چطوری روزی 10 ساعت درس بخونم؟ — Transcript

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1. 0:01Until recently, I thought the Pomodoro
2. 0:03technique, where you set a 25-minute
3. 0:05timer to study or do deep work, was a
4. 0:07great way for me to focus and get some
5. 0:09studying done. But after reading a few
6. 0:15neuroscience facts, I realized it is
7. 0:17actually a flawed method for studying
8. 0:19to set your clock in 25-minute
9. 0:20intervals or use those apps to study.
10. 0:26According to neuroscience, our minds
11. 0:28simply cannot enter a phase of deep
12. 0:29concentration immediately upon sitting
13. 0:31down to start studying. There is a
14. 0:36phenomenon called "attention residue"
15. 0:38which says a price must be paid—a
16. 0:39certain amount of time must pass—
17. 0:41before we can enter a state of deep
18. 0:43focus. This focus is the "flow state,"
19. 0:51defined as deep concentration, being
20. 0:52completely immersed in what you are
21. 0:54reading or doing, and having high
22. 0:56motivation to continue without anything
23. 0:58being able to distract you. And you
24. 1:06should know that this deep
25. 1:07concentration is just starting at the
26. 1:0925-minute mark. Exactly when your timer
27. 1:16goes off and you go to take a break is
28. 1:18the moment you had just entered the
29. 1:19flow state, and you interrupted that
30. 1:21flow by using that Pomodoro app.
31. 1:29Suddenly breaking this chain means you
32. 1:30need to expend a massive amount of
33. 1:32energy again to bring yourself back
34. 1:34into the flow state so you can refocus.
35. 1:42After those 5 minutes of rest, you fall
36. 1:44into a vicious cycle again, where your
37. 1:46mind needs another 20 to 25 minutes to
38. 1:49enter the flow state, only for you to
39. 1:51stop it again, and this is why we can't
40. 1:53manage 10 hours of studying a day. So
41. 1:59far, we have realized that this process
42. 2:01is not suitable. Especially for deep
43. 2:04work like studying, which requires us
44. 2:05to commit for several hours. For
45. 2:08superficial tasks like cleaning the
46. 2:10house or tidying a room, it is actually
47. 2:12very practical and useful. You set a
48. 2:15timer, go do your work for 25 minutes,
49. 2:17and see how much you accomplished in
50. 2:18that time—work that in the past might
51. 2:20have been left undone because you got
52. 2:22distracted by your phone. It is good to
53. 2:25use it for those kinds of tasks, but
54. 2:27for studying over long hours, do what I
55. 2:29am about to tell you. Instead of 25-
56. 2:33minute units, the first unit you set
57. 2:35for studying—whether early in the
58. 2:37morning or whenever you start your day
59. 2:39—is incredibly important, because
60. 2:41that first unit serves to prove to your
61. 2:42mind that "I am not that incompetent
62. 2:44after all." It's a small win that
63. 2:49requires your mind to acknowledge the
64. 2:51success. My advice to you is to commit
65. 2:54to this session for about 60 to 90
66. 2:56minutes; even if it rains rocks, you
67. 2:58must stay at your desk for those 60 to
68. 3:0090 minutes. That is where you prove to
69. 3:05your mind that it is going to support
70. 3:06you for the rest of the day. So, under
71. 3:09no circumstances should you get up
72. 3:11during these first 60 to 90 minutes. To
73. 3:13ensure you don't get up, there are a
74. 3:15few tips; by getting up, I don't just
75. 3:17mean standing, I mean getting
76. 3:18distracted. The first thing you must do
77. 3:20is keep your phone completely out of
78. 3:22reach; not only should it not be on
79. 3:24your desk, but I think it's better if
80. 3:26it's not even in the room—put it
81. 3:27somewhere else, in another room. If you
82. 3:31are tempted to search for a word or use
83. 3:33the internet, I recommend setting
84. 3:34specific offline and online times for
85. 3:36yourself. By offline and online, I
86. 3:39don't mean for checking Instagram, but
87. 3:41for studying. Our studying sometimes
88. 3:43requires us to be online, to check
89. 3:45something online, or even to practice
90. 3:47with AI; you should reserve those for
91. 3:49other sessions. If you are currently in
92. 3:52a phase where you need to read a book,
93. 3:53consider that your offline time. If
94. 3:58there are words you need to know while
95. 4:00reading, jot them down in one place and
96. 4:02check them during your online study
97. 4:03time. If your task really depends on it
98. 4:09, I recommend putting something in your
99. 4:11first session of the day that doesn't
100. 4:13need much internet; for example, review
101. 4:15or shadowing techniques—things that
102. 4:17don't need internet so you don't skip
103. 4:19these 60 minutes, get up, or do
104. 4:20anything else; so put your phone away
105. 4:22and set offline and online times. The
106. 4:27next tip is to keep a blank sheet of
107. 4:29paper by your side; because when we are
108. 4:31supposed to study, it's just like
109. 4:32meditating—constant thoughts pop into
110. 4:34our heads: "What should I eat?""Where
111. 4:37should I go tomorrow?""What should I
112. 4:38wear?""I want to buy such and such,""
113. 4:40Why did I do that yesterday?" All these
114. 4:43thoughts that come up, without getting
115. 4:45lost in them, just take your pen and
116. 4:47start writing that thought down on the
117. 4:48blank paper. Write down that thought
118. 4:52and tell yourself that when my first 60
119. 4:53or 90-minute block is finished, I will
120. 4:55have 10 minutes to take that paper,
121. 4:57look at it, and think about my thoughts
122. 4:59; that will be your thinking time. Go
123. 5:02sit somewhere else, somewhere outside
124. 5:04the environment where you are studying,
125. 5:05and that is your designated thinking
126. 5:07time. This is an exercise that helps
127. 5:09your mind learn how to focus; this is
128. 5:11exactly a technique we also use in
129. 5:13meditation. The next tip to help you
130. 5:15keep going is to change your study
131. 5:17location; go study at a library. This
132. 5:19worked very well for me personally. If
133. 5:22you feel that you are constantly
134. 5:23distracted at home or in your room,
135. 5:25definitely change your study place.
136. 5:27Because when you travel a distance to
137. 5:29get to another location, your mind
138. 5:31thinks, "Ah! This matter is serious,
139. 5:34and I need to focus." After your first
140. 5:3660 or 90-minute phase, you are now in a
141. 5:38relatively good position. Your mind has
142. 5:41realized that you can do a task, you
143. 5:43have studied for a long time, and you
144. 5:45have stayed away from all distractions;
145. 5:47therefore, now is the time to have a
146. 5:49real break; 15 minutes is a very
147. 5:51appropriate amount of time. But this
148. 5:53break does not mean picking up your
149. 5:55phone at all. Sometimes an urgent
150. 5:57matter comes up, I'm not talking about
151. 5:59that, but in general, the things you
152. 6:01should do during those 15 minutes are:
153. 6:03meditation, resting (for example,
154. 6:05sitting and staring at a spot), going
155. 6:07to get some coffee or water or
156. 6:08something else, or if you like and are
157. 6:10the type of person who can do a 5-
158. 6:12minute stretch, that is also very good
159. 6:14to do, or go for a walk. Sometimes we
160. 6:16don't understand a part of the lesson
161. 6:18we are studying and we keep struggling
162. 6:20with it; no, this is the point where we
163. 6:22go to Instagram and start scrolling.
164. 6:24Why? Because we need a quick dopamine
165. 6:26release to feel better, since I was
166. 6:28struggling with that lesson and didn't
167. 6:29understand it. Here, your exact role
168. 6:34becomes to resist going to scroll and
169. 6:36not get that fake and temporary
170. 6:38dopamine hit. When you do this and you
171. 6:44resist, and you resist, you are
172. 6:46teaching your mind that "I can resist,"
173. 6:48and this resistance causes your
174. 6:49prefrontal cortex to activate and
175. 6:51raises your perseverance, because the
176. 6:53more we do that difficult task, the
177. 6:55more we...Our perseverance and our
178. 6:56resistance increase, and then we are
179. 6:58able to do even harder tasks than this.
180. 7:03Do this in your other tasks as well.
181. 7:05Not just resisting here. Choose a task
182. 7:08that is hard for you and that you
183. 7:10absolutely do not like at all. That is
184. 7:12exactly the point that challenges you.
185. 7:15It is a turning point; that weak point
186. 7:17can become your strength. Pick
187. 7:19something difficult and go ahead and do
188. 7:21that hard task. This hard task doesn't
189. 7:24necessarily mean doing it for long
190. 7:26hours; it just means getting it done.
191. 7:28In doing this, it’s as if you’re
192. 7:29showing your brain who the boss is.
193. 7:32Another thing that really helps us
194. 7:33study for long hours without getting
195. 7:35tired or bored is not switching tasks.
196. 7:39Try not to switch between different
197. 7:41tasks; if you have a speaking unit to
198. 7:43practice, or you're going to study a
199. 7:44subject (like physics), don't switch to
200. 7:46something else in the middle, and let
201. 7:48it be completed, let it be finished.
202. 7:51Okay, or it shows itself much more when
203. 7:53it comes to language. If you are
204. 7:56practicing speaking, don't get too
205. 7:57caught up in grammar. Don't suddenly
206. 8:00remember how a certain grammar rule
207. 8:02worked, get up, open a grammar book,
208. 8:03and spend two hours there in the middle
209. 8:05of your speaking time dealing with
210. 8:07grammar. This switching creates
211. 8:09distraction and a lack of focus for
212. 8:10your brain, which won't cooperate with
213. 8:12you during long hours at all. Aside
214. 8:15from this lack of mental cooperation,
215. 8:17laser-like focus on one goal is very,
216. 8:19very effective and helps you
217. 8:20significantly improve your ability in
218. 8:22that subject. For example, I always
219. 8:25advise students that if you are going
220. 8:27to practice speaking, do it for two or
221. 8:29three hours straight without doing
222. 8:30anything else, not even taking a break,
223. 8:32just practice speaking. From the moment
224. 8:35you sit down to speak until the moment
225. 8:36you get up, I am sure that your
226. 8:38speaking level will have changed.
227. 8:40Another thing you can do, if you have
228. 8:42trouble with a subject (this is
229. 8:44separate from studying for long hours)
230. 8:45—suppose you have trouble with
231. 8:47writing, it's hard for you, it's a
232. 8:49challenge—stop all your other tasks.
233. 8:51For 3 or 4 days, do nothing else; no
234. 8:54listening, no speaking practice,
235. 8:56nothing at all. Only and exclusively
236. 8:58during those 4 days, for long hours—4
237. 9:00or 5 hours—just practice writing, and
238. 9:03once those 4 days have passed, you can
239. 9:05move on to another skill. This will
240. 9:07help you to properly assemble the
241. 9:08pieces of the puzzle for that writing
242. 9:10skill in your mind, and you won't have
243. 9:12any more problems with it. Later, you
244. 9:15can gradually add other skills and keep
245. 9:17writing in small doses in the following
246. 9:19days. But if you dedicate 4 days to it,
247. 9:22it’s as if you’ve closed the file
248. 9:24on it and it's done. The most important
249. 9:27point in this video was the very first
250. 9:29part: remember that studying requires
251. 9:31deep focus and motivation. Deep focus
252. 9:35and the motivation that helps you keep
253. 9:37going throughout the day is knowing not
254. 9:38to interrupt it, and you need to let
255. 9:40yourself enter the flow state.
256. 9:43Furthermore, beyond all of this, if we
257. 9:45go a few steps back, we need an overall
258. 9:48motivation, an overall goal. If we
259. 9:50don't have an overall motivation and
260. 9:52goal, studying for 5 hours, 2 hours, or
261. 9:54even 1 hour a day won't be possible for
262. 9:56us at all. So, at the beginning of the
263. 9:57path, know why exactly am I doing this?