How to Absorb Textbooks SO Fast it feels Illegal (don’t watch unless you’re cramming tn)

I've only read from a big boring

textbook like this six times, even after

4 years of medical school. Why? Because

it's useless. So, if you want to learn

smart, follow this rule. You are only

allowed to read your textbook for 15

minutes at a time maximum. You then have

to switch to better high yield

resources. And here's how you find them

for your subjects because honestly,

these are just easier to understand at

the start. And I'm not letting you waste

your life reading chapter 1

introduction. Now, let's talk about how

you're going to master all the topics of

that 500page textbook in just 2 hours.

and do not obsess over and memorize

every word of that entire book, but

skillfully extract the information that

you need for your exams, understand it

perfectly, and have it stick in your

brain forever. Live examples, practical

steps, and yes, I'll even bet a mill

that this will change the way you learn

forever. Step one is to read all the

chapter titles and subtitles within your

textbook, identify what each one is

about, and then categorize all of them

into related topics that you can study

together. I do this with every subject I

study. So, here are some tips on how to

organize your topics smartly. You doing

this means that you've gone through the

whole subject, understood what each

chapter is about, you've seen how each

chapter is structured, and you've then

sused out which topics are related

enough to study together because yes,

you are going to be studying multiple

topics at the same time. OMG, how how do

I do this? Don't cry just yet. I'll

explain. Step two, now that you're done

with the pre-work, this is the time

where you do the first read of the

chapters, but you only read the basics

of each of those chapters one by one.

Skip the paragraphs of information. Scan

for structure. Scan for definitions,

examples, and then simple diagrams. You

just want to be able to say that I know

what this topic is about. The reason we

only read the basics first is so that

you can add the information in your

brain in layers, taking in the easy

concepts in first, then the medium, and

then the more complex as you go along.

Your textbooks are not organized this

way. So you have to selectively read in

those stages because your brain cannot

absorb the advanced stuff without that

base layer first. So why force in all of

this knowledge by just rereading each

bit of the textbook just cuz you don't

understand it when you can easily spoon

feed it layer by layer. And the reason

you read multiple topics or like three

or four topics together is so that you

can compare them. You've grouped two to

four of these topics together. They're

related in some way, right? So, what are

the similarities and the differences

between them? That comparison is how you

teach your brain to organize the

information, not just receive it. Here

are some concrete methods. If you don't

know how to find those comparisons, and

then here are some examples of

comparisons I usually find between

topics. You can use them for

inspiration. Remember, comparing

information is you trying to actively

understand what it means. It's an

activity that forces you to use your

brain rather than just passively read

and then make notes from the textbook.

Now before the second read step three

it's a short one you just need to look

at the questions at the back of your

textbook or the pause papers and analyze

them what all is being tested which

equations which concepts so that in your

second read of the chapters you can then

focus on the information that is being

tested. It's the simplest thing that

saves hours every single day and no one

does it. And remember the rule no

textbook reading for more than 15

minutes. switch in high yield resources,

videos, things that are making it easier

to understand for you. But when you're

studying naturally, you can't understand

everything. So my recommendation for you

when you're struggling to actually get

something in your head, understand it

fully, is to ask questions. And instead

of using chat summaries or Google, use

something like consensus AI where you

can ask specific questions to explore

the topic and then get the exact answers

that you're looking for from verified

scientific studies. It's a no-brainer. I

would honestly highly recommend it for

all students, but especially for the

medical students and the ones doing STEM

subjects when you're studying. For

example, when I was at placement this

week, I had to learn about adrenal gland

tumors. And for a lot of them, it's kind

of silly. It says if it's less than 4

cm, it's probably benign and you just

take them out. But I wanted to see how

accurate that was because you're kind of

deciding whether someone has cancer or

not depending on some scans. And on

consensus, I searched it up and I could

immediately see the reasoning laid out

from the best research studies, the

conclusions. there's data and what it

did was made me understand and then

remember each of the diseases a lot

better as well. Even outside of

medicine, I've introduced it to my law

school politics friends and it's just

very useful at extracting all of those

insights from a large amount of papers.

So, if you're curious and you want to

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giving it a try during your revision.

I've got it for free for you guys now,

so there's no excuses. Now, by this

point, I've done the second read for all

of the chapters in my head, following

those rules, layering the information

in, comparing between the topics, and

only selectively focusing on the things

that are being tested. I know it's a lot

to actually keep in your head while

you're reading, but these are skills

that you need to actually learn in order

to make everything that you're doing in

terms of studying effective. And now I

do step number four, which is a skill, a

process of learning that I've taught

myself in the last 2 years. And it's

something that's changed the way I

absorb information, how quick, how

effective it is, how long it stays in my

memory. And that is I create mind maps.

And no, a mind map isn't just you

putting the topic in the middle of the

page and then drawing arrows out for all

the information. That's not a mind map.

A mind map is a visual drawing, a visual

representation of the way two to three

topics that you've studied link

together. all the concepts within them

linked together in your head in a

memorable way. These are what mine have

looked like over the years. There's a

huge variety depending on how much

effort I actually put into them. The

step that you add before you actually

make the mind map is that you have to

plan the mind map out during the

reading. So you have to think about when

you even start the topic, what could the

central idea be that links these two to

three topics together? How can I

represent the links that I'm reading,

the relations, the similarities, the

differences? How can I represent that on

a page? You have to do this planning

even not make some notes. I've made

several videos on how to make good mind

maps. You should check them out for more

information on how to make them the

process. But the reason I want to

convince you the reason they are the

smartest method for learning is that the

process of creating them forces me to

compare, to group, to simplify

everything that I'm learning. It forces

me to use all of the effective study

techniques that are out there on YouTube

in one simple step-by-step process. And

that allows me to create a very

memorable cheat sheet looking thing

covering huge topics. That is what makes

the information stick in my head for

months longer compared to reading. And

if you're curious and you want a

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mapping method with all the steps with

examples with frequently asked

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you for free in just a few moments. So

check it out. And finally, step five to

master huge chapters in your textbook is

by finishing off by doing practice

questions. Again, I'm doing all of these

things while I'm doing that second read,

that first read to make it as active as

possible. That short time when I do want

to actually study, make it as active and

effective as possible. And this helps to

test whether what I'm understanding is

actually sticking. So even if you don't

do it during your reading or whatever,

if you save up 15 minutes after you've

done the chapters, you've studied and

understood them, even 15 minutes of

questions will level up that study

session hugely in 2 hours of your

studying. Now you've grouped the

chapters, you've analyzed the questions,

you've read very selectively based on

that, you've skimmed the basics of

everything and you've begun to build a

mental structure of those topics. The

second read of each of those chapters,

the detailed mind maps can come later,

but that my point with this entire video

was to show you how to approach a

500page textbook in a highly efficient

way. Not just by aiming to finish it and

memorize every single word in it, but by

mastering the 20% that gives you 80% of

the results in your exams. And I know

that it takes practice to get good at

this skill of doing all these things

while you're reading by layering, the

comparing the making notes, thinking

about your mind map. So to help you,

I've made a 12week study program video

to help all of the beginners out there

to learn the skills about learning that

took me years to actually get good at.

You could practice it, plan it, and

follow it week by week as I've shown in

that video. And then you can just get as

good at learning as you know me.

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