0:03 stop studying you are wasting your time
0:04 if you're studying the way most students
0:07 do you're probably wasting 80% of your
0:09 time and you don't even realize it ever
0:11 spent hours cramming only to forget
0:13 everything in the exam most students
0:15 learn how to study the right way too
0:16 late but by the time you finish this
0:17 video you'll know how to study
0:19 effectively and save yourself years of
0:21 frustration imagine you're trying to
0:23 fill a bucket with water but there are
0:25 holes everywhere no matter how much you
0:28 pour in most of it leaks out frustrating
0:30 right well that's exactly what most
0:32 students do when they study they spend
0:34 hours trying to absorb information but
0:36 their brains don't retain much of it and
0:37 the worst part they don't even realize
0:39 it's happening now let's talk about the
0:41 biggest mistakes that are making your
0:43 study sessions almost useless mistake
0:46 one highlighting and rereading most
0:47 students think highlighting their
0:49 textbooks and rereading notes will help
0:51 them remember the material but here's
0:53 the shocking truth studies show that
0:55 rereading has a retention rate of only
0:57 10% that means if you reread a chapter
1:00 today by next week you'll forget 90% of
1:02 it it feels productive because your
1:04 brain recognizes the words on the page
1:06 but recognition is not the same as
1:08 understanding or memorization think
1:10 about it if you keep watching the same
1:12 movie over and over does that make you
1:15 an expert on film making no you're just
1:17 getting familiar with the story and
1:18 that's exactly what happens with passive
1:21 rereading mistake two cramming last
1:23 minute let's be real we've all crammed
1:25 for a test at some point staying up all
1:27 night drinking way too much coffee and
1:29 stuffing information into our brains
1:30 like it's a suit suitcase we're sitting
1:32 on just to close but cramming doesn't
1:34 work long term sure you might remember
1:36 some of it for the test tomorrow but
1:38 within a few days most of that
1:40 information is gone poof here's why your
1:42 brain treats crammed information like
1:44 junk mail it throws it away because it
1:46 knows you don't really need it you're
1:47 just forcing it in without giving your
1:50 brain a reason to hold on to it and if
1:51 you think well I only need to remember
1:53 it for the test here's a hard truth the
1:55 students who actually Master the
1:57 material will always outperform you in
1:59 the long run whether it's in class in college
2:00 college
2:02 or in their careers mistake three
2:05 studying passively another massive
2:07 mistake studying passively meaning you
2:10 just read watch or listen without
2:11 actually doing anything with the
2:13 information imagine you want to learn
2:15 how to swim would you read a book about
2:16 swimming and then jump into a pool
2:19 expecting to be an expert of course not
2:21 you drown yet when it comes to studying
2:23 most students do exactly that they read
2:25 the textbook watch a lecture and assume
2:27 they've learned the material but unless
2:29 you engage with the information by
2:31 testing yourself teaching it to someone
2:34 else or practicing it won't stick now
2:36 that you know these mistakes how do you
2:38 actually study the right way that brings
2:40 us to the game-changing shift here's the
2:42 truth studying isn't about how much time
2:45 you spend it's about how much you retain
2:47 some students study for 3 hours and
2:49 forget everything the next day others
2:51 study for 1 hour and remember most of it
2:53 for life the difference how they study
2:55 most people treat studying like Mindless
2:57 repetition but real learning happens
2:59 when your brain is actively challenged
3:01 when it struggles when it makes
3:03 connections and when it retrieves
3:04 information on its own this is where
3:06 retention greater than consumption
3:08 instead of mindlessly consuming
3:10 information you need to focus on
3:11 retaining it in a way that actually
3:14 sticks the learning pyramid the key to
3:16 studying smarter let me show you
3:18 something called The Learning pyramid
3:20 this one simple concept can change the
3:22 way you study Forever at the bottom of
3:24 the pyramid we have reading this has a
3:27 retention rate of only 10% meaning if
3:28 you just read your textbook you're
3:31 forgetting 90% % of it next we have
3:32 lectures when you sit in class and
3:34 listen to a teacher talk you retain
3:37 about 20% now let's go higher watching
3:39 demonstrations that's about 30%
3:41 retention but here's where it gets
3:43 powerful when you actively engage with
3:46 the information retention skyrockets
3:49 practicing a concept that's 75%
3:51 retention teaching it to someone else
3:53 90% retention that means if you truly
3:55 want to remember what you study you need
3:57 to stop just reading and start actively
4:00 recalling teaching and applying the
4:02 information and that's exactly what
4:04 we're about to break down step by step
4:07 step one active recall and testing if
4:08 you want to remember more in half the
4:10 time you need a strategy called active
4:12 recall active recall forces your brain
4:15 to lift the weight instead of passively
4:16 taking in information you pull it out
4:19 from memory which is what makes it stick
4:21 and the best way to do this two
4:24 science-backed techniques strategy one
4:25 the Fineman technique if you can't
4:27 explain something in simple terms you
4:29 don't understand it pick a concept and
4:31 try to teach teach it to a 5-year-old if
4:32 you struggle go back and relearn the
4:34 parts you got stuck on this shows you
4:36 exactly where the gaps in your knowledge
4:38 are refine your explanation until it's
4:40 crystal clear this works because
4:42 teaching forces your brain to organize
4:44 information making it easier to recall
4:47 later strategy two past papers and
4:49 self-quizzing here's a fact the top
4:51 students don't study more they test
4:53 themselves more instead of rereading
4:55 they actively quiz themselves using
4:58 flashcards past exam papers or self-made
5:00 quizzes a real World case study showed
5:02 that students who quizzed themselves
5:04 before studying scored 50% higher on
5:06 exams than those who just read their
5:09 notes step two spaced repetition and the
5:11 forgetting curve did you know that you
5:13 forget 50% of what you learn within an
5:15 hour this is called the forgetting curve
5:17 and it explains why cramming fails your
5:19 brain is wired to forget things it
5:21 doesn't use but here's the good news you
5:23 can hack your memory to remember more
5:24 with less effort instead of trying to
5:26 memorize everything in one sitting
5:28 spread it out over time how do use space
5:31 repetition in three steps day one learn
5:34 the material day three quick review
5:37 approximately 10 minutes day seven self
5:39 test without notes step three how to
5:41 make studying a daily habit the real
5:43 challenge sticking to a study routine
5:45 most people struggle because they
5:47 procrastinate they get overwhelmed they
5:49 burn out so let's fix that with three
5:51 simple habit hacks hack one the
5:54 two-minute rule this is a psychological
5:56 trick that stops procrastination instead
5:58 of telling yourself I have to study for
6:01 an hour tell yourself I'll just read one
6:04 page or I'll just do one flash card once
6:06 you start your brain shifts into might
6:08 as well keep going mode hack two habit
6:11 stacking attach studying to a routine
6:13 you already do after brushing your teeth
6:15 review one flash card after breakfast do
6:17 a 5-minute quiz after dinner summarize
6:20 one Concept in your own words by linking
6:22 it to an existing habit it becomes
6:24 automatic just like brushing your teeth
6:26 hack three avoid burnout with the
6:28 Pomodoro Technique if studying feels
6:31 like a marathon your brain will resist
6:34 instead use the Pomodoro Technique 25
6:36 minutes of deep focus 5minute break
6:38 repeat four times then take a longer
6:40 break now here's the hard truth even the
6:42 best study techniques won't help you if
6:44 you don't use them consistently most
6:46 students cram for hours the night before
6:47 and wonder why they forget everything
6:50 but the real secret small daily effort
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