You’re Not Stupid: How to Easily Learn Difficult Things

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As a medical student, I have often been frustrated by learning. Mostly with myself: for procrastinating, getting distracted from studying, not wanting to put in the time to learn difficult things; or with my teachers: for what we've considered lazy, poorly-delivered and uninspiring lectures. And when you have a temperamental attention span like me, it becomes necessary to find ways to make yourself want to put in the time it takes to learn difficult things.
This is where I break down exactly how I teach myself to learn difficult things (step by step, using an example). I hope it helps anyone else out there who, like me, often feels they're the problem and they're the stupid one. Spoiler alert: we're not
To make your life easier:
0:00 Intro
1:16 Context Broadening
6:33 Dopamine Priming
8:48 Singular Deep Dive
13:55 Challenge Sandwich
16:28 Getting Broody
18:10 False Deadlines
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[@elizabethfilips]

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[@khalilahd.]

Thanks Elizabeth!

[@msom352]

Elizabeth Filips my dear sis You are always encourage us to read alot And you are so greatful thank you But I have one request for you You are great reader please Read islam book called ""qur an karem"" Translated to English With open mind thank you Have good day

[@gabrielsoza8453]

Why do speak so fast. It turns the video kinda desperate to hear.

[@RyuThe3rd]

Yow just started the vid and you're hella pretty

[@ready1fire1aim1]

["Transcending dimensions" (Jacob's Ladder 🪜)/ 0-5th "metaphysical" dimensions corrected & clarified] by C. M. Elmore 2D shape-name or 3D shape-name for determining 4D end-shape and 5D end-shape: (2D 'circle' vs. 3D 'sphere', in this case) 🆗️ Earth IS a 4D 'circle' (2D shape-name); a "quaternion". 🚫 Earth IS NOT a 4D 'sphere' (3D shape-name); a "hypersphere" (lit. 5D/contradictory). 🆗️ 2D 'circle' 🚫 2D 'sphere' contra. 🚫 3D 'circle' contra. 🆗️ 3D 'sphere' 🆗️ 4D 'circle' (2D shape-name) = 4D end-shape "quaternion". 🚫 4D 'sphere' (3D shape-name) = contradictory 🚫 5D 'circle' (2D shape-name) = contradictory 🆗️ 5D 'sphere' (3D shape-name) = 5D end-shape "hypersphere" 2D shape-name for determining 4D end-shape. 3D shape-name for determining 5D end-shape. "Evens and Odds", transcendentally speaking. 0D: point 🔘 1D: length/line 2D: shape-name + L/W "circle/flat earth". 3D: shape-name + L/W + depth "sphere/globe earth". (snapshot of "now"/frozen in time) 4D: shape-name + L/W/D + time (flow; chronology of "nows"; relative); current 'emanated' (or holographic), 'contingent' (or simulated), 4D 'circle' "quaternion" Earth. 5D: (H1; hypersphere) Google 'quaternion' stereographic video/images/info. "we're 4D?"- me, "🔫 always have been"- also me.

[@sh4dow_l3g3nd2]

Here's a quick summary I made for this video: 1. Context broadening - Google the specific topic and go to news - Find a celebrity story or anything that creates vivid imagery 2. Dopamine Priming - Get excited over/interested in the stories you read online - to understand more --> "the scarcest interest is desire" 3. Singular Deep Dive - narrow down --> one specific problem in massive detail - leverage intense curiosity 4. Challenge Sandwich - answering question on that topic --> what comes up in the exam - link the topic with the relevant info on the internet (celebrities, etc.) 5. Getting Broody - it will take a lot longer to absorb this huge topic than you think - solution: spaced repetition - calendar reminder to think about the topic as much as possible while doing daily habits (e.g., put make up on before leaving house) - humans keep forgetting information over time (forgetting curve) --> create false deadlines to recall as much as possible in the long run Thank you for reading! I know this is not a perfect summary but hope you enjoyed:D

[@karilynnwilson8670]

Thank you

[@siddheshwarsurnar9358]

Thank you 💕

[@LifeAsWeDontKnowIt]

Thank you, you are a fruit bearing tree... gives fruits, and expects nothing in return. Absolutely selfless Gem!! Be like this, forever :-)

[@dimagenpersonal]

Thank you 🥰

[@eeeee49976]

looking for this : )

[@IttyBittyWolf]

The sheer help presented here for neurodivergent folks who learn differently than the traditional method is staggering! Thank you so much for putting this together! As someone in their 30s who is going to uni next year and who struggles with procrastination over things I find 'boring', I have a huge worry about if I will complete my studies (even though its a subject I'm very passionate about) so this is a huge asset!

[@elizabethfilips]

❤️

[@hinotbyefelicia9424]

That's exactly what I was thinking. Creating interest, leveraging her hyperfocus, and making connections in order to keep her focused is enlightening. An amazing breakdown of this thought process.

[@GoldKingsMan]

I went through three universities ,got over that problem.

[@misato6529]

I'm such a neurodivergent folk!!!!!!!!!!

[@wisdomleader85]

Just a thought: it's probably easier to apply these tips on subjects that can be easily visualized and materialized, than to do so on abstract concepts in theoretical physics or philosophy.

[@blessed7015]

As a teacher, it saddens me that most of my lessons are scripted. I will receive backlash for not following a script. Yet, we are told to make the lessons fun. Scripted lessons usually do not create excitement in students. Such controlled environments create boredom and frustration for many students. This video content is excellent. I realized why I seem to learn better when connections have been made...

[@rileywiebe3512]

Switch schools or bring up potential options for change there?

[@chloesurratt]

Sometimes you have to go against the norm to set a new standard. Keep doing what you think is best even if it gets you in a bit of trouble. As a student, I am so grateful for teachers like you!

[@tigermiep]

I was really glad not to get hired back at the school where I was working, where the teachers were made to use scripted lessons, and where they had to have their lesson plans consistent across classrooms.

[@LL-wu5ui]

They hate it because they spend 45min doing "fun" stuff in class and then still have to learn all the definitions alone at home because they weren't even mentioned in class.

[@rileywiebe3512]

@@LL-wu5ui I agree this is a problem. I'm studying education and leaning toward the belief that there should be little to no homework. Homework that's done should never be new material, but with the goal of solidifying or expanding previous learning. Otherwise, it's not fair to students because some have more time and parent availability to help them succeed with homework. Any fun thing done in class should have the purpose of learning. I think it's totally great to have a fun class as long as each element is deliberately thought through and connected to the vision of the class. And like there shouldn't be such a huge difference between the nature of the class content and the homework--like you were saying.

[@aaronbono4688]

If I were tasked with raising a child I think that I would focus on teaching them three simple things. First to love learning, second to understand how to do their own research, and lastly how to think critically. This really hits on that first item in the list. I really love this approach.

[@jesse_-]

If all children were taught that way, the world would be a much better place. Democrats would not exist. Or at least not all the leftist sheep that listen to everything the establishment tells them. Those that do their own research despise of the left, because they figure out really quickly how brainwashed the left is. I am huge into being able to do honk for myself, doing my own research, and on education. I am teaching my children this, and I am teaching them that they are allowed to challenge their teachers if any of the woke BS is pushed on them. Don’t want my children to be indoctrinated sheep that are pawns of the establishment. My kids will become more successful than most, just like their parents. There are no limits on how successful one can be, and you need to be able to think for yourself to get there and sustain it.

[@colettemartinez1341]

I have the same aspirations as you! So when tasked with raising children, I found myself joining a growing group of people who are led by a similar motivation: the homeschooling community. I would say most, if not all, homeschooling parents have your three priorities as their main motivation for choosing to do "school" differently. Faith-based homeschoolers would add to your list: First - to grow in virtue and knowledge of their Good Creator. If you find yourself contemplating homeschool as a way to teach your child how to learn, further investigate teaching study through a classical approach: it is much like the learning described in this video (but spread out over years). First vocabulary is introduced as anchors on which to hang further information, then we engage wonder and awe by asking questions about those new things. Wonder and awe engages our curiosity and problem solving causing us to investigate further and find the answers. After which, we learn to articulate thoughts and express ideas around what we have learned using our new vocabulary (anchors). This is the way we naturally learn any new topic. Example: If I want to get a mortgage to purchase a house for my family, I first familiarize myself with the new words around this topic: broker, credit score, mortgage, "A" lender, "B" lender, prime rate, closed mortgage, open mortgage, variable term.... and the list goes on. Then I ask questions and research these terms and their meanings to aid in understanding what I will be signing up for. Then I articulate what I am looking for using the new vocabulary I have learned and discuss or look for a deal that works for my family using what we have identified as our primary objectives in signing for a mortgage. Best of luck to you and your future offspring. ❤️ You can do it!

[@sandeepbhupal2642]

how would you teach them to think critically?

[@aaronbono4688]

@@sandeepbhupal2642 one way would be to present them with all sorts of logical fallacies and teach them to pick them apart and see them for what they are. You can also look around, I know there's a set of cards that you can use to teach about how to think critically and I'm sure there are all sorts of games and teaching material out there, you just have to look for it. I see this stuff come up every now and then but since I don't have kids I don't dig into it too deeply but I know it's out there.

[@Arkylie]

Look into the Trivium -- there's a book by Sister Miriam Joseph that goes into the details of what used to be the core subjects early on (Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric). That's how to put words together, how to put ideas together, and how to use those ideas to best communicate with other people (and best understand how people's rhetoric is being used to manipulate you -- which isn't always a bad thing (e.g. helping someone come to a point of empathy), but should be kept on the conscious level whenever you can manage that).

[@meganaire3003]

This is genius. It's so much more ADHD friendly than staring at a textbook.

[@hasnaindev]

Why is it that every second western person I see suddenly have "ADHD." What about the fact that most people do lots of low value repetitive tasks like memes and 5 second long tiktoks that trained your brain to have lower attention spans? Books take an actual effort and uses a lot of brain power. Its a high value task that requires deep focus and attention which you HAVE to train. I know, ADHD exists but I'm pretty sure like most people who claim to have ADHD are simply diverting responsibility over something they "can't control." Ridding oneself of the responsibility and effort makes one feel "good." No different then what the fat people promoting "fat acceptance do." Promoting heart attack and diabetes like its a good thing just to avoid responsibility. 🤦‍♂

[@wolfiris666]

@@hasnaindev I mean Meganaire's comment isn't wrong at all. It IS ADHD friendly. I would say that people get misdiagnosed very often, yes. But that happens with many other Personality disorders and other underlying illnesses. But "lower" attention span and short attention span are different things and you don't measure it ONLY when reading a book or learning anything new. ADHD does affect every single part of your life and it's much more than being able to control your focus or not. (BTW it does affect some races more than others, higher rates in white children).

[@paprikapringless9526]

@@hasnaindev you know, I see what you’re saying and I don’t even fully disagree with you, but I think you could’ve phrased it in a much more compassionate manner.

[@sirius851]

@@hasnaindev I assume every second western person you see - is an author of a comment under KZbin video. Under this video - there are 500k views and 1k comments, now do the math.

[@hasnaindev]

@@sirius851 Dude, everyone's talking about ADHD. Its like when people substitute the word, "depression" for "sadness." No, most people are just bad at sustaining deep and long focus because they trained themselves that way. Also, this isn't true just for westerners. It isn't that people living in the east are immune to this. Sadly, a lot of people in the east have started following your footsteps.

[@skyricharde6629]

As someone who was homeschooled my whole life, most of my education was formatted to teach me these methods. This is the main hoped for outcome with homeschooling, that one teaches themself how to learn, because in life there is endless learning. I'm now an instructor at a local college, so... It worked out!

[@kofipapa2886]

Could you share one or any downsides of being homeschooled. I am a parent and love the idea but I have fears it may not end so well for my kids. I need some honest perspective.

[@skyricharde6629]

@@kofipapa2886 I was homeschooled before the internet, so things were a bit different. I was 12 when the internet came around and that changed a lot. Pros: so much more time with family, got to travel a lot, felt free, no school anxiety or test anxiety, learned how to manage my time and learn just about anything I was interested in. Was taught to follow my interests in order to learn. I was really interested in Egyptian hieroglyphics once, so my mom told me to write a paper on it... In order to do that I had to learn all sorts of history, culture, and geography. Many more pros to count. Oh! Didn't have to go to highschool, and instead studied for just 3 months to get my high-school equivalency diploma. Cons: bullied a lot by jealous kids. Any time I met a new kid and they found out I was homeschooled, they took it upon themselves to give me a math quiz and laughed at how "stupid" I was compared to them when I couldn't do anything on demand. I got used to being called weird, and took pride in it, this helped me find good friends who looked passed this. It took me until I was 11 to properly read, it just didn't make sense to me, but then all of a sudden if it did and I surpassed my peers within the year. You have to trust your kid. You have to find the method that works for them. For me it was self pacing, learning from tv, and following interests. For my brother it was working from a curriculum and sending in his work to a 3rd party every month, he loved homework! Homework made me cry and have panic attacks so my parents decided against it. In the end, kids learn and grow no matter what you do, and being there for your kids is so important, my family talked about everything and engaged is constantly. Also, kids get bullied inside and outside of school, there's no avoiding that. Good luck!

[@kerinac1909]

@@kofipapa2886 start with looking at different types of homeschooling. There are quizzes that can help you figure out what kind of homeschool style suits you best. Read about the different ways and see which one peaks your interest. I use a Charlotte Mason philosophy in our homeschooling. Narration is key. We read a story on a subject, then my kids retell (narrate) the story back to me. This helps move it from short term memory to long term. If you wake up after having a dream, immediately tell it to someone or even say it or write it down yourself. If you don’t do this, you almost immediately forget your dream. The more you narrate the story, the better you will know it. We don’t use textbooks at all and no test. Oral narration, written and also drawings of lessons learned.

[@somnorila9913]

I do think that homeschooling alone is not that great. The way i see it a week should be at most 4 days of work and at least 3 days of me time. So for school i'd say that 2 days of education homeschooling approach where the teacher is entirely focused on one kid and two days where the kids socializes with other kids within a supervised environment, more or less similar to normal school just without the classes, be more like a time to play together, may be with sporting approaches or more artsy stuff, maybe debate or some other group project. And the rest of the week completely free, no homework, they are free to do their thing, play, meet whatever. Also i think i would remove the grading approach and do something more similar to likes or whatever where the group may present if they like it or not regarding your work and behavior. You could have it where peers and teachers are two equal groups and in order to pass you would need some ratio of approvals where of course the teachers have a higher saying than the kids but not by too much either as they should learn from an early age that they matter and that they are responsible for their actions. I think that all "modern" education should focus more on the group cohesion and capacity to collaborate than on facts alone and the individual status, your grade, you pass or not, you are better or worse than others.

[@MrPotatoemouse]

I was home educated, before the internet as well. I think op has covered a lot of the benefits well, main ones being nurturing life-long curiosity and love of learning; learning to teach and critique yourself; gaining good problem solving, time management and study skills. I think it must be particularly good for kids that are neurodivergent. I found out at uni. that I had dyslexia, yet I had somehow naturally learned to work round it and was getting top grades. You do have to make more of an effort to make sure your kids get plenty of social interaction. But one of the great things is you generally meet more people of different ages and backgrounds in different situations, rather than just a group all the same age at school. As for the bullying thing, I think kids would likely get that at school anyway, just about something else. Cons for me were: 1: Different teaches suit different people, but I only ever had 2 teachers (mum and dad.) My dad mostly covered maths and science, his way didn’t suit me. I did find my own way into it, but it caused conflict and my knowledge is patchy. 2: While it was mostly a positive experience, nothing runs smoothly all the time. It makes it more complicated when there is no separation between home and school and your teachers and and parents are the same people. You never fully get a rest from either school or home.

[@celinekuo878]

I am a medical student that has just found this channel. Not until today, I finally know why I can enjoy searching and learning medical knowledge for hours when doing a PBL report (which means there is an actual case and a specific little topic to search for), but cannot bare studying medicine in textbook for like ten minutes. Thank you Elizabeth.

[@dustyscribe8397]

This stuff is 100% true. I don't remember a thing that I learned in school, but after I got out of school I started learning just for the fun of it. Following the lines of what I'm interested in, and then building my knowledge and curiosity around it, has led me to learn about all subjects, even the ones I didn't think I'd ever be interested in. Now I can build a drystone wall, I know how bricks and barrels are made, I know how about herbs, I've learned about psychology and how to apply it to myself to understand myself better, I've dabbled in philosophy and culture, and I actually developed an interest in history, which I always found drop-dead boring because of all the facts and politics rammed into us in our history textbooks. Learn what you want to learn, and then you'll learn what you should learn.

[@mindymac_does_stuff]

Amazing, you've essentially described the rabbit hole I go down when I see something in the world I'm interested in. But I never thought to use the same techniques on my actual studies. This is brilliant thank you for sharing 👌

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You are not stupid if you understand this 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🔥

[@wowsports8800]

SAME! This is how I think about everything and anything

[@simplyjayfilms]

im just now finding out how i learn as well. i agree

[@rafiulalam2390]

MY TAKEAWAYS :: 1) Context broadening: Relating a theoretical concept with a real life story or incident. Having an example or event visual in your mind. 2) Emotional implication: Getting emotionally invested with the topic, knowing what would be the future use. 3) Making logical jumps in Between topics. 4) Playing around with the topic. 5) Approach questions 6) Spaced repetition 7) Creating false deadlines to keep things neat.

[@bix194]

you forgot dopamine mining which i really like also

[@HO-bndk]

So absolute bog-standard stuff that intelligent people have known about and applied for centuries?

[@bix194]

@@HO-bndk Good for you if you are in the intelligent gene pool. May be you should make a YT video to share your knowledge with dummy like us?

[@syberyah]

@@bix194 I think that was the Emotional Implication (#2)

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You are not stupid if you understand this 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🔥

[@sharathkumark9692]

Whenever I study, I used to jump deeper and deeper and after an hour or so I realise I reached to somewhere completely unrelated to the topic I am studying 😂. This is one of the many reasons I can't complete what I started. Now I am trying to limit myself jumping deep. Love this kind of videos ❤. Thank you Elizabeth ❤❤

[@sareenfatima6114]

This is such a mee thing 😂❤

[@fairenough7984]

My biology lab teacher advised that we read at least three different sources to help learn a complex (or boring) topic. As well, we were advised to give the material "meaning." Giving meaning to a topic helps to engage and retain the information. Read as if you are reading your favorite author, give it their voice in your head. Read it as if it is really interesting and facinating. Doing these things helped me to stay focused, and sometimes found that a certain topic was actually interesting once I involved myself in it.

[@nervengewitter]

This is basically a study guide for ADHD brains :D I love it, it makes so much sense with how I approach new topics. Thanks for the detailed breakdown!

[@toxic_narcissist]

For any kind of brains

[@imhuman7848]

What are ADHD brains? The first expanded form came into my mind was Antideuratic Hormone Deficiency Brains 👀

[@alexcordero6672]

Then I think that everyone has ADHD because she's describing how most people stay interested in things. My friends wife is complete genius but ask her about cars and tanks and she can't retain information about these simple machines--- because she doesn't care nor do they impact her life in any meaningful way.

[@alexfitzpatrick2421]

Agreed!

[@alexfitzpatrick2421]

@@alexcordero6672 there's a difference, ADHD brains HAVE to learn everything this way, not that its OPTIMAL to learn this way like for neurotypical brains

[@kshreeinsights478]

1) context broadening , think or search with reality 2) dopamine, be curious , 3) single deep diveee, logic study 4) be challenging, connect everything possible 5) be familiar with it,,,,,like repeat it to rentent it 6) false deadlines again n again .... so this is how it is connected , 🙂👉🏻👈🏻

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

😊❤️😊❤️

[@barrelburger]

I am a 62 year old lawyer and I have to learn difficult things all the time. Thank you for making this video. You have made a huge contribution to me.

[@Arkylie]

As someone who's just coming to an awareness of her executive function disorders in her forties -- previously being only of the awareness that she was "scatterbrained" and had trouble finishing projects -- I'm so very glad that my mother homeschooled me. A lot of your method comes naturally when students are allowed to explore a topic under their own steam, but flies in the face of the methods used to teach 30 students at the same pace and keep them all on track. My lifelong love of learning was crafted in a world where I could learn whatever I wanted and go in any direction I wanted -- whether that's looking up coniferous trees, studying bartending, learning the nuts and bolts of the Chicago Manual of Style, or finding out how to make funnel cakes at 2 a.m.

[@xfaerielightx]

Were you unschooled? ADHD mom homeschooling an ADHD son 🙋 hi. Lol

[@shishudesu]

This is an absolute masterpiece! This is going to make my learning so much more fun. Thank you very much! 😄😄

[@elizabethfilips]

EEEK thank you! glad you liked it :)

[@anyaibragimova5952]

Esp learning advanced maths🥹🫠🦦

[@anyaibragimova5952]

But the video is marvelous ty!

[@kumarsuresh1972]

This is an absolute masterpiece this is going ro make my learning so much more fun thank you very much

[@chainesciences7125]

How did it help?

[@benwells2338]

“Learning how to teach oneself”, that should truly be adopted by everyone full stop. How many years have gone by now that it’s commonly accepted people just naturally have different ways of thinking and processing information. The few people I know that are teachers have discussed this topic and how that translates into teaching material in different ways to try and educate the many different kinds of minds out there. I have ADHD and was diagnosed late in life, and because of that, I unfortunately grew up with low self-confidence thinking I was just dumber than most my friends and peers. Turns out I was wrong and was just not taught in a way I could best absorb that information. Over the past handful of years, I took this late stage diagnosis along with my own understanding of how I best learn new things, and have now devised strategies to learning new material in more efficient ways. The importance of being “‘self taught” in this respect has been life changing for me. These days I will often embark in new fields of study or new hobbies with a sort of “tinkering”, playful attitude, as a child might play and learn new things. I figure out the root structure and logic behind something, and work out from there, learning the nuances of everything in between. Funny story attributed to this process is when I wanted to teach myself the piano I grew up playing the violin so reading music wasn’t foreign to me, but being able to read two clefs and control two hands to play those clefs was completely new and I had the hardest time trying to wrap my mind around it. I decided to invent a new way to read music so I could more readily translate that score to the piano keys needed to be struck, within a given time frame, to play the music. After many many iterations and symbology invented for myself, and going down this rabbit hole of narrowing down this new “language” I could more easily digest, I took a step back with all my sticky notes, note pads, highlighted symbols etc., I realized I literally, had just “reinvented” sheet music in its standard, every day form. 🤣 One could see this as massively frustrating as I DID spend a considerable time in developing what I thought was an entirely new and personalized language (remember, I had gone down the rabbit hole thereby blocking out any sort of external reference), but the way I see it, that time spent into reevaluating how I understand sheet music gave me a new way to literally see the same thing but through new eyes. I now see and read sheet music through a lens that makes sense to me, even though objectively, nothing looks different. So this revelation ties back to the importance of being self-taught IMO because it highlights the importance of finding personal relevance and meaning in something, to someone’s own personal world perspective and “unique” way to understanding external information.

[@rodrigoribeiro2569]

Thats great!! totally relatable... We have to learn how to create good habits and environments and each person has their own inprint and approach that passes through self knowledge, we have to try new things creatively and see our patterns and how we normally think and connect ideas and knowledge thinking, there are so many ways to see the same thing and even tough we can be similar, our routines and habit builds our daily basis actions like nothing else and many times we are triggered by differents momentums and emotions/thinking/moments. Thank you for sharing you inputs, I really loved to read and of course her videos is awesome as well. Blessed be for every oneself learning process.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You are not stupid if you understand this 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🔥

[@erinthirza1551]

Might be you are not stupid, but you just have a genius mind or kinda brilliant mind (smarter than average others) but you didn't find an effective way for that yet. I've read something (success people have different thinking and daily habit) that's it you already have that different just polish it and drive it into the right way. I predict you gonna be an unstoppable person.

[@EllieofAzeroth]

Have you ever considered making a piano class designed specifically for ADHD students using your system that is easier to digest? I think you could really make the music world more inclusive and change the freakin world if you did! How exciting, damn! That probably holds a lot of prospective piano players back from being able to reach their potential. Maybe with your system, that could change

[@michaelborza734]

You had me at "as a child might play and learn new things"

[@themetal6216]

People in my life made me believe that I was stupid for such an incredibly long time, now in my late 30's I've been given the opportunity to learn computer science and programming. Wish me luck.

[@Dave-bp6ju]

I was always thinking about myself that: 1. Curiosity is the best motivation for me (for virtually everything). 2. Actively studying things I am genuinely curious about is a pure pleasure for me. 3. I am able to kind of "induce" some of that curiosity in myself for things other people usually say are 100% boring/unpleasant/uninteresting/duty. At some point in my life I realised this is how my brain works and that I can influence it to a certain degree - that helped me a lot to work through my education and helps me at work everyday (I'm an engineer, probably because of that curiosity ;) ). Your approach and the way you describe it sounds surprisingly and shockingly familiar to me, at some points I felt like listening to my own thoughts, but orderly described and well explained - thanks for that.

[@jadechimaera9480]

Re: your first tip, going for the more attention-grabbing media pieces would never have occurred to me, I usually stay away from those so thinking about it as just another tool to use in my favour instead of something "bad" or a waste of time was really interesting to hear Thanks for another great video!

[@khalilahd.]

Couldn’t agree more! So helpful!

[@SilvesterBoots]

You could use any context - research paper, evidence from a person, discussion on a topic (any forum, social place), you can talk with friends, you can skim books or encyclopedias. Any possible way you are digest information and get interested in it.

[@MaggieMacKenzie]

I loved using crash course videos for this when I was in university!

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You are not stupid if you understand this 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🔥

[@martinzokov]

I think the first point about context is a great example of how having a story around something makes it memorable. It's much more difficult to remember a list of random facts. Stories are part of how we evolved :)

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You are not stupid if you understand this 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🔥

[@sharpsbattle]

Your first point about caring about what you are learing about is briliant! I crammed my brain full of useless facts for 7 years of post secondary to graduate. Years later I came to relearn and enjoy much of what I learned in school but didn't because I just wanted to pass. Learning is fun and empowering if you are engaged.

[@MermaidDreamsAstrology]

Thank you. I've been doing this for decades, but generally I'm labeled as unfocused, flaky, "all over the place". I used to feel bad about learning several topics at once, often unrelated. But this actually confirms that I do what works for me. Things that I learn myself I retain and use for many years. Ask me what I studied in college for years? 🤷 Mitochondria is a powerhouse of a cell. That's it.

[@harioandluigi4569]

ADHDer here. These are learning strategies I’ve been doing unknowingly since I started understanding how I can learn things (very recently lol) Thank you for this video! Very engaging with the little background sounds and little pop up ones. Also ofcourse the content. Very very amazing how you can condense so much like this!

[@elizabethfilips]

THANK YOU

[@palesatalks6629]

Me too I just realised that I do this a lot and have been for a while

[@adeebarashid4735]

same here as being one who gets easily distracted and has a really short attention span these techniques had help me a lot so glad that people out there are also doing the same

[@solitariumos]

How did you learn to learn with ADHD?

[@liyan00]

This strongly reminds me of the time when I was incredibly curious about what OCD is, how different it is from how the media portrays it, and more specifically what was actually being portrayed in a character that I connected the topic with. I ended up spending a few days learning about it and then sent a little explanation about what I thought the character was portraying and the author (who actually has OCD and already knew what I described to them) was like "yeah, I took small liberties for the plot, but overall this is it" and it felt really cathartic because I could finally understand it. Overall, I've been subconsciously using this method and have been calling it "The 'Why' Strategy" because I couldn't think of anything else to call it.

[@aggeyboii1753]

It's like going down the BTS rabbit hole and unintentionally learning about a bunch of other topics by association.

[@vkrys1x]

Hb b.

[@nissaiseverywhere3274]

@@aggeyboii1753 righttt

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

That's the case with virtually all mental illnesses on TV.

[@kaymack5304]

This is brilliant! I remember in high school being lost in advanced math classes because I felt like new information was just being dropped on me with nothing to attach it to. By the time I could understand it enough to attach it to something I did know, I had missed key points and was playing catch up.

[@KendraW8]

I have ADHD and I wasn’t diagnosed until I was an adult out of school- This is exactly how I learn- I studied psychology and when I began learning about neurobiology/biopsychology/neurotransmitters/memory- I began doing many of these same things. One addition I can recommend is incorporating physical activity or small bursts of exercise into the study sessions. This improves memory formation/storage through the production of serotonin, improves focus and motivation through the production of dopamine, and improves alertness and focus through the production of norepinephrine. Follow these sessions up with a good night of sleep- possibly thinking about the topic as you fall asleep or an hour or so before bed- and the melatonin produced at night combined with REM sleep allows those neural pathways to become strengthened/better tied to the non subject specific associations you introduced- which leads to better recall when those associated thoughts and facts are thought about. Like little pathfinders to the information you have a harder time recalling. Finally- scent! Study hard topics with a certain unique scent available- or while eating a certain food- create a tangible connection to that information and that food or scent- so that smelling that scent or tasting that food immediately creates a flood of recall by association. Scent is very powerful. Closing your eyes and visualizing the information- not just the words and phrases but the tangible implications of the information- while being able to smell a certain scent- can create powerful sensory reinforced memories. Excellent information- thank you for this! As someone who must ALWAYS know the “why” and the “how” in order to fully understand any subject- I can fully recommend these methods as well- they absolutely work. They turn frustrating and overwhelming subjects into digestible components that each reinforce interest, understanding, and practical application.

[@MinishMilly]

Great additional tips! :3

[@davidhackett6317]

This should be required viewing for teachers and students everywhere. Absolutely brilliant!

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

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[@deutschmitpurple2918]

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[@fluffymountains]

that'd make attending lectures so much fun

[@FlyingMonkies325]

They know they just do everything to stop us seeing all this... they know the one size fits all curriculum isn't fits all, everything they do they know what they're doing don't mistake it for a second that they don't know.

[@tanyasorin4619]

I love your videos. As someone with severe ADD, I was extremely surprised to be able to sit through an entire video without my attention diverting to extraneous stimuli. The fast pace (reminds me of tik tok pace which my brain loves) and the combination of sensory stimulation: both visual and auditory make it an ideal experience for someone with attention deficit. Thank you!

[@elizabethfilips]

This makes me so happy, thank you for the comment Tanya!!

[@user-is9ry2bx9m]

The great thing about the approach presented in this video is that it works not only when you study medicine. I tested it on law and it worked out. Thank you for the motivation and the shortcut.

[@SoulGPS]

Back in college I intuitively applied 3 of the 6 steps (2, 3 & 6) and ended up graduating valedictorian. If all 6 are used and repeated so that they become instinctive, learning potential could become exponential. Took notes. Will apply.

[@impossiblephysix2633]

i didnt get the false deadlines advice. may you explain? i dont see what the point is (with respect to kahnemann). i would think that the implication is that you have to plan more time for reading texts

[@starsintrash9218]

1. Relate to famous news or media 2. Answer and question based on curiosity 3. Answer and question thereotically 4. Try to remember it again at the end of the day or later 5. False deadlines

[@Jade-db1jx]

Thank you for doing this!

[@michelea2326]

Thanks...I don't particularly care for this creator but she has very interesting content. Your summary lessened my time here!!!

[@Ozgipsy]

Very impressive. Rare to meet someone with such a creative tendency heading down a heavy science path. I’ve worked around engineers and PhDs all my life - not one could do this without 60 bullet point PowerPoint slides

[@khalilahd.]

She’s the best 🙏🏽

[@Michael-vf2mw]

Interesting. Do you think that heavily creative people actually have an advantage in heavily "left-brained" topics such as Medicine?

[@lito4940]

@@Michael-vf2mw that would be amazing

[@hasnaindev]

Simply demonstrates the quality of your company. PhD doesn't really mean crap to a large extent.

[@kishanchali8752]

Well she's just a doctor. Not a scientist.

[@stephaniegreenwood4007]

I had an undiagnosed illness for 15 years, it absolutely ruined my life. I went to countless doctors looking for answers. None of them seemed to believe me about my symptoms, (in their defense, many of my symptoms were bizarre and I didn’t even know many of them were even symptoms possible for humans to experience until I experienced them myself) while so could believe that a doctor might not immediately recognize what disease I had, I could not believe, for the life of me, that none of them were curious enough to want to find out. The only thing worse than having chronic illness is having an undiagnosed, untreated illness, and the only thing worse than that is having a doctor, that you go to in desperate need of help, not only not help you, but tell you that they don’t believe you, and to go home. The only thing worse than that, is to have multiple doctors do this for years. Because not being believed by the people you go to for help, causes serious emotional trauma, which causes PTSD, which is even worse than the chronic illness itself, and PTSD can be just as hard to diagnose and treat. I would beg and plead with them to please keep testing me, to please help me to find a diagnosis, I just wanted relief and to get my life back. I could not believe that all of these science minded, medical professionals, had no sense of curiosity to find out what was wrong with me. As a science minded person myself, and as a curious person who like to learn and solve problems, I was dying to find answers about my illness, why weren’t they. I have now spent twenty years studying and learning everything and anything I can to find and to learn more about my illness. Finally after about 15 years of illness I was diagnosed with ME/CFS, (which should be spelled H-E-L-L, it would be a much more accurate name). I really wish I would have found a doctor with the curiosity talked about in this video , and with the drive to learn more, in order to help me, so that I wouldn’t have suffered through years of Hell, on my own with practically no professional medical help or effective disease management. Yes I did a lot I of learning myself, but doctors have so much more resources than I did. If I would have had a curios, emotionally involved doctors to begin with I could have gotten much better much faster, and with a doctor’s diagnosis and note, I could have gotten needed accommodations at school, and taught my family what was wrong with me and so could have gotten needed empathy and help at home. Having a curious, empathetic, emotionally involved doctor, who knows how to learn new things and is willing to learn new things is absolutely essential for diagnosing, treating and basically rescuing people like me from needlessly suffering through years of Hell… uhh, I mean ME/CFS. If you ever have a patient, and you don’t believe them when they explain their symptoms, tell yourself they wouldn’t be there to see you if something wasn’t wrong, so give them the benefit of the doubt and just assume they are telling the truth about their symptoms first. If you run test and they show nothing, keep running tests. Never tell people they are fine and to go home. At very least be honest and tell them that you just don’t know what they have. But the best thing you can do is to tell them you will do everything in your power to find out. Also be willing to learn from patients. I am now an expert of ME/CFS, and not very many doctors are. I now teach my doctors about my illness, especially when I need to see a new doctor. So keep being curious and keep learning.

[@davewilson1591]

Just found you and you have clarified my life's journey through education. I am 74 and took 30 years to complete an AA degree! Graduated at 49. I would only take what I was interested in, worked full time raising my family, averaged 2400 hours a year working while attending night class. But had a blast the entire time. Always felt I was different from most other students, but I still can recall information learned during biology, chemistry, history, et al. I refused to take English and US history, until my boss told me the difference between a degree and "some college". English was the most difficult subject ever, had to have a go 3 times, but realized why it should have been the first class instead of the last after 30 years! Thank you again for the clarification and hope your message reaches the younger ones, but my experience taught me most students only want the grade and move on. But for those that want to learn and have the time, listen to this young lady. Her message is golden.

[@suki7333]

You held a poll recently asking whether you'd like for us to have you post more videos with regular editing, or fewer videos with fancier editing. I voted for more videos because I figured the editing wouldn't make much of a difference. I was so wrong. This is really good editing!

[@bruce-le-smith]

yeah very entertaining edits, also love the 'curiosity jumping' part and realized it's what I love so much about exploring/mapping new cities! especially big cities with trains/metros because as you alternate between walking, biking, busing, and taking the tube you get these 'ah ha' moments where isolated areas become connected into a larger network. this video made me realize that's the same feeling I get when I find a connection between a couple of processes or sub-domains in an area of knowledge. thanks!

[@joyjoy126]

I actually had to drop out of school in 2019 due to a combination of anxiety and (both undiagnosed...long, stupid story) ADHD, and (diagnosed) dyslexia. This video gave me some confidence in my neurodivergent brain as I have taught myself in similar ways over the years when school has failed to teach me... and to maybe decide to go back in the spring and finish my bachelors.

[@mavicake6213]

Good luck in your journey!

[@ksilofo]

Good luck!

[@joyjoy126]

@@ksilofo Thank you!

[@ShotGunner5609]

Hell yeah!

[@jerrynkathy]

Armed with the Liz's process should help you considerably. Such valuable insight. Our youngest son was dyslexic too. We'd spend hours with him, asking him what he meant by what he wrote. He'd give an answer. We'd repeat the process until we arrived at his true thought - an irreducible conclusion. This would have helped him immeasureably. I wish you every success in your studies.

[@ZoltanHercules]

I didn’t realise I was neurodivergent until way beyond my learning or enforced learning ages. Makes me wonder how I retained or passed anything within school. Appreciate this video a lot.

[@lioninaboxgames]

Sorry for replying on your comment but I stumble on countless people who say they are Neuro divergent or have ADHD. It's eery. It's like, how about just say it's normal that not everyone thinks in the same way, why make it a condition? Something is off.

[@ZoltanHercules]

No need to apologise, you have been polite and civil. You know what? I don’t know - it’s just the rules that society has set really. To think we haven’t even begun to tap into thought processes and patterns and how the brain actually works. Not hard to see why, 100 years ago we were knocking people out with mallets. Fast forward 100 years and who knows what will have been discovered? Perhaps those who had the ability to concentrate and or be studious are the impaired ones?? It’s just something I e recently discovered. I really struggle to concentrate without three or four other things not being on my mind. Some of them are random things from 6 months or more ago.

[@lioninaboxgames]

@@ZoltanHercules I have a gut feeling it's something worse than that. People simply used to say: the school system sucks and work conditions are inhumane. But nowadays they feel the need to justify themselves by putting themselves into a category: they are desperate to belong and justify themselves, they don't feel normal and good enough by simply being themselves. They have to hide behind a label, like 'neuro-divergent'. They don't criticize the environment, they rather call themselves sick. And I find that very disturbing. I'm curious, for you, are those situations from sometimes 6 months ago that you simultaneously think about - when wanting to focus- emotionally filled? Like for example you simultaneously think about a situation where a person treated you in a way you found disrespectful, you felt you missed out on a good opportunity, you didn't feel seen in a specific situation. Are those the type of situations you simultaneously think about?

[@ZoltanHercules]

@@lioninaboxgames the way you have put that puts such a sorrowful spin on it. Blaming themselves because they feel scrutiny of the system is a bridge too far. Goddamn, if hearing that doesn’t make you almost well up. As for me, it’s strangely always about how I’d have done something differently, something inane. As in, I haven’t worked in a certain place for over 20 years. I was thinking how I could have done my job more efficiently and given myself less grief. Or “why didn’t I do it that way” sort of thinking. Loads of “if I knew then what I know now.” Then I start to daydream and think what I’ll be in the future. That’s when things get nuts. I’ll think of things way beyond control, like if I was a woman would I be the same person, if I was taller etc etc etc. or if I jacked this said job in way before I did. What would have happened, would I have been smarter, less smart? And it goes in a thousand different tangents. It’s like a what if comic. Then throw in things like my hobbies, fishing, amateur mechanics, inventing random problems within said fields etc. I really have to try to focus, but when I’m immersed, I cannot be taken away. Very odd by the sounds of things.

[@lioninaboxgames]

@@ZoltanHercules well you made it sound more dramatic by calling it the system's scrutiny lol. It's a maladaptive education system that is not in harmony with the natural human drives and needs, and that should be changed. You seem to have a more down to earth approach to it, and I agree, understanding the neurology can definitely help you navigate yourself better. But a lot of people over identify with those labels and treat it more as a sickness, or genetic defect, instead of a natural development, something that can be influenced and altered, something that could even have been caused in childhood because of for example averse conditions in upbringing. Regarding the thoughts you have, it seems to me, that you are a very creative person. So you can come up with all those ideas, which are all very interesting to consider, in moderation at least. I think it would be interesting to explore weather those thoughts and contemplations are a way of trying to avoid a discomfort you feel in the current moment, as a distraction. And if it developped as a coping mechanism in childhood, in order to manage and go through uncomfortable/ unpleasant situations. I know I developped a lot of coping mechanisms that could be labeled as neuro-divergent, but it doesn't empower me to do so.

[@ZappninLLP]

I'm a 78 year old retired lawyer with a lifelong interest in memory, learning, and learning how to learn -- tips and tricks and DIY stuff. Yours is one of the best videos/talks/lectures on this topic(s) I have yet encountered. Just discovered your channel today. Thanks!

[@morzsaszem]

I didnt expect much, and I found treasure. Simply and truthfully. I wanted to learn languages for years, and I downloaded Apps, trying it again and again and I was like: it's not hard, but why I can't keep it up ? I always failed to finish what I have started. I will try this thing, I lready know what to do omg. Thank you dear

[@elizabethfilips]

thank you!

[@sharmainekoh1751]

Goodluck in your language learning journey! I'm learning Italian, I definitely will try this method 💯

[@avecus]

If you get bilingual texts you may also try this: guess meaning in the unknown-language side and then confirm or learn new words in the other.

[@skylark1848]

You're basically saying we remember stories well ❤️

[@farihatabassum6135]

I am a person with clinically diagnosed ADHD and I must agree my almost instinctual approach to most study materials is EXTREMELY similar to what she mentioned in the video . Now I can better externalise this pattern and have a more strategic/regulated approach .And just to mention I relate to her so so much , she makes me feel validated in a way ♡

[@bhaswati2902]

Oh my god! Thank you sooooo much!! This is such a fresh take on studying! I've tried forming habits, making schedules, but nothing works. Because what drives me the most is motivation and passion. I'm so grateful and happy to have found your channel!! Thanks for assembling these amazing bits of wisdom! I finally feel like someone understands! Lots of love!!!

[@wilcoxj3]

Something that stuck out to me was how often you touched on asking questions. Asking yourself questions about your study rather than just reading/reviewing seems to be one of the critical pieces of making this plan work. And a critical piece to learning and critical thinking in general. Great video, and tons of awesome tips that are non-traditional and can actually be applied for better learning.

[@AnnaWayne90]

Med student here on cardiology rotation.. This is literally a life saver because I am drowning in information I have to remember! Amazing as always, Elizabeth! You outdo yourself with every video❤️

[@witchmorrow]

love love LOVE this context- and personal-driven approach to learning, it is so much more 'active' than most forms of education which are so passive and so this will stick so much better. Thanks, this taught me a lot, can't wait to go and apply this myself

[@fhrjbeidbfjsnabs]

Elizabeth bypasses your ears and speaks directly to your brain. It's brilliant I love this

[@yasminmagalhaes4309]

This is pure gold of an approach!! It clicked so much with me, I've never saw someone breakdown the learning process this way (while being extremely clear!), thank you lots

[@elizabethfilips]

thank you!

[@Lenaboo3]

It would be awesome to see a series on how to apply this method to specific/different subjects like languages, mathematics, philosophy, etc that require different problem solving frameworks.

[@lolabint3411]

Very much this.

[@FlyingMonkies325]

Easy... many subjects it's essential you note it all down somewhere but just in a format and context you best understand, just like when you type things into social media wording things in a way that you understand and you hope that others will understand... do the same thing with your notes😁it's easier than it's made to see WE are easier than other humans say, just keep things as clear, short, and simple as possible because you'll need to keep going back to reread and refresh, so write it for that purpose too not just to learn something then forget about it. How you solve problems as an individual is different too because you understand things in a different way so if she explained it then she only knows how to explain it in the way SHE understands things not how you do, you'll figure out how you solve each problem as you go along.

[@thestig560]

Also, do our homework for us while she's at it.

[@FlyingMonkies325]

​@@thestig560 Do it yourself but don't learn for the sake of filling in homework learn for the sake of learning and you'll actually feel passionate and interested in what you're learning. Homework can be useful but you need to properly learn a concept first before you know how to do it, you just have to find the best way for YOU to do it, forget what any teacher says because you know deep down your not getting anywhere if it doesn't make any sense to you.

[@thestig560]

I was being sarcastic

[@charlesdragonbjj]

Her ability to take what is in her head and share it with the world in a digestible way is beautiful. Great job!

[@0nearmedbandit]

This is very similar to how I finally sat down and learned Japanese way faster and easier than I ever did for years of Spanish in school, even though Spanish is a much easier language to learn as an English speaker. Fascinating! Yes, emotionally attaching yourself, exploring your curiosity, and just learning as it takes you places, is how I learned the basics, and a lot of my vocabulary and characters to write.

[@yohoho3974]

Can I ask you how you got interested in the language?

[@0nearmedbandit]

@@yohoho3974 I heard songs like Zankoku na Tenshi no Thesis, from Evangelion, The Real Folk Blues at the end of Cowboy Bebop, or the Opening and Ending of Inuyasha. Growing up watching Toonami/Adult swim around the early 2000s got me curious about the culture. I always thought the language just sounded beautiful in those songs as well. For some reason that planted a seed, that sprouted when I started watching Subbed Anime instead of Dubbed. I got a lot of input passively without realizing it. So eventually when I sat down to study, I became decent at the language surprisingly fast. Also, then meeting my girlfriend, I wanted to be able to talk with her in her native language, instead of just English. So the desire to express my feelings with her more efficiently gave me a second, much-needed boost, after the initial boost from when I first started learning, had already faded. Now I'm trying to study for the JLPT tests so I can hopefully work in the country one day.

[@yohoho3974]

@@0nearmedbandit thank you for the reply, its really sweet that you wanna communicate with your girlfriend in a broader way. I used to like anime for a few years when I was younger but now only watch Ghibli movies here and there so I would like to rekindle my love for anime sk thank you for the suggestions, but i might get into them later as I don't have much time at the moment. thank you and i hope you pass your exams. ❤️

[@nadiarh9937]

For someone who used to think that reading news about something is more useless than directly learning about something itself, the first tip is absolutely mind-blowing. Thanks for the video Elizabeth! 💗 also thanks for the subtitle, it's really helpful for non-native speakers like me

[@AG-pm3tc]

This is truly a good way to study, especially for many students in stem, which too often start to study the subject because of the "wrong" reasons, and have very hard time persisting with the studies. I usually don't comment nor do i see these types of videos, but you did a service to the world, for what it's worth, thank you.

[@drelizaanam]

Hi Elizabeth! I am 40 and currently doing my second residency in family medicine. After several decades of learning things this is the first time I am actually getting relevant practical tips on learning. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and methods with us.

[@khalilahd.]

Wow these tips were incredible and such a creative way to study effectively. I’m currently studying the Japanese language and I feel like a lot of these tips are so helpful even for non scientific topics. Thanks for this! 🙏🏽

[@elizabethfilips]

Thank you khalilah!! Good luck with Japanese

[@TheCameraLuvsMe]

Omg I'm studying Japanese too! I'll be moving there soon. I've always fussed over studying things in a "structured" way, because my best years were in school, and I thought I needed to replicate that environment in self-taught pursuits. But it's so hard. Recently I started panicking cause I realised don't even know two words to say to a cashier in a Japanese supermarket. How am I gonna get things for myself? It seems so obvious now to work with my neurodivergent brain, not against it, and follow my curiosity even if it takes me a little longer to get to other topics.

[@Cauley31]

Language learning friend 👉🏼👈🏼, fancy helping me with learning languages ?

[@hannah-vv9ru]

@@TheCameraLuvsMe a tip i heard when learning a new language is to record yourself speaking and then listen to it. that way you can hear any mistakes you make and critique it in other ways. i know a lot of people don't like hearing their own voice but it helps!!

[@deankaraniya7422]

You can't learn a language by reading grammar books. The only way to learn a language is through immersion, that is, listening and reading the language for tens of thousands of hours.

[@adithi6824]

Seriously, this is what I've always wanted someone to tell me, this is the most effective and practical way of studying!! As someone with ADHD, I've always been demotivated by the way the curriculum and evaluation schemes are designed in school and college, without feeling the real need to learn something, it's extremely hard to study that subject and then ending up with poor grades just makes you hate it even more.

[@al89ison]

Wow that's exactly how I learned about MS. We had someone at work with MS and later in the years (you're sit for alot more exams after med school) I kept anchoring and enriching my knowledge and "passion" for the topic through her. You explain so well how some people function and can relate to your study methods so much. Thanks for your videos and good luck for medical school!

[@yoshi9147]

I think you just revolutioned my approach of learning. The methods you are using are feeling so much more natural and logical and full of sense than just learning things for the sake of learning things. I need to have a personal and emotional interest in topics to learn them. Thank you so much!

[@mndat238]

Wow! This is a unique learning method that I honestly did not think about! All my life, whenever I had a vague question about random things in life from culture to psychology I’d use these exact same methods in the exact order to understand and learn more about it. Since I learnt how to use the internet as a kid, I have managed to utilise steps 1-3 almost everyday. The only difference is that I did it for fun rather than as an obligation. Amazing! This is the first time I have ever discovered such a genuinely useful and fun way to learn! I am so excited to use my innate curiosity to my advantage and learn all the boring topics I see in school. Thank you!!!

[@ElleVisTutorials]

Omggg I never knew I was actually already doing this! As a student nurse, I find it difficult to study medical-surgical nursing as there are soooooo many diseases, drugs, and different nursing interventions to learn but I found it's much better if I can connect the diseases to family members or my friends who have that disease (yes, I sadly have so many sickly family and friends 🤧) and I can sustain my curiosity and will to learn because I'm thinking: "I want to help them" . Thank you for this video! It's so enlightening and reassuring 💖

[@L777.G]

You taught me more than anyone in my life for the past 22 years thank you it’s nice to have people like you

[@kulttuuriministeri]

Thank you so much for this video! I've had the hardest time in uni to try and study. For the longest time I thought myself to be not academic, but as soon as I got interested in something, no thesis was too hard for me to understand. That gave me the courage to apply and three years in and i've had to absolutely fight to get hardly any course work done. Especially reading things that should interest me, is the hardest thing ever. I've been wondering what it is and here you are, explaining what my brain might need to work. Your videos are truly a blessing. Thank you so much!

[@theblackrosetbr7950]

Elizabeth, this method seems fantastic and really “human” which is great! Thank you for sharing it!

[@elizabethfilips]

AH THANK YOU

[@Selenanina19]

As someone who has ADHD, I can definitely say following the dopamine is crucial when learning a new topic. I always found a way to get emotionally invested into what I was learning. And when I stoped finding the topic interesting I would take a break move onto something else and then come back once I was ready to start learning about it again. Now I'm going to Uni for pre-med this fall and hoping to become a PA! ʕ○ᵔᴥᵔʔ P.S. Also I really love how you edit your vids Elizabeth the imagery is very entertaining and the speed that you talk is absolutely perfect! keep up the great work and I look forward to watching more of your videos while I'm in university! ʕ≧ᴥ≦ʔ

[@elizabethfilips]

I LOVE TO HEAR THIS ❤

[@adamhou7099]

Have you actually been diagnosed?

[@elizabethfilips]

@@adamhou7099 please don't ask people for their personal medical information ❤

[@Selenanina19]

@@adamhou7099 yes 🫡

[@dean1111]

Omg I'm so glad this works for you & you're successfully with it! I have ADHD and do this too but was always scared it was just unproductive

[@tokki-xi3re]

I've seen so many videos and tips on how to study and they're all about pomodoro technique or active recall but nobody talks about why and how to start in the first place 😭 I'm a medical student too so I am struggling a lot with studying. I'm so glad I clicked on this video!! thank u sm for sharing 💗

[@jamaalgriffith854]

It’s refreshing how you’ve systematized the way I’ve naturally learned things since childhood. Thank you 🤝

[@AmmoBops]

For the 3rd step… I’ve been doing this often recently and mostly when it comes to vocabulary and because of it I’ve learned like 20 new vocabulary words within a month

[@joshrochon6243]

I love this: "You can go to it as and when it becomes relevant". As a professional software engineer this could not be closer to the truth

[@CatnipTequilas]

This is an amazing video! I'm an Accounting student and have been really struggling with my class Intermediate Accounting II. I tried out your way of teaching and found myself to be more more productive and retain information better! Thank you so much for sharing your tips!

[@romansynovle990]

You are an excellent teacher, I missed out on recent videos you've made but I hope to get caught up soon. You really seem like you're on a mission and very passionate and I love how you take your personal experience to virtually assist people like me who are starving for knowledge

[@user-di4js6xw9n]

the most enlightening and valuable 20 minutes of my life I'll definitely be using all of these tips, so, thank you for making this video! i absolutely loved it, and the editing is amazing!!

[@elizabethfilips]

I'm so flattered, thank you!

[@Merdragoon]

This is probably why my collage professors did better in teaching me Art History than I ever did in high school. My elementary school also taught in similar methods. yes we still had text books, but we were focusing more on how it connects to the outside world and, why and how people would handle problem solving in art history and in a social sense. (I was more prepared for collage way through my elementary/Middle school than I ever was prepared for it in high school) You can apply the same concepts you have done here within a school settings, but most schools don't do it for some reason or another (High school was teaching to a test all the time, never the actual subject matter.)

[@chloegovender1648]

As someone who recently got diagnosed with ADHD its so refreshing to see this way of learning being validated. Thank you so so much!!!

[@sergioherrero6140]

It's fun. I was describing this same process in how I learn stuff to my therapist just last week, including using the same words like "anchoring". It feels weird to hear someone else describe your own experiences. Your channel is really interesting, Elizabeth. Edit: no, seriously, this is scarily accurate.

[@dionysianapollomarx]

Thanks for this. I'm a late bloomer. I got held back in college due to multiple bad decisions and setbacks. This helps a lot. I've gotten recommendations from professors to take an MA but I've always felt inadequate with my learning process. This makes things more simplified and streamlined. Others on KZbin are too cluttered or too theoretical. This video is a godsend. Thanks! Subscribed.

[@robosing225]

I like your username. It seems apt. I'm a late bloomer too so I feel you on that topic.

[@KhaledsWay]

This is incredible. We actually use this in ESL teaching. You need to personalize the context to strengthen the neural connections. Absolutely brilliant. You must have been a teacher at some point in your life.

[@doloresvangaal2248]

Thank you so much for this video. Finally I can relate to something. You learn exactly the way I used to learn as a child and young teenager. But after that it all went downhill because people thaught me how to learn the 'right way', which did not work obviously. Years of depression and fear of failure were to come. Now, at 29 I finally start to love learning again. I also need answers to my 'why's and 'how's', I need contexts, I need to see and experience the 'unfolding' of these contexts and stories. While seeking a job, this was a true horror. I always seem to forget or misinpterpret instructions. Now I'm independent and self-employed and I'm finally love my job.

[@dania6154]

I graduated med school back in May and currently am in my first year in internal medicine residency. I STILL struggle with teaching myself new topics. Immediately subscribed! From one doctor to another, thank you ❤

[@Confusedbemused]

It’s videos like this that makes me grateful for KZbin and not resent the time-wasting site. This is the most life-enriching video I’ve come across in a VERY long time. I have ADHD and am struggling so much to finish my degree, I’ve looked for tips like this far and wide and no one seems to really spell it out like this. Thank you

[@AJ-lz1em]

I wish this style of learning was taught when I was in school, I wasn't diagnosed with ADHD until my 30s and up until then I just thought I was stupid or lazy. This makes so much sense and the curiosity/dopamine is vital for my focus

[@Saphia_]

You are me but with your life put together. I've been binging your content today and you remind me of the ways I used to study and think and utilize my strengths. And it all worked for me. I had forgotten how I worked in the midst of working like everyone else, following how their life worked. Thank you.

[@EveryFurtherMile]

We home school our kids and this really sounds like the way my oldest works. He gets to have more freedom in what he learns and so when he gets to choose a subject he dives into it from this perspective. He'll do this outside of his 'regular work' a lot now too. Has learned a ton about science and language this way (now picking up sign language just because he wants to). It's a great way to learn! Thank you for sharing this!

[@peace_larva]

You're a genius!!! I was dreading starting to study physics but now I can't wait to try out all these techniques!!

[@johannahirschler]

This is EXACTLY how I got straight A´s in school too until I just got too fed up with following a syllabus haha. It´s great to see it structured out so it looks more sciency :D Love this!

[@techkid10194]

I just wanted to say I'm a recent subscriber, and gosh I don't remember the last time I admired someone so much, you are fluent in learning, teaching, understanding, and thinking, I relate with the way your brain works and I've found your content very helpful, I also love how you view or relate beautiful art to knowledge, you're one of the rare people worth looking up to, im so happy to have found your channel, and I genuinely wish you so much success in life saving as a doctor and life enhancing by sharing all this.

[@LDelValleProperties]

You've no idea how much I can relate to your self teaching approach. I've had to make subjects relatable to learn them indepth.

[@DarkForceLegendX]

This is amazing! I’ve always wondered how I would often times find myself researching some random topic that means nothing to me, but when I have to learn something that I need I struggle to be motivated to do so. Thank you!

[@jatbatman]

I am a nurse, and what I can say is that I definitely think you are on track. During my nursing program I really latched onto anything about seizures and epilepsy, because my oldest has severe epilepsy. I retained so much between that and our journey with her, that my employer sees seizures as a specialty of mine.

[@miriamstunova5509]

I feel like you've just unlocked some top secret hidden door to actually enjoy learning new things! I am studying psycholgy while working full time and sometimes I feel so unmotivated to study or do my assignments. What you're explaining in the beginning of the video is going to be a key element of my studying this coming exams. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, Elizabeth!

[@phofxn]

It's funny and fascinating how i only found you recently on KZbin because I relate to you in so many ways. I'm a 3rd yr in my undergrad and im struggling to make ends meet or even pass my classes because my professors are just honestly so whack at teaching and just shove you jargons and terms without actual applications, so it's really hard to imagine and retain things.

[@chromechef891]

Your content is fantastic and nicely formatted. I'm 38 and switching careers from chef to self taught programmer. While balancing learning how to take care of my one year old daughter. I find learning JavaScript very challenging but your advice on learning has been very helpful. Especially speed reading. Thank you!

[@thestraycat69]

Think of programming as a word puzzle with math. It's just a video game there are rules, key words, but if you boil it down its just a big word puzzle with math. Heck math is just a puzzle in of itself if you think about it. There are certain moves or combos you can make that things up. Such as up, up down down left left right right start select ( I probably got that one wrong been awhile since I touched a Sega, but it Konmi code) it's the same principle key words like Int. Float double they do specific numbers right? So think like that. Also a lot of your problems will be in formatting and syntaxes. Oh and ignore the people saying I learned how to code without using KZbin, 3wschool, textbooks, stackoverflow they are just ego driven poor devolpers that I wouldn't even let near my rig let alone a piece of code. Use all of your resources that have available don't be afraid to even the big boys and girls the seniors do it. Though know what you're copying don't just copy and paste as Pablo put it " a good artist borrows, a great artist steals." So make that code do the cha-cha if you can improve it improve. If you got it from git hub re-upload the improvements so others can see and you can get your name out there. God speed and Good luck.

[@elizabethfilips]

I love to hear that, and wishing you loads of luck with programming!!

[@chromechef891]

@@elizabethfilips Thank you kindly!

[@fatahhakim2750]

@@thestraycat69 Thanks for the illustration. It helps me get the big picture as I started learning front-end recently.

[@frog6054]

@@thestraycat69 I'm bad at math though

[@magmajctaz1405]

These are great. I found myself "discovering" some of these on my own before KZbin suggested your video. On the subject of setting artificial deadlines... I am a later life college student. I am 44 and in my second year. To motivate me to get assignments done, especially group assignment which I absolutely dread, is I think if them as workplace projects/tasks. My professor is my boss, and he's assigned a task for me to complete. I have over two decades of working for a boss, so this is very easy for me.

[@amyhale5109]

I have always done this with my own hobbies but fought against it when learning for work or university. This video has made me realise that my way of learning is a ‘right’ way of learning, i thought it was the ‘wrong’ way to learn. Thank you for making this video Elizabeth :)

[@socialanxiety9153]

Came here after a bored study if photosynthesis. Your way of self-teaching is really refreshing! I watched the entire thing and now the idea of learning the biology of how glucose is made out of water, carbon, and sun is seems way more interesting to me now. Thank you!!!

[@monad_tcp]

8:53 I never though it would be controversial, you have to have a root, then a trunk, to put the leaves in a tree. Its cool that all you said is what I kind of already knew from being a self-learner, I developed it myself. Its cool to see things converging.

[@toris6925]

I had to stop this at the 12:25 mark to make my comment. Elizabeth! Thank you! As someone who has always had a "knack" for making good grades, I can't say that I had the same knack for actually learning; those are two different things: studying to learn versus making the grade. As an adult student, I am more invested in my educational journey, and am currently taking the capstone course for my master's. The course requires me to choose from three pre-selected topics - none of which I have a particular interest - but your video has helped me think through how to arrive at a good topic, and actually enjoy the process.

[@seanrobertson1937]

Being a very distracted learner, I absolutely loved this. Going to check out your other videos soon! Thank you Liz!

[@richardknouse618]

Thank you for speaking fast enough that I can actually grasp what you are saying. Also thank you for clarifying and systematizing what I have been doing for myself as a self teacher all my life anyway. I will apply this immediately to learn the aspects of my own field that I need to know but have been resisting.