in it
My dad told me that math is like muscle the more you train them them better they become.Do countless of problems and practice test papers
@@aslamkoomar397 I understand this perspective but even with countless of practice. If I learn maths incorrectly my practice would be done incorrectly too and I'm trying to avoid that
@@slantingclock9679 try to focus on basic
@@slantingclock9679 try looking for test papers with answers
I always use them
this broken barrel approach is similar to chess improvement. Your chess performance will best improve by improving your weakest area. If you have great calculation, strategic understanding, tactical vision, but struggle with time management and get into time trouble and lose the game then you can't improve until that weakest area is improved.
Please make video on Logical thinking/critical thinkinh
Thank you
How would you recommend creating a mind map for a topic that has more than 50 items (objects)?
I mean, I’m not him but… in layers? So one group becomes a mind map, and another group another one, etc. Etc. Until you make one of the kind maps.
Or just use all items. Probably the latter.
Next video How to improve these dimensions of learning.
Ty i realized i need to get better at 4&5
I've found that I do better with project-based learning. I consume subject matter in small bytes so as not to overload [1202] my circuits. But, my note taking is horrendous and needs improvement...
I think mindset is very important but to regulate tasks and leisure time aka time management is the most important one for me as even though efficient enough it feels in the beginning of day ,as the day goes on I feel that yeah that time I should have gone through that.......after the day or at that night. I'm watching for just a week over your video and it's proving much more useful for me. ❤❤❤ From India
Should the nature of the subject to study a relevant factor on the approach to the study technic?
Is there a strategy for someone that suffers severe ADHD? I've only just come across your channel maybe you may have spoke about ADHD before I'm not too sure I will have to look at your videos but ADHD is stalling my studying/learning. I know it sounds like an excuse but I feel like there's a steel more around me, mentally which seems to be preventing me from learning new things. I'm only 15% for your video so I'll keep watching Cheers pal
same here brother suffering a lot stop all your bad habits to make clean
This was actually somewhat painful to watch seeing all my weaknesses at face value. It needs to happen at some point.
How to improve the memory and retrieval ability?
Learning(understanding) is easy for me but memorising data is difficult
Your the best
Someone tell me how I managed to turn this video and the quiz links into 6 pages of notes and self reflection on how I conduct myself?!?!?! (yes they are linear notes, I'm on google docs - fight me)
You said that a student is “only as good as his weakest link”, but you also said that a top student usually has very good deep processing and that's why copying study techniques from these guys usually won't work, because they can COMPENSATE even with mediocre techniques.
So we should all improve our deep processing and be “OK” with everything else?
I’ll see how effective this guru is(bs artist)
I failed my 2nd sem of masters, ima use it to prepare for my entrance phd exam and for my last 2 semester
Does anyone summarize this video?
Do you have a podcast?
Was, the bigger plate. But I assume that it is forgotten/unfinished. Not a high priority on his list I guess.
Vert informative
no justin, you taught 667k people how to learn
It seems my whole barrell is broken. I'm weak in all the 5 dimensions.
I might be dumb.. because I have no idea what you're talking about. I saw the test questions. I'm light. In what way are these questions gauging my learning style? It's like asking me what color I like, and you'll know how I was born; I don't get the connections at all.. help
The test is only to tell you which dimension you need to improve first. The video is about you improving each of your 5 learning dimensions, everyone has them and we should improve them to increase our performance in studies. In short, it is about improving each one:
1. learning and memorizing the material;
2. selecting and using the best methods and materials for each thing you want to learn;
3. having positive thinking when faced with challenges and mistakes;
4. taking tests and recall;
5. setting aside time and space to study with focus;
You need to train yourself to be able to reasonably perform the 5 things in your study process. He probably actually explains how to improve these things in the course, but this video already gives us a goal to follow.
Wow it opened my eyes. And probably need a new barrels😅
the bb approach sounds very similar to test teach test
feel like there's no barrel at all😶..........
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bruh...... is it ok if i have more than one weakness
i just want to become so smart at math
Study focusing on reasons behind: why this is true? How can I replicate this results? How can I explain this to a one year younger person?
If this is not what you're struggling with, try to find the logic and test it to its limits: which cases do not follow this logic and why, or cases where one can doubt it applies for, why it really applies.
Good advice from the dude above me, if a bit hard to read.
Also, these 2 things have helped me the most:
Build from fundamentals.
I can’t stress this enough, maybe you can get away with visualisations in the early stages, but please practice from the absolute beginning (addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, equations, triangles, squares, etc. Etc.) till they become second nature, because 98% of the time the sole reason you don’t understand something is because you didn’t know the prerequisites well enough.
The second thing is realising that you can learn any topic of math to arbitrary levels of understanding. There is no limit. You can understand *everything* in math deeper, so don’t feel stupid if you think you know all the prerequisites well enough, and that that isn’t the issue. Look up “Using spaced repetition to see through a piece of mathematics” by Micheal Nielsen if you want some arguments for that, cause I don’t have the time to type that shit. Ignore the spaced repition aspect, just focus on his experience with matrix diagonalization and the essay he read about the *equals sign*.
Any topic. Good luck! You can definitely do it.
wow, its useful
Good 19min ad for your courses 😊
when you realize you're cooked in all 5 dimensions 💀
Can anyone tell me how can i prevent brain fog after 4 to 5 hour of study ( with break still my brain dont' respond to those cp questions) .
I am a sprout!
self management is messing so hard w me rn...
Hi Justin. I've been applying your methods and this helped tremendously, so thank you.
However, there are still some specific areas in which I struggle to apply it. Specifically, I'm trying to learn about a library in a programming langage. That library is used to perform mathematical operation on matrices and vectors. Each operation has a specific name and arguments order.
It's very hard for me not to make my notes super linear in this case, and I can barely group methods together (for example methods to create matrices, then methods to perform operations on them...) but my chunking stops there, and most importantly, it's super hard to find relationships, and retrieving the name of the methods is super hard. Being able to memorize & retrieve the name of the methods is what makes my day to day work much faster
Same thing apply to learn linux or windows specific commands.
Do you have any tips on that?
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