You Can Learn (Almost) Anything That Anyone Else Can
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This video covers a scientific discovery that you can learn almost anything that anyone else can.
A question that psychologists have looked for answers to is whether innate ability causes success or is it hard work. Could anyone become the next Einstein through extreme dedication? Well we don't actually know this. But through years of study, they've discovered that if you don't account for people are extreme sides of the spectrum, then pretty much what someone can learn, anyone else can also learn.
Whether you are entering college or trying to learn to play the guitar, your innate abilities are not a strong indicator of how successful you'll be. They've found that through strong deliberate practice and pushing through weak points, you can achieve much more than most others.
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The big $6m question is though: how do you develop the ability to work hard and dedicate yourself? How do you go from lazy slacker to hard work discipline machine?
Set habits. Or get an Adderall script.
JUST DO IT! Yesterday you said tomorrow, don't let your dreams be dreams, so just DO IT!
comes from a necessity not a desire.
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How much do you want to achieve your goal? How badly? How much are you willing to sacrifice?
@@mikeunleashed1 This works, kind of, but not too well . I have this mindset. I go to the hardest place I can enter, and this creates necessity to study hard, because I'll get expelled otherwise. So I study in the hardest faculty of one of the best universities of Russia, but I'm a straight C- student (1st year master). The necessity of not getting expelled doesn't create the necessity of getting anything higher than C-.
First day of eighth grade...
Wish me luck
-Tuesday, September 5th, 2017
I hate to break it down to you, History is useless, just research college/Universites/trade schools intake requirements, if no history, then it's useless!!
A 50% is sufficient.
You should try hard in Math/Physics if you want to go in trade school. If you want to focus on engineering/technology than any Science subject except Biology is good. (Biology is niche and it's only good to go in healthcare.)
Remember, this is based on my experience as a Canadian, British Columbia student. Experiences may vary.
isn't 8th grade still middle school?
Lucas Harvey Dude forget middle school. If you're serious about education then passively sit through all your classes prior to grade 11. That's when it starts to matter, so I suggest you learn the grade 11/12 knowledge beforehand.
+Fake Frank Freshman and Sophomore year are also very important, if you get shit grades then, it's hard to get good grades after.
I got another method that Canadian highschool dropouts or students who want to save time can consider (I seriously wish I did it.), at my postsecondary there is the Technology Entry program, way better than traditional schooling, at least that specific postsecondary DOES NOT Require English 12, which is horrible and infested with "arts".
Yes, you do have to pay more money, but it saves time and your sanity in "prison". The technology entry program is 15 weeks, drop out and self study those topics online beforehand to keep up with the pace. There are plenty of study guides online by typing keywords "Physics 11 textbook" in Google or just take online courses beforehand and do the challenge exams. It will be more brutal than highschool, but you save over a year and a half. (If you are Canadian).
The postsecondary challenge exams are challenging though... Not recommend unless you are confident after self study in Coursera etc.
Another thing is some postsecondary does not require highschool graduation, so you save time.
www.bcit.ca/study/programs/0020nobcit#costs
Again, if you are in the US, do your research, you might be able to pay your way out of highscool.
Awesome as usual.............can u make a video on how to study subjects we don't like
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Learn how it's relevant to the things you do like
Thank you, this gives me motivation to go after an engineering degree. It’s all about how much work you put into it, not by how smart you are
hey, did you start engineering or did you go for something else?
Conclusion: aim for greatness. Train to be a beast. Do not accept no's. Strive for salvation.
Also, Everything is emotional and involves your feelings
I was feeling like I wasn't smart enough to be an engineer, thanks for the motivation! And thanks for giving me an idea how to study for math classes :~)
Did you become an engineer ?
Hey, did you become an engineer or not, it's 5 year's, I'm in same situation please reply
heyyy, did you study engineering or did you do something else?
Here's my opinion on this as well.
A couple of decades ago in Einstein and Mozart's years, society didn't have smartphones, Netflix, TH-cam etc. When people wanted entertainment they had to wait months to go see an Opera or listen to music at the venue. So people had a lot more free time to tinker around and improve their craft. Mozart probably got up, ate something, and worked, worked, worked until dinner, sleep and went at it again. They were disciplined because the distraction was a lot less back then.
Today, we have all these distractions. Just imagine if you didn't have a Computer, Phone, and Wifi. You could probably become the next Mozart or Einstein if you only did one thing all day every day.
So, if you want to get better at something, really commit. Downgrade to a shitty phone, limit wifi use, and focus all your attention on the erea you want to get great at. You're getting bored? Do work. You want entertainment? Do work. Any other urge exept for sex, hunger, thirst and bladder activities, DO WORK. You'll be succesful in no time.
Sex is a distraction, but I understand ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
you have a point, I agree.
Distractions are voluntary. We all have the ability to ignore them.
Forty years ago, I gave away my TV, and never watched again. That's like getting several hours of extra life a day.
Imagination is one thing too.... Thats what separated einestine form others of his time
Khan Academy also covers this in their Growth Mindset course, great stuff.
Richard Feynman was a great example of this. He taught himself advanced physics and math when he was in high school, and is widely considered one of the greatest physicists of modern times. Yet he was no prodigy; his IQ was in the 120s (still significantly above average, but by no means genius).
The problem there is that 120 is quite a significant leap from the average of around 100. This video is all about the average person, and, IMO, the average person needs to put a LOT more work into achieving things Vs someone with 20 IQ points on them. They also have to go through a much larger amount of frustration/pain. It's like saying, "anyone can become Mr Universe" whilst leaving out the part that it would take the average man 3 times longer than someone with the right genetic potential.
This is why the average are average, because they have average innate intelligence. For them, to push past average will take a monunmental, unimaginable amount of suffering, something that 99.9% of people aren't willing/able to endure, and for good reason: If it takes me 3 times longer (including more frustraion/pain) to figure out a math problem than it takes someone with an above average IQ, then you extrapolate that across every single math problem - or _any_ skill out there - it doesn't take Einstein to figure out that the average guy is at a HUGE disadvantage, and will almost certainly not be able to sustain that level of pain/effort to reach anything close to 'mastery.'
I would suggest you'd have a _very_ hard time finding someone who is a doctor, scientist, engineer etc who has an IQ of 95-100, and an even harder time finding one who has reached the top of their profession.
Damn. I have an IQ of ~130 and this actually gives me some motivation.
@@futurez12 but adopting techniques like meditation , time management strategies can help
@@erlendberge423 same, 135iq and I actually think we can become as good or even better than someone like Richard Feynman just by putting in more than enough effort and hard work
Sorry. This is wrong. While I agree with the video, Feynman was a prodigy. He made grammatical mistakes quite often and one of his colleagues speculated that he must have done slightly below worse in the English section because "he didn't care about such things." But every single one of his colleagues said that he was a genius. And he was a Putnam fellow to. While you can get far further in life than you think you could, you can't be a Feynman.
Regarding the concept of riches, by the way, you don't need to be a genius. You can be a normal bloke and still be a decamillionaire. Billionaire is another matter (still possible but harder) and it also depends a lot on timing.
You see, Einstein wasn't trying to be "the next Einstein". (And I don't know much of anything about Mozart, but I doubt he was trying to become famous at the age of 12 or whenever he started composing.)
Einstein loved physics and immersed himself in it. His focus was on the problems he saw in contemporary physics and chemistry, not on his ego and how he'd be perceived after his death.
I agree with all you say in that video. Some class are difficult because the teacher is not that good.
How some student still succeed in those classes? Here is a few hypothesis:
- they stay at the end of class and visit the teacher often to ask questions. This show an interewst and encourage the teacher to reveal extra information that is not available to most student who stupidly assume that showing up at the class should provide full education.
- They already know the subject
- they query historical infornmation about the teacher, the type of exam, what keyword indicate a probable question on the exam, etc
- They get information that may appear as cheating such as copy of past exams
- They exercise political pressure directly of the teacher, telling them that they need A for some financial reason and they got A on every class so far
- they exercise same political pressure on the direct superior
- they get help from a friend, father, etc who guide them to learn efficiently
- they study more efficiently, with a regular schedule
PS: I witnessed a genius student and I can tell that he was doing many or even all of the above with some lazy ass teachers..
witnessed a genius student cheating?
"Think you can, think you can't. Either way you're right." - Henry Ford.
Awesome quote
You use the phrase "get beyond what most people *can* achieve" or similar several times, contradicting your main point. It should be "get beyond what most people *do* achieve".
Lmao I wish I worked hard enough to go to mit but I'll start working hard now.
Sir i have been following u for a month and i feel that you probably are best youtuber and influencer out there.... I am seriously in love with physics... I am good at it too... But i felt i was a little weak in maths.... After listening to what u had to say... I started to analyze whats wrong and finally found it had nothing to do with my intelligence... ..it was just that i never knew the true nature and vastness of maths and this forced me to not like maths ... Took me almost 2 days to figure out but was worth a life time...
so saying someone is genius is an insult to their hardwork
Personally, "gifted" is more insulting. Often been told that, but people don't understand that I spent thousands of hours at one thing while others might have just "tried it out"
@@neuroxik I absolutely agree!!! I strongly feel that consistent decisions and dedication to something can largly outdo "natural talent" and so attributing skills to having a natural gift is an insult to the truth in most cases.
This... is exactly what I needed to hear.
So IQ isn't a thing, now?
Basically you're saying most people can achieve more than they think they can. True.
Reality is, IQ is very real and has limits. Certain subjects require higher IQs to comprehend. Nice video, but it's not really accurate for large sections of the populations. 'just work harder - and WORK SMARTER!' isn't really fair
I've been playing trumpet for over 50 years and a piece of advice I was given when I was younger is ' Always play with people that are better than you '
How are you as a player?
Thank you for this video. Everyone should watch it.
Been watching your videos for a bit now, your attention to detail and specifics are astounding and motivational. I am about to graduate in the spring with a business degree, and have really been thinking of getting a degree in electrical engineering. Your videos have laid out a good foundation on what to expect, and how to overcome these tougher challenges that I may face. I appreciate your time and effort to help those that are seeking the same knowledge.
How about also cutting out those 70% of people who just don't have the energy or mental strength to go through hard learning? I mean, seriously. Of course everybody can learn anything with enough time and/or effort.
Can anyone walk into the worst high school and get students to pass AP Calculus at a rate higher than any other high school in the country. Jaime Escalante did just that; however
(1) He worked with a restricted focused set of students
(2) He picked students who signed agreements to apply themselves
(3) He picked students who had parents/adults in their homes who also bought into agreement.
(4) He stood at the door daily and wouldn't let any student into class who did not show work
(5) He had a Principal who supported his ideas (with much selling)
(6) We don't know how many dropped out and were replaced along the way.
(7) He took the most self-committed students
(8) He took the best in the school. Not necessarily high IQ but REALLY high self-motivation
(9) He demanded even more from himself as teacher so he could stand and deliver education.
No slackers. The kids did the work. Those students passed the test. A small but visible minority
Jaime is an example of what can happen with extreme focus and determination.
When he left Garfield he accepted a position at Johnson HS in Sacramento USD, then retired.
You can learn anything, as long as you learn the fundamentals, basics first.
The reason why things get hard , not getting a complicated science concept?
It's because you have weak foundations of that subject, as Richard Feynmann said " that's a fragile understanding"
Basics are the pillar of understanding. I have observed many brilliant scientists and even Elon Musk undertand how importance these fundamentals are ( to him, the first principle thinking).
Basics are the bedrock of more complicated concepts. Like what Elon Musk said " Knowldge is like a semantic tree . Make sure you understand the trunk or the branches ( fundamentals) before diving into details ( more advance concepts).
Thermodynamics cannot survive without the concept of energy and Work and some other basic concepts.
Torque cannot survive without the concept of force, rotational motion, etc .
Remember, Basics are the most important Knowldge. Whenever you feel overwhelmed and not getting a certain concept, always ASK yourself this: What basic concept I should lesrn first that this advance topic cannot survive without it?
I hope my approach make sense and help you guys in anyways. 😊
thank you!!!!
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I like this video. It might be impossible to be the next Einstein but you could at least succeed in a difficult field with the right determination.
5:25
Having learnt stuff I already know for 8 years in school, I disagree.
So basically,
Put in the work, put in the hours, and take whats ours
in the world of gym, deliberate practice is known as progressive overload
Dude i love your channel so much! Can you please make a video on whats the best major for the financial industry. Im currently a finance major, but im thinking of switching to applied math or stats. What do you think'?
I am literally struggling at my very first math class in college, having stated my first year of M.Sc in Engineering three weeks ago and Calculus is starting in a month.
This video helped. I know I can do this!
How was it?
Did you graduate ?
Where do you work at?
10000 hrs rules doesn't apply for startup owners , they learn fast and have to grasp faster and apply
I figured this one out awhile back, just takes commitment and the true desire for certain things
So, you can learn (almost) everything, but actually not.
This video is telling that there are in fact super talented people that the average peasant can't match. It rather demotivates than motivates
After this video I think ima just become batman 😂
About the gym thing, people do have genetic limits to what they can gain naturally. Sometimes you can have everything dialed in and you still won't gain more muscle because you hit your genetic limit.
Is my approach to music and art good considering that I always try to improvise a song and started sketching human faces and parts that are considered to be difficult? And as an engineering student, I always try to look beyond my field and try to gain knowledge from neuroscience, physics and maths concepts (not textbooks yet). What more shall I do to improve or is this exponential function/ algorithm already the way to go?
Do you have any videos or suggestions on how to ensure you are deliberately practicing versus treading water?
Do you think its possible to become a top level specialist in severel scientific or engineering fields , or you should focus on just one ?
My question exactly...
You should search that up.
It was possible a while ago when fields were far less advanced. Nowadays, you can obviously know very well a field and a bit of other fields but forget mastering everything, there's just too much to do and learn .
You mean to say that i can leave my current major and still become a mathematician although i got like 30/75 in business maths? 🤔 Still wondering?
Kindergarten Hero sure but it will take a huge amount of time depending on ability and effort.
I failed college algebra and continued to get A's in calculus 1 & 2
Get Spivak's Calculus. It'll teach you some real math and show you how to do deliberate practice and how to think as a mathematician. You can find a pdf of the third edition online or buy it for like 45$ new on book depository or the best would be to just buy a used one. Good luck and you can do it!
I sucked at math right from grade 2 and byhearted math problems. I took in science in 11 and 12 grade and failed miserably and hence ended up in business studies although i still regret leaving science. Right now i cant change cause i have spent too much of money on this course and family doesn't support my decision of changing majors again. Till this day i regret byhearting all the shit in my life.
okay. Honestly, the best thing you can do right now is to stay in business, however that doesn't mean to throw math out of the window.
First of all, start improving on your problem solving skills. For this math and physics problems are best, so if you like pure math(you hinted this by stating about becoming a mathematician) pick up Spivak's Calculus. If you like physics, then get An Introduction to Mechanics by Daniel Kleppner(This one requires you to know differential calculus pretty well) . Both of these are EXTREMELY difficult for someone without much experience in math or physics, but thats EXACTLY what you need, extremely difficult problems, plus they are both VERY interesting :D. You can get both online.
Secondly, realize that to solve a problem or to succeed you need TIMEEEEE; obvious right? Doesn't seem so...99% people i know would only try hard with a problem for like MAXIMUM 10 min and then they would give up, Spivak and Kleppner will make you hit your head at the wall for hours, but thats good. Especially Spivak, its real math here and not just solving equations or moving numbers about and calculating shit, its about going super deep into a concept, finding patterns and building your understanding through proving theorems and deriving them. So if you do indeed wanna learn math, then take the time for it and don't you begin with bullshit that you dont have it, make it god damit!
Moreover, if you haven't already, start networking with people, especially with people that are where you wanna be. Furthermore, get yourself involved in a project or get an internship or sth.
Lastly, connect pure math with business i.e. statistical models and probability and powerful calculus techniques in finance. Find interesting connections and get your hands dirty by playing around with different project and so on.
If, however, you still wanna be a real mathematician, then you should seriously switch the major and still get Spivak's Caluclus and work as hard as you can, but that is very risky, since as you said, you spent so much money and time already. If you do the above things, you will start to really like business and also math involved with finance so don't worry about it and get more involved. Now I know, you will be wondering what to do, so do the first step and trust me, after some Spivak you will 100% know if you wanna be a mathematician or not.
Last tip: read Cal Newport's books Deep Work and So Good They Can't Ignore You.
Good luck with whatever you do man!
The ability to learn will lead to the ability to improve the ability to improve will eventuate to the ability of refinine and specialise the ability to refine and specialisie will lead to the ability to master a skill.
I was never particularly intelligent growing up, but I did well in school because of my drive from incentives. I knew if I got good grades, I could get into a good school and get a good job and make good money. That desire to live a good life from a young age is what propelled my interest in school/academia.
Well so far in my elementary school I have less interest in study and I did not do a lot of practices before exam and failed but whenever I as I grow up and realise my mind suddenly change that I should like study or education is important even the person say those are just wasting time, I disagree about it cause all I did was wasting time on important things not other useless stuff cause we might not know that there will be something better that we achieved when doing the important things or work
I love your channel dude. Can you make one on the difference between doctors and nurse practitioners ? There are some TH-cam channel that try to explain it but fail terribly. I'm sure you can do the best one ☝🏼
Bravo! This video should silence and squelch all excuses or protestations about not being good at this or that subject.Personally,there's not a better motivational challenge or reason to undercut lazy tendencies and slothful inclinations.An excellent hope-filled piece.
I knew that even before watching.
Aren't you a smarty pants!
If you don't think you're determined enough, at least watching videos like these is a first step
How many agree internet is a amazing thing for people who like to learn anything from their comfort. Also nerds or social anxiety people like to learn or work from home.
Set habits, learn efficient techniques, motivation, and work smarter + harder.
Wow it was super helpful
Can you do a video about Mike Tyson? His interview at 16 seems to be completely in line with the underlying message of this video.
This is why I say talent is a myth
Stand and deliver !!!
I'd be curious to know what Zach's IQ is.. probably about 120?
They're are people who spend their entire adult lives doing deliberate practice, yet they never invent anything. Academia has a collective bias to blame everything not on genetics but on effort. Some are so low functioning that they couldn't even lock onto the goal in the first place. Just being able to do deliberate practice presupposes enough intelligence to execute specific actions.
Here's a secret: You don't have time to learn everything. Prioritize your time. You will need to quit things to focus on priorities, so make sure you're prioritizing what you love.
I want to be an artist and a scientist, but unfortunately that means I've had to give up on my other dream of being a linguist. Prioritize.
Learning to not be a FOMO. Learning to let go things, as to let go things help focus on a thing.
I think my biggest thing is that I just need go study and apply myself more. I dont think I've ever put 100% I to snuff class and I still pass them all but with usually B's and C's in the harder ones like calc. This next semester I'm going to be taking calc 2 and I've heard a bunch of horror stories about to so I'm going to give it my all and see what happens, same thing with chemistry
100% into any class*
thank you.
Thank you so much for the advice 😁
Man you're so awesome! You have really good advices that motivate me to keep on going!
why experts are god tier is because they enjoy/tolerate practicing. someone with depression must exert huge amounts of energy to get out of bed and eat a meal, while an expert gets out of bed is hyped 8 hours a day to practice. the average person falls someone in the middle. hard work is a very different figure for different people, and what mean seem easy for an expert may be soul crushing to a normal person and suicide inducing to a depressed one.
you cant be Einstein or mozart you can only be yourself thats what youll ever be butt u can be the best version of u
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i thank god you exist
Can you please do an in depth video on Embedded Systems using microcontrollers, since lots of technological innovation is currently taking place with it?
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Great video
thanks man this video is awesome
you must have a stong vision to make you work hard
Just passing by to say that this video was excellent!
Thank you!
Thanks
if there is an unknown genetic factor where the growth of the Neurological connections are made faster than the average person, and that makes people like Einstein exist
then that would mean something I've had the suspicion about
that everyone can be the next Einstein, they only need enough time and dedication to learn
some people would take more time and effort to do it, some less, but Everyone is able to become someone like that
Correct.
Not so much
Do you know a app or site where can make my language arts better? (8th grade)
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love this so much--thanks for the video. i am a comp sci major and often have a bit of doubt about whether i can get thru this degree !!
Does anyone here know a good free site that you can learn anything?? I know brilliant but thats paid. Mainly looking for something free
What about age? Does someone starting in their 40s have the capability to get to the same level of mathematics as they would have if they had started in their teens-20s?
Practice doesn't make perfect. If you're not deliberate, you just polish your mistakes.
Discipline beats motivation. i'm currently working on building that disciple that I very much need.
One man came to Mozart and asked him how to write a symphony. Mozart replied, “You are too young to write a symphony.” The man said, “You were writing symphonies when you were 10 years of age, and I am 21.” Mozart said, “Yes, but I didn’t run around asking people how to do it.”
To become the next Mozart is a bit more difficult, just saying
Great video, wish i seen this in high school but it's very relatable right now in college as an engineer major.
What if we don’t know what to learn? Like I feel very lost in life there is nothing interesting enough that give me motivation to learn :/
Yeah it gives kind of hope but what if you studied a whole year , put all your efforts ,practised a lot but somehow didnt end up getting good score and now your life is stucked because it was very much depend on that exam. Now everyone start judging you for being obsolete, and if you think that you might wanna get a job but they would tell you , you do not have experience . And Now you dont know what to do but to think about all the worse possibilities and where your life may end up .
that was a damn kind of a motivational video, thanks a million times
MajorPrep did you unlist any of your videos recently I would like to know.
+Who cares no i didn't, all the videos are up and public.
MajorPrep liar!!!!
Jk..
2:20 the answer is y=12
I just wanted to solve that
It could be y =-3
Can you make a video on Electronic Engineering?
Yes I can, that's been a popular request.
Who enjoys doing something they already know how to do - This is fake
Most of my lecturers don't have anything to offer me in terms of knowledge. I just attend classes to get presence marks. Yeah, that is a thing in my university, the final mark is 70% assignments+exam and 30%attendance. Crazy!
Its good advice but it should mention that you should learn how to learn....
I watched stand and deliver right after this video and holy crap i love it haha
You can learn what your cognitive capacity allows you to comprehend.
Yes, however the question is how far you can stretch it, and how many don't stretch it as far as it could actually be stretched.
There are definitely students who have to study much harder for tests than others and get much lower gradea
I would really honestly think that you should cross more people on the left (like 4-5)
Really good video. :) ... 1 year and only 28.3k views ...at least that many have a chance to push them self. I noticed that people have a problem not with what to learn but why to learn. To decide to invest the time into something to become an expert first You have to know what You like, and most people don't and on top of this is instant gratification of the tv and social media, so to find the reason "why" is very hard.
Loved the guitar comparison. It's basically what is happening to me. I see people playing guitar at uni that have more years of practice yet they seem to have bad intonation or bad dexterity. I've played for just more than 2 years and i have a lot to learn yet, but i'll get there
Why can't anyone become an absolute genius like Einstein and Mozart?
it's not only about how much time you put into practice but about your level of commitment, thus the best approach would be to manage your focus (concentrating on what matters the most, what leads to greater progress) rather than time alone, at the end of the day quality wins over quantity most of the time (not always though).
This lines up with my core belief that you can teach anyone anything (almost)
Where did you go to college?
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo