Marty Lobdell - Study Less Study Smart

1. Don't study for too long if you are not enjoying it. Take short breaks after 20-30 minutes.
2. Don't study in the living room, bedroom, etc. Study in a separate place dedicated to studying.
3. Don't try to memorize without understanding. Try to understand the concept first.
4. Don't always study alone. Studying in groups helps a lot.
5. Don't highlight text blindly. Highlighting doesn't help that much. It only indicates Recognization not Recollection of the topic.
6. Always take notes. Reviewing the notes after a short time helps a lot.
7. Always try to teach others what you have learned. Teaching is the best way of learning.
8. Sleep is so much important for pushing something into your long-term memory. Get at least 7-8 hours of sound sleep.
9. Use the SQ3R(survey, question, recite, read, review) method while studying.
10. Use Mnemonics. It's the best way to memorize facts.

CONTENT
00:15 – 1) Study break
07:50 – 2 Reward system
10:19 – 3) Dedicated study area (Behavior Reinforcement)
19:49 – 4) Rote memorization vs. Active learning
32:49 – 5) Study groups
33:58 – 6) Highlighting books (Recognition vs. Recollection)
36:37 – 7) Remembering (Recollection) ----
36:57 – 8) Sleeping (REM Sleep)
39:09 – 9) Taking notes
41:20 – 10) Active Recitation
43:22 – 11) Study from books (SQ3R = Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)
47:42 – 12) Mnemonics (Acronyms, Coin Sayings, Interactive Images)
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He didn't tell one of the most important ways of learning/teaching and yet he' s doing it the whole time. Humans remember and engage most through story telling. This is why his anecdotes are brilliant because we will remember his classes from the way he is sharing and communicating with us. It's why having a good teacher is also important and knowing the type of style you learn.

00:15 - Study breaks + Reward system
What to know:
- By rewarding yourself with satisfying experiences, you create good impression about studying and reinforce such idea.
What to do:
- Pomodoro Technique: gotta make the best out of these breaks 😊
- Give yourself a big treat again after done studying 😊

10:19: Dedicated Studying Area
What to do:
- Get a Study Lamp (exclusive for this) + a Study Table (stay away from the bed)
- Once you've completed your studying quarters (Pomodoro technique), get up and leave the place
-> You're creating a study area where some of your specific behaviors are encouraged

19:49 Active learning
What to know:
(1) it means that you actually understand the concepts since they're related to your previous knowledge.
(2) you understand what you're doing this for rather than just superficially read or memorize them. You brain is very smart. If you speak meaningless words to it, there won't be any effect on it.

32:49 Study groups
What to know:
It's easier to learn from people sharing same experiences with us. These shared experiences allow them to connect their elaborations to our previous knowledge.

33:58 Recognition and recollection are 2 different things
What to know: Recollection happens when you can explain in your own words

36:57 Sleeping (REM)
What to do: Get enough sleep (8 hours) -> enough REM -> enough to consolidate and store our memories

39:09 Taking notes
What to know: Right after a class -> sit down and expand on everything in your previous notes. Give it depth. Note down all of your impression.

41:20 Active recitation
What to know: 80% of our time is best spent on teaching it back.
-> teach an empty chair

43:22 SQ3R
What to know:
Survey + Question: Encourage you to look for answers

47:42 Acronyms + coin sayings + Interactive images
What to know: Creating an acronym/ Coining a saying is a way to make sense and make fun of facts.
Interactive messages: make everything seems weird (such a weird story!) -> easier to recollect it next time

Found this video about 6 years ago when I just couldn't pass my final accounting exams to obtain my professional qualification, used Marty's methods and became a fully qualified accountant 4 years ago. Still use his methods to this day even to learn documents and processes in work! You're the man Marty, thanks so much 🙏

00:15 – 1) Don't study for too long if you are not enjoying it. Take short breaks of 5mins after 20-30 minutes.
07:50 – 2 Reward system
10:19 – 3) Dedicated study area (Behavior Reinforcement), Don't study in the living room, bedroom, etc. Study in a separate place dedicated to studying. Special desk/ room for studying/working
19:49 – 4) Rote memorization vs. Active learning. Don't try to memorize without understanding. Try to understand the concept first. (be able to explain things in your own words)
32:49 – 5) Don't always study alone. Studying in groups helps a lot.
33:58 – 6) Highlighting books (Recognition vs. Recollection)
36:37 – 7) Don't highlight text blindly. Highlighting doesn't help that much. It only indicates Recognization not Recollection of the topic. (Recognition vs. Recollection)
36:57 – 8) Sleep is so important for pushing something into your long-term memory. Get at least 7-8 hours of sound sleep. (REM Sleep)
39:09 – 9) Always take notes. Reviewing the notes after a short time helps a lot.
41:20 – 10) Active Recitation, Always try to teach others what you have learned. Teaching is the best way of learning.
43:22 – 11) Study from books, Use the SQ3R(survey, question, read, recite, review) method while studying. 20% reading 80% reciting
47:42 – 12) Use Mnemonics. It's the best way to memorize facts. (Acronyms, Coin Sayings, Interactive Images)

Copying and pasting this for myself.
Credits: @syedmuhammadtahirshakil9984

This professor looks so insanely into what he's doing. So much passion and actual human emotion goes into his lectures. He's actually invested into helping people and doesn't just do it for the salary. Respect

I graduated college 7 years ago. One thing I miss about school is those teachers that were really enthusiastic and passionate about what they taught. Marty seems like one of those great types of teachers. Cheers to you, Marty! And thanks for the useful knowledge!

I want to thank you so much for this video Mr. Marty ❤️❤️❤️

I watched this video on my fresh year in 2019, I tried to follow your rules on my college career and this month I will be defending my undergrad thesis.

I'm not a smart person, I know that I wouldn't survive if I don't have the right mindset for college, and this is the only no nonsense video about study that I found.

Now, here I am, I got a gpa above 3.5/4.00, 3 internship experience, and I already offered a position as an associate consultant in a big 4 consulting company this December, before I graduated. (This is a huge accomplishment for me, since I'm coming from a rural area in a remote village).

For you guys who are watching him in your fresh year. It works (at least for me). Just put your faith into his talk and do it.

Such a nice lecture. I can't believe it was 12 years ago! The flow of his ideas and the way he spoke is something that I aspire to be able to do. Up till today those ideas are highly effective, and make sure to consider that applying them in nowadays environment with all the social media distraction and the low focus span is going to be more challenging without descent amount of discipline. Thanks for reading my comment and god bless you all wherever you are. :)

I’m back in school at 39 for psychology and this was super helpful. 🐼 I’ve loved mnemonics for years when I was younger and they are still helping me learn new Japanese words. 🇯🇵 Thank you good sir, you have brought back some great concepts for me.

27 year old sophomore starting over. This lecture helped me change my life last year. Came back to say thank you.

I was really upset due to my grades. And have taken a gap year to work on my self, identify my study methods. And improve my habits........ Thank you so much professor! I'll surely comeback after getting into my desired med school to thank you for the motivation and these really special methods! 🙌🙌

1. Pomodoro technique - reward yourself for
breaks
2. Give yourself a large reward after each long
study session
3. Create a dedicated study space for yourself
- keep it sacred
1. leave the desk every time you take a
break
2. focus your brain - don't listen to music
4. The more active you are in learning, the
more effective
1. decide what you are learning - fact or
concept?
2. you must understand the concepts - put
it into your own words to make it meaningful
for you
5. Take notes in the lecture
1. as soon as you finish class, review your
notes and flesh it out in 5 mins
6. Make use of study groups to increase performance
7. Highlighters make you confuse recognition
with recollection
1. continuously test yourself
8. Don't ruin good studying with inadequate
sleep (8h needed) - REM is important
9. The best way to learn is to teach someone
else or object - talk it out loud
1. write it out in your own words
10. Use textbooks effectively - they are so
powerful
1. SQ3Rs: Survey, Questions, Read, Recite,
Review
1. survey - look at subheadings, pictures
and raise questions for yourself 'what is x?
what is y?'
2. look for answers - if you intend to look
for it, you will find it
11. Use mnemonics to remember facts
1. acronyms
2. coined sayings
3. interacting images - work the best; the weirder the image the better

I think it’s a privilege to hear and see this video , thank you to the professor and the person who uploaded this , truly amazing video !

# Study Sessions

1. Cut up study sessions. More studying doesn't help because you start to daze off.

2. Take a short break of about 5 minutes, and do something fun in the break, something you enjoy. The moment you start to daze off usually about 30 minutes, you take a break. As time goes on, the 30 minutes turn into 45 min 1 hr. Your studying time becomes more with less breaks in between.

3. Plan something special whenever your studying time is done. Ex. After 5 hours of studying time, reward yourself with a beer or something.

4. Create a study area, have a dedicated study lamp that you only use when you study.

# Learning

1. Know the concept and not the fact. Put the concept in your own words. Make sure the concept is meaningful to you.

2. Deeply think about the concept, don't superficially think about it. Ex. Think how useful that specific item will be on a deserted island, instead of counting the vowels of that item to remember it.

3. Study groups help performance.

4. Active learning. Read a section then go to the next section, then stop, close your eyes and say what the previous section was about. You will not forget it.

5. Get more rest, brain stores information better that way.

6. After class review and expand on your notes. If you wait too long before doing this, then you will forget your own notes.

7. Best way to learn is to teach someone else. It reinforces your learning and it tells you if you really understood it.

8. Learning from text, SQ3R. Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review. Survey - Go through the entire chapter and ask questions, "what is this picture about an apple, what is this about this." This is causing you to look for answers. If you intend to find an answer you find the answer.

9. Use mnemonics to study facts Types of mnemonics are -> acronyms, coined sayings, and interacting images.

CONTENT
00:15 –  1) Study break
07:50 –  2  Reward system
10:19 –  3) Dedicated study area (Behavior Reinforcement)
19:49 –  4) Rote memorization vs. Active learning
32:49 –  5) Study groups
33:58 –  6) Highlighting books (Recognition vs. Recollection) 
36:37 –  7) Remembering  (Recollection) ----
36:57 –  8) Sleeping (REM  Sleep)
39:09 –  9) Taking notes
41:20 – 10) Active Recitation
43:22 – 11) Study from books (SQ3R = Survey,  Question,  Read,  Recite,  Review)
47:42 – 12) Mnemonics (Acronyms, Coin Sayings, Interactive Images)

watched this 2 years back when i was in 11th grade, this man helped me score a significant score in my 12th final exam. So i can certainly say, if you apply what he said it’s inevitable that you’re going to succeed!

Credit: Unkonwn
00:15 – 1) Study break
07:50 – 2 Reward system
10:19 – 3) Dedicated study area (Behavior Reinforcement)
19:49 – 4) Rote memorization vs. Active learning
32:49 – 5) Study groups
33:58 – 6) Highlighting books (Recognition vs. Recollection)
36:37 – 7) Remembering (Recollection) ----
36:57 – 8) Sleeping (REM Sleep)
39:09 – 9) Taking notes
41:20 – 10) Active Recitation
43:22 – 11) Study from books (SQ3R = Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review)
47:42 – 12) Mnemonics (Acronyms, Coin Sayings, Interactive Images)

I am thankful and relieved to have stumbled upon this video with a college professor teaching not just his classroom students who will someday become their own mentors of his teachings by demonstrating to current and future generations of the world his great life lessons and sharing of intuition but to the global audience and viewers of this video as well. This was such incredibly resourceful and powerful information he just projected for us to further develop our life's end goals, passion and endeavors. Can't wait to hear what's next in store from this extraordinarily brilliant guy. He seems to be really passionate about his job too which only makes it all the better