Study Smarter, Not Harder

Nobody tells students this, but perfect notes are a waste of time. What you actually

need is clear understanding, not color coded textbooks. Here's what changed everything for me.

I stopped rewriting lectures word for word and started using clips, short summaries

of key concepts that I could review in minutes instead of hours. Instead of spending

3 hours making notes, I'd watch a 10 minute video, clip the important parts,

and test myself immediately. Active recall beats passive reading every single time.

Your brain remembers what it retrieves, not what it reads. So ditch the highlighting marathon and focus

on understanding the material well enough to explain it without looking. That's when you