Why 30 Days Is Enough? — Transcript

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1. 0:0030 days is enough to change your life
2. 0:02completely.
3. 0:03>> [music]
4. 0:04>> Let's say you're sitting in a lecture
5. 0:05hall
6. 0:07surrounded by other people doing exactly
7. 0:09[music] what you're doing.
8. 0:10Some smarter.
9. 0:13Some,
10. 0:14well,
11. 0:16not as smart.
12. 0:18And you?
13. 0:20Let's say you're in the middle of the
14. 0:21pack.
15. 0:23So, what's the one unfair advantage that
16. 0:25could take you from being average all
17. 0:27the way to the very top in just 30 days?
18. 0:31It's called the Feynman technique.
19. 0:34And it's the most effective way to
20. 0:35figure out exactly what's holding you
21. 0:37back.
22. 0:39>> [clears throat]
23. 0:40>> Take whatever you're trying to get
24. 0:41better at
25. 0:42and pretend like you're teaching it
26. 0:44to a class.
27. 0:48No jargon, no notes,
28. 0:51just explain it as simply as you can.
29. 0:53Because the second you try to explain
30. 0:55something to an imaginary class,
31. 0:57you find out very quickly what you do
32. 0:58understand
33. 1:00and what you don't understand.
34. 1:06What was that line again?
35. 1:12Oh, yeah.
36. 1:13A 2024 analysis of 39 studies found that
37. 1:16people who learn something knowing
38. 1:17they'd have to teach it later actually
39. 1:19learned it better themselves [music]
40. 1:21because teaching forces you to do
41. 1:23something that most people don't do,
42. 1:25figure out exactly what you know and
43. 1:27what you don't know.
44. 1:30Here's why this gives you an unfair
45. 1:32advantage.
46. 1:33Most people spend their time practicing
47. 1:34the things they already understand
48. 1:37because it feels like they're getting
49. 1:39better.
50. 1:40But when you try to teach something,
51. 1:42you immediately discover what you don't
52. 1:45understand.
53. 1:46>> [music]
54. 1:46>> That's the difference. And you can do
55. 1:48this with almost anything. If you're
56. 1:50building a business,
57. 1:51>> [music]
58. 1:51>> teach someone what makes a good product.
59. 1:54If you're working out, explain why
60. 1:55you're doing every exercise [music] in
61. 1:57your routine. And if you want better
62. 1:59social skills, explain exactly what
63. 2:01makes someone good at a conversation.
64. 2:04And the second your explanation becomes
65. 2:06uh
66. 2:12um
67. 2:14you know what you need to work on. So
68. 2:15while everyone else is just
69. 2:17>> [music]
70. 2:17>> repeating what they know,
71. 2:22you're systematically finding out what
72. 2:23you don't know.