Key insights

• 📚 Transition from hating to loving learning experiences
• 🤔 Blaming the education system and society for hating studying
• 🔍 Emphasizing the importance of curiosity and stress associated with studying
• 🌱 Encouragement for lifelong learning and overcoming negative mindset towards studying
• 🎉 Approach studying with curiosity and excitement
• 🔄 Shift mindset to a positive and open approach towards learning
• 💪 Embrace the challenge of learning difficult subjects for fulfillment and enjoyment
• 🔑 Understand the fundamentals of the subject to make challenging topics more accessible

Q&A

• How can one embrace testing and learning from failures?

  It's important to jump into past papers early, regardless of mastering the material, and embrace testing and learning from failures. Additionally, breaking down assignments into manageable parts and finding the starting point can contribute to enjoying the process of studying and learning, even if it's challenging.

• What tips can help in struggling with learning difficult subjects?

  It's beneficial to understand the fundamentals of what you are learning, take your time and avoid just memorizing formulas, seek different perspectives and resources (such as using YouTube for learning), and use materials outside of class. Consider dropping a subject if it's too difficult and make learning like a video game with instant rewards. Additionally, using past papers for testing and a positive feedback loop can be helpful.

• How can studying be made enjoyable and fulfilling?

  Approaching subjects with the right mindset and challenge level, embracing the challenge of learning difficult subjects for fulfillment, and understanding the fundamentals are essential to making learning enjoyable and fulfilling.

• What is the key to transitioning from hating to loving learning experiences?

  The key is to approach studying with curiosity and excitement, shift mindset to a positive and open approach towards learning, and develop a positive attitude over time by changing self-talk. It's essential to recognize that the enjoyment from studying is different from entertainment sources like phones and video games.

• 00:00 From hating learning to loving it: education system, society, and changing mindset. Root cause of hating studying and transforming it from the inside. Curiosity, stress, and the value of lifelong learning.
• 02:48 Learning is an enjoyable and fulfilling process that requires a mindset shift to approach subjects with curiosity and excitement. Developing a positive attitude towards studying takes time and involves changing self-talk. The enjoyment from studying is not the same as that from entertainment sources like phones and video games.
• 05:11 Approaching subjects with the right mindset and challenge level can make learning enjoyable and fulfilling. Understanding the fundamentals is key to tackling difficult subjects.
• 07:32 Struggling with learning? Understand the fundamentals, take your time, use different resources like YouTube, and gain different perspectives on the same material.
• 10:20 Seek different perspectives on difficult subjects, use materials outside of class, drop a subject if necessary, make learning like a video game with instant rewards, use past papers for testing and positive feedback loop.
• 13:00 Jump into past papers early, even if you don't master the material. Embrace testing and learn from failures. Break down assignments into manageable parts and find the starting point. Enjoy the process of studying and learning, even if it's challenging.