The Art of Becoming Self-Educated. — Transcript

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1. 0:00One thing I've noticed about that girl
2. 0:01who always seems interesting to talk to,
3. 0:04she usually isn't the loudest person in
4. 0:06the room. She just has something to say.
5. 0:09She has opinions. She can hold a
6. 0:11conversation. She notices things other
7. 0:13people don't. And that doesn't happen
8. 0:15because she was born smart. It happens
9. 0:18because she's constantly feeding her
10. 0:20mind. Welcome to her mindset. This space
11. 0:23focuses on growth, healing, and becoming
12. 0:26the woman you want to become. In today's
13. 0:28episode, we're talking about how
14. 0:30educating yourself can completely change
15. 0:32the way you think, speak, and move
16. 0:35through life. The truth is, becoming an
17. 0:37interesting woman has a lot less to do
18. 0:40with your IQ than people think. It's
19. 0:42about what you consume every single day.
20. 0:45Most of us spend hours online. We save
21. 0:47videos, send reels to our friends, and
22. 0:50tell ourselves we'll come back to that
23. 0:52podcast later. But collecting
24. 0:54information isn't the same as learning.
25. 0:56You can watch 50 self-improvement videos
26. 0:59and still stay exactly where you are. So
27. 1:02let's talk about a few small habits that
28. 1:04quietly make you smarter, more
29. 1:06thoughtful, and more interesting to be
30. 1:08around. The first one is something I
31. 1:10started loving because it doesn't even
32. 1:12feel like studying. Listen to a podcast
33. 1:15or a TED Talk while you're getting ready
34. 1:17in the morning. While you're doing your
35. 1:18makeup, making coffee, or driving
36. 1:20somewhere, you're making use of time
37. 1:22that would probably pass anyway. Imagine
38. 1:25doing that almost every day for a year.
39. 1:28That's hundreds of new ideas you
40. 1:29wouldn't have had otherwise. The second
41. 1:32habit is reading. And it doesn't have to
42. 1:34be one of those intimidating 600-page
43. 1:36philosophy books. Read 10 pages a day.
44. 1:39Fiction, psychology, business, history,
45. 1:43literally anything that makes you think.
46. 1:45Reading teaches your brain something
47. 1:47social media can't, how to stay with one
48. 1:49idea long enough to actually understand
49. 1:52it. Little by little, you'll build a
50. 1:53stronger vocabulary, your conversations
51. 1:56will feel more interesting, and you'll
52. 1:58find it much easier to explain what's on
53. 1:59your mind. Another thing I think more
54. 2:02girls should do is watch documentaries.
55. 2:05We spend so much time watching content
56. 2:07made to entertain us that we forget
57. 2:09content can also expand us. I love
58. 2:12documentaries because they give you
59. 2:13something real to talk about. Instead of
60. 2:16the conversation always being about
61. 2:17people, you suddenly have interesting
62. 2:20stories, ideas, or facts to share.
63. 2:23Here's another habit that's so
64. 2:25underrated. Play games that actually
65. 2:27make your brain work. Sudoku,
66. 2:29crosswords, chess, strategy games,
67. 2:32they're fun, but they also teach you
68. 2:34patience, problem-solving, and how to
69. 2:37think a few steps ahead. And speaking of
70. 2:40thinking, journal at night because most
71. 2:42of us never stop long enough to ask
72. 2:44ourselves what we're actually thinking.
73. 2:46It could be your day, something you
74. 2:48learned, a conversation that stuck with
75. 2:50you, a mistake, a goal, or even a random
76. 2:54idea you don't want to forget. The more
77. 2:56you write, the more you start
78. 2:57understanding yourself.
79. 2:59Something else that completely changes
80. 3:01the way you think is studying people who
81. 3:03have actually done incredible things.
82. 3:06Think about the kind of woman you want
83. 3:08to become. Who already lives that life?
84. 3:10Start learning from people like that.
85. 3:12Read about them, listen to their
86. 3:14interviews, learn how they think and the
87. 3:16choices they made. The people you
88. 3:18surround yourself with shape you and
89. 3:20that includes the people you surround
90. 3:22your mind with. And don't only listen to
91. 3:24people who already agree with you. Have
92. 3:26conversations with people who see the
93. 3:28world differently. You don't have to
94. 3:30change your opinion every time someone
95. 3:31disagrees with you, but being exposed to
96. 3:34different perspectives forces your brain
97. 3:36to think instead of automatically
98. 3:38repeating what it's always believed.
99. 3:40Some of the biggest mindset shifts
100. 3:42happen when someone asks you a question
101. 3:44you've never considered before. I also
102. 3:46think every girl should have a basic
103. 3:48understanding of what's happening in the
104. 3:50world. You don't need to spend hours
105. 3:52watching the news every day, but maybe
106. 3:54once a week check what's going on. It
107. 3:56helps you understand the bigger picture.
108. 3:59Follow your curiosity. You don't always
109. 4:02need a reason to learn something. If a
110. 4:04random topic catches your attention,
111. 4:06look it up. Some of the most interesting
112. 4:08things you'll ever learn will start with
113. 4:11a completely random question. And the
114. 4:13more you follow those little questions,
115. 4:15the more knowledge you collect without
116. 4:17learning ever feeling like homework. So,
117. 4:19stay curious.
118. 4:21Explain what you learn. And finally,
119. 4:24don't just learn something and move on.
120. 4:26Try to explain it. Whenever you learn
121. 4:28something new, explain it to someone
122. 4:30else or even to yourself in the simplest
123. 4:33way possible. If you can take a
124. 4:34complicated idea and explain it clearly
125. 4:37in just a few sentences, that's usually
126. 4:39a good sign that you actually understand
127. 4:41it. And then, use it. If you learn
128. 4:44something about money, communication,
129. 4:46health, or anything else, find a way to
130. 4:49apply it to your own life. Information
131. 4:51is much more likely to stick when you
132. 4:53actually do something with it. Don't
133. 4:55stop educating yourself.
134. 4:58Now tell me, what's your favorite way to
135. 5:00keep learning? I'd love to hear what you
136. 5:02guys do in the comments. Thank you for
137. 5:04watching.