What I learnt after 3000 days of scheduling
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2024
- Sharing tips for sustaining 80-100 hour work weeks over 4 years.
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=== Timestamps ===
00:00 Why do I work 80-100 hours a week
04:43 My old scheduling method
07:46 Problem 1
08:35 Problem 2
14:18 Shifting to time tracking and setting big goals
15:00 Realisation 1: Difficulties in estimating time for completion
15:18 Realisation 2: Overestimating is not a big problem
16:14 Realisations 3: Importance of maintaining flow
18:12 My current scheduling system
24:49 What to do for the things you cannot schedule
=== About Dr Justin Sung ===
Dr. Justin Sung is a world-renowned expert in self-regulated learning, certified teacher, research author, and former medical doctor. He has guest lectured on learning skills at Monash University for Master’s and PhD students in Education and Medicine. Over the past decade, he has empowered tens of thousands of learners worldwide to dramatically improve their academic performance, learning efficiency, and motivation.
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You have an incredible set of Executive Functions. As someone with ADHD, I cannot even imagine the sheer amount of stuff you have planned and achieved in a typical week.
Truuuuu…
Stopping a task is just as difficult as starting it.
& u have to “ENGINEER” your environment to prevent random crap from derailing your.
After all that you get distracted by the task you are doing & forget to stop 😅
Yea, somehow it seemed challenging for people with Executive Dysfunction or had any Executive Functions issue. Wonder if Justin has any techniques to overcome/improve.
Random course member with ADHD here and yes, there are quite a few tips/techniques I've found helpful for my ADHD specifically. Didn't think it would be possible but here we are :) I live by my schedule now
Adhd is not real it's a myth. There are lots of articles who says adhd is not real
@@dizzylbnt could you give 2 of your best tips to manage ADHD please?
5:28 - "I was insulting myself"
7:00 - "This behavior is problematic"
12:32 - "I'm such an idiot, haha"
We love you Justin!!!!!!!!❤❤
I'm actually a member of your course, currently at late briefing. I found that my biggest problem is scheduling and time management, leading me to not doing revisions, like, ever, which obviously is pretty bad. It's insane how useful this video is, thank you very much! I have a lot of Kolbs in front of me now xD
Go for run
Every time I watch one of your videos I think deeply in how to start applying everything you talk about in it, in my current life as soon as possible 🎉🎉
sung youre the only youtuber and metalearner i truly respect. great leader, principles, real life experiences and so wise. smart man my guy
Hey Justin, just want to say thanks for being so open and realistic in the intro, saying that you didn't always work 100 hours and took breaks here and there. It just makes you seem so much more genuine and human. I'm not saying people shouldn't work that much, either. I get close myself often, but I do find it hard to believe when people tell me they work 100 hours a week every week, 26 hours a day, no breaks ever. And this isn't uncommon to hear on the internet. I always roll my eyes at those people, because I know they don't work that much even if they truly believe they do. The brain has a way of playing tricks on all of us. It's just refreshing seeing you be so honest about it. Great video by the way.
I guess you can only believe what you tell yourself, sometimes.
Being honest and authentic is something I really value and I am glad it comes through in the videos.
@@JustinSung and for that you deserve a sub, cause i did come from youtube recommend baby!!!!
- mico, a man part of gen z (age 18)
@@JustinSungclaiming that you studied 120hrs a week is not honest at all. I did the calculation and it’s impossible to study 17 hours a day. Reflect a bit harder and revise your bullshit claims.
Thank you 👍 your videos help us a lot
Yes, Justin acknowledged he was stupid for not sleeping...and I want to reiterate it for those who glossed over it....getting sleep is very important. Stop sacrificing sleep. Please.
Yes please stop sacrificing sleeeeeeepppppp
True, it just made things worst for me.
Wow, this made me tear up a little bit, and I’m not a very emotional person.
I have ADHD and I feel like I’ve been on very very a similar journey to you over the last decade.
Even down to the whole tutoring/working whilst studying part.
I particularly resonated with the points about being too strict with task scheduling and thinking I was a night person because of lower distractions, and later finding out I work better before everyone else is awake than I do after everyone else goes to sleep.
And finally the point of chaining tasks that go together or help each other has been such a game changer for me.
Thank you for making this. I’m sure plenty people will benefit from this.
I can see the consistency of "Like this video" jokes popping out of nowhere and I'm loving it😂
Thank you for acknowledging the part of privilege. That was very touching and much appreciated. Glad to hear your advice and what you’ve done!
Having your family support you and just be civil is massive. When I was in college I had to pay my parents rent and pay all my schooling and expenses causing great financial stress. I also had a heroin addicted brother who was verbally and moderately physically abusive and scary. One of my parents was an alcoholic and the rest of my family were toxic but it was partially because they were stressed out from the other two family members. The stress caused me to drop out in year 2.
Hope you go back and finish and don’t let your toxic family ruin your chance for education and making your life worse!
I hope you can move to a better place, away from them, and get back to your studies.
If you ever go the entrepreneur route, consider some remote online job, so even if you move to a smaller but cheaper town, you can make money.
Shane Hummus is a good resource on TH-cam.
bro ur life like a movie
@@daun55 RIGHT. but we do tend to dramatize/romanticize situations like these and tbh, they are just as jarring and toxic and hard as they sound, now imagine putting a real life person in that situation like OP, it must've been a nightmarish experience, wishing well on them though.
i hope you doing well
I`m so happy when you upload a new video, you give us so much value that I can`t be greatful enough. Hope you always grow in all your proyects you have, you desarve it 💖💖💖
The analogies and examples were very illustrative in this one thank you! It was helpful to see how you led up to your realizations
18:03 The sequence you're talking about is similar to the book "Atomic habit" when James Clear talked about habit stacking and it's better to stack habits and create a consistent routine than just do a habit in isolation of your day
Doctor Justin thanks for all your videos. You dont know how it helps me
Forever grateful to you brother. Thanks for everything.
Thanks for this! The realization to choose between tasks to get done and sleep, and to pick your losses there, just took some pressure away 👍 In the back of your mind you kinda know, but you just keep going. I definitely need more sleep
This is pretty brilliant, thank you!
Greetings from Germany. It's 6:30 AM right now and this is the first video I've watched today
Overestimating tasks is actually a good point that I didn't know needed to be explicit. I found I set 1 hour to do tasks that took me 45 mins of 30 mins. I'd procrastinate but that's ok because the next task I would have that extra buffer so I wouldn't worry as much and then collapse my entire schedule.
This video is witty, informational and inspirational. Idk if I should blush or be inspired.Thanks for putting this together.
Thank you for making these videos. I am a new teacher and the workload is unbelievable. I desperately need this to help me sleep. I am so tired.
this seems so great! ive tried to search so much to improve exactly all these things, and everything i found was half assed info or just someone telling to do better scedulling and not showing how they would do it. finally someone who knows how to show stuff
Watching your stuff for a couple of years has felt like a speedrun of the Dunning--Kruger curve. Started from "nyahaa, look at those uninformed fools, I have superior knowledge!" then turned to "this is way too complex, no way in !@$% I'll learn and implement any of it" and now it's "this is complex, but it's starting to click. Okay, it's slow progress but doable." Can't wait to discover I'm still at the front part but hey, the point still stands. ^^
Get the course, it's great.
@@benno8699 Oh, I absolutely want to! Not in my budget yet unfortunately, both time and money-wise but it's the top one of three fancy online courses I have my eye on. Thanks for the recoomendation!
AHHHH LULU ULT NOOO (pov im rengar and i ulted on your adc)
@@mtrisi Haha, wow, I think it's been like three-five years since I last played League... tho I see no reason to change my nickname, seeing as how I'm a chaotic lil sh(#% anyways. Just FYI, Rengo used to be one of my fave teammates to support... once he ults on the enemy ADC and I blow my load peeling for him, he gets 2-3 kills before anyone can deal with him. Lulu's great at supporting teammates that are *not* the ADC, which is why she was great in yolo queue. No idea how things are today tho, but her design is elegant in its flexibility so a good one on your team will feel like you have a mountain backing you up. Have fun out there m80! o7
Justin please make a video about how to use competition from competitors while reading. People trying to read 10 hrs daily and we also trying to do so for competitive exams. How to utilise the competition properly and not let us down or decrease our performance. How to gauge toxic levels in competition?
This video was super helpful, thanks!
thank you for delivering great content for free (access). genuinely.
I needed to hear this, thank you
A qualidade de cada vídeo, não apenas no que diz respeito à produção e edição (que por sinal, são excelentes) mas ao conteúdo em si me impressionacada vez mais, Justin. A cada vídeo que passa tenho certeza que vocês estão revolucionando a maneira de estudar. E sou muito grato pelos vídeos gratuitos. Abraços, do brasil 🇧🇷
you are my hero.
thanks for the upload.
12:20 Thank you for sharing, that it took you so long. I started recovering from that phase (all be it not that extreme probably) about a year ago. It has gotten better, but I'm not quite recovered. Good to know though, that it just takes some years❤
Thanks a lot for this video. I'm trying out your advice, hopefully my week will feel more productive.
Reply and let me know how it went
Great video, really helpful
I was so useful for me. Thanks a world.
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for this great video 😙
I have adhd and autism, scheduling is hard, executing is hard. I tried doing strict scheduling when I was in highschool and it took me way too long to realize that not only does it not help me, it also hinders my performance, because I have no concept of time lol. the main effect it had on me was being constantly stressed because it felt like endless deadlines, I was checking what time it is every 15 minutes. the second prominent effect was that I found myself unable to function without such a stricy schedule, paradoxically. I got so used to doing everything by the clock that I forgot how to ask myself what I want to do. I switched to to-do lists, but that presented another challenge: I had no idea how long a task would take, when I should do it, what has the highest priority, etc. then I came up with a gamechanger, instead of checking my to-do list, I tried doing as much as I could of what I felt like doing at the moment. I would write down what I did that day and then check if I can still use this framework tomorrow or if I should plan something from my to-do list, which would be shorter at that point, making it easier to decide
Working 100-hour weeks for four years is an extraordinary accomplishment that speaks to an almost superhuman level of discipline, focus, and resilience. The individual who has done this has not just defied conventional wisdom about work-life balance, but has redefined what is possible in terms of human productivity and endurance. The willingness to share insights about how to manage such a demanding schedule is both generous and invaluable. This isn't just a lesson in time management; it's a masterclass in the optimization of human potential. Anyone who can maintain such an intense workload and still find time to educate others is not just working hard but is also contributing meaningfully to the broader community.
I can relate to your early methods ,I only recently started re-evaluating the way I split my learning, work, training ,family ,sleep ,relax time
This video offers really helpful and valuable advice. 👍👍👍Please do more videos on task management, scheduling, self discipline etc. ❤️
Thank u so much doc ☺️❤...
I usually ignore these people telling that they work more than 60 hours a week. But you mentioned something different, you loved it! I respect this so much. Thanks for sharing your content.
Right at the beginning he says "it sucked" 😂
"It sucked" and "I didn't do this always" is what got me.
So many try to pawn it of like something they'll do till they retire.
This is one of the videos where you direct ❤ 14:23 easy time tracking.
How did you do the tracking of your productivity? Finding out when you were most efficient e.t.c
100 uren productief maken:
(Enkel bij geen thuisproblemen)
!Lever niet in op slaap!
-Plannen:
Ga ervan uit dat een planning opgebroken zal worden
Maak een globale planning -> Mogelijkheid om daadwerkelijke handelen te observeren -> Inschatten tijd taak is moeilijker dan je denkt
Overschatten (+~50%) > Onderschatten (Ga uit van het ergste)
Pas dagflow aan op gegevens door observatie voor optimalisatie
Prioritiseren van taken -> 80/20 regel -> Deze eerst invullen (niet lineair plannen)
Consistent niet kunnen invullen ongbelangrijkste taken -> Is er een betere methode?
Sluit dag af met iets leuks/ontspannends
Good cta for liking the video. Made me chuckle as I liked the video😁
Setting priorities means I might miss out on other important work because I spend too much time on a few tasks.
But you didn't mention something important. How long can you work without it being bad for your body and mind? Should you work for a bit and take breaks or work for a solid 10 hours?
Ok ilove to hear that you are teaching me.ill study with you for now
how do you learn and review lectures so quickly?
Pure banger after banger sir. Tysm 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks man
Thanks
Never heard of Sea of Stars. Might have to check it out.
what do to if it feels impossible to study like this, after work or on my free days it just feels impossible to follow a schedule like you laid out here.
this is really interesting
Hi I'd like to join the course
Priorities:
3 how to create my mind with the most efficiency
2 Training to handle cognitive load
1 finding out my flaws in different and various ways and learning what you'll teach me
learning how to study more efficiently for 3 years,
I am at the point that's close to getting frustrated as I don't have anyone to teach me directly and point out my misunderstandings or limitations.
Not supporting a compatible version of TH-cam, my tablet doesn't support the links attached where I can sigh up
What should I do?
You Justin! Love your content! I’m curious if you also are a fan of Huberman lab podcast? It has alot of things that apply to all aspects of health wellbeing and learning! Thanks, Evan.
It seemed to me that you didn't teach this way in iCanStudy when it comes to scheduling. I did the course 1 year ago so i don't know if you have changed it or not. I remember asking questions about the way you taught how to do scheduling, I had a feeling that the way you taught was a bit too strict and it didn't work for me. I got a reply from one of the people in your team and they basically asked me to keep the strict scheduling style.
Thank you
How do you relax? And how much?
Let’s go Justin Sung!
I hope you read: I work as a developer and your video was an 'AHA' moment for me. So i bought a tablet and been doing mind maps for planning and learning before coding for about a month and it has been super effective. However im trying to find solutions for - my mind map takes a long time. I think i might be too detail oriented with it and even through abstractions i end up writing a summary or two to reassure my future self of lower detail explanation. Second is that conceps app doesnt have a way to tag the notes to see if i already covered the topic... bummer! Anyway thank you so much for what you do, im learning through you and planning to sign up on your program. 화이팅!!
We got you with the likes man ❤
Thanks for the support my friend
if I worked 100 hours a week for 4 years and became a youtube self-help course seller after it I don't know if I could live with myself.
though I don't believe for a second you did.
As someone with kids and med school where sleep can be difficult to get, am I able to compensate at all with short (like 30 min) naps?
School system is failing you, if you're going to med school and they don't immediately teach you about the effects of sleep, nutrition and exercise lol.
No. You can't really compensate with naps. It helps, but is nowhere near as effective as restful 8h of sleep and especially the last two hours being the most important ones, only occuring after ~6h of sleep.
Check out Matthew Walker, a sleep scientist and has a book on sleep: "Why we sleep"
great vid
What a channel is this damn damn!❤
If your schedule goes from 9AM to 11PM (including your game time), how do you fit in sleep? You said you need 8.5 to 9 hours sleep. Does your pre-bed and morning routine fit within that one spare hour?
I'm narcoleptic and missing even one nights sleep will put me into a violent psychosis
How do you keep your energy? I get super tired
Sorry can you tell me when ou study in boarding school which technic you can use😮
You were not studying 120 hrs a week. 24 hrs minus sleeping, walking to and from class, errands, taking showers, using the restroom, preparing food and eating does not equate to 17 hrs.
Plus 100-hour of work time per week, thats just bs.
@@richardsteve6089 well he meant while he wasn’t working. I know what it’s like to study 60+ hours a week, and it’s pure hell. Doubling that is impossible and such a disrespectful lie.
❤Time tracking. ❤Flow. ❤Awareness: morning, sequencing.
Awesome
Can you make a video on learning coding
I'm not abusive my self ,I have no problems.just listening 🎧 Muzik and reading and watching movies
Ok since your a doctor im going to consult you what's good or bad about not sleeping a overnight.
Sorry for the off-topic, but what I want to see is your playthrough of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth! Ahah! It's just the game is looking so good (I suppose you have been watching the trailers)!
Thank you Justin, for all what you do!
If my next video gets 400k views I will do a play through haha
@@JustinSung I did not forget, Justin. Will keep paying attention once in a while till February 29, 2024, I guess 😅. It is looking complicated though ☹ (I am looking at the video "Most viewed Study Advice is Wrong (Learning Expert reacts)" views. Although, I think when you answered here, your next video was actually "You're not Lazy: How to End Procrastination For Life" if I remember correctly - which is looking better!). I like FF7 and knowing that you also like FF7 makes me happy. I don't have a PS5, so if I have to watch a play through, I might as well watch someone that likes FF7. Seeing your reactions and hearing your opinions while playing FF7 Rebirth would be awesome.
Hey Justin, any advice on staying energised ? I wanna get more done, but even when well rested, I easily get drained throughout the day especially when working mentally challenging tasks and having worked out physically
Not Justin, but for to anyone to give any advice you need to give more information
1. How much do you work per week? A lot of people have a physical or environmental limit which is a lot lower than 100h a week, for example, need to sleep longer than the average or a long commute.
2. How much do you sleep? Sleeping too little and too much both negatively affect productivity.
3. What's your diet? Maybe you eat too little or too much or have a vitamin D deficiency.
4. The nature of mentally challenging tasks is exactly that they're mentally challenging if they would be easy it would be impossible for them to be challenging.
You either need to improve at your tasks, have a more efficient process of dealing with them or you need to just accept that the tasks are inherently challenging.
5. Do you do any cardio? If you have a large mass but your heart and respiratory system isn't fit enough to support your body you are gonna get tired.
6. Besides these there are countless of health and environmental issues that could make one tired.
Literally just recorded a video on how to stay focused, will come out in a few weeks, stay tuned
It may be helpful to tell your doctor. I thought my constant fatigue was normal but I then found out I was extremely iron deficient.
I ll meet u soon, for further experience that u don't share online!!
❤Thanks
your calendar is like a warehouse for your projects. Warehouse efficiency is not measured by capacity but by threwput! Therefore most warehouses dont operate over a capacity of 80%
I need a video like this aimed at parents 😭
20:50 Born in Sri Lanka. Can't imagine what Sung would be doing in Sri Lanka.
haha the threatening and insulting yourself in your own schedule part is so funny 😂but I feel like it's not bad -- it's probably better to write those things down and use them as motivation than to quietly and incessantly internalizing those things in our heads.
omg, ¨i had no time to like this video¨ bit was pure gold. you should be a comedian
Interesting
Ok i respect you as a doctor im just listening what you want me to teach about doctorite but im not a doctor I am a high school grad student
120 hours of studying?! that's more than 17 hours a day! I get anxious just thinking about that
Especially considering that real studying (deep, concentrated work on one topic; picture doing math work or active recall of knowledge / testing oneself) only really happens for bouts of 90min tops and then you have to rest (as in: should do something not cognitively straining) for AT LEAST 2-3hours before you can go again for another 90mins (if you want it to be effective)...and you can do that for 3 bouts of 90min max. Most people can't do more than three per day. Source: Dr. Andrew Huberman, Stanford, Neuroscientist
I don't know what "17 hours of studying" is supposed to be, other than tedious work and virtue signaling about how great of a work ethic and lack of a personal life he has.
The thought alone makes me want to vomit and cry about burnout.
@@nottomclancy2439 two/three hours of rest sounds like a long shot, Huberman in one of his videos states that 20 to 30 minutes after 90 minutes of intense focus is enough
Its easy to lie to sell courses mate
It’s also a lie, come on man.
@@nottomclancy2439 Yeah totally agree, 17 hours of studying is just impossible. Sure you might spend that amount of time at your desk looking at a book, but studying implies learning which is impossible to do actively that amount of time. For me the absolute maximum is like 4 hours of studying a day, after that its definitely diminishing return! Love huberman btw.
Anhyeong hegeseyo chingu Doctor
You look so happy in the thumbnail
By not sleeping, i had no time To “LiKe ThIs ViDeO 👍😁”
The shock in my face when he pulled out that note book of check lists. *Realizes I do the exact same thing* Uh oh. Usually I just make checklists in my little notebook, but I've been trying to make time blocks - however, its just been difficult to decide when I want to do what XD. Making a digital schedule has been on my mind for a while - so I think I'll be implementing that. Also I fully agree with no compromising sleep. In fact, I sacrifice work just to get my 7 hours in XD. To anyone who isn't sleeping - please sleep, thank you :).
the first day thanking Justin Sung for his educational video
How can i learned Korean language my time passing by
Im just learning through listening 🎧😂😂😂 into the internet connection just 4 hours im not a professional but i try it ok You teach me an advance.love to hear it😂😂😂
Sea of Stars, a good choice
Dear justin is that live workshop free??
It is!
I went to the Mumbai workshop yesterday! It was great, I don't have enough words to praise it.
@@captaincaption oh nice!! I cannot travel kinda busy but really wanna take at least an online one ☯ tysm for info
@@pakhi3053 your welcome!
Yay! NZ!
I do something of a bullet journal its different than what youtubers nd creators hv exploited them to
Its very flexible and it a pocket notepad. I dnt like digital scheduling because I tend to forget about them or feel distracted or overwhelmed by them so i prefer that small lil pocket bullet journal ig If it will work for me i will keep doing it