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At 4:30 he says 4:30

Lol this guy ain’t shit. I studied for two minutes every day and I was in med, law, and engineering. Of course I failed them all horribly, but I still only studied two minutes a day

This is like having shower thoughts outside of the shower.

3:58 He says, "okay chat, calm down." and almost immediately the chat calms down. The power of this man 😂

The terms he uses are “Yoga Nidra” and “Sunkalp”, for all those who want to learn more. Goodluck!

Key takeaways: 1. Calm the mind using yoga nidra/meditation. 2. Plant the subconscious seed, reinforced for a year. 3. Cover all your material before class, and use class as revision.

6:00 one dude in chat:"all hail this indian jesus"

Super depressed. Just stumbled on this channel, and this guy exudes so much positivity he is amazing.

"The answer comes from within. It's what you know in your deepest self." Then he says 2 + 2 is 4 and my brain went "minus one dats 3 quik maths" I'm fucked.

Notes: -Have a calm and clear mind when learning. Distractions while learning will muddy up what was learned in your memory. Doing studying first thing in the morning is a good example -Knowledge that was well processed (due to lack of distraction) will become easier to recall -Coming to class having already understood the subjects will essentially turn class into a review session, which makes the learning process even better -Making it a habit to perform certain meditation practices will increase focus

A lot of people would get straight As in a lot of majors (aside of med school which has such an intense input) if they studied two hours every day though. The issue often lies in procrastination and binge learning right before the exam.

Studying before class and then using the class as review is actually 5head thanks for the tips, cause studying for electrical engineering had been getting a little bit difficult for me lately

Dr. K.: *asks question* Twitch chat: "LUL" "69" "0" "monkaS" Dr. K.: "ABSOLUTELY!"

Late to the party but I'm glad I was a psych minor. In Cognitive Psych, you learn basically how the brain learns. With distractions and all that, it pertains to cognitive load. The analogy my professor gave us is we operate like a computer with a finite amount of working memory (what we actively use). When we wake up, it's like a fresh start on a computer, no programs running, no windows open, maximum amount of memory to utilize. As the day goes on, various things will begin to clutter that memory making tasks slower and less efficient. This can be daily stressors, forgetting an assignment, being late to work, etc. For me, meditation allows me to open the task manager and close tasks that are cluttering my memory. There's a lot that goes into remembering info so I'll give a personal analogy that I made: You have a knowledge map. Everything you know is like pins on that map. As you learn more information you add more pins. Now imagine drawing lines between pins that are related to each other. The more lines you can connect to that pin, the easier it is to make a path so to speak to get there, thus its easier to retrieve that information. Repetition would be adding more pins to a location. Over time, you have a mountain of pins that you can't help but notice. The thing is, just like in real life, "paths" and "clearings" (where the pins are) become overgrown when not used. So one must continue to use paths and finding those pins or risk losing them/they become harder to find. So when learning new information, try to connect it in someway with things that you already know.

I watch a lot of your videos and streams but I don't comment. I figured I would let you know that I really enjoy your content. Best of luck.

My best study tip is active recall and spaced repetition

Shoutouts to the guy at 2:00 who said "I can't even read"

"how OP would that be?" lmao

What helped me best for studying was to explain to myself the subjects I just learned. As if I was the teacher and the student at the same time.

"The focused mind can pierce through stone."

2nd year med student here. I remember watching this video during my masters year. I started this last year and I can't speak enough about how effective it is. I might have ADHD but studying literally first thing in the morning has me so zoned in and I can retain more in those short hours than trying to study after I've had a bunch of things enter my head throughout the day.

my mind was clear 4:30, class became REVIEW, ! 6:10 STATE OF MIND, 8:12 Thoughts in the way, 17:18 ! Why mediate

I actually woke up at 4 am this morning and did what you recommended, it worked, everything got so much easier to understand in the class, thank you

Your mind is like this water, Shifu. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.” -Master Oogway

When you started explaining in terms of in-game stats/buffs it all made so much sense to me as a gamer. This channel is the shit.

Now I can finally understand Aphelios.

Dr. K: "Turn all class into a review session" Me: "Okay" Also me: **No more classes and a week away from Finals**

Instructions unclear, burned down the local library and awaiting trial for arson

In Bangladesh from 1st to 4th year of medical school we have an excellent system. Almost everyday we have a small (full marks 10) viva exam on a particular chapter. If anyone prepares regularly for these small exams, big exams become very easy.

bro I don't know why KZfaq suddenly came up with the idea to recommend this video to me, but your channel is absolute gold. Everything makes sense ur saying. I can relate perfectly :)

I just recently started meditating for 30 minutes every morning. When I hope my eyes and move for the first time afterwards its like this crazy clarity and crispness. It's actually amazing.

Title: "How i only studied 2 hours a day in medical school Dr. K: too bad, I wont tell you

One thing to add is to have a calm state when doing your test, if you can replicate the conditions you had when you studied (well rested, calm), you'll have a greater chance in recall and concentration. That's why you blank during a test, because your are anxious and in a different mind state. Calm down take a few breaths and it'll surely reap benefits.

"Meditating is like hitting F12 on a website" that one sunk deep.

my man out here giving secrets of the mind and not a single donation smh

I study 0 hours in med school. Im surprised i havent been kicked out yet. My grades are shit. I have anxiety and i want to die. Im not looking forward to post grad internship

I always wondered how I averaged so high in my second year of study compared to my third. I averaged 78% in my second year and 64% in my third year. I always thought it was because I was really competitive and when I had just broken up with my ex girlfriend at the time (who was a high achiever of something like 85% avg) so I wanted to best her in what she did best (which is really toxic come to think of it). This has made me realise that my second year of study is the only year where I actively meditated every morning when I woke up at 5am every day to do so. Referring to what was said at 17:15 I now understand that my lack of focus and the difficulties I came across for my final year was because of the healthiest habit I stopped doing.

I haven’t started practice most of the things that you have talked about yet, but just watching these videos make me feel inspired enough to keep going. Thanks mate

Bro the imagery of fighting back the negative thoughts.... it's literally been 22 years of that. Holy fuck. Calm the mind. Plant the inspiration. Then I won't hate myself as much. Less internal violence. wow. im crying

You're an inspiration and this video is exactly what I've been searching for. I've been batting around the idea of med school for psych rather than a PhD and it's videos like this that really help me to move forward in the MD direction

I absolutely adore how you using gaming terms to explain things that you talk about. And I appreciate how candid and honest you are when you speak. I'm glad I found your channel

Nice video. He touches on something similar to a term in neuroscience called the locus of control. Basically it explains that you can do better in school or work or whatever and remain motivated if you believe that you are in control of the outcomes. People who think they are good at something because they are naturally talented don’t always succeed because they feel out of control when they fail. If you believe you’re failure is due to you not trying hard enough then it is easier to get better and succeed later on.

Dude you are simply, very great. No mucking about, just clear and to the point. Taking away the make believe and fantasy and giving real direction. Very well done and thank you Healthy Gamer

Such great content I'm so grateful that I found your stream

Only on the 2nd day of studying in the morning before work, but what a difference compared to after 8hrs of work. Yesterday I was reading a paragraph and had to re read every sentence a couple of times. This morning I almost breezed through it. It is well worth waking up earlier to study because in the end it will save you a shit ton of time.

On the topic of luck, there is the idea "I make my own luck." The premise is that if you are looking for something that is based on chance, then putting yourself in situations where the chance of what you want to have happen is more likely, and preparing to be able to recognize and capitalize on a chance when it comes; that's what it means to make your own luck. It's still based on chance, but you could go from 5% likely to have a positive outcome to a 60% chance of positive and a 5% chance of extraordinary

Thank you, man! Even tho I thought I would need a full interview to fix all this mess inside, just watching these videos feels like I am extremely close to that regardless!

This was really an eye-opener. Thank you!

“You have to be focus” My ADHD: focus lulw

i actually did this, not for studying, but for going to the gym. I have some kind of social anxiety about going outside in general, i figured out that its always early mornings where my brain was completely quiet **as long as you're not sleep deprived** and i was able to get myself outside without having a recurring voice in my head saying "no you can't its better to stay in" or "what if this" or "what if that" constantly making me doubt myself. It's a good time to build discipline because your brain doesn't resist you that much (if not sleep deprived), and if you manage to build on top of that, theoretically, you're pretty much set. *I say as long as you're not sleep deprived cause when you dont get enough sleep and you wake up that early, you're kind of still in a weird half delirious dream state where your mind is telling you that cereal is technically a soup

Thanks man, I really appreciate the work you are doing here. Love.

Thanks for your videos, I wrote down much of your ideas and Im going to put those ideas in practice. Also your community is very polite and mature.

This is very useful! As a yoga instructor and someone whose studying iRest yoga nidra, this makes so much sense. Thanks for sharing!

_Only_ two hours a day? *Starts sweating*

You’re going to be one of the greats on KZfaq, I’m calling it; this shit’s awesome man

So happy to see your YT and twitch channels growing, you make amazing content. Been here for a while now

Fun fact: this guy invented the definition of 5head

This reminds of a time when I got sick and had to stop attending school for about 2-3 weeks, I had not been absent from school in the middle of a semester for that many days in a row before, so I REALLY panicked that I'd be super lost once I do go back, especially math since it was particularly hard for me, so I decided to set down and study what I might have missed. Once I did start attending guess what? Turns out I studied the material up to over a month ahead LOOOL! I seriously didn't expect that, never noticed how slow we tended to go through the textbook. So like you said the class became review, in fact I got to be more prepared in asking about the things that I didn't understand, when normally I get so overwhelmed that I don't even know what questions to ask during class.

this made me very emotional, thank you so much, it seems very helpful

I'm very glad I found your channel through Reckful, your content is amazing!

DUDE I don't know if I'm seeing your videos in the middle of an exposure explosion or not. But your content is phenomenal and the delivery is very well directed to the target audience. You are making huge changes in lots of peoples lives with this content, keep it up.

You just talked about so many concepts in psychology while explaining it like a “gamer”. I like that. Another tip : Aim high when preparing for an exam. Don’t tell yourself : I’m gonna try to get 75%. You will most likely fall below the goal that you have set out for yourself. A study found that 2 people with the same capabilities, that set different goals : Person #1 set a goal to 75% Person #2 set a goal to 90% The person with the more difficult goal (90%) will have a significantly better score at the same exam. Obviously you have to have some confidence and you have to be willing to push yourself but all in all = aim higher!

Holy shit. Thanks master. I was ignoring KZfaq's recommendations to watch you for quite a while because I have removed myself from gaming a while ago, but I don't regret watching this. I rarely subscribe after watching one video, but there it is.

Im glad this video came up in my recommends.And in a moment when i actually needed such advice. Thank you !

solely bc of your authenticity and the non-pushy way you present your point im going to get into meditation, youre a man to look up to, thanks Dr. K!

Growing up and to this day I'm referred to as the "smart one" in the family. I've always countered that I'm not smarter, rather I just "get it" the first time around which gives me a slight advantage. 1-2% which makes a difference in the long run and compounds. I've also, since I can remember, practiced pseudo-meditation (not sure what else to call it) by listening to hours of classical music - probably connected to the belief that classical music makes you smarter and stuff - and movie/game music scores, along with actual meditations, to practice "zenning out". This is first time I've heard anyone suggest a link between the two and it's something that I'd never considered. Can't wait to test this in my next meditation 😁. Great vid doc and thanks for the life changing lesson 🙏

That has to be the most helpful self improvement related channel on KZfaq. This man speaks facts in every single video 🗣🔥

Wow this is awesome, especially love the game analogies, thank you!

"aw yeah tell me more about how you dont love yourself" -Dr.K, all hot and bothered

This guy is hilarious. I love his game analogies

Really needed this holy shit thank you so much you have no idea how this changed my life

Took me a bit to find it but the cecil harvey analogy love ya for that doc. Something that has stuck with me I played that as a child, and the thought of becoming something other then what you are was magical. I've always wanted to have a session with you been on twitch for over 7 years. Your one of the first guys I've seen come on twitch and really brighten the platform with the work you all do.

So glad I found you from reckfuls stream

thank you. i find this video of yours during crisis time, now that i definitely can study again despite having no foundation in maths and sciences. thank you one again

I really enjoy how Dr. K relates all the mental health talk back to games. It's in a way I can better understand it.

Thank you for sharing this, been dealing with cognitive dissonance and subconscious bias' for a while now and only recently started to hit my stride in life both creatively and emotionally. The source code analogy in particular resonated with me, as I have been trying to "de frag" my mind and output more stuff that bubbles up naturally/intrinsically. The toughest part of all this was to have the ability to reflect and truly do everything I could individually to be happier and progress before looking at any external factors. I love the incorporation of gaming, philosophical application of mindset, and lifestyle all together. Inspires me to say the least :)

"How OP would that be"

Title: How I Only Studied 2 Hours a Day In Medical School 3:23 : "You guys want the answer? TOO BAD. You guys are gonna have to figure it out. Me: "!@#$"

This guy is just amazing Makes you feel like a friend Love you dr k :-)

Great video man, instant subbed. I have been looking for a while for information on how to improve myself, and I feel like I've found the right channel :)

I was a fourth year medic in the UK and hadn't spent a single day revising, eventually that caught up with me and I got kicked out. Looking back this was a good thing, medicine was never something I wanted to do and more something that other people expected me to do. I am much happier now applying my abilities to something I'm passionate about.

I can't get enough of these videos, man.

Incredible. Instant sub. Thanks friend.

well ive tried waking up tp study early in the morning before school and i would study from 4.30am till 6.45am. It really helped me remember things better and i went from failing papers to scoring almost straight A's in all my exams. I will start trying out meditation and yoga nidra next time.

This guy just made the same anology from Avatar The Last Airbender, where Aang visits the guru to help him master the Avatar State. 😂😂😂

I love you. You changed my life. God bless your soul.

I just learned a whole bunch from this vid, thanks for sharing

someone get this guy to make a ted talk

subscribed when he said "how op is that?". That's a man of culture right there

I stopped the video so I can jump straight in. Honestly a game changer, I'm very visual so I was able to see some beautiful scenery while dropping positive messages from time to time. Thank you Dr. honestly going to chase this state in my free time I finally get those crazy monks in the mountains

This video was really good and helped me tie up loose ends about what I have found about myself.

Hey man, awesome videos, can't stop watching, keep it up you are doing an amazing job!

Doc, your vids are sooo helpful, and it's great how games can make such an impact on us. I may never go back to gaming, but I will let me kids do it.

Instead of trying to understand just understand kekw

16:29 Gollem (the madlad himself) :" How do you change apperance after character creation?

That's a sub, I have a lot of respect for what your doing.

Just found your content. You got some great vids! Keep up the good work!!

This was eye opening. I'm incredibly grateful that I found you. I also like your motivation. Please continue with what you're trying to do. It already helped so many :). Just as a suggestion: Once you start throwing around these indian words and different meditational forms, it would be great if you could write them down in your description. I'd like to try what you're suggesting, I just don't know how to find it initially.

What is your best study tip? (Also Destiny and Reckful at 3:00 PM PST today, stream link in description)