The Unique Behaviours of Top 0.1% Students 

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"Most humans like to learn, but they do not enjoy studying" one of the best way to summarize the state of students in India particularly.

I like the fact that every time I watch a video about how to be better at learning/studying or get good Marks, it's always an asian telling something. Proud of my homies. Keep up the good work guys.

As a med student, this is spot on. Studying more is not always the answer bc of the nature of the brain. Just focus on what works and what dont work. Its kinda easier tho tbh

Top learners are more intentional about the underlying reasons. (critical) Top learners value efficiency and effectiveness. (more is less)

"Everyone is capable of improving but no one can improve if the barriers are not removed" Spot on! 💯

I have been challenging myself lately by searching what methods could work more for me, I got myself into mindmaps since I like writing while learning, but kind of feel insecure about it. Thanks for reminding how important it is to try things out

Very interesting discussion! In the language learning communities I see a similar issue all the time, too - the advice, methods, strategies etc. all land differently for each person. Some people take them as a general guideline to improve their own strategies, others (on the other end of the spectrum) will treat whatever's been said as religion and almost immediately become stuck in those new ways that they haven't even gotten to test 👀. Genuinely fascinating how differently people react to information, but the common trend I see is that people are very risk-averse (scared of experimentation and learning from mistakes) and not considering why any piece of advice/strategy actually works (missing the forest for the trees) and the underlying principles. I think a loose mentality towards... life is really good beneficial here. It makes you more open, "slower" and reflective, and ultimately it makes you a better learner and practitioner in all sorts of things.

This video was much needed. Thanks as always for providing quality content!!^_^

If you have learning difficulties , you don't need people around you who will understand what learning environment you really need. When you ask for help with homework, don't ask any person that will turn your question into an issue. Missing classes and bad nutrition will not make any person a top student. Th advice of Justin is excellent.

I was just revising a few minutes ago, apart from the first two habits, it seems like I have the third one, I was overwhelmed when doing a past paper for chemistry and I decided to stop, now I thank Justin for posting on time to remind me how to tackle this, thanks for the free content ❤❤

ADHD version: top students = grow mindset characteristics + constant experimentation. TLDR top students are mindful of what they are doing & know why & how what they do work & vise versa. struggling students do what everyone else does & do more & depend on luck.

The way that you are certain in everything you say instead of making up shit really impressed me. I am new in your channel and i came to your channel to learn about reading comprehension. Your advices were very precise. I took notes of things you said. And tried them. I can group words and read them but i seperate the words. For example lets say there is a given sentence like " I love your channel because it helped me a lot.". I read it as "I love....", "your channel...." , "because it..." , "helped me..." , "a lot.". So i take every 2 words seperatedly so I can't connect "I love..." and "your channel..." for example. So does it need more practice or am i doing something wrong?

I guess it all comes down to finding learning gaps. If you are relentless in your pursuit of finding learning gaps you become a top student. And most techniques revolve around finding them. So the more you setup your methods around finding these the more you succeed. That's why if you have a massive ego you never end up reaching your full potential, and you're termed as 'lazy'. So the more relentless you are at hunting down each gap you see in your understanding the better you perform. Also don't forget what you already know haha :)

learning sales techniques i got in touch with something called PDCA Cycle, which is basically a management system made for salesman so they can keep improving their numbers. The most important steps on the cycle are both keeping track if everything is going as planned, and then realizing what did work in the end, and improving what didnt. Basically planning is super important but refining is way more... i could see a relation for what you told in the video. Basically you should aways be looking for ways to improve what you do.

I get it now. Thank you for your help

Hi Justin, I recently felt the urge to improve my method of studying and I found your channel that’s really helpful. I don’t have a definite method and I have no idea of what I could do to improve, could you suggest me some of your videos that could help me find a method?

Very much needed video

which brand shirts do you wear. they look really good

justin could you give us your recommendations on what books should we read to learn how to learn please (besides make it stick)

Hi Justin.I think the reason I am not a top student is my mindset regarding exams. I study consistently before the exam and do a few revisions through practice problems but just before the exam I feel the need to go through the topic in detail. In the exams I am able to do the difficult and easy questions but I struggle with intermediate ones. It is also because I still can't figure how to make short notes that would be adequate enough to cover every topic briefly before exams and leave many of these topics unseen. Due to this my brain gets loaded with lots of information and it starts to slip out(along with the important ones). I kindly request for your guide to make short notes of which I can do quicker spaced repetition. I have tried studying from the guided study with me video of yours but due to absence of an I-Pad I am limited by the size of my whiteboard. So I am not being able to study like in the video. Thank you for helping all the passionate learners worldwide to learn more effectively.

hei, learning a lot from your videos, I was wondering is there any possibility that you create a video regarding the process needed to form a growth mindset. I mind after i take the quiz of yours it turned out that i am chained by a fixed mindset but i dont know how to change

Nice content, as always.

This gave me sm confidence cus the characteristics u described are like me but so far I'm pretty mid in school (I've gotten better tho) 😭

It almost feels like "the obstacle is the way". In orther words, finding the cause of our barriers and removing it or countering by anoher cause is the real path of progress.

Thank you

From my perspective, to compensate this video, which could be wrong that the reason why the top learner could achieve this sort of thinking is because: 1. They know what they should do that make an effective change. 2. They know that the reason why they don’t do well must because there have a problem in their own method and know that even the ‘change’ fail to change the result, is also would be a common scenario. 3. They have growth mindset that they see challenge, failure as an opportunity to improve 4. They constantly reflect themselves of what habit is potentially obtrusive to their goal and when they realize, they would change these sort of factors. 5. They had to challenge themselves and tested themselves to develop a self-regulation ability through developing their metacognition as first. My thinking could be wrong and I’m open to you guys queries to improve myself.

You are a gem!

Go straight to 6:13 for main content.

great point

I have a question, Justin. I understand that when using mind maps, you first collect keywords and then search for relationships, but when you create your mind maps, do you learn the material first and then rely on the keywords and processes on the mind maps to recall the information when studing?

Sum of all, Top learners have "why's" to every result they get! And the word "why" can actually turned the table around your favor, I believe...

Amazing video! Thank you

7:22 that's so true and 10:41 that's what I did in my exam

Ok so ... I have the attributes of a top learner. I do try to opt for various strategies. But as a medical student as the syllabus is quite extensive it just makes me overwhelmed and im stuck to doung nothing about it. That happens even more when i try various methods and am not able to score better than last time. I still havent tried spaced repetition and interleaving. And that requires alot of effort in my opinion. What do you recommend to a person like me. What study techniques should i follow to top my batch. Cuz ik i have it in me. And im open to new ideas.

Quick question, how would you describe a person who finished university without effort. This is the case for me and i wound up a biology teacher. In retrospect i feel i finally understand why i was able to succeed with background lesrning which is reinforced by your video's. I wasn't a top student but a lazy one. Would you agree thete is a class of natural learners who instinctively apply practices you mention?

I feel like you're tipping your toe in the actual problem without giving a solution. I guess that you sell a course, but without a clear and direct solution, it's just hard to believe that it's actually going to work

Sir I just want to ask how to sustain in competitive examinations like( UPSC ) and all were we have to face imense pressure while preparing and there is uncertainty about the source and the way we are preparing for it. Basically I want to ask how to not forget everything or some important things when you have a broad syllabus to cover in limited time. I would be more greatful if you make a video dedicated to competitive examinations and referring to UPCS (Indian Civil Services Exam) thank you 😊 🙏

Hi Justin! I want to ask which is better : lectures or books.

Thank you sir

As a med student myself, I'm struggling with my studies since it's my 3rd year. And it's gonna end soon and I feel that I'm not making a change at all as I want to. I repeatedly am getting average results since the beginning and things are not well. And I want to work on it so that atleast I can ace my final exams. Because it's a big part of the final grade. I think I have some time to experiment on what works and what doesn't work. Thanks so much for this video, it helped me self reflect on my learning mistakes ❤

Thank you for your videos Justin Sung ❤ Can I ask you sth? Do you do mindmaps? What do you recommend, doing it while reading the source material, after I've finished the chapter or after 3 or more chapters? The problem is that the semester is a lot and I will not be able to do all my mindmaps in time. I know it's effective cuz it helped me a lot to remember. The simple act of doing it, associating things that makes sense, makes it stick into My head!!

I'm having problem to combine inquiry based learning with prestudy & mindmaps. I always go too in depth when I look into things based on interest (is that a bad thing) and create the schema backwards when I need the basic stuff to understand the interesting application I started with. How do you do inquiry based learning with more surface level?

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Do you create the mind map after studying or while you study?

00:01 Top students have innate behaviors that lead to success 01:48 Success in learning depends on systematically removing barriers to improvement 03:37 Successful students don't follow conventional learning norms 05:28 Top learners focus on refining methods and are open to change. 07:13 Finding what works for your brain and your level of processing experience is crucial. 09:07 Top students focus on self-improvement, not luck 10:52 Top learners focus and target their time efficiently 12:27 Top students focus on weaknesses and make adjustments to their study methods Top students have innate behaviors that lead to success - The ability to learn effectively can be developed by most people through engaging and enjoyable study methods - Effective study techniques can make the learning process enjoyable for most individuals Success in learning depends on systematically removing barriers to improvement - Success is not just about knowing how to be good, but actually being good by progressively removing barriers - Students in high school and university often face fixed habits and beliefs that act as barriers to efficient learning Successful students don't follow conventional learning norms - They are free to explore and experiment to find what works best for them - Existing habits of learning are often not based on effective methods Top learners focus on refining methods and are open to change. - Top learners are critical about what works, less attached to methods, and more focused on the refining process. - Struggling learners have dependency and insecurity attached to their methods, hesitant to change even if they know it doesn't work well for them. Finding what works for your brain and your level of processing experience is crucial. - Don't try to copy success as your milestone. Instead, challenge your methods and strive to do more with less. - Focus on getting more value out of the same number of hours and techniques, rather than just adding more hours or techniques. Top students focus on self-improvement, not luck - Top students analyze why they received bad results and seek to understand what is not working in their study methods. - Instead of relying on luck or copying others, top students focus on identifying and improving their own processes. Top learners focus and target their time efficiently - They analyze their strategies for redundancy and missing elements - They prioritize learning and making informed decisions Top students focus on weaknesses and make adjustments to their study methods - Top students identify areas for improvement and concentrate their efforts there, rather than mindlessly repeating the same methods. - Top students proactively address feelings of overwhelm by analyzing the root causes and adapting their study techniques to alleviate stress.

Actually most of the top students I know are very hardworker, discipline! And they dont adapt to new things easily , they rather relay on old study techniques that work for them before to get A plus. And also whenever they try to understand new content,theyll use previous knowldge to understand the current information theyre lesrning

Why am I seeing this as a top student. I feel like people get annoyed when they ask me how do I get good grades when I only reply just study lol. But for real, when I see my friends study they're always listening to music and highlighting their notes, or reading books. I only do that if the content is completely new, the rest of the time when I'm studying, I rewrite my notes so many times just by memory. When exams come, I can almost rewrite my entire notes by understanding it so well through active recall. Studying is mentally taxing, it shouldnt be fun unless you need it to be bc you lack discipline

I’m a student and i have faced ups and downs in my learners class. Can you gives strategy to clear all these setups

Any book recommendations on this topic according to your wisdom..

Differences between average & top students 1. Luck & constant experimentation 2. Cramming without thoughts & filling the knowledge gaps intuitively

Now i believe that learning science is the most important field to study for mankindm

R u giving a suggestion for improvement or asking for a suggestion? Most of this video is just questions. Eg. Suppose I struggle with remembering a list of things or that I am struggling to do division by prime numbers greater than 259. Then your suggestion is stop doing what I am doing. I did. Now what???

Justin sung not despasito but our improvement

Top students have better brains.

How can you learn anatomy through mind mapping? Genuine question

I've read the title "start behaving like a top laner" and immediately clicked the video but then i realised its not a Lol toplane guide...

There is a most powerful learning technique I've ever met. It allows you to identify indications of unknown knowledge in systems of already known one. Personally, using this technique, I was able to improve differential calculus and find a way to harmonize quantum mechanics and general relativity. This technique, unfortunately, has one drawback. And it's fatal. Those persons who use it and try to convey the results of their work to professional scientists are not taken seriously. They are considered liars, frauds or just plain crazy.

lol these thumbnails look silly, i know they are copying that podcast's style, but the vibe doesn't match with the content

Time Stamps: 00:00 Intro 00:23 My story of how I improved my learning methods 02:05 Why do most learners not improve? 05:39 What do top learners do differently? 08:45 How top students and normal students respond in 3 common scenarios

The student you mentioned is me lol.

8:01

So you're telling me that I used my share of life's luck in school huh well time to get to work

Why suddenly i can't understand English 😢

I am gonna be a top laner (Wish me luck)

Justin are we devieving ourselves? I am below average IQ. So, are we lying to ourselves about our capacity?

But sometimes repetition helps to answer a question and developing hard skills

I'm justin wait for you to reach 500k

❤❤❤

study, test, study....I can't do more than that😂

No

when you say most people can't become a top 0.1% are you talking about raw intelligence, mentality, effort or something else ?

Yeah but I wont like having a face which looks like 2 boiled potatoes

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unfortunately youre just another guru

U guys wasting our time just making soo many videos like this

I didn't learn anything from the video. He just narrated the problem in detail. There is no solution provided to the problem. It felt like just a well structured advertisement to make people click the link and make a payment. #notrecommended#donotwasteyourtime