I talk about study strategies and productivity for medical students | Helped medical students with struggles in med school | Med school teacher | Internist
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Over the past 10 years, I ranked 7th in the Nurse Licensure Examination, 3rd in the Physician Licensure Examination, and 1st in the Philippine Specialty Board of Internal Medicine.
What most people donβt know?
I use the same 3 study strategies every time.
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The reason you haven't achieved your goals isn't because you don't know what to do.
You know exactly what to do.
It just sucks doing it.
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Jun 15
Hard study techniques (eg, doing practice tests) helps you remember more & pass your exams.
Easy study techniques (eg, rereading, highlighting) donβt.
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Jun 14
Brutal truth:
You are the only one standing in the way of your biggest goals.
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Jun 13
It will always be
10x longer
10x harder
10x more painful
10x more terrifying
10x more frustrating
Do it anyway.
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Jun 12
Most students don't need more study materials to read or more lecture videos to watch.
They need to do more practice tests.
Both to remember more information, identify their knowledge gaps, and pass their exams.
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Your self-image defines what you can and can't do.
See yourself as someone who can achieve your biggest goals, and you will.
See yourself as someone who can't, and you won't.
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Reminder to self:
When you were starting out, did you really expect this thing to be easy?
No, right?
So why the hell are you complaining that it's hard?
If it were easy, then it wouldn't be worth having.
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We donβt fail because we made mistakes.
Thatβs just part of learning to get good at anything.
We fail when we stop trying or quit too often & too early.
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If you think the price of winning is too high, wait till you get the bill from regret. β Tim Grover
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May 28
Everyone wants to pass their exams.
But not everyone wants to go through the pain of studying for those exams.
You can't keep wanting something while refusing to do what it takes to get it.
Because otherwise, you're just setting yourself up for massive disappointment.
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Active recall being hard is exactly why it works.
Because the harder you work to recall information youβve just learned, the easier it becomes to remember that same information when you actually need it.
And thatβs how you pass your exams.
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Those low practice test scores you got don't mean that you're a failure or that you'll never pass your exams.
They're feedback.
Use them.
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May 24
Reminder to self:
You have the ability to change your life in this very moment.
There was never a time, and there never will be, when we are without the power to change the trajectory of our lives.
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May 23
Your stress comes from knowing that you definitely need to start studying now.
But instead, you're choosing to delay it just because you're waiting to "feel ready."
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May 22
Brutal truth:
If we don't learn from our mistakes in the practice tests, we risk making the same mistakes again when it matters the most (i.e., during the actual exam).
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Reminder to self:
Quitting is the only real failure. Everything else is just feedback.
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Itβs funny how much easier it is to stay focused when you lock yourself out of your social media accounts and other distracting apps.
Because once all those distractions are gone, youβre left with nothing to do except the task thatβs in front of you.
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Karl Avillo, MD π’ retweeted
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"I wasn't at 100%" is never an acceptable excuse - because no one is.
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Successful people see opportunity in every failure. Normal people see failure in every opportunity.
@AlexHormozi
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May 10
That mental strain you feel when you're studying isn't suffering.
It's the feeling of your brain actually learning and remembering something new.
So, stop avoiding that mental discomfort.
Instead, see it as a sign that what you're doing is actually working.
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