Channel: Ali Abdaal

Category: Education

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Description: To improve your thinking and learn new skills, visit brilliant.org/ali and sign up for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off the annual Premium subscription :) In this video we’re going through the top 20 study tips that helped me smash my exams when I was at school, and do pretty well at Cambridge University medical school - all while building this YouTube channel, having an actual social life, and enjoying the journey along the way. Enjoy xx TIME STAMPS: 00:00 Intro 00:26 Scope the subject 01:27 Focus on your weaknesses 02:25 Use a retrospective revision timetable 03:47 Notetaking is a waste of time 05:29 Focus on understanding 10:39 Do lots of mock exams 12:14 Use intentional flair 13:51 Bank points with coursework 14:19 Study with friends 15:10 Test each other 16:02 Read your friends’ essays 17:02 Have a workspace 18:04 Have time to unwind 19:17 Focus on enjoying the journey MY FREE ONLINE COURSES: 🚀 Productivity Masterclass - Principles and Tools to Boost Your Productivity - go.aliabdaal.com/course/productivity 🎬 Video Editing with Final Cut Pro X - From Beginner to YouTuber - go.aliabdaal.com/course/video-editing 🎓 How to Study for Exams - An Evidence-Based Masterclass - go.aliabdaal.com/course/studying PART-TIME YOUTUBER ACADEMY: 🍿 My 6-week live online course - academy.aliabdaal.com MY FAVOURITE GEAR: 🎥 My YouTube Camera Gear - kit.co/AliAbdaal ⌨️ My Keyboard - Wireless Coral mechanical keyboard (Cherry Blue) - go.aliabdaal.com/keyboard 📝 My favourite iPad Screen Protector - Paperlike - go.aliabdaal.com/paperlike 🎒 My Desk Accessories + Todo List - Ugmonk - go.aliabdaal.com/ugmonk MY FAVOURITE SOFTWARE: ✍️ The best summaries of books (Shortform) - go.aliabdaal.com/shortform 📚 How I remember what I read (Readwise) - go.aliabdaal.com/readwise 🎵 Where I get my Music (amazing for YouTubers) - go.aliabdaal.com/epidemicsound 👻 Where I get my Website Themes from - go.aliabdaal.com/ghost-themes 👻 My personal Ghost Website Theme - go.aliabdaal.com/ghost-theme-ali 🎙 My weekly podcast - notoverthinking.com My brother and I host a weekly podcast where we discuss happiness, creativity and the human condition. You can find it by searching “Not Overthinking” on any podcast app (eg: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts etc). BE MY FRIEND: 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - aliabdaal.com/newsletter 🌍 My website / blog - aliabdaal.com 📸 Instagram - instagram.com/aliabdaal 🐦 Twitter - twitter.com/aliabdaal 💙 The Friendzone Discord - discord.gg/Dh2kGavffd WHO AM I: I’m Ali, a YouTuber, podcaster, soon-to-be author and ex-Doctor working in London, UK. I make videos that explore the strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives. I also have a weekly podcast called Deep Dive (youtube.com/channel/UChfo46ZNOV-vtehDc25A1Ug), and I write a weekly email newsletter that contains some quick thoughts + links to interesting things (email.aliabdaal.com). GET IN TOUCH: If you’d like to talk, I’d love to hear from you. Tweeting @AliAbdaal directly will be the quickest way to get a response, but if your question is very long, feel free to email me at hi@aliabdaal.com. I try my best to reply to things but there sadly aren't enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭 PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜