My dream is becoming a mathematician. Right now I'm preparing to Mathematical Olympiad. The best way to improve is to try these hard problems on your own. Therefore, this is what I'm doing. I have really enjoyed the video. It captured that concept really well. I wish more people known this. Greetings from Poland.
If anyone is interested (and I know some people are), here's an update: I did manage to get to the finals of Polish Mathematical Olympiad, but nothing beyond that, so no international competitions or anything like that. I am still interested in mathematics and am likely to keep pursuing it. Although I am a little bit bummed down and feeling unmotivated after failing my goals this year. Also, after the summer break I will begin my first year in Uni. Tbh I completely forgot I even posted this, in the mean time my math skills have improved a lot, but I've also realized just how much I still need to work on.
Thank you so much for this. I am honestly so scared of becoming stagnant, yet I can't seem to break that barrier. I think I just need to discipline myself and allocate time to expend more effort when it comes to the hobbies/things that interest me.
First. It's the accumulation of little things that separate the experts from everyone else. Thanks for another great video Zach :) good talk yesterday too, I really appreciate being about to share thoughts on our RU-vid journeys. Cheers brother.
Back in high school, I used to remember my mother's library card numers in order to use the the computer, and that was like 16 degits.. lol. Kids don't think of limits, they only need goals and a push fo3 their evil agenda
Very good video, been watching your channel for a few weeks now and one of my top favorites, very informational on things i didn't know what to look up. Thanks dude
Be a master of mind, Then let fate decide which area you will marry,try to remember as many details of him/her/it as you can during the marriage,no more...... Be a expert of life.
Great Video. Do you have any study techniques advice for courses such as electronic circuits and power electronics (diodes, transistors, memory circuits)? I am currently studying electronic circuits design by Sedra and Smith. I am not quite sure what I should focus on. I really want to master analysing and understanding an electronic circuit. Great work! If you come to Sweden 🇸🇪, let me and other Swedish fans know!
I am studying civil engineering, I have 90 average in drawing, 70 for chemistry, 60 for theory of structures etc. Guess what subject I give the most attention to, I had 3 years of drawing in high school, but I can do it so I rarely spend any time on it if I know I need to grill on the hard subjects. Some of my fellow students are failing, but it's practice, math and equations should not be numbers, it should be a language, it should be a habit, first sememster a guy said he has to pull out his calculator to calculate 400-300...needless to say he was the laughing stick of the day, bit of on the spot stupidity, it happens, bit challenge yourself, good video😊
Dear sir zach, I watched the video and it was really helpful.thank u. What i want to ask is that what if u got multiple interest.say u r an electrical.engineering student.its ur passion and u want to design some of the most complex circuits out there.but u at the same time also interest in say pure mathematics,where people in this field really make u thrill.and following that u started to learn math in ur own.say u cover the usual courses that is being taught at undergrad mathematics.then u move on to learn grad standard math.but u see the more r u going into,the mors u r getting lost as there is no end,as the papers getting heavier.so in this situation where u got both things in ur mind,what should.u do? Will.u make one ur hobby and other subject ur field of expertise? I feel sometimes very awkward of having such dual feeling.i end up going nowhere.sigh
My field of work is electrical engineering. And yes I mostly run the channel by myself. But to get all the videos on various majors I always sit down with someone who has recently graduated with the degree and we usually talk for a few hours to get a script together. So every video on other majors and careers has been done by doing research myself but after collabing with someone with personal experience.
When you say it like that, I don't like the idea of being an expert. I rather be ok at multiple things, rather than putting all my time into becoming the best in one thing. Keeps life more fun and interesting.
I see no evidence of what your talking about in the video. All I can find is about HM a scientific case that proved that motor skills can be learned not by remembering but by pure practice but nowhere does it ever say about remembering numbers.
It really doesn't matter how much you practice. The main requirement is hereditary power and characteristics. If you have natural ability and even if you practice less you will definitely be better than the one who hasn't got any natural talent.That's it.👍👍👍👍👍
Your content never disappoints. Great job with the video, keep up the good work. Hearing words like this is what people might need when they feel lost. Thank you.
I've learnt one thing so far in my life. This comes from a man who wanted to study languages in university, found this channel, started working hard in school to get into aeronautical engineering and is now in second year engineering. The only way to effectively learn something if pomodoro and all those stuff don't work for you, is to spend time with it and love it - something I don't get with engineering but I love it
You know what, I’ve had a 1450 elo (offical chess rating) for about a year now, and I kinda stopped playing as I was better than the average in my club and I feel comfortable. But after watching this video I realised I probably could be way better. From now on I’m going to work on my chess more.
Wow this help me to improve my self a lot to learn. I will gave this person a Thom's up well done this may learn people to be better at what they do and don't think you're better than anyone.
Hey majorprep I absouloutly loved your channel and hope you continue to keep up with this channel. I myself want to be an engineer (still choosing which one) but I would love to know what drew you towards your major? Thankyou for all the help. Without this channel I would be doomed!
Wrong, the 10k hour thing is a myth. Simply doing something a lot doesn't make you better at it. Deliberately working on your weaknesses is what makes you better.
Not at all the same. If you think about it, there's lots of things many people have spent 10k hours doing without trying to get better at, and are just as good/bad at as they were near when they started. Like driving a car for example, or reading. You don't get better simply by doing it, you have to work at improving. A classic example; you could learn the basics of tennis. Enough to play the game. Then you play tennis with poor form, say, a terrible backhand, every day and eventually wrack up 10k hours. You'll still be about as bad as when you started, with the exact same terrible backhand. You have to deliberately work on your problems, with difficult tedious drills designed to improve specific skills, to improve. Merely playing without focus on improvement will not result in improvement, even after 10k hours of playing. The 10k is completely different to deliberate practice, and is a myth that needs to die because it's preventing a lot of people from improving at things.
@José Marques Not true. Read what I wrote + watch the video, as you've missed the point. Just doing something a lot doesn't make you good, -practicing- for improvement makes you good. Massive difference.
My teacher has done this practice..He does derivative of complex functions in mind...and determinants of 3x3 matrix 10x quicker than usual of us....Thats is extreme level of practice and cool stuff...perfect vd as always bro
I find that I've run into the opposite problem where I'm so non-content with what I can currently do that I overwhelm myself with more then what is reasonable for my current skillset. This also results in me wanting to give up before I've made any considerable progress.
Not the point but I'm getting into powerlifting and have been for awhile I can tell you with certainty that genetics are more important than being smart people with elite genetics can run linear progression novice programs for a lot longer with faster results whereas someone with average genetics will have to learn more advanced programming to sustain progress
It's how to focus effectively based to allocate you to next hard level. It's not always easy to focus on good things. You could try on distractions and you'll get them bad by focusing how no effect they'll get on you. Thanks for this delibrate practice. I'll settle myself to the better level.
