Why your studying routine is f*cked

If you want your studying routine to continue being f*cked, do the opposite of what's in this video. After two years of studying alone in my room, these are the best studying techniques I've found.
Links mentioned:
Article version of this video (read if you don't have time to watch) - dbourke.link/studytips
My Self-Created AI Masters Degree - dbourke.link/aimastersdegree
Coursera Learning How to Learn Course - bit.ly/LHTLonCoursera
Genius Foods book - amzn.to/2OccZzr
Timestamps:
2:36 - 1. Reduce the search space - too many decisions means no decisions, choose something to learn, take action and change it if you need.
8:43 - 2. Fix your environment - remove distractions, you don't need your phone on your desk 24/7. Write down a list of things which bring you value and stick to those.
15:10 - 3. Set the system up so you always win - focus on what you can control not what you can' control.
21:17 - 4. Sometimes do nothing - study like an athlete, intense sessions, then rest.
26:16 - 5. Embrace the suck - studying is hard, learning something new is hard. It will take time. 99% of your effort will be wasted. Remind yourself of this. Embrace it.
30:14 - 6. The 3-year-old mentality - what if you treated everything as play? When you've got a challenge, instead of it being work, it's an opportunity for you to play. Instead of struggling concept to concept, dance to them.
33:58 - 7. Sleep - don't trade study for sleep. Sleep is when your brain repairs itself and forms new connections. It's what turns your short-term memories into long-term memories.
37:11 - 8. Nutrition - food is fuel. If you want to study well, eat well. Learn to cook, avoid over-processed foods, keep it simple. Read Genius Foods by Max Lugavere.
42:59 - 9. Movement - researchers have found exercising is the number 1 way to delay the onset of the effects of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease progressively destroys memory and other important mental functions. You want to avoid this if you can. Keep moving. It'll help you learn.
46:44 - Summary
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[@mrdbourke]

Every time I forget these, my ability to learn is f*cked. What are your best studying tips?

[@AshishKumar-xv1tg]

What i think best is- learn in such a way that you become able to teach it to someone else easily.

[@MDARUN-ph1dw]

Good topic man😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dhruvshetty2127]

Hey,what if I’m being very inefficient in learning by measuring my progress by time?

[@AmbienceAlchemy]

Pomodoro technique all the way bro....!!!

[@monsaurus7730]

Yea, completely agree! Use them all the time.

[@chalk_talk]

Agree!

[@charlieclown9058]

Just looked at your channel. Is it new today?!?

[@mrdbourke]

25 MINUTES TO SAVE THE WORLD.

[@AmbienceAlchemy]

🤣🤣🤣

[@sravan8643]

I am very thankful for you for uploading this kind of content... Pls don't get discouraged cos of the less views.... You've helped me a lot

[@mrdbourke]

Glad you enjoyed Sai! I’m not in it for views, I’m in it for the gains. Gains of everyone wanting to get after it. We’re all in this journey together.

[@ankitshaw2011]

@@mrdbourke That's another example of setting the system up so that u always win..

[@ponschidambaram7029]

Man you're nailing it. Earned a follower👍

[@jagadishs3931]

Keep up the good stuff coming also please share your curriculum on ML,Maths,python etc which you had researched at the inception of the journey ! That would be helpful.

[@saharyarmohamadi9176]

Thank you very much for these great information

[@sueellen360]

This is an awesome video, kept me interested the whole time. You have really helped me to study on my own and stop procastinating.

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed

[@danielvillanueva2859]

That book genius food is awesome! It helped me optimize my life!!

[@mrdbourke]

I’m loving it too!

[@willykitheka7618]

I have really enjoyed this video and the information you have shared! Thanks man!

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Willy!

[@willykitheka7618]

Btw your flow is remarkable!

[@programming_and_snacks5192]

This is so helpful. I am super grateful to you Daniel. Keep up the good work!

[@mrdbourke]

Really glad you enjoyed Sid!

[@ankitshaw2011]

#keep learning #keep creating #keep moving

[@willykitheka7618]

That's such a powerful statement at 1:01 "to create new things", through learning! Small wonder I watch you channel every so often! Thanks for the content...I found this segment really useful!

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Willy! I really appreciate it.

[@willykitheka7618]

At 27:24 (Embracing the suck!) Santiago Ramon y Cajal calls it the "virtue of the less brilliant".

[@programming_and_snacks5192]

You are a true leader Daniel. I wish you tons and tons of success in the future. Thanks for helping me out and thousand others. Together we grow!

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Sid! I appreciate it brother! Haven’t forgotten about your question on how I organise things, stay tuned

[@LorwaiTan]

Enjoying your ML videos. You are so right.

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Lorwai! Glad you’re enjoying them :)

[@mockingbird3809]

Amazing video as always brother, Very informative :)

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Harsath!

[@finkrealistic]

Great bro i took the notes 😁 thanks man

[@daniloamorim3012]

Awesome video, keep it up.

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you Danilo!

[@skumarr53]

I took 'Learning how to learn' course on cousera based on your recommendation in one of your blog. I find it very useful.

[@mrdbourke]

Good to hear you enjoyed Santhosh!

[@paulgarcia2887]

It's awesome to hear how you too would spend a lot of time studying and come out not feeling like you learned anything. I get that feeling all the time.

[@mrdbourke]

All. The. Time.

[@daniloamorim3012]

Have you ever ear about Apache Spark? I heard that is the future of machine learning, its 10 times faster than python (because of clustering processing), they use it for real-time analysis for applications. I'm learning it cause I start working for a tech company and they use it a lot. Can you make a video about this topic?

[@mrdbourke]

I’ve heard about it but don’t have any hands on experience with it. If it’s 10x faster than Python... I should find out more!

[@daniloamorim3012]

Like the guy told us, Apache Spark is only useful if you have a whole infrastructure behind (cloud databases and clustering processing) and if you have a huge amount of data to process, if you don't have any of those, you're good to go with regular python. But if you are planning to get a Data Science job in a big tech company, 90% of chance you are going to use it, both to process data and to do ETL. I'm going through this process of learning Apache Spark to use in my current job.

[@willykitheka7618]

At 16:09, problem 13 had me really going...😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mrdbourke]

ALWAYS PROBLEM 13!

[@nonbeliever7667]

Well, I am confused about should I start learning Jujitsu or Python :) Does age matter in learning programming from definition/scratch?

[@mrdbourke]

Both are good fun! Age is only an obstacle if you let it be.

[@willykitheka7618]

By the way,talking about problem 13...Barbara Oakley in learning how to learning has proposed an excellent solution that she calls "INTERLEAVING"...if you get to problem set 13 and you can't get your way around it...skip it and do something else. Unknown to many of us, your brain continues to work on the problem and that's where the "aha"(eureka) moments come from...an answer to the problem come to you as you're taking a ride or a shower..but be sure to walk around with a notebook to note down those ideas AS THEY COME! It really works well for me and I avoid the frustration on not being able to get ahead!

[@mrdbourke]

Too true. Things get solved when you leave and come back. The power of diffused and focused thinking.

[@redsnow123456]

Daniel, can you make a video explaining the kernel SVM in an easy way? I searched a lot but there is lots of technical hard keywords and long mathematic equations

[@mrdbourke]

I avoid complex models like that! Try random forests :P

[@duowang1480]

Usually kernel often relates the nonlinear problem. SVM uses the data corresponding to non-zero coefficients on the margin to classify class data. Hope this video is helpful to you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYHamZyNra1-btE

[@JP-ik3hr]

"10... 15" LOL good one, Dan!

[@mrdbourke]

I was kidding myself wasn’t I... hahaha

[@nimbusarch]

All social media other than Twitter you mean. :D Just poking. Great video as always. Big one for me is to fix my environment. About to start a work from home job in 3 weeks and I need to drastically change my home office from a gaming/youtube lounge to a place I can focus.

[@mrdbourke]

You’re right. I’ve still got Twitter. I could phase that one out too... But I do think it’s the only true social network. Access to anyone. It’s like a big town square where people share their thoughts and ideas. Thank you for kind words!

[@ZincDrinker]

this vid has been in my watch later list since its upload. that's how bad i am at this. but thanks.

[@ShaikAsad]

Sometimes doing nothing can lead to the very best something 44:39 haha

[@mrdbourke]

100%

[@1122slickliverpool]

You should break these videos up in 3s or 4s. It was bit long, but I get why you did it. 10 or 15 minutes is really the idea max. In some case 20 or 25 minutes. Once you get past 30 minutes it starts to feel like a lecture. If thats your goal then ignore this comment altogether. Lol

[@mrdbourke]

You’re totally right. This could’ve easily been 3-4 videos. That’ll be something I look into in the future. This one was more of just a “can I riff on this article and turn it into a video” to practice my speaking. Thank you for the feedback and advice Gregory. I always appreciate your comments.

[@dangernoodle2868]

Nothing wrong with lectures dont @ me.

[@kumarsuraj9450]

For deep learning which cloud provider do you use?

[@mrdbourke]

GCP or AWS or Salamander - many provide similar services

[@albertog2196]

I found that going for a run is the best way to solve problems hehe

[@mrdbourke]

Hill sprints will teach you who you are.

[@kalyan3]

has the oura ring helped with your studying?

[@mrdbourke]

I’ve only just got it. But no it hasn’t helped directly. It only gives me an indication of my sleep. Sleep is what helps my studying. You don’t need an Oura ring to study well.

[@W0lfbaneShikaisc00l]

Eh, Ice cream is a bad analogy: people usually want lots of choice because there's only so many times you can have chocolate, strawberry and vanilla before you want to try other flavors I would say you're a warehouse operator in a field of boxes and you want to find a specific box, but the boxes are all color coded rather than just using letters: this allows you to pick the box faster and more efficiently, way better analogy.

[@peterkjellin135]

I like you Daniel, you're a decent chap.

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you for the kind words Peter!

[@yeehaw861]

It's 3:00am :)

[@ankitshaw2011]

Is it just me who watched the whole video in one go.... Hit like if you hv too... P.s: i think daniel had let this video go off bcz he just shooted and post it on youtube w/o editing... Which is again great to see that he don't have to use jump cuts like other youtubers but could speak sense for a long streach of time. #love from INDIA.

[@mrdbourke]

You’re right Ankit! Not much editing in this one, just wanted to get the message across

[@asamirr]

I'm distracted by your watch and ring so it'd be nice if you tell us where to find both 😂

[@mrdbourke]

Hahaha! I noticed I was fiddling with the ring. Bad habit for videos. My watch is by Suunto - www.suunto.com/Products/sports-watches/suunto-spartan-sport-wrist-hr/Suunto-Spartan-Sport-Wrist-HR-All-Black/ My ring is an Oura ring - www.ouraring.com

[@chiragaa1863]

can you send me the link of your monitor

[@mrdbourke]

My Computer Monitor - amzn.to/2GXeBb0

[@Amitsa299]

What about revision, it is a very boring part how you do it?

[@mrdbourke]

Make it fun

[@kartiknighania8588]

How many pull ups or muscle ups can u do?

[@mrdbourke]

I did 3 sets of 10 pull-ups this morning. Could’ve done more. Muscle ups I’ve done about 8 in a row before but I don’t do them often.

[@shakos4105]

Daniel Bourke that’s some major strength dude

[@jm1835]

The video is 53 mins long but weirdly enough it still felt too short for all the ideas you were trying to convey. I think this video could've easily been broken down into multiple videos/topics. Just some food for thought

[@mrdbourke]

I agree! Could both be longer and shorter (broken up) at the same time - thank you for the feedback, I’ll work on it!

[@mehdi179]

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[@willykitheka7618]

Hey dude, at 10.15 your mouth runs dry...there no harm in you taking a sip of water..seeing that you have a jug near you?! Is there? ever heard of cotton mouth? It's no joke...it's worse if you smoke!

[@mrana2424]

I’m bigoted against strayans but I make an exception for you 😊

[@mrdbourke]

Thank you

[@ankushkuwar19]

Hey man love your videos but they are too long, try to cut them down to 10 mins or less.

[@mrdbourke]

Thanks for the feedback Ankush!

[@atefabassi2348]

first

[@mrdbourke]

You even beat me!

[@sahibsingh1563]

First view

[@mrdbourke]

You're quicker than me adding a comment!

[@sahibsingh1563]

@@mrdbourke lol Always nice to see these vids

[@HowPortal]

Watch 2x speed.

[@mrdbourke]

Efficient!