"I always felt like I would fight anybody because everybody was the enemy, the enemy, the enemy. And now I'm here, without nothing, away from everyone, and I really took the time to find out who the enemy was. And it's not that it was the enemy, it was the enemy, the enerme.... the enner ME. The inner, the INNER ME." -Kimbo Slice
you're the most down to earth and encouraging youtuber i've seen. i'm not even studying mathematics but I really like your advice and find it comforting. thank you for your videos
Overthinking and fear of failure have kept me from going back to school and taking Math classes. Thank you for all of your work. This video is definitely a game changer.
You are absolutely right! I only wish I had learnt this forty or fifty years ago!! Fear of the unknown will stop you dead in your tracks. But it must not. Don't allow it. Learn from an old-timer. Do it now!!
I’ve been paralyzed between two paths for a year after I’ve finished my masters degree. Each day is another venture in overthinking my future in either of these situations. Each path is around a 5 year commitment and I’ve been absolutely torn. This video helps!
I am an actor, little would you imagine that every night while doing my skincare, I pull one of your videos randomly because they feel so truthful, also I enjoy body building and coffee and had always a heart for analog and stationary, i love your channel even more. I'm far from maths, always dreaded it. I've been a n arts student and did my master's in performing arts theatre, but here I' am fully heartily interested in these videos. It's your honesty and simplicity that makes these videos worth watching. Thank you sir! It's been quite a long paragraph! But I love your channel, please never stop posting. Admiration from India. ❤
Really good. Also beware of perfectionism, as it is related to overthinking. If you wait for perfect conditions, you'll be paralysed and lost in inaction.
And and and, i love your life!! You seem so passionate about maths and i know you are. It's just so satisfying to watch somebody totally involved in something they love.
The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win. Everyone wants to win but not everyone wants to prepare to win. Preparing to win is where the determination that you will win, is made. Once the game or test or project is underway, it is too late to prepare to win. The actual game, test or project is just the end of a long process of getting ready, in which the outcome was really determined. So if you want to win, you must want to prepare to win. Once you prepare to win, winning is almost anti climatic.
I'm taking differential equations, discrete mathematics, and Object-oriented programming with data structures. I'm hungry but I'm struggling in the trenches. I'm crawling through the homework and doing problems takes forever and the next thing I know it's already night time and I'm drained. It is discrete math. It is so different and new to me. They are all online too so I don't have lectures and I rely on multiple textbooks, RU-vid, and other resources. I'm not complaining I'm worried that It's taking a while for the math to digest in my brain.
Resist falling into overthinking spiral by simply doing what you got to do. There is internal desire to fall into "not doing" but only way to resist it is by pushing oneself, also physically, into xyz activity. Whenever you feel doubt, force yourself and you will make it. It is hard, I found it to be the only working way. In other words: hold your ground. Thank you for this video!
There are plenty of sloppy people too. And then there are even people who do nothing for a long time, and when they finally do, they rush for no reason and are sloppy.
You know, you frequently speak about really smart people you’ve encountered in your past. I just want you to know, you are a really intelligent and caring individual yourself. It’s always remarkable to see you share some wisdom on this platform!
I started an algebra exercise book a few days ago. At first I felt like some ancient rusted machine as I took hours to slowly grind out the first few questions as the cogs began to bite. After a few sessions I started seeing the patterns and now I'm getting through the work lickety split.
I'm a 16 year old student studying for a competitive exam and even though I have mentors and my teachers to turn to for all kinds of problem, it's your videos that are to the point regarding some of those other questions a voice inside me asks that really get to me and give me direction. Grateful to have found your channel and to you for the content you upload!
This honestly set me straight. Thank you for your videos and encouragement. You are making a difference in lots of people's lives and enjoyment of math and your philisophies are ingeneous for life as a whole
the hardest part about math for me is getting through the barrier of just starting and getting in the mood. once i start i usually dont stop or get tired unless i get distracted. i wish it was easier for me but a combination of my mental health and a slight slight addiction to youtube hold me back a lot
Bro the RU-vid/Reddit addiction is so real (also mental health.) Honestly feel like it’s the only thing holding me back. Math is so fun, RU-vid is the main reason why I don’t just do it all day.
My autism/disability is The enemy of my success and I don’t know how I can possibly pass electronics engineering in community college. I’m having to many doubts about where my life is going to go and I tend to overthink that my intelligence is the reason why I can’t find my true passion
You don't need one true passion. Some people have equal amounts of desire in more then one thing: think about many great genius from the past, that studied multiple things and did something brilliant in one or both. Sometimes we need to focus more in one subject for a certain amount of time, but not necessary to do it forever. After removing this anxiety, see whatever is better to start first, organize yourself and go. I have both arts and science in my life. I need both.
My biggest challenge is the 'tsunami' of interesting subjects. It's not easy to stay on 1 subject as it is too tempting. It doesn't help the ease of accessing the information and materials needed... hugh. Sometimes I have a feeling I could fill (at least) several lifetimes with it. It's just too much. So only solution is to make a choice and cut the rest out, as it is just impossible to know "it all"...
Am fifty and I regret not choosing maths after college... I studied economics but didnt like it at alllll... Now am trying to do maths for the pleasure of sens .. Hope I will progress ... Overthinking is really a true drama... As said the Doctor : just focus on one book a time an go with it .. I spend my time to learn a same concept or definitions from may books zt the same time ... thank you
Dear math sorcerer,I’m a student in college , I’ve missed a class test 1,and I came in late for the second test and I don’t want to fail this class I’m hoping you can give me an advice. I’m in college algebra community college. My dream is to achieve impossible, many impossible things, and pursuing theoretical physics engineering, electrical mechanical technology and robotics. I’m very passionate about science. Science is my life science rocks. What’s your advice on my situation how should I improve? What things should I avoid I’m hungry I’m thirsty. I want more all my life. I’ve always wanted to do more to be more to become more the first chance I get I screw up in this test and the second one is coming and I’m hoping to achieve and do better, I believe in impossible in the unknown unseen, what’s your advice?😢
Got my new book today. TCWAG by Leithold. 6th edition. This book was more on the expensive side so I had to open it immidiately when I got it. Never experienced something like that in my life. I unpacked the book, opened it, and it just "clicked". I don't want to say that I know every topic. No, of course not. I barely know any topic, since I only have my A-levels in math. I don't think I even remember all the derivation or integration rules I used to know. But it doesn't matter which page I open, I feel like understanding it all just by reading the examples. It's so well written, perfectly explained. Examples are calculated from beginning to end. Everything is completely logical from A to Z. Fantastic book. Can't wait to finish the books I'm currently reading, just to start this one. It feels like a special book. I only knew that feeling if a special person confronts me, but this time, it's by opening this book. Any page will do. I imagine like when I start reading this book it will be like the start of an amazing journey. Even the first sentence: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" by Albert Einstein is a really elegant way to introduce a mathbook. Have you ever felt this way before? Is it weird? What's your opinion about this book? I really have to finish the books I'm reading recently. I just can't wait to start reading TCWAG 6th edition.
Just... Really, there's nothing to add. OVERTHINKING. Oh my god I wasted sooooo much of my time just by overthinking... Sometimes the important stuff is said in the simplest way, like "JUST DO IT". But we've seen it too many times and it has lost all of its value... and we keep looking for a new, magical way that only 5 people on earth know it, to be successful... But all of it is said in that single line: just, DO IT.
The analogy from bodybuilding is "over-reaching". There is no rule that separates healthy thinking from "over" thinking; just long-term progress and results. On this channel, the sorcerer has also talked about becoming unbalanced, if even for a little while, to achieve results. Typically this needs to be followed by a longer rest period to recover.
