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interesting insight I have got: you have to convince yourself (your brain) to support you. by answering the questions: what materials? what methods? (first exposure or active recall - only two choices) how longs? how many days? how do i know it works? (ex: I will finish all of my studying at least two days before exams and it will give me 2 days of rest)

Misleading title Cal Newport himself said he studied 3 to 4 hours a day durnig his university days.

should have used these 40 minutes to study, just a smartass seminar, nothing practical to learnnhere

40 mins were worth it...

Great video. It's not often that I find myself watching such a long video in a single go.

A few years ago, before college, I was able to stumble upon Cal’s work and I’m very happy that I did. Because of his insights, I was able to graduate Magna Cum Laude in Electrical Engineering and I will forever be grateful for that.

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Thank you very much

is there anyone in the comments still alive ? I am here after 11 years

In Italy teachers always ask students to give a "lecture" about the lesson, this is the most common kind of test. Does it exist in the US? It's called "oral interrogation" and it means students usually do active recall as homework.

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Such a helpful video andsome very Insightful man

@18:30 active recall,,@24:40 procrastination

Nice five pixels, I can see a lot. Very clear.

Summary 1. Insight: Active recall is the only study time that counts Active Recall: Go though the concepts in the notes and explain them aloud in complete sentences as if teaching to an audience without checking your notes. Put a checkmark if you can recall and put an x it if stumbling to go back later **Note: this is very taxing and uncomfortable for your brain --> Best to manage active recall is to have 2 hrs session each day over a week instead of staying all night before a test Passive Recall: Expose yourself to information (e.g., rewrite notes, read silently, highlight things) 2. Insight: Procrastination is your brain's way of telling you that your plan sucks Strategy: Overcome by providing convincing answers to 3 How questions: I. How am I going to study II. For how long III. How do I know it'll work After that, your brain will be on your side. It will say "This plan makes sense. This plan has a high chance of succeeding. I'm going to give you the motivation". 3. Insight: Your ability to do one thing really well matters more than the total volume of work Strategy: Do less. Do better. Don't cram lots of activities in your schedule. Do a small number of things but do them really well --> More enjoyable life and make you a star/ a standout that people remember and give opportunities to.

Sigma grindset

1. How to study? -Teaching (active recall) 2. Procanasation 3. Mindset

I easily get tired just in about half an hour when I study out loud.What can I do, please help.

he makes it sound so right that it feels illegal. But i will give it a try

Thats how i learn reseafch papers! Also i write the background section my doing that for future readers! Super useful then ppl wonder why I know it all from “memory”

One of the best video ever on youtube...

I know this almost a decade ago. Rather than say "Laura" he could've used a MADE-UP-NAME😂

There was a kid in my English class and psychology class who consistently aced every test we were given, and was a dick about it, would flex about it all the time. This is probably what he was doing. I on the other hand, spent cumulatively about a thousand hours writing practice tests and when I got my surprising grade of 30 out of 50 at the end of the year, I didn’t expect this, but my teacher said, this too was the reason. I never spent more than an hour at a time working for that exam, eventually being able to write a decent essay in under an hour, my class mate and I both understood this. We both understood that we can spend all the time we want studying the book for content and quotas, but if we don’t know how to construct a good essay, we’re screwed. So it makes more snide to learn how to write. Just like it makes more sense to learn and master concepts and synthesise facts than it does to learn facts. I can spend all the time I have learning the lab values and their normal ranges, but if I don’t know how to explain abnormal ones and their implications, how am I going to help anybody with abnormal ones?

I've been trying to implement the principles Cal is talking about, but there has been one major problem. How do I lecture out loud without looking at my notes about a subject I don't have much knowledge about? I attempt to do this lecture to an imaginary audience, but then I have to look at my notes, and then I have to look at my notes again, and again. Yes, you can learn the subject more thoroughly this way, but it takes more time and is more disjointed. Seems to me that you have to passively review the material thoroughly, and then do this lecture to test your knowledge, but this takes a lot of time. My main question is about Cal's assertion that almost all college students are studying in a radically inefficient way and that should scrap passive studying all together, when it seems to me that you have to passively read over the material in order to lecture about it without looking at your notes. Another form of active recall is to occasionally test yourself after passively reviewing stuff. For instance, read one or two pages out of a textbook and then ask yourself "okay, write all you know about this without looking at anything". This is a very simple yet effective way of learning stuff, but I have had a harder time pinning down exactly what Cal is advocating for.

i should've known Peter Parker went on to study at MIT and then later on turn out to be a professor. good job, Peter. thanks for the tips!

So good! 🔥🔥🔥

pulkit yeh dekh ... 19:30 : Explaining in loud voice as if explaining a class. In complete sentences. Without looking at notes 25:00 , 29:10 : For Procrastination.

Brian’s Brain 😂😂😂😅🤣

Terribly inefficient 😂 devastatingly effective 😅

This gonna save my career.

The strategies mentioned in "How to Become a Straight A Student by Cal Newport" for writing papers are for writing Term Papers or the same strategies can be applied for writing a Journal/Confernece paper especially in engineering or technical field at Master and Phd level?

Is it helpful for mathematics?

I am taking 19 credits next semester and everyone thinks I am crazy. We shall see what happens. I am not working so it may be I will do well since I can just focus on school. :) It may be though that taking 6 classes will be hard to remember everything though.

Active Recall

Great for core classes, and his books are excellent, but nobody is getting accepted to Medical school with only 30 minutes of studying. Change that to a few hours each day during the week with this method of active studying and you're good.

This is SIMPLY AMAZING !! Thanks CAL !!

I have taken 4 subjects n my classes starts from 8pm to 5pm !!!!!!! How can I organise my schedule ??

Thanks for sharing this amazing talk. I'm a big fan of Cal techniques. But it's the first time that I heard about his "3 hows" (29:28). Someone knows where can I find more details about this technique? I think it's pretty useful to defeat procrastination. And this aproach of rethinking why you're procrastinating it's the key to move forward from it.

As a straight A student who graduated couple years ago I’m telling you he is right. I was able to go out the same amount of time as people who later dropped out of school while maintaining high GPA. Could never understand those kids studying in the library all night.

Active recall guys who get the concept and also those who want to exercise the concept lets come together and build something special. knowledge is power

wish I heard this 10 yrs ago !

verbalising concepts

Cal Newport is the man!!

How are you supposed to do active recall on a library?

Dear Dr Cal, I wish I heard this advice 11 years ago when I joined for my MBA program. Comparing my life then with what you laid out in this lecture, I did everything wrong with that program. Needless to mention, it ended up being a traumatizing experience for me, and I was not able to take away much from the program. I did manage a bit more than the passing grades, but looking back, those 2 years went off without making much difference, and when it was over, I had lost all my self confidence, my energy and my willingness to try anything new. I wish I had this information then, but as they say, its better late than never. Thank you very much sir.

Awesome video! This helped me so much already. 😄

Awesome Video. Cool Insights. 1. Active Recall 2. 3 How's 3. Do Less.Do Better.

how do we know this guy isn't just really smart? Should I take this guys word for it. What if this guy is just using the power of persuasion to trick people into thinking this stuff actually works so we buy his book? how do we know if he had trouble studying at all? I do not mean to be a dick I just want to know if this stuff actually works or if its just a scam.

I just want to personally appreciate and give thanks to all the amazing individuals who summaries every educational video that is longer than 30 minutes because, people like me just dont have the patience and time to procrastinate for that long.