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hey guys so in this video I want to talk
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about seven habits of successful
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students the habits I'm gonna share
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today are quite simple however if you do
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them regularly they are also sort of
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life-changing because personally they
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make me more productive more organized
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and just overall a much more efficient
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student I thought it was the perfect
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time to make this video since I'm sure a
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lot of you want to improve your grades
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in the new year or build some good study
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habits so I hope this helps you out
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before we get started I quickly want to
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thank Goodwell for sponsoring this video
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if you don't know good wall is an
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amazing community for impact driven
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students and I'll talk a bit more about
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them later I genuinely believe you'll
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find it interesting to learn what they
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are and what they do so with that being
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said let's go ahead and get straight
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into the video the first habit is not
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leaving things till the last minute this
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is a habit I've developed in the last
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year or so before that I used to
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procrastinate everything to the last
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minute and that made my life so much
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more stressful the funny thing is that I
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would even justify it by saying that I
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work better under pressure and
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procrastinating is the right thing to do
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because in the end it's gonna improve my
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efficiency and if you tell the same
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thing to yourself then let me be the one
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to tell you that this is just an excuse
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to procrastinate and nothing more so the
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habit is basically to start your work as
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soon as you can this is gonna take a lot
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of stress out of your life
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you're gonna be more focused and
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efficient when doing work and just
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overall this will improve your
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productivity at first you're gonna
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struggle with getting started so I'd
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recommend setting deadlines for yourself
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to give you a bit of a push to get
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started on your schoolwork I like to set
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a timer on my phone and challenge myself
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to finish the studying or whatever else
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I have to do before the timer rings and
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that's all the motivation I need to sit
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down and get that work done
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the second habit is to study everyday
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when I say this I don't necessarily mean
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that you have to study every day what I
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mean instead is that you should space
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out your studying over several days
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instead of cramming everything into one
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study session there are several reasons
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for this but the main one is that you
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can only be focused for a short period
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of time every day because of that when
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you try to do all your work in one day
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you're gonna be less efficient and it's
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just gonna take you longer not only that
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but also it's much easier to stay
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motivated when you have to do an hour or
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two of studying every day
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however it's much harder to motivate
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yourself to sit down and study for the
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entire day because you didn't do any
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work for the rest of the week the best
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way to implement this habit is to make
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studying a part of your daily routine
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a small tip I have is to create a study
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plan for yourself and plan exactly what
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you're going to study every day or
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whenever you want to study and that way
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you will be able to manage all your
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schoolwork much more easily
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the next habit is to ask questions and
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get help if you need it if you have a
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question or something that you don't
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understand don't ever be afraid or shy
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to raise your hand and ask that question
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teachers are there to help you and guide
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you through the process of studying so
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use your opportunity and ask as many
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questions as you have as many as you
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need until you understand everything
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clearly this may be just me but whenever
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I don't raise my hand and ask a question
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that exact same question always comes up
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on a test or a quiz or even worse an
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exam and I just end up losing points so
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don't be like me raise your hand and ask
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any questions you may have
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however in some cases it's best to turn
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to the Internet for some help the place
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that I usually go to is good walls it's
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an inspiring community where students
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and young professionals can connect and
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discover opportunities I really like
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good wall because you browse a feed
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based on your personalized
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recommendations and you can connect with
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other people
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all over the world who have the same
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interests as you also the people on the
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platform are so inspiring that every
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time I'm lacking some motivation I just
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go on good wall and after a few minutes
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I'm as motivated as ever to help you
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guys get started on the community I'm
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hosting an exclusive Q&A on good wall
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all you have to do is download good wall
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with the link in the description box and
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then you can post your questions about
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studying productivity or anything else
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and I'll make sure to answer as many as
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I can you just hit the plus on the app
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select question as a post type and then
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type your question the only thing to
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remember is that you need to add my name
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Ellen as a keyword so that I can find
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your question and then use need to post
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it publicly on good wall
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I'll even feature some of the best
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questions on Instagram and give you guys
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shout outs so definitely come
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participate in this I think it'll be
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super fun and helpful so download good
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wall and ask your own questions so we
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can chat and be friends moving on the
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fourth habit is to preview the chapter
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before class knowing what you're gonna
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cover in the next class is really
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helpful it allows you to take notes
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faster understand things better and
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better structure your notes as well so
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it has multiple benefits one thing
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however I want to emphasize is that you
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don't have to do all the studying and
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all the work and kind of be ahead of
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class instead you just want to take 2-3
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minutes to skim through the next chapter
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of your textbook just to be aware of the
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concept and everything like that another
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tip I have is to write down anything you
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don't understand that well on a sticky
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note so if that question isn't addressed
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during class you can raise your hand and
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ask that question and then write down
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the answer on that sticky note some of
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the chapters can be particularly
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difficult and complex than others and in
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that cases I like to take a few notes on
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that chapter nothing too crazy but just
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a few bullet points to summarize the
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entire thing it just really helps me
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again this is something that doesn't
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have to take up a lot of your time just
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make it a part of your everyday study
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routine and you'll be good to go
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the next habit is to be as organized as
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possible in school a little bit of
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organization can make a huge difference
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in terms of how stressed you are in
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school because if you're organized
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you'll be able to manage your work
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better your time better and everything
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is just much easier when you're
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organized
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being organized can mean multiple things
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one of the most important ones is that
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you have an academic calendar where you
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can keep track of all the assignments
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projects all the deadlines and also
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exams quiz test dates so you can prepare
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for them beforehand another part of
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organization is organizing all your
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notes and study materials so you can
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find whatever you need super easily and
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quickly instead of having to look
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through all the papers you have for
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hours and hours being organized as a
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student can also mean managing your time
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and having a schedule a to-do list or a
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specific planner that helps you stay
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productive on the daily basis I know
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that at first it can be quite
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overwhelming to start getting organized
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because you don't even know where to get
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started so in one of my upcoming videos
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I'm gonna break down exactly how I plan
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and stay organized as a student step by
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step for you guys so if you're
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interested just make sure that your
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notifications for this channel are on so
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you don't miss that video because I
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promise it's gonna be a really epic one
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the next habit is to use active study
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methods instead of passive ones in case
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you don't know the difference I'm gonna
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bring a few examples to help you
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understand rereading your notes or
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trying to highlight them would be a
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passive technique since you're not
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actively recalling anything whereas
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doing flashcards is a very active study
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method because you actively try to
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recall the material and then test and
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see if you're right or not another
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example of a passive step
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method is rewriting notes from lectures
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or textbooks again and again
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however the active version of that would
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be to summarize the material in your own
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words a few other active study
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techniques include creating mind maps
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charts flow diagrams or any other
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summaries another one is using self
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testing doing sample test questions or
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pass papers to ensure that you really
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know the material starting to use active
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study methods instead of passive ones
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we'll help you study smarter not harder
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however if you guys don't really know
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the difference between active and
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passive study techniques I'll be more
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than happy to make an entire video about
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it and share some of the most effective
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study methods you can use so if you're
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interested just let me know in the
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comments down below and I'll be sure to
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make it moving on the next habit is to
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study if you ever miss a concept
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unfortunately sometimes you get sick or
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certain personal matters come up and you
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have to miss school days and if this
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ever happens it's important to study the
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chapters that you missed as hard as you
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can maybe your teacher talked about
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something during the class that you
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missed that could come up on a test
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try borrowing notes from a few different
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people so the information is all correct
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and complete so you don't have any
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missing parts of the lecture or anything
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like that I'd also recommend taking a
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few video lessons on the internet there
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are multiple YouTube channels as well as
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websites such as kin Academy that can
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help you this may only be me but
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whenever I miss a chapter it kind of
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becomes my weakness there are always
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little things that I don't understand
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that well or a question that suddenly
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comes up on the test that wasn't in my
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friends notes or in the textbook so I
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would definitely recommend studying as
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much as you can on those concepts so
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they don't end up hurting you and you
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don't end up losing points because of
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these things before we wrap up the video
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let's quickly do the question of the day
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let me know in the comments down below
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how much do you procrastinate on daily
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basis honest
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one to ten so for me I'm gonna say about
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like three I don't procrastinate too
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much but I cannot say that I don't
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procrastinate because that would be a
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big lie so anyways thanks so much for
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watching till the end of the video I
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really appreciate it if you have any
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requests for videos that you want to see
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in 2020 feel free to comment them in the
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comment section down below and I'll see
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you guys super soon in another video bye
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