How I avoid feeling overwhelmed when studying MASSIVE content

Every week, I distil what really works for improving results, memory, depth of understanding, and knowledge application from over a decade of coaching into bite-sized emails.

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=== Timestamps ===

0:00 Why I’m feeling crap
0:49 The normal approach to studying 800 pages in 3 days
3:20 Day 1: establish the foundations
5:25 Day 2: reinforce the foundations
6:17 Day 3: fill in the cracks
9:39 What if I miss something?

=== About Dr Justin Sung ===

Dr. Justin Sung is a world-renowned expert in self-regulated learning, certified teacher, research author, and former medical doctor. He has guest lectured on learning skills at Monash University for Master’s and PhD students in Education and Medicine. Over the past decade, he has empowered tens of thousands of learners worldwide to dramatically improve their academic performance, learning efficiency, and motivation.

[JustinSung]

Every week, I distil what really works for improving results, memory, depth of understanding, and knowledge application from over a decade of coaching into bite-sized emails.

[SkySentry]

*_OVERVIEW FOR YOU GUYS_*
1. *Build a fundamental knowledge of what you're learning*
- _go through the entire chapter_
- _build a strong schema_
2. *Go over the content again with a new sense of relevance*
- _have more reference points. That way its more easier to process_
3. *Focus on missed details*
- Ensure the content is:
_>Relevant >Efficient >Putting you your best position for your next study session_
- _Pick the path of highest relevance_
*N.B* : *_Being overwhelmed is a sign that you're not seeing the relevance. To reduce the overwhelm, find the path of relevance!_*

I started doing this 6 years ago when I started med school, because I simply couldn't learn in the linear order. My brain just can't process information the way the textbook is organized because it doesn't make sense to me lmao When I decided to ignore the order and follow my own logic, things got way better for me. Unfortunally, I learned this skill the hard way, so this video makes me really happy (to know that people doesn't need to go through all the things I suffer to figured out how to study)

[am_akib]

During the last whole month, I was literally panicking with anxiety for a hugely important upcoming exam. I had only 4 months, I wasted 1 month just by worrying.
It came to the point that the mere thought of opening a textbook made me sick. I became unstable in the most literal sense, I don't know how many days I had not taken showers, my whole room and mind was a mess. Even so, I tried again to study, but I miserably failed, I couldn't even read a whole paragraph, let alone the whole syllabus.
Then, almost accidentally, I found Justin. This is perhaps one of the most, if not the most, happy accident of my life. 😁
I just want to thank you sincerely. I hope someday, when you are feeling not so well, you might find courage again from the knowledge of the affects you are having in many of our lives.
Many loves for you😊🥰

[GPxNABrothers]

Already started to apply _priming_ on my studies, and have already seen enourmous gains in velocity and comprehension. I always tried to cover detail-by-detail of the material I was studying, and that use to get me incredibly slower: like, 1-5 pages, in a hour. Thats ridiculous. After priming, i can at least double that amount (again, detail-by-detail) _while_ having a whole-part comprehension.

Sincerely, life changing.

[Dank_Lulu]

Hello, Dr Sung! Just wanna throw-in my thoughts: This video makes a lot more sense after having watched your previous ones, because you structured a lot of them, covering broader concepts and this one is more specific, requiring a good foundation just like you described. What I got out of this: *relevance=burnout prevention* just like *confusion=organic learning process.* These are big concepts to me, so thanks for sharing them for free!

[jakubkonopa]

This makes sense i did my revision for my annual exam this way and got 80% this was the first time i wasn't dying out of anxaiety the day of an exam i just went into class just knowing that yes i know my stuff pretty well and the exam will be reflection of my study process

[mattxgill]

My man is the true definition of, “practice what you preach” 🙌🏼

[captaincaption]

You're awesome Justin. You have changed the way I study. I cannot thank you enough.

[nicoleyellow]

I needed this, I have a textbook to tackle and I was hesitant about how exactly to do it; perfect timing!

[Slayeahlo]

One of the things I struggle with is determining *what* is considered relevant. "Oh, this person was married in19XX? That sounds important, maybe the test will have those types of questions." Majority of the time, things that seems unimportant sounds and looks important to me and I might as well highlight 98% of the textbook.

[franciskafieh]

I'm a high school student who has been watching your videos for about a year and a half now. This video came out at a perfect time, as I have exams coming up that I haven't started studying for yet due to analysis paralysis.

I just wanted to say: your videos have truly changed the way I study. Now, studying feels more like a privilege and less like a chore. It's also a lot easier to retain information. Just wanted to thank you for all the free knowledge! I unfortunately have not purchased your course as I cannot afford it, but I wish I could! I'm sure it would enhance my studying methods even further

[divyeshpatel]

THANK YOU, DR. JUSTIN. I constantly trying to figure out how to read heavy dense book since started watching your video and understand fundamentals of learning from you and you gave perfect information about this at right time.

[nagadoogardening]

This is super encouraging. I've always struggled studying in a linear fashion, but never really established a system or framework for thinking about the way that I learned.

Now that I have to understand, navigate, internalize, and educate about national policy as part of my job, I often experience overwhelm.

Thanks for affirming non linear ways of thinking

Your tips are super helpful even for those of us who are not in school necessarily, thanks!

[Jevgein]

You has 3 days to study and 900 pages book.
This is probably the most helpful procrastination video I've watched so far.
Thank you Sung

[CypherEarthling]

Perfect timing 😂 I'm sick and I got finals in 10 days THANK YOU SO MUCH

[JJZzZzZzZ]

Interleaving from Justin's ics course to his YT channel, watched it every week (spacing rule) applied hahahaha.

[Fran-orlt]

This is so true and such a power full way of studying and learning new material.
Text books are just knowledge, often times laid out from easiest to most complex topic. they are not a course linearly laid out on paper.

[ericalessandrini]

It seems like learning in layers but took to another level... I've never known someone who can read that many pages even through scanning!

[raheemkg]

All facts, revisiting information will cause you to retain much more information than just studying it "properly" once