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so how do you make studying fun again
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for some reason as we got older we
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started to see studying more of a chore
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rather than something fun to do now
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every time we study we end up boring our
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minds to the point where we'd rather be
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doing anything else but what if I told
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you that studying can be fun well in
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this video I'll be teaching you how you
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can make studying fun again so that
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you'll always find yourself wanting to
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study now before we answer I think it's
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best to explain why we find studying
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boring and painful in the first place
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first of all the act of setting itself
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if you look objectively is not the most
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exciting activity in the world and it's
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for good reason compared to other
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activities like browsing social media or
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playing games which are activities that
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release dopamine studying doesn't really
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release that much dopamine as compared
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to those other activities I just
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mentioned hence why when you think about
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studying you don't really find yourself
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excited I've been with a lot of studious
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people in my life and every time I hang
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out with them the last thing we want to
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do is to study and you could say that
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school is a big culprit to why we don't
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feel like studying why studying is not
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enjoyable anymore so if studying is
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generally a boring activity how do we
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make it fun again step one gamify your
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studying so what do I mean by gamifying
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your study well the first thing you'll
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have to look is that games are fun and
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we have to take a look at what makes a
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game so appealing why are games fun well
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I call it the reward progression grind
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or RPG for short now the thing is
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whenever we do something in our life it
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costs us energy to do it and typically
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the more energy a task requires if it's
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not more enjoyable the less attract the
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task becomes and it becomes as somewhat
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of a system where we exchange energy and
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the task gives us accomplishment in
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return for example working out takes a
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lot of energy however the reward of
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accomplishment is big and you can even
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argue that the sense of putting this
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amount of effort is tant amount to the
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reward you get in return now the problem
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is studying does not only require some
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input of energy but it's also not a
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smooth learning process studying itself
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is not very intuitive when you're diving
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into new material it's normal to feel a
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bit lost and overwhelmed now let's look
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at video games in comparison they don't
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require any energy at all and yet video
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games give you a sense of accomplishment
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whether that be finishing a quest line
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defeating a boss winning an online match
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video games gives us a sense of
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direction and achievement and not only
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that the other reason why video games
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are so appealing is that it gives you a
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sense of progress easy progress you know
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how your character starts off as level
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zero and basically being weak as
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but as you progress throughout the game
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doing quests killing monsters collecting
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items you end up being really strong and
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it's this exact combination of the low
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input of energy and the feeling of
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achievement that makes video games so
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fun these factors are what make video
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games a great way to disconnect from
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reality it's the fact that you could
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overcome challenges and to see your
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progress in the game so why am I saying
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this well we can apply that to studying
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now studying itself can be seen
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onedimensional and not very benefactory
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however if studying had an incentive
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such as a reward studying won't seem
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that boring anymore and imagine if
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studying had a leveling up system you
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would be grinding your ass up so how do
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we do that step two reward system now in
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order to start gamifying your studies
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first you will need a reward system now
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what exactly is a reward system well
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essentially what are the kind of rewards
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are you given for the amount of work
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you've done for example if I study 3
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hours a day I can allow myself to play
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video games for an hour by that logic 3
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hours of stud equals 1 hour video games
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essentially by creating your own reward
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system you are creating your own
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currency and it doesn't even have to be
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tied to the hours you study you can tie
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the rewards based on the number of tasks
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or how well you studied a certain
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subject as long as you have the exchange
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rate of the work that you have to do and
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the reward you get will be the start of
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your task reward system and the benefit
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of having a task reward system is that
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it really balances your work and Leisure
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Time and it's this exchange system that
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will push you forward to finishing your
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tasks because you can exchange your
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points to earn rewards think about it if
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you don't have a reward system you might
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end up splurging on your leisure time
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when you haven't really studied that
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much in the first place having a task
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reward system will make sure that you've
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earned your leisure time fair and square
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it balances your leisure and study time
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and it doesn't even have to be strict if
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you want to challenge yourself have a
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set amount of Leisure Time given to you
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for a certain amount of setting done for
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example my current metric for work is
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the amount of pomodora timers I finish
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for every three pomodora timers I
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accomplish I reward myself with 1 hour
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of gaming however you could also tell
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yourself that after X amount of setting
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you allow yourself a free time for the
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rest of the day for example let's say
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finishing five pomodora timers will
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allow you to spend leisure time for the
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rest of the day make sure to write this
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somewhere so you don't have to forget it
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and make sure you can easily access it
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too you can literally do this on your
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notes app or if you want you can put
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this on your Excel sheet but if you're
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try hard like me you can even design
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today's video and back to the tips if
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you want to go further you could even
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have your own currency as well I created
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a notion page that allows you to
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accomplish certain habits and tasks in
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exchange for coins and you could use
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these coins to buy items in the shop
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that allow you to do certain things
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however this will only work if you
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really follow the system strictly you
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have to treat it like you're really in
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the system so that you're incentivized
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to study even more step three is the
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level mindset The Next Step I want you
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to have is to switch to a growth mindset
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or a level of mindset I want to take
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this time to remind you that you've come
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all this way learning all different
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subjects and leveling yourself up and
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that to me is already an achievement and
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I think a lot of people don't really
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realize that if you're watching this I'm
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sure you come a long way and instead of
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thinking that you're behind instead
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think about how much progress you made
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think of it as you leveling up every
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time you study or dive into new topics
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think of it as going through unexplored
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territory or unexplored Quest and every
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time you've overcome a certain topic or
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an assignment you level up and the more
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difficult a topic is the more XP you
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gained it's quite easy to be demotivated
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with studying since it's not really the
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easiest process in the first place when
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studying a topic you're quite literally
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diving into something of the unknown
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so instead of seeing the difficulty as
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an obstacle see it more of a challenge
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to overcome learning new things and
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concepts are things that upgrade you as
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a human being so whenever you study
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think of it as improving yourself
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remember the best mindset to have when
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tackling academics or life in general is
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a growth mindset and finally bonus tip
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is to change your study method a reason
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to why your studying could be boring is
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that your study method doesn't really
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accommodate actual learning I'm not
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criticizing your study methods however
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there are certain study methods that end
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up being tedious rather than engaging to
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your brain the process of learning
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itself is actually really fun to learn
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and master New Concepts ideas and
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information I will be making a separate
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video over this but in short try to find
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study techniques that tie with the
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learning method anyway I hope you guys
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enjoyed this video I hope you guys can
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take the tips I've mentioned video and
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to apply that to your own studying and I
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hope you enjoy studying as well anyway
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that's it for me don't forget to drink
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your water and I'll see you in another
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video bye
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n
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