I remember another doctor saying something like “as you move forward in your education people care less and less about what you got in organic chemistry” LOL
@@valentinaespinosa7894 don’t question your past. That leads to regret. You need to always realize that you’re human and you won’t make perfect decisions. You can still set goals and make improvements, but don’t punish yourself for making mistakes
Meanwhile all the homework for the 4 classes I don’t like has taken me over a week to fo because I can’t stay focused on something so boring and tedious.
True because your grades doesnt matter. The knowledge you bring into the real world matters. Companies dont care if you have good grades on your school, they just care whether you have the skill or not. That's how I did it after graduating school. Now I work at a major corporation that gives me enough financial freedom to buy things.
True, grades don't matter but I do not want to fail and repeat the subject. Tuition fee is very expensive and it would be costly to repeat. Tests are not easy either, most questions require high order thinking skills. With insufficient sleep, I really commend students especially those who ace and even actively participate during class.
@@shivanichidurala2828 i thought you were being sarcastic when you said "grades don't matter much" my bad also what exam are you exactly talking about?
@@shivanichidurala2828 ahh I see; very cool. I'm a med student from the same country. I just cleared NEET last year, so I can feel the pressure. Take it easy, cheers! :)
I always tell incoming med students that med school will take as much time away from you as you allow it. The best conversations I’ve had in interviews and with patients had nothing to do with medicine or academics, but about stories and experiences that connected us. All things that 10+ hours studying straight will never teach. Fantastic video👏
On his first day of medical school my father was told a riddle by their dean: What do you call a doctor that just barely passed every assignment after graduation? The answer was a doctor.
"No. Good enough is all you need" I am about to cry, I tell people a version of this ("The best you can is good enough" -from one of my favorite Radiohead songs), but hearing it said like this makes me feel so much better and I have not even started school yet. Thank you so much.
@Viktor Saaby If you feel that you're good enough then you're good enough. You can work 10-12 hours a day (especially dealing with the stuff that you really passionate of) but just don't forget your life is still going on, spend some time on the present moment. We tend to always hustle for the future but forget the present moment.
*I think when you over reach and focus on the end goal rather than the process, that is where people fall into burn out and ultimately less efficient studying / work*
I scored better when I stopped making unrealistic goals .there is always going to be another exam that you can ace ..that's what my cousin said nd life got better .I don't chase grades anymore . 🙂
This video is what I've always instinctively felt deep down but was scared to adopt the mindset, because like most people I was pressured into "grind/hustle" perfectionist culture as well. I would feel inferior because I wasn't the 4.0 GPA, aced every exam, can study for 12 hours student, especially being in the competitive pre-med path. I really appreciate you putting this content out Matty. What I'm happy about myself and is proud to say is that I've always done things that made me happy and pursued people and endeavors that my heart desired. From now on I'm definitely going to remind myself that perfectionism isn't the thing to strive for, but a happy balance life while going after your dreams is. Cheers brother
For the past 6 months, I've developed this habbit of getting up at 3:30am and going straight to studying at 4 and I usually study till 7am. I begin my school at 7:30 till 1pm and again start studying at 3 till 7pm, 7 days a week. And i was still pissed that I'm wasting so much time not studying. This video hit me hard. Thank Matty for reminding me to take life less seriously. So relatable content😊
I only study a couple hours a day and I still get mostly A's, a few B's. I just remember what I can from class and I'll focus my attention on anything I didn't understand. My focus with studying is less memorising and more understanding, then I'm less likely to forget everything after the test. I don't just want to pass, I want to understand the topic, and I've generally found that it's easier to learn by interacting with the topic by thinking about it, rather than just remembering phrases from a textbook.
@@emu2329 I'll read a paragraph online about the topic then try to summarise it in my own words, and I think about how I'd explain it to someone else. If I can't, I'll look up more information until I'm confident enough that I could teach it to someone else.
I don’t know what your major is, I for one am a chemistry major, the way I know I understand a topic is simply going on, the next subject generally builds on the last one, and if I’m missing something I’ll know because what I’m reading doesn’t make much sense, that and having good communication with your professors, personally I have a brief 15-30 minute talk with my professors every week, compare what they tell you to what you know and ask them questions about anything you’re not 100% confident on.
Two things that stood out to me in the video: 1. Hard work isn't the enemy, perfectionism is. 2. The notes used for studying don't need to be picture perfect. Just practical and effective for you. 😂👌🏾
My teacher said " you should study 7.30 hrs, record that and your parents should sign that". But I'm grateful for my parents. They said "relax girl, study when you want to. we are not gonna push you.I still study 5 hrs. It will go on waves. Again I'm happy 😊
My teacher said we supposed to study 12 hours a day and when I told my parents about this, all they said was "Study more than that" But what can u do when the "good enough" where you live is above 96%
Just prioritize efficiency over long hours. Keep laser focus by removing temptations and you’ll get stuff done easily without stressing. Then you’ll have a ton of free time to do other things you enjoy
Thank you so much for this video. I’ve been feeling like everything I am putting into my studies is just not going to get me where I need to be successful.
The moment you said “good enough” I physically felt a huge wave of stress & tension leave my body. The pressure has been unreal… it’s exam season & I’m just trying to stay afloat. Thank you.
For me, I'm not in college solely to get a job. I'm here to learn more of what I love and a happy consequence is that a degree will also render me more employable. So with that said, "good enough" isn't really a concept I can relate to. I just want to get an A in every course, since an A is an indicator that I've mastered the material. However, if I don't get an A, it's not like I've failed. I'm still learning if I get a C. So if I employed the concept of "good enough", that benchmark would be merely to not fail, which is not my ambition. Love the video though. I decided a while a go that I wouldn't be grinding anymore and I agree with lots of what you said, particularly about enjoying student life more.
When he said that he spent most of his childhood studying , that really hit home 😭I used to study soooo much in middle school so I could always get the best grades in my class and get better marks than that one boy (who I was obviously overestimating lol ), so I was always studying to get an A* and I wasn’t playing outside like other kids , when I could’ve just got an A- and saved tons of hours to go and play and live my childhood instead of studying for those extra few points that didn’t change anything ( I mean wtfrick was I doing studying all those hours in middle school ! It would make sense to do so in highschool since u need those marks to get into uni but middle school marks gave me nothing except for a missed childhood ). Now I’m in highschool and I’ve realised my mistake in middle school . So I’m trying to not spend hours just to get a few more points but to study to just get “good enough” like he said . I really regret not living my childhood and I’m not going to waste my teens doing nothing but studying just to get an A* instead of a an A-. Like he said “it sucks to look back and see that u forgot to live “ Thank u sooo much for making this video , I really needed it and it made me feel like someone understands me
You still have a lot of childhood to live out now - Enjoy it! Hang out with your friends, play an instrument/a sport/a game, do what makes you happy. Then carry that same drive and fun into your adult years. You’ll discover that out-of-class time is just as valuable as (if not more than) in-class time. You got this!
I agree. This entire culture of staying up late and cramming in studying for the sake of being ready to get a good grade is something I have lost interest in over my school years. At some point, the right thing to do is forget all the pressure and just focus on knowing what you have to know
Thank you so much for this. I just got out of taking my MCAT about an hour ago and i felt terrible about it. After doing very well on my practice exams I had set unnecessarily high expectations for myself, but the exam I just took felt like a huge slap to the face. However, I am sure I did good enough, and that is all i need. Thank you.
Wow, this is so powerful! I just came across your channel, because I wanted to know how to study without procrastinating. I feel the exact same way as you feel. I'm 18 years old and about to finish school, although I feel like I haven't truly lived my life. I've always been in my books, studying endlessly and now I just want to finally live my life!
I was a med student, and I took a 'go with the flow' attitude in my study. I socialized more than my friends, do other projects outside med, and was just good enough to pass the exams and become a doctor. honestly, now I wish I tried harder in training and did less 'playing around'. i think it's good to max your potential when you can and have the time and resources.
@@user-i9r1q well mostly because i think i could handle patient much better if i have stronger knowledge in med. and it’s not the easiest to go into specialization or even a master degree with an ok grade, at least from where i live, grade really matters. i dont know about other countries though..
Naturally, I want to have high scores but I also want to enjoy learning it. Receiving high scores by Enjoyingly learning the material makes me really happy rather than Just learning it for a test.
Dude I really needed to hear this. Feel shameful to admit this but I really don't know when to stop my self. I just keep on pushing and I'm so toxic to myself like I'm in this cycle that I cant get out of. I know its bad but I can't stop. People might call me a narcissist but I just cant help myself heal. I've been to count less therapists but turns out its nothing the docs can help me with its something i need to work on. Idk what to do. Honestly these vids really help me, you guys have no idea how. And if anyone else who reads this threads sees this and is going through the same problems just remember mental health comes first and repairing it isn't so easy but its possible to do so and it takes a lot of time.
*Most great accomplishments were achieved by the people, who at first had no idea what they were doing.* Keep going my friend. I am cheering for you. 🙂
Love this and definitely needed this video! It's hard to not get upset or a bit down sometimes when not getting the grade you'd like on an exam because we live in such a GPA driven and competitive learning environment especially when trying to get into a competitive program after graduating undergrad. Definitely something I needed to watch and listen to on my last year before graduating undergrad!
@@KoiAcademy wow. That’s awesome. I went to a Montessori school growing up and one thing they did was a rubric system. That way you focus more on skills you can improve on rather than the grade.
Beautifully said brother! I’m now getting my bachelors in Nursing and it’s rough but I realize in my second semester of Clinical’s to not use al of your time to just school and studying. Being a B student is still a great student.
This was so relatable. Like every point...I felt that..it literally felt like I am having a conversation with someone who completely understands my situation. Thanks💕
I totally agree with everything you're saying. I had that problem in high school. Studying long hours, neglecting every other part of my life. And when I graduated with Honors and a scholarship, I still felt like I wasted my teenage years. Now that I'm in college, I'm trying alot more to live life and have other experiences outside of school, like meeting new people, working part time jobs, playing sports and joining clubs... I think it's totally worth it. If you want to have a balanced lifestyle and experience everything life has to offer, shooting for "Good Enough" is what you want to do. Also always remember that school isn't everything. Applying for part time jobs taught me that employers look for alot more than a diploma, so you could be the guy with 100% in school and still be rejected if there's someone with more work experience in your field.
Absolutely amazing,currently giving my 4th year final exams and trust me dude, i relate. Watching this video gave me some mental clarity, because i can be too hard on myself and it ends up accomplishing little to nothing in the long run.
I totally agree. I feel like I have always known this, but hearing it from you was what I needed to remember it and to really convince myself. Thank you.
Ngl I wasnt expecting a huge bomb to hit me. Esp the last part where life is also happening rn. I too am a student in the medical field but unlike the ace students, I spend time for my studies and time for myself. Time spent for studying is for building my future. But also time spent for myself is for me to enjoy life and see that there is more to it than just academic achievements. Thank you so much for this vid you really hit all the right marks and I appreciate the vid so much
I agree except for some cases (e.g., competitive Asian countries) when having the highest grade in class could help profs notice you and give you the best opportunities. It also helps when the top grad programs ask for high gpa or UK class honours. When it’s this competitive, it’s hard to let go of any small points you could ace.
Thanks for such a refreshing reminder that time is our greatest treasure good enough is sufficient! Live life in the present, once it pass away we can’t get it back
good enough and dont discredit yourself for the hard work and effort that you put in. keep in mind that the knowledge is used to heal and help real patients and they dont care if you hundo your exams. a nice clinician is just as important as a smart one
One of the most influential videos I’ve watched. I’m a young teen trying to figure out the best way to go through school. I usually compare myself to my peers and try my hardest to be the best. Thank y’all so much for this advice because it takes so much stress away and allows me happiness. “The best you can do is good enough” “perfectionism is the enemy”
100% agree, it makes a difference hearing it aloud because no matter how much I try to rationalise it by myself, my self esteem gets in the way. Thank you 😌
Finally, a youtuber I can relate to. During my last year in middle school, I grinded to win the gold medal in the science bee. I studied the whole day, only sleeping for three hours. I got to win first place in our city but climbing up the stage during the awarding didn't make me happy. It was all not worth it. I got the recognition but it feels empty and unfulfilling.
im just in my high school you guys saved a lot of time of mine by like spaced repitition and active recall so thanks for that but the thing is i still study for the highest grade i possibly can get for no one to remember and ask after say a week or so ..... ive always been wondering bout this and ive been always been getting good grades since my childhood but now i have to sacrifice the time which i just used for having fun ...... the pressure of still achieving those grades just keeps increasing ...... i still study for like 7hrs a day after 4hrs of school to maintain those grades and live up to the expectations of everyone around me ...... it felt as if the future me was talking to me to just enjoy every moment...... :)
Yup that´s true, typical sign of "i did so much today or i did read so much" but it´s mostly ineffective work & passive Learning actively in my humble opinion is very hard to do for 8-10 hrs It´s just doable over the long + not healthy
I have no idea why this channel has such a small subscriber base? I joined when this channel had around 20k subscribers and I really love it! I am not even a med student but I still love it :D
bro i support you this must to be supported and idk that why people dose,t even talk about this.. what do you guys think ? feel free to use the comment here no ones gonna blame you its just your opinion , have any thought please tell the rest of the guys who are SEARCHING FOR TROLLS IN THE COMMENT... 👇
I still support the view that we should learn to be more efficient and spend less time on the same thing. Hence u save more time for your life. Thanks for the video as it gives a reason not to compare with my roommate in terms of studying hours. Cheers everybody !
Work smart, never hard. I'm glad you talked about this topic. We all strive for the best grades. What matters is getting the grade that satisfies the requirements to get onto the next level. Try your best, aim for the top, if you fall short then you will still have passed. BUT do not lose your sanity and peace in the process! Personally, I try my best, I now aim for progress. I've learned that tests vary upon circumstances. Some personal eg lack of prep or things happening in life, or the assessors eg questions not worded well or misleading, questions that cover topics which are not in the syllabus (you'll need surprised how often this occurs)
i absolutely love this video. I also had this realization last year during the lockdown. i was rlly forced to look inwards and think about the things that would matter to me at the end of my life. it’s morbid, but i feel that we need to be frequently reminded we will die. we will be forgotten, and we will be forced to look back at the way we spent the majority of our life time. did we spend it helping people? were we stressed for the majority of it? was any of the stress worth it? did we neglect the people we loved as a result of a professional endeavour? sometimes we’re so focused on perfecting the next step in our 5-year plan that we fail to realize that life extends far past our goals. i don’t want to look back on life and realize that my entire life and personality surrounded academia. i want to remember the laughter, the music, the good food, and the tears i shared with others in my life.
💯💯💯 spitting facts. Whats the point of life if you can't enjoy it and find meaningful experiences? Studying 24/7 can lead to good results, but at what cost? You will lose precious opportunities for making memories if all you do is about academia
I'm a 20 yo Electrical Engineering major that stumbled across your channel by chance. Outside, I play League(reached Masters this year, aiming for Challenger next year), Osu, and just started Valorant to enjoy time with my friends. Outside of my computer, I'm a Tricking Martial Artist and Breakdancer. I've always held good grades whether I tried or not, and college freshmen year I did significantly well in my classes...until second year quarantine zoom university. I've made new friends, gone through most of my Engineering lower divs. Half of them I've done really well on, and the other half not so much. Now that summer's almost over, I've realized that I've forgotten most of the information I've learned from zoom but if I were to relearn it I would have an easier time and I understand the concepts. One of my friends the other day asked me to help him on his physics final, to which I barely remembered much. I asked my other friends who had studied significantly more than I did to help my friend out and they stated they barely remember anything as well. The important factor is that I've developed personally strong studying habits through all sorts of hobbies and academics that allow me to learn at a faster rate than anyone else I've met while doing everything I've mentioned on the side. This video and my experience made me realize that the way I was living life now was much better than students that study all day long because I am able to enjoy myself and live healthily physically and mentally. At the end and in the future, at least I understand the concepts of what I learn for my future career endeavors. My friends and I plan on traveling together and exploring the world for a bit before settling into careers when we're all graduated, and I would assume by that time none of us would even care about our physics grade. We'd be more focus on our life in front of us instead :D
I was a student athlete in college and I was mentally and physically drained. I kept telling myself that grad school will be better because I can just dedicate all my time towards studying. Now I just finished my first summer term of occupational therapy school and realized I’m doing the exact same thing that made me burnout and unhappy by spending hours of studying and trying to “please” professors. I’ve come to the conclusion that the pace that I am going is not sustainable for me and I want to be in this for the long haul and to do that I have to enjoy my life and stop striving for perfection because perfection is toxic and it doesn’t exist. Thank you for your great content. You all are helping so many people ♥️
You uploaded this videos at the best time since I’m starting medical school, I hope I will follow this advice and focus on what’s really important. The question now is how to not spend too mich time studying as I drift away and realize a few hours went by without noticing
The final part of this video is what I tell everybody at school. Way too many people are focusing too much only on studying and sometimes forget that there even is a life outside of school. I always tell them to live YOLO but in an regulated way. You never know when something will happen to you so just live your life if the choice is between getting 1 grade more or follow your passion please follow your passion. I realized this when I had a 2 week holiday about a year ago. I literally did nothing all day, i didn't even know what to do outside of school and I wasn't even the type of person to study all day. In that moment I realized that I had to stop prioritizing school over everything. This also because the more you don't have passions the more you dream about the things you could be doing rather than studying which makes you less productive and you end up spending the whole day doing nothing and not even having enough to time to study which is LITERALLY THE THING YOU JUST GAVE YOUR DAY AWAY FOR! Thanks for reading all of this. And always remember, you can have bad days, just don't make it a bad week because it WILL escalate into a bad month. So yeh, this is it, you only live once, but remember you probably will have a future awaiting for you and you want to be prepared. Yolo but regulated....
Life is happening now ,and not at the end of the marathon🥲🥲🥲 that hit really hard🥲🥲🥲 As an asian student I was told that once you finish your GCE Ordinary level exam you will get three whole month vacation so put your effort now and study hard for it , and on the last day itself of O/Level examination we were given brochures containing tons of information about Advanced level tution and forced to attend them disregarding the vacations . Then we were told that once we are done with Advanced levels you are just free to do anything in life so put your total effeort and in the end you'll find peace once u enter a university so here I am currently studying for Alevels and not focusing on any "fun stuff " onlu believing that" Peace " will come soon but deep down I know seeing our depressed elder sisters and brothers at universities that Peace is just an illusion🥲🥲🥲🥲
This hit home for me. I remember during the semester, I would actually skip lunch just to get another hour in to study. My grades improved, but all the other aspects of my life diminished (diet, exercise, relationships). Another channel called "Captain Sinbad" recently put out a video about Theodore Roosevelt's daily routine. He was considered one the most productive persons out their, but if you see his schedule, he would only dedicate 4hrs to study, but during those 4hrs he would focus intensely on work (Parkinson's Law) and the rest of his day was filled with hobbies. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9cj8TkwA1m4.html (10 min vid) This is probably my favorite video from your channel, just because I 100% relate! "Hard work isn't the enemy, but it is perfectionism that is the enemy"
I became the grinding guy when I was at engineering…I learned to not study for the exam and started to ask the right questions in my head and moving everything to look for answers…i became the head physics teacher's little wonder bird under her wind…now I QUIT Engineering and now studying Advertising and Digital Media…lost motivation on Mechanical Engineering but I’m really hoping to have a great first semester in the new career…engineering is very exhausting if you want to be The Ace…it is not enough to have potential…failure there can get you stuck…I would really advice everyone to really think about what are your skills, what are you good or great at, what you suck at, and what really pulls your heart…don’t have two options and pull the trigger on one of them just because it won’t bug your parents…fight for what you want…even fucking scream at your parents if it is needed for them to understand your choice, but fight for your passion…and if everything goes back to blank paper it is ok…get your to explore and learn cuz new goals will come to your mind…don’t worry
Matty, this was one of the most relatable videos I've seen on this topic. Thank you so much for speaking about this! Sometimes you can zero in so much on Uni that you forget about all the other important things in life.
You brought forward a very under-valued aspect of living - that living life is equal to or more important than learning and reciting information. Bravo and thank you.
I finally feel seen. I have always felt insecure about the amount of time I've spent studying compared to my peers. Was I wrong to feel that studying too much was pointless? What was the point of trying to score 100% when all i needed was a 75% or and 80%? That is Good enough.
I agree with enjoying every aspect of life besides only studying. However, being the best one in the field takes extra effort and the result pays you very well by increasing your value. If your end goal is hard to achieve and have a high competition you may have to apply a loads of efforts maybe 15 hours of study daily who knows. It depends on whether you are happy with whatever you are doing or not. Remember, Output = time × focus
This hit me so hard. I come from middle but I go to one of the most expensive schools in my country. my parents sent my to the school because going for any other school is basically the same thing as not going to school ( constant strikes). I always struggle with school but don't know who to talk to since everyone in my family expects me to be a top student and get a scholarship. This expectation is kind of killing me because I don't know who to talk or what to do
Definitely something I learned in high school. Everyone around me was so focused and studying so hard when I didn't do as much. Felt pressured to do more and then eventually I realized, why am I working so much? I changed my learning method, the way I do things, and though I didn't get a high grade, I did have a life as you mentioned. Just doing enough feels better than doing too much just for that number and to be on top.
SO TRUE I always get good grades in high-school and even in college, and this has caused me to have that perfectionism attitude whereby I must perform just as well in any upcoming exams. Therefore, I have spent most of my free time studying and feeling miserable. I really hope one day I can just get myself to do "just enough", so that I can have more time to enjoy life in my 20s, and most importantly, feel fulfilled.
This was such a great video! I'm about to study for a dual degree and i was wondering if grinding day in day out for two masters level programmes would be worth it and this was keeping me up all night since the past week, I was already stressing out for something I hadn't even started. Turns out I just need to pass, the person who would score the highest would ultimately obtain the same qualification as me lol thank you so much!!
I’m so so thankful for this recommendation, I’ve been studying and trying so hard to prove myself….. 🥺🥺 it’s rly tiring and causes me so much anxiety. I’ll take it one step at a time, hopefully I’ll learn to cope better and not feel bad about myself when I take breaks :”)
This is exactly what I plan to do when I go into college, all I need is to just do good enough and instead of over studying I would work and put my income into investments so that I’d reach financial freedom sooner, it’s not like I have something I’m extremely passionate about to the point of where I would be happy to work for the rest of my life. All I want is to be able to see, experience and live life instead being confined in an office for the rest of my life thinking about bills I have to pay, utilities to pay and how I wish I could just not be stuck in a 9-5 cycle worrying about my salary.
muito obrigada, quem dera ter assistido isso durante meu ensino médio, me pouparia os diversos problemas psíquicos e físicos que desenvolvi durante a escola. estou no 3º da faculdade e todo dia preciso relembrar que eu não preciso ser a melhor, ninguém realmente liga e eu aprendi isso tendo todas as minhas conquistas completamente ignoradas pelo mercado de trabalho e professores. foi duro, mas to cada dia melhor e vivendo como eu gostaria de estar vivendo. OBRIGADA!
I still go to school (last year, Italy) and I usually get pretty good grades so It's not like I'm super lazy about studying but when you introduced the concept of "good enough" it opened my eyes, in a good ways. I was already trying to approach studying in a rational way and without anxiety really giving it only the time that I was willing to give because of my own decisions, but I had never thought about the god enough benchmark.
