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This is a shot in the dark, but do you have any tips for people like me who can not(aphantasia) visualize. I was pretty good in most subjects (trying to study calc 3 and qnphys), but I find it difficult to hold on to information.
I understand what you talk about in your videos but I just CANT do them in real life, every time I try to do what you say but I just don't know how to do it correctly I get frustrated and I find myself rote memorizing againnn please helpppp how do I make it workkk
1. Studying does not equal learning 2. Stop looking for study hacks , they don’t exist. 3. Stop copying successful students 4. Stop thinking techniques and start thinking systems 5. Avoid the illusion of learning 6. Test yourself earlier and more often 7. Test at each level of knowledge 8. Test yourself in different ways 9. Assume you’ll make every mistake again 10. Do space repetition and active recall properly 11. Rote memorize but only as a last resort 12. Use flashcards, memory, palace’s and link methods for rote memorization 13. Study with friends, only sometimes 14. Study ahead to get ahead 15. Scoop every subject to 10x your learning efficiency 16. Use cognitive load to delete passive learning 17. Create analogies 18. Critique analogies 19. Keep a learning log
Nr 2. Is probably the biggest point. There are no shortcuts for hard work. Sure you can work hard in different ways but hard work is necessary regardless. If it were easy, everyone would do it.
@@IFYOUWANTITGOGETIT Assuming he saw it, probably because lists like this are rather useless at conveying insights. Very little can be gained from one sentence summary. I do like these comments for navigation though, and it'll be helpful if I ever come back to the video and want to listen about a specific thing.
I can’t thank you enough Justin - I watched your videos and adjusted my approach to learning - it changed my entire mindset as a now mature student - I got 91% in my final exams and I can confidently say it was down to your channel. Thank you for sharing your expertise - a blessing I wish I had got earlier in life!
58 MIN?!?!?!?!? Bro I been stuyding for exams and following along with your videos all day today and you drop this 58 min nuke... forever grateful for you
I swear I needed this so badly being 56 and headed to Nursing School. Everyone around me has been very supportive but they are not the ones going through the gauntet. I really needed a new perspective so thank you very much!
I’m in my second year of law school, I’m also a dad of two teens and 37 years old. I studied 10 hours a day for 6 weeks last semester straight, will be using your strategies to get more efficient. Thank you
Can't express my gratitude to do you proper justice. For anyone asking, yes his methods work just the way he says they would.The crazy part is, I'm not even on the course, yet my studying efficiency skyrocketed! Regardless will enroll in the course eventually.
I am in my last year mining student, also a father of two sons and all your study advice are crucially important for this generation including my sons.I downloaded it your video and heard repeatedly. It's amazing and really useful at any level of school, college or university level of education. I have learned great lesson from you.Thank you so much indeed, brother!
I just came across your channel .I'm suffering from depression from the past 7 years and not able to manage my timetable but your vdoes helping me a lot and I'm trying to improve myself thankyou for great content.
I use your videos to stop myself from going on TH-cam binge rabbit holes. I just listen to you and absorb how to learn when I’m tired or don’t want to learn but really need to and escape into the phone. You motivate me to get my ass back in the saddle. #careertransition
This advice helps me as a teacher. I think i was assuming that my students would be doing deep processing automatically because that's basically how it works for me. I think i need to structure the knowledge more and encourage students to try to explain the concepts to themselves rather than avoiding thinking at any cost.
You're absolutely right and a lot of the research on instructional design is for educators to understand cognitive science and use it to make more of an impact with their students. I'm glad you found this helpful!
Thank you for the 19 advices! Your video from a few weeks ago inspired me to start practicing low, mid, and high-order thinking Q/A sessions, and they’ve significantly improved my learning process in past weeks. That was incredibly helpful. Thank you! 🐾💙
It is an absolutely amazing video for it is not just another so called “ Study Influencer “ video …and is rather much raw . It felt quite like an one on one conversation with some real talks about the real and clumsy struggles that pretty much everyone of us face, at some point or the other in our journey of “ learning to learn “ things . While I did get a lot of takeaways but I also did get validated at so many points and thank you the most for them . Really beautiful work…Please Keep going 😊.
Hello! I have been watching your videos since 10th grade, and they have helped me tremendously! Thank you for everything you do. Your videos were what kept me motivated during challenging classes, and I ended up passing the subjects I thought I couldn’t. I am grateful for your study tips; they have helped me grow in learning rather than just studying. I have been focusing on the materials I am genuinely interested in, and since then, I haven’t felt the same struggles I used to experience. Love, Charthaly
For the past few years, school has been stressful as I needed to achieve excellent grades to pursue my ideal career. When I discovered your channel, your content truly helped me understand how to learn effectively and as a result, school has become more manageable with improving results. I couldn't thank you enough and I hope you achieve the success you deserve!
As an engineering student at the top of my class, and I know it says not to follow top students advice, but hear me out. You can basically boil down STEM questions and even Social Sciences into three stages of studying. 1) Take notes when you first see a piece of content, but don’t just rewrite it in the same words, try to understand what the content is saying and put in your words, find analogies to already existing knowledge and real life. This works really well for high level conceptual stuff, like particle physics and fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. 2) test yourself, always do the questions at the end, at first only do them with what you remember, then reread the text and answer the questions again. 3) Time pressure, right before the exam, take practise exams and do them under time pressure, then see what you got wrong and right, repeat until you get the score you want, use multiple examples and even reuse old questions ( you may think you’ll remember the answers and therefore it’s dumb, but if you remember then that’s good). You can break up each question by how much time you want to spend on each one, giving yourself mini exams and tests if you don’t have time. This works wonders for most questions heavy subjects like math, physics and non-organic chemistry , where the actual mechanics of your understanding is being challenged. Now in Biology, organic Chem and Social sciences you also want to use flash cards as they are heavily content demanding and rely on your knowledge recall and a million concepts. This got me through High School ATAR and my first 2 years of University pretty easy, and I sure as hell didn’t spend my whole life studying, unlike the rest of the top of the class students, with their fancy organisations and coloured coded everything (I swear some off you have OCD).
Watching this vid is like that moment you realize a crazy philosophical concept that fascinates your 10yo mind. Thank you for changing the trajectory of my life.
I spent yesterday cranking out a bunch of latin grammar flashcards on Anki, then watching your video made me realize that I could do what I want to do much much faster with free recall. Thank you for the intervention!
Justin, this was absolutely amazing Really enjoy this format, especially since it gives us (those who have watched your videos before) a refresher on what's important and what we really need to be reinforcing and reiterating I want to personally thank you. I just completed my final High School exams and are awaiting my results. Your methods not only allowed me to have confidence writing those papers but also gave me the skills to take control of the way in which I learn For those who think this might not work or are skeptical about changing their methodologies. Let me say this: I changed my whole system in my Gr 11 final year and by Gr 12 Midterms, I ranked first in my entire school. Let that sink!
Amazing. I have used these advices for around 1.5years ,made so many mistakes but finally had the light bulb moment recently , ofc it's growing as it's so flexible and i am trying to incorporate more techniques to create a system but it truly made me love studying and made me hopeful because even i started to think i was becoming dumber each day. Thank you! ❤
@JustinSung glad i trusted one source i.e. you, and didn't run away looking for more. Ofc i contextually chose different people for different skills in different subjects but for the fundamentals of everything and learning to learn, i gave trust to just one and it worked out well eventually!! 😁
In regard to deep learning, I developed it, partly by way of a “secluded” childhood, through pondering heavily on things and focusing on the “click” or connective passages being dug out like a canal. I don’t think memorization can be done well without actually understanding the purposes of information that are tested principally. It’s important to understand why is needed and how it fits together in a way that is meaningful, whatever that way is. I usually just decide that it is meaningful, although it’s a similar process of a flashbulb memory or a traumatic event. To me, memorizing is great, but synthesizing,breaking down conceptual components, and building them up repeatedly to understand the way that mechanisms contribute to a concept and the intention behind them - all of this is very important I find. I also find that all of these things take repeated efforts tho, so you can’t substitute the old school “hammer the metal until it is formed correctly” approach, but your skill in this deep processs will increase as you do it. Similar to how the anterior mid cingulate cortex (aMCC) grows in size the more you do things you really don’t want to do.
In college I would just organize my notes very well; but mostly do the learning 1 week before the exam. Do all practice tests possible. I had success. My issue was I had to go for 8 hours of studying just to get 4-6 good hours. The best is always read it; do it(rewrite it)-> teach it to self or someone. Simplest way to learn that will stay in brain. Conversing always helps with memory. Study partners.
some students are simply more talented at getting good grades than others because they are just "smarter". you sound like one of those students. in some subjects, i'm pretty damn good; in others, i struggle. it's frustrating. for example...Calc to Diffy Q's for me was just a matter of doing my homework. aced. humanities? or physics? very difficult
@ I always understood easily, terrible memory. I just learned that system over time. I was in the university system for 19 years. 2 post doc degrees. Took me my final program to get it. lol. I’m not the brightest. Just organized. I’ve met the smarties. They would study barely night before and retain it all.
Can’t wait to listen to this, I’m a loan officer but I am going back to school to get my masters in accounting and get my CPA license. I haven’t been to school in 15 years so I forgot how to study effectively.
I love the content, I was burnt out few weeks ago, i was watching your and then identified my trigger which effected the most to study and it lead to burnt our I have a path to improve it may take sometime. This video gave me a light bulb ohhh i am lagging or hold back here Thank you so much justin sung
Thanks Justin! Learning has been so much more enjoyable since I started watching your videos. And again I just realised how important it is to keep a learning log, I thought I could just reflect on my mistakes when learning and then change them next time. But it turns out i forget about it and end up in with the same mistakes again... Anyways, you're awesome!
I'm an adult learner, lol. Just started with mind mapping, i've never done this. I am in Radiography, just recently passed my ct boards, with I would have saw this stuff beforehand but it has helped me already with the bigger picture of Catscan and learning everything the hospital wants me to know for my job. I've used it for 1 book so far and need to keep practicing mind mapping. I have never thought in this way my whole life, so I'm excited to try it out and test myself with the knowledge I want to learn.
I am a second year law student and after being introduced to mind mapping, I didn't really understand the application of mind mapping, but after watching Dr. Sun's videos, I have come to understand the huge basic concepts behind learning and how to use deep thinking, knowledge and mind mapping to improve my academic performance.
and an education and philosophy major i approve of this message! i am a cirriculum theorist at heart and everything you spoke about resonated so deeply with my soul. im trying to work on teaching STEM + art in my community. im going to share ur vids w everyone i can! keep up the great work
This video has illuminated my understanding like a radioactive element energizing neuron cells in my brain. Many points and insights about Mindmapping and other methods you teach have become clearer and more relevant to me after watching this. I am deeply grateful for the valuable, profound, and practical information you consistently share. Thank you for making complex concepts accessible and empowering learners like me!
Great video Justin. I have switched from my computer to my cell phone to do all my work. I can connect a keyboard and mouse to my cell phone. I can record things, take snapshots, send messages to myself, etc. I can do everything you are talking about on my cell phone efficiently. I am voice to texting this message to you. With your cell you can always be learning. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Hey Justin, you have truly helped me from re-reading baggage and panic to remember the syllabus. Thank You. Can you make a video guide on how the practical practise look like on a daily basis for a full-time graduate student?
I love you bro, I’m finna turn 40 and I have always been a hard physical worker, now my body isn’t holding up like it used to. I’m going back to college to learn about Radiology Technologist. I know I can do it was the new knowledge to learn that was scaring me just took ya test and it said I’m an Unchained learner and hit on some other key points. Thank u!
I always did notes so I could go over them later. I never assumed I was gonna learn it right away. I always figured it was to reread the key information without having to go through a whole chapter/unit/or module. Right now I’m in classes for real estate and they’re three hour lectures. I decided I’m only doing two units a week so I can really dig in but I’ve noticed I’m not as fast as I used to be at note taking.
Really helpful pointers here. I hope I revisit this and learn from your guidance. I guess allot of what we might dislike about studying or learning is as a result of our own inability to learn effectively and efficiently. Thanks man!
I took the quiz, I'm at 78%, I was deficient in 2 key areas drastically. Overlearning and reference. I scored the highest in encoding and retrieval/interleaving. I like to learn things once, understand it deeply and move on. I suppose I can go over the content again and build reference systems.
I’d like to share a study hack that has worked really well for me, even when I haven’t read the topic thoroughly: 1. Create a practice test (3 questions max) with a mix of multiple-choice questions (MCQ), true/false, and matching. At the end, provide the answers with brief explanations + (Here you paste as much as ChatGPT allows you - maybe 2 or 3 pages). 2. Solve the questions mentally and review the answers provided by ChatGPT. This will help you understand the material better. 3. Regenerate the answers 5 times, and repeat this process for the rest of the pages you need to study. 4. Once you’re comfortable, add a topic or 1-2 paragraphs of content to the practice test and repeat the process. 5. Repeat as many times as needed. The more you repeat, the better you retain the information. 6. If time allows after finishing the practice tests, read through the topics again. You’ll find that everything is much clearer, and you’ve actually learned the material! This method helps me retain a lot more information in less time. Good luck to everyone!
Justin, can you please make a video on how to keep a good learning log? Especially that addressees latency in learning part as well? Thank you for amazing content!
15 and 16 are really important. 15 creates the context you need to understand what you are about yo learn. 16 develops better deep processing of concepts and ideas
1. Studying is not learning. It's just process to achieve learning. We can study for hours but not produce actual learning. Some methodea dont produce learning like rewriting notes. 2. Stop searching for studying hacks. Perfect ones do not exist. Don't rely on collecting every hack and every trick you found. They don't actually guarantee learning. There is no shortcuts. 3. Stop copying successful students. Learning is a very personalized process. Everyone has different level of deep processing. 5. Avoid the illusion of learning. The education version of productive procrastination. When doing something that makes you feel better but not actually learning. Like writing notes and highlighting, they takes more time and dont help with memory and retention. 6. Test yourself earlier and more often. That will make you able to know how how yo will do i' the exam and identity your gaps, so you can fill them earlier.
Hi Justin, I wish I had watched and enrolled in your study program 20 years ago! :) I used to be caught in that guilt trap, where I started believing I wasn't smart enough, and at one point, I even lost interest in studying. Anyway, I’m glad I came across your video now. I want to show it to my daughters and encourage them to join your program. There’s so much happening around us-movies, games, and social media often take up more of our brain space than math, science, or solving real-world problems.However, I believe that once we start enjoying problem-solving techniques and interconnecting concepts, studying can become more engaging, even compared to entertainment. Some people don’t watch movies yet they don't complain about entertainment Thank you for presenting such excellent videos. Your insights and guidance have the potential to change students’ academic trajectories and may lead to good career...
The biggest problem I have is I’m good at learning, but I suck at studying. I can’t put a lot of information in my head, but I’m very good at applying my knowledge. I fail tests about specific topics, but standardized tests and open book exams I always do well. I need to get better at studying because unfortunately that also counts towards my scores
Maybe try different learning tools that could help u recall specific details of a topic that u might miss out on or forget, I think ur concept clarity is good but maybe u miss the stage of learning wherein u work on learning the details of the concept. U could do this through various techniques like quizzes or going through topper question answers, I am also a student so this is my advice. Let me know if u try any of these tips and if they help. All the best!:)
53:23 Forming analogies is like (making the experience as relevant as) being the person doing the audit, whereas just looking at the list of details is like simply (priming: ) looking long enough to recognize the benefit of said auditor.
another area where rote memorization is needed is when you are learning a new language. especially the writing system attached to it. you just have to remember everything without looking for a concept behind why the characters are such.
0:01 Hi Justin, quick piece of advice for next time. Instead of saying: I’ve been a learning coach for the past 13 years -> try: I’ve been a learning coach over a decade.
Words cant express my gratitude❤All there is to say is you are a life saver.I will live to tell my descendants about how God sent you at a time when i had none to save me from falling🥺💔. May Allah give me the ability.
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This is a shot in the dark, but do you have any tips for people like me who can not(aphantasia) visualize. I was pretty good in most subjects (trying to study calc 3 and qnphys), but I find it difficult to hold on to information.
I understand what you talk about in your videos but I just CANT do them in real life, every time I try to do what you say but I just don't know how to do it correctly I get frustrated and I find myself rote memorizing againnn please helpppp how do I make it workkk
@@handsanitizer2457 have you implemented spaced repetition and active recall into your study routines?
@@JustinSung I am so interested in working with you, but your privacy policy stopped me from signing up.
This website ain't working
1. Studying does not equal learning
2. Stop looking for study hacks , they don’t exist.
3. Stop copying successful students
4. Stop thinking techniques and start thinking systems
5. Avoid the illusion of learning
6. Test yourself earlier and more often
7. Test at each level of knowledge
8. Test yourself in different ways
9. Assume you’ll make every mistake again
10. Do space repetition and active recall properly
11. Rote memorize but only as a last resort
12. Use flashcards, memory, palace’s and link methods for rote memorization
13. Study with friends, only sometimes
14. Study ahead to get ahead
15. Scoop every subject to 10x your learning efficiency
16. Use cognitive load to delete passive learning
17. Create analogies
18. Critique analogies
19. Keep a learning log
Nr 2. Is probably the biggest point. There are no shortcuts for hard work. Sure you can work hard in different ways but hard work is necessary regardless. If it were easy, everyone would do it.
Ty buddy
@ Your welcome. But Justin liked all the comments except mine. 🙃
Thank you!😊
@@IFYOUWANTITGOGETIT Assuming he saw it, probably because lists like this are rather useless at conveying insights. Very little can be gained from one sentence summary. I do like these comments for navigation though, and it'll be helpful if I ever come back to the video and want to listen about a specific thing.
I can’t thank you enough Justin - I watched your videos and adjusted my approach to learning - it changed my entire mindset as a now mature student - I got 91% in my final exams and I can confidently say it was down to your channel. Thank you for sharing your expertise - a blessing I wish I had got earlier in life!
I'm very glad :) Great to hear you did amazing on your exam! Wishing you all the best
Congrats man, I also got a 90 on my past exam psych exam, this sh*t works
@@dre7256 what exactly you used?
Active recall?
@@dre7256 Active Recall?
@@Jack-tk1is Mindmap the main ideas (backbone), then fill in with the concepts then add then add finer details to flashcards and boom, ur good
58 MIN?!?!?!?!? Bro I been stuyding for exams and following along with your videos all day today and you drop this 58 min nuke... forever grateful for you
Enjoy! Good luck for your exams!
@@JustinSung what top1% tedx speaker mean? top 1% in what?
I swear I needed this so badly being 56 and headed to Nursing School. Everyone around me has been very supportive but they are not the ones going through the gauntet. I really needed a new perspective so thank you very much!
@presidentbusiness1rst now you encouraged me even more to go learning
Thanks so much for sharing
I’m in my second year of law school, I’m also a dad of two teens and 37 years old. I studied 10 hours a day for 6 weeks last semester straight, will be using your strategies to get more efficient. Thank you
@@TruthTALKA great 👍 so you think it’s too late to get CPA at 40 years old..
@ never too late to follow your dreams! Go for it!
You’re going to do great! All the best to you and your family
@TruthTALKA go get it!! I'm ready to go back to school. I'm almost 40. Just not sure what. Every career seems to be getting taken over by robots.
"Your brains ability to connect learning together & extract meaningful information"
-pattern recognition is a super power.
Can't express my gratitude to do you proper justice. For anyone asking, yes his methods work just the way he says they would.The crazy part is, I'm not even on the course, yet my studying efficiency skyrocketed! Regardless will enroll in the course eventually.
Very much appreciated! Wishing you all the best
I am in my last year mining student, also a father of two sons and all your study advice are crucially important for this generation including my sons.I downloaded it your video and heard repeatedly. It's amazing and really useful at any level of school, college or university level of education. I have learned great lesson from you.Thank you so much indeed, brother!
This might just be the greatest video you've ever posted! Thank you
Appreciate the support. Good to know it's resonating with people!
I just came across your channel .I'm suffering from depression from the past 7 years and not able to manage my timetable but your vdoes helping me a lot and I'm trying to improve myself thankyou for great content.
I use your videos to stop myself from going on TH-cam binge rabbit holes. I just listen to you and absorb how to learn when I’m tired or don’t want to learn but really need to and escape into the phone. You motivate me to get my ass back in the saddle. #careertransition
This advice helps me as a teacher. I think i was assuming that my students would be doing deep processing automatically because that's basically how it works for me. I think i need to structure the knowledge more and encourage students to try to explain the concepts to themselves rather than avoiding thinking at any cost.
You're absolutely right and a lot of the research on instructional design is for educators to understand cognitive science and use it to make more of an impact with their students. I'm glad you found this helpful!
Thank you for the 19 advices! Your video from a few weeks ago inspired me to start practicing low, mid, and high-order thinking Q/A sessions, and they’ve significantly improved my learning process in past weeks. That was incredibly helpful. Thank you! 🐾💙
It is an absolutely amazing video for it is not just another so called “ Study Influencer “ video …and is rather much raw . It felt quite like an one on one conversation with some real talks about the real and clumsy struggles that pretty much everyone of us face, at some point or the other in our journey of “ learning to learn “ things . While I did get a lot of takeaways but I also did get validated at so many points and thank you the most for them . Really beautiful work…Please Keep going 😊.
thanks for giving us so much knowledge for free, I can't express how your methods have actually changed my life. Again Thank you.
Hello!
I have been watching your videos since 10th grade, and they have helped me tremendously! Thank you for everything you do. Your videos were what kept me motivated during challenging classes, and I ended up passing the subjects I thought I couldn’t. I am grateful for your study tips; they have helped me grow in learning rather than just studying. I have been focusing on the materials I am genuinely interested in, and since then, I haven’t felt the same struggles I used to experience.
Love, Charthaly
I love your techniques. The information what you're saying makes sense to me. I'm going to assess myself to see where I am at.
ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS ON YT
thanks for this gift before the end of the year !
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Best video to date, grateful i found this channel
That's what we wanted. Pure knowledge!
For the past few years, school has been stressful as I needed to achieve excellent grades to pursue my ideal career. When I discovered your channel, your content truly helped me understand how to learn effectively and as a result, school has become more manageable with improving results. I couldn't thank you enough and I hope you achieve the success you deserve!
Glad the videos are helpful - all the best with your studies!
As an engineering student at the top of my class, and I know it says not to follow top students advice, but hear me out. You can basically boil down STEM questions and even Social Sciences into three stages of studying. 1) Take notes when you first see a piece of content, but don’t just rewrite it in the same words, try to understand what the content is saying and put in your words, find analogies to already existing knowledge and real life. This works really well for high level conceptual stuff, like particle physics and fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. 2) test yourself, always do the questions at the end, at first only do them with what you remember, then reread the text and answer the questions again. 3) Time pressure, right before the exam, take practise exams and do them under time pressure, then see what you got wrong and right, repeat until you get the score you want, use multiple examples and even reuse old questions ( you may think you’ll remember the answers and therefore it’s dumb, but if you remember then that’s good). You can break up each question by how much time you want to spend on each one, giving yourself mini exams and tests if you don’t have time. This works wonders for most questions heavy subjects like math, physics and non-organic chemistry , where the actual mechanics of your understanding is being challenged. Now in Biology, organic Chem and Social sciences you also want to use flash cards as they are heavily content demanding and rely on your knowledge recall and a million concepts. This got me through High School ATAR and my first 2 years of University pretty easy, and I sure as hell didn’t spend my whole life studying, unlike the rest of the top of the class students, with their fancy organisations and coloured coded everything (I swear some off you have OCD).
@@Nic_Bloody1905 very great advice but I can't feel as if something is off with your comment. Just my imagination probably.
Too much word salad but less essence.
@@Nic_Bloody1905 coming back to this
Watching this vid is like that moment you realize a crazy philosophical concept that fascinates your 10yo mind. Thank you for changing the trajectory of my life.
Love the analogy. Thanks for leaving your comment :)
Real life
Descubrir tu contenido me cambio la vida. Muchas gracias
Never thought of anything like advice 9 and19. Helpful as always, Justin.
I spent yesterday cranking out a bunch of latin grammar flashcards on Anki, then watching your video made me realize that I could do what I want to do much much faster with free recall. Thank you for the intervention!
Justin, this was absolutely amazing
Really enjoy this format, especially since it gives us (those who have watched your videos before) a refresher on what's important and what we really need to be reinforcing and reiterating
I want to personally thank you.
I just completed my final High School exams and are awaiting my results. Your methods not only allowed me to have confidence writing those papers but also gave me the skills to take control of the way in which I learn
For those who think this might not work or are skeptical about changing their methodologies. Let me say this:
I changed my whole system in my Gr 11 final year and by Gr 12 Midterms, I ranked first in my entire school. Let that sink!
Awesome to hear that.
Happy New Year, wishing you the best for all you have in store for 2025.
Amazing. I have used these advices for around 1.5years ,made so many mistakes but finally had the light bulb moment recently , ofc it's growing as it's so flexible and i am trying to incorporate more techniques to create a system but it truly made me love studying and made me hopeful because even i started to think i was becoming dumber each day. Thank you! ❤
Glad to see you're putting in the work!
@JustinSung glad i trusted one source i.e. you, and didn't run away looking for more. Ofc i contextually chose different people for different skills in different subjects but for the fundamentals of everything and learning to learn, i gave trust to just one and it worked out well eventually!! 😁
all my life i had huge regrets about making silly mistakes and now i can say that i can improve myself
i can't express how you saved my life! i'll proved that all the tips would yield me best for my up coming exam!
In regard to deep learning, I developed it, partly by way of a “secluded” childhood, through pondering heavily on things and focusing on the “click” or connective passages being dug out like a canal.
I don’t think memorization can be done well without actually understanding the purposes of information that are tested principally. It’s important to understand why is needed and how it fits together in a way that is meaningful, whatever that way is. I usually just decide that it is meaningful, although it’s a similar process of a flashbulb memory or a traumatic event.
To me, memorizing is great, but synthesizing,breaking down conceptual components, and building them up repeatedly to understand the way that mechanisms contribute to a concept and the intention behind them - all of this is very important I find.
I also find that all of these things take repeated efforts tho, so you can’t substitute the old school “hammer the metal until it is formed correctly” approach, but your skill in this deep processs will increase as you do it.
Similar to how the anterior mid cingulate cortex (aMCC) grows in size the more you do things you really don’t want to do.
That’s probably the best video I’ve watched this year.
Thanks a lot for putting this together
Thank you so much, you've honestly changed my life and allowed me to get so much more value out of my education, i will be sharing this with my peers.
In college I would just organize my notes very well; but mostly do the learning 1 week before the exam. Do all practice tests possible.
I had success. My issue was I had to go for 8 hours of studying just to get 4-6 good hours.
The best is always read it; do it(rewrite it)-> teach it to self or someone. Simplest way to learn that will stay in brain. Conversing always helps with memory. Study partners.
some students are simply more talented at getting good grades than others because they are just "smarter". you sound like one of those students. in some subjects, i'm pretty damn good; in others, i struggle. it's frustrating. for example...Calc to Diffy Q's for me was just a matter of doing my homework. aced. humanities? or physics? very difficult
@ I always understood easily, terrible memory. I just learned that system over time. I was in the university system for 19 years. 2 post doc degrees. Took me my final program to get it. lol. I’m not the brightest. Just organized. I’ve met the smarties. They would study barely night before and retain it all.
Thanks! I shared this with my daughter. Much appreciated. Thanks again!
This is good! Wow! “Illusion of learning.” and “productive procrastination’” Thanks for this.
I think you are a great teacher.😃
Can’t wait to listen to this, I’m a loan officer but I am going back to school to get my masters in accounting and get my CPA license. I haven’t been to school in 15 years so I forgot how to study effectively.
I love the content,
I was burnt out few weeks ago, i was watching your and then identified my trigger which effected the most to study and it lead to burnt our
I have a path to improve it may take sometime.
This video gave me a light bulb ohhh i am lagging or hold back here
Thank you so much justin sung
Identifying burnout triggers is a serious win. Congratulations and I'm glad to have helped you!
Thanks Justin! Learning has been so much more enjoyable since I started watching your videos. And again I just realised how important it is to keep a learning log, I thought I could just reflect on my mistakes when learning and then change them next time. But it turns out i forget about it and end up in with the same mistakes again... Anyways, you're awesome!
Learning logs are such a headache saver. Wish I did it sooner. Happy learning!
I'm an adult learner, lol. Just started with mind mapping, i've never done this. I am in Radiography, just recently passed my ct boards, with I would have saw this stuff beforehand but it has helped me already with the bigger picture of Catscan and learning everything the hospital wants me to know for my job. I've used it for 1 book so far and need to keep practicing mind mapping. I have never thought in this way my whole life, so I'm excited to try it out and test myself with the knowledge I want to learn.
I am a second year law student and after being introduced to mind mapping, I didn't really understand the application of mind mapping, but after watching Dr. Sun's videos, I have come to understand the huge basic concepts behind learning and how to use deep thinking, knowledge and mind mapping to improve my academic performance.
#15 is always extremely important to me. From here I can set up how,where,when,and what I need to study/learn at any given time
The longer his videos, the better! Thank you for the knowledge, i really, really appreciate it!
Glad you're enjoying the longer videos!
and an education and philosophy major i approve of this message! i am a cirriculum theorist at heart and everything you spoke about resonated so deeply with my soul. im trying to work on teaching STEM + art in my community. im going to share ur vids w everyone i can! keep up the great work
Thank you, sir. I'll inform you about my progress. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you so much for taking the time and putting this video together.
A vote for the long-format video. I listened to it while I was putting away groceries and filing away papers. Thank you!
I wish for nothing more than to be the backing track to your groceries ❤ (more long-form incoming!)
Same
This is the greatest videos i ever come across about learning.
Thank you so much!!!
This content is gold! Thanks for generously sharing your knowledge.
This video has illuminated my understanding like a radioactive element energizing neuron cells in my brain. Many points and insights about Mindmapping and other methods you teach have become clearer and more relevant to me after watching this. I am deeply grateful for the valuable, profound, and practical information you consistently share. Thank you for making complex concepts accessible and empowering learners like me!
You are honestly correct. Fine, you are creating content, but you are real. I realize and resonate with what you are saying in my learning ability.
Que'shi', wo' yiji'ng cha'ngshile henduo' fa'ngfa' , da'n wo' ha'ishi ka'n bu do'ng yi'ju' hua'.
Duo xie lao shi❤😊
Thank you Mr. Justin. Carry on to help us to learn efficiently
Great video Justin. I have switched from my computer to my cell phone to do all my work. I can connect a keyboard and mouse to my cell phone. I can record things, take snapshots, send messages to myself, etc. I can do everything you are talking about on my cell phone efficiently. I am voice to texting this message to you. With your cell you can always be learning. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
This is truly helpful we need more of this series, 💜
Hey Justin, you have truly helped me from re-reading baggage and panic to remember the syllabus.
Thank You.
Can you make a video guide on how the practical practise look like on a daily basis for a full-time graduate student?
Thank you I use your videos, and I noticed where's is my mistakes come from, you motivated me a lot God bless you 🙏 ❤
Thank you so much! So very helpful. Great vid, need more like this 🙏
I love you bro, I’m finna turn 40 and I have always been a hard physical worker, now my body isn’t holding up like it used to. I’m going back to college to learn about Radiology Technologist. I know I can do it was the new knowledge to learn that was scaring me just took ya test and it said I’m an Unchained learner and hit on some other key points. Thank u!
Thank you for the quality content. It is actually helpful.
Glad to hear that! :)
Thank you. This helped me realize I need to expand the tools in my learning toolbox.
I always did notes so I could go over them later. I never assumed I was gonna learn it right away. I always figured it was to reread the key information without having to go through a whole chapter/unit/or module. Right now I’m in classes for real estate and they’re three hour lectures. I decided I’m only doing two units a week so I can really dig in but I’ve noticed I’m not as fast as I used to be at note taking.
Really helpful pointers here. I hope I revisit this and learn from your guidance. I guess allot of what we might dislike about studying or learning is as a result of our own inability to learn effectively and efficiently. Thanks man!
I took the quiz, I'm at 78%, I was deficient in 2 key areas drastically. Overlearning and reference. I scored the highest in encoding and retrieval/interleaving.
I like to learn things once, understand it deeply and move on. I suppose I can go over the content again and build reference systems.
Justin, would you recommend your course to someone at my score level?
Thanks for the insightful exposure to learning techniques.
Blessings 🎉🎉🎉
Your discussion
is very good. I was interested and impressed.
I’d like to share a study hack that has worked really well for me, even when I haven’t read the topic thoroughly:
1. Create a practice test (3 questions max) with a mix of multiple-choice questions (MCQ), true/false, and matching. At the end, provide the answers with brief explanations + (Here you paste as much as ChatGPT allows you - maybe 2 or 3 pages).
2. Solve the questions mentally and review the answers provided by ChatGPT. This will help you understand the material better.
3. Regenerate the answers 5 times, and repeat this process for the rest of the pages you need to study.
4. Once you’re comfortable, add a topic or 1-2 paragraphs of content to the practice test and repeat the process.
5. Repeat as many times as needed. The more you repeat, the better you retain the information.
6. If time allows after finishing the practice tests, read through the topics again. You’ll find that everything is much clearer, and you’ve actually learned the material!
This method helps me retain a lot more information in less time. Good luck to everyone!
I really needed this information. Thank you 🙏🏾
This is great. I like this format.
Justin, can you please make a video on how to keep a good learning log? Especially that addressees latency in learning part as well? Thank you for amazing content!
15 and 16 are really important. 15 creates the context you need to understand what you are about yo learn. 16 develops better deep processing of concepts and ideas
1. Studying is not learning. It's just process to achieve learning. We can study for hours but not produce actual learning. Some methodea dont produce learning like rewriting notes.
2. Stop searching for studying hacks. Perfect ones do not exist. Don't rely on collecting every hack and every trick you found. They don't actually guarantee learning. There is no shortcuts.
3. Stop copying successful students. Learning is a very personalized process. Everyone has different level of deep processing.
5. Avoid the illusion of learning. The education version of productive procrastination. When doing something that makes you feel better but not actually learning. Like writing notes and highlighting, they takes more time and dont help with memory and retention.
6. Test yourself earlier and more often. That will make you able to know how how yo will do i' the exam and identity your gaps, so you can fill them earlier.
You hit the nail on the head 👏 good for you 👍
#14 probably got me the most... glad to hear this.
Hi Justin,
I wish I had watched and enrolled in your study program 20 years ago! :) I used to be caught in that guilt trap, where I started believing I wasn't smart enough, and at one point, I even lost interest in studying. Anyway, I’m glad I came across your video now. I want to show it to my daughters and encourage them to join your program.
There’s so much happening around us-movies, games, and social media often take up more of our brain space than math, science, or solving real-world problems.However, I believe that once we start enjoying problem-solving techniques and interconnecting concepts, studying can become more engaging, even compared to entertainment. Some people don’t watch movies yet they don't complain about entertainment
Thank you for presenting such excellent videos. Your insights and guidance have the potential to change students’ academic trajectories and may lead to good career...
I'm really glad it resonated with you and you're sharing it with your daughters. All the best for their studies!
Thanks bro, I got a 93% on my final exam cuz of u
That is great to hear! Thanks for sharing, and best of luck for your future studies.
You changed my life, even though I haven't been the the program yet, yoir videos changed literally all aspects of my life, God Bless You Sir.
God Bless You My Brother! 🙏✝️🤴😄👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
as always, your video always enligthen me in metacognition. Thanks coach!
Thanks for the amazing video! I'm up to more videos in this format!
thank you for all your effort, every information you said is a part of a big change in me
Well done. For us life learners this is invaluable. Wish I knew this years ago.
The biggest problem I have is I’m good at learning, but I suck at studying. I can’t put a lot of information in my head, but I’m very good at applying my knowledge. I fail tests about specific topics, but standardized tests and open book exams I always do well. I need to get better at studying because unfortunately that also counts towards my scores
Maybe try different learning tools that could help u recall specific details of a topic that u might miss out on or forget, I think ur concept clarity is good but maybe u miss the stage of learning wherein u work on learning the details of the concept. U could do this through various techniques like quizzes or going through topper question answers, I am also a student so this is my advice. Let me know if u try any of these tips and if they help. All the best!:)
@ thank you for your advice! I’ll definitely try this, I’ll let you know how it went ;)
Wo' hui' cha'ngshi' ni' de xue'xi xito'ng, yinwe'i wo' fe'ichang xi'hua'n ta' bingqie' wo' xiw'ang nenggo'u yue'du' he' li'jie'.❤😊
Very solid advice which can save a lot of time
Distilled wisdom. Thank you!
Excellent discussion, would love to pick up more from you.
one of the most undrated video and youtuber of all time 💕💕💕💕
Thank You so much for the video, it has really helpful, I truly would love to see a part 2
Advise 9 helped me a lot, thank you ❤
Awesome content, was eagerly waiting for something like this!!!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing this valuable content ❤
It's a great services for humanity ❤
53:23 Forming analogies is like (making the experience as relevant as) being the person doing the audit, whereas just looking at the list of details is like simply (priming: ) looking long enough to recognize the benefit of said auditor.
audit, edit, audit, edit,
now I notice, now I (comprehensively) get it.
please make a video about how you keep a learning log .Maybe by showing your own learning log. Would be greatly helpful. Thank you .
another area where rote memorization is needed is when you are learning a new language. especially the writing system attached to it. you just have to remember everything without looking for a concept behind why the characters are such.
0:01 Hi Justin, quick piece of advice for next time. Instead of saying: I’ve been a learning coach for the past 13 years -> try: I’ve been a learning coach over a decade.
Words cant express my gratitude❤All there is to say is you are a life saver.I will live to tell my descendants about how God sent you at a time when i had none to save me from falling🥺💔. May Allah give me the ability.
This semester is my second semester of nursing, so I'm hoping to use your study methods. I need to change how I study because it's stressing me out.