Yes true but at the same time it is the people who have had more established privilege or influence based on status that they have been engaged in holding the people have had less opportunities down. A person can start from nothing but the process needs to be on one’s own and not under thjs government. This government blocks opportunities. I can prove it. I am not anti government. This is not where I am coming from. The discrimination and the stigma and racism and whatever else is happening originates from the government. This country too is so based on status. If something happens to a person the government wants to keep them in that status and no matter what they do they are still stuck in that status. The laws need to be changed and the regulations need to be deregulated. People of course can learn math on their own in a non regulated environment and go far. But to bring it to materialize the mathematical climb will have to go back under the regulated system. And at this time those people will not believe or not acknowledge the expertise or recognize the mathematical leap from the people who have had less opportunities. See this!!
They will down play the success and or demean the person even though the person is proficient in mathematics because of socioeconomic classes. Math sorcerer thjs is a serious problem in society.
@Xponent-nb3he You are not getting the point. I was talking about the excuses that a person makes to not even initiate his work. Sometimes people just try to find the perfect opportunities and perfect situations to study something. This 'Perfection' is the reason why most people don't even get started. Speaking of Competition, being competitive is fine unless it turns toxic.
Started with nothing. Learned electronics and repairing electronics without any schematics (80's). Purchased and ran a Consumer Electronics Repair Business 1988-2008. Note: Created 4 or 5 businesses up until this purchase. Worked for others calibrating electronics for food and dairy industry. Laid off in 2014. Fed. Gov. (Canada) paid for College education (2 Years). Been programming machines ever since. P.S. Was always good at mathematical word problems. Would work on them all the time (Grade 9 and on). So yes, you can create something from nothing. Do it all the time. Is intrinsically very rewarding. Cheers,
The "sin of envy" can be a cruel mistress. When I was younger, I sort of had an infatuation with smartness. Feynman was a hero to me then, and I wished so much I could be smart. And later, I met someone at my work who was the first, and so far only, genius I have ever personally known. Fortunately, he was a good guy and we've remained friends all these years. But he could do "beautiful mind" stuff and solve problems at work that had baffled groups of very smart people for months. It's difficult not to be envious of that kind of ability. Through insanely hard work, I did get my physics PhD at Berkeley in '95, which I am proud of because I truly have a sluggish, unimpressive brain. Around those smart people I do tend to feel like a Salieri surrounded by Mozarts. But the fact that I still have a decent career is at least one data point that indicates that anyone can make up for a great deal of deficiency by just putting in the effort. It's like Bond said to Dr. No: "We can't all be geniuses."
We're about the same age, I'd guess. I'm enjoying a long career based on couple of Physics Degrees (Bachelors, UC Santa Cruz 1987 & Masters Georgia Tech 1988) and I *still* haven't found it easy. I'd like to think that I'm working harder problems now! ;)
And not to be Captain Obvious here, but life is so damn short. Age at death: Enrico Fermi 53 John von Neumann 53 Pierre de Fermat 57 Rene Descartes 53 Blaise Pascal 39 Ludwig Wittgenstein 62 Steve Jobs 56 Bernhard Riemann 39 Joseph Fourier 62 J. Robert Oppenheimer 62 Wolfgang Pauli 58
@@CondorAHLS Yes, and the first two on that list, Fermi and von Neumann, seemed like gods when we read about their mind boggling brains and accomplishments. As a student reading about them, 53 seemed "kind of old", but of course now, it is ridiculously young to sign off.
The most important skill that one can develop is the ability to learn how to learn! When to ask questions, when and how to get help, how to focus and methodically progress from introduction to mastery of a subject.
So right. A common theme in your videos is put the work in. Work. I thought that people were just born smart. Even when i started working, i never put that in an academic mindset before. A lot of "smart people" have spent a very long time sitting down and doing the work. Good video.
I feel as though I have started from nothing but I am slowly but surely getting towards the person I want to be. One problem I often struggle with is the fact that I feel like I'm just SURVIVING not THRIVING. This is a double edged sword because it sets me back a few steps but makes me more hungry. I really enjoy your videos Math Sorcerer they actually keep me motivated all the time and I wish I could use your words through every endeavor in life because I love your philosophical approach. I love how your videos are about math BUT CAN BE USED IN OTHER CONTEXT. Thank you for all your wise words.
I didn't exactly start from nothing... but I never went to high school (maths-wise, I didn't go beyond fractions or decimals). However, in 2021, I felt like I needed to exercise mentally, so I went back all the way to first grade (Khan academy/youtube). That branched out into me exploring other subjects. Eventually, I realized getting my GED could be achievable. I passed Nov 2023. I decided to why not go further, and I signed up for school. I honestly can't believe I've already finished 2 semesters! Your vids have been so helpful on my journey! Especially your calculus Playlist; I managed to get a B!
Success = Talent * Effort^Focus + Random Events. Effort and Focus are in one's control. The second term can take on large positive and negative values; life is like that.
how can effort and focus be in one's control? according to our best collective scientific understanding, differences between people's traits, capabilities, affordances, dispositions, behavioral/mental patterns.., discrete or continuous, are explained by either genes only, which is rarer, or insanely complex gene-environment interactions. no one controls neither genes nor environment in any relevant sense. and if you wanna get empirically untethered & say mystical things, like x is explained by 'souls' or 'core selves' or whatever kind of similar existents, well, that doesn't work either, since if those exist, their exact configuration; the way they are, their informational structure, are also entirely out of your control. they were either designed by some entity that wasn't you, since you can't pre-exist you to be there before you begin to exist to set up your not-yet-existing soul according to some criteria, since that would also need to be explained, or they just randomly are the way they are & not otherwise. so the way you are & what you do are entirely out of your control, since they're either random or explained by something other than you. and you can't escape this, as whatever you do is a function of what you are at that instant & what the environment is (every & anything that isn't you). you can't do otherwise than you in fact do. if you change yourself, you're still constrained by how you are & the environment, so you can only change yourself as a function of your configuration + the environment. obviously. the specific way you'd attempt to change and not any other way, would be what it is, because you are what & how you then are + the environment, none of which, again, is under anyone's relevant control. it's a not even wrong cope-incantation that 'effort' or 'focus' or whatever is in anyone's 'control'. it isn't, it doesn't make sense, life is not like that. there's just no intelligible explanation or any empirical consideration to motivate that view.
Thank you for your posting these kind videos. I am so happy to have found your channel. I have been watching them for some time now and you're so full of wisdom and encouragement. This video spoke to me and motivated me to become better at mathematics both for myself and develop a path to be a professional mathematician.
Your content has been very helpful for my progress as a mathematics enthusiast. In fact, you've shared much more useful ideas and principles than any of my student counsellors in school. I do love studying by myself though (and, more importantly, for myself). Instead of promoting any artificial shortcuts, you emphasise the importance of improving by learning about your own self. There are times when motivation is not available and therefore one needs "rationalised" drive to surpass times when it's hard. Your videos inspire people like me to keep going.
Not everyone is born lucky to a good family background, it's hard sometimes trying to improve your life when you are the black sheep of the family wanting to be better and strive not only intellectually but every aspect of your life and career, simple advice yet meaningful at a perfect time when i needed it the most. Thank u.
I took an intro to proof writing class and an modern algebra class with this one student, and I was impressed with his ability at higher math. He was always super quiet and to himself, but I did managed to speak with him a little. In one occasion he told that he actually started studying a book on mathematical proof writing when he was in the 10th grade! He definitely had an advantage over me lol
Some of my biggest heroes are the single moms who work multiple part time jobs and go to community college. Don't know how they do it, but they do! Thank you for posting this, you hit the nail on the head and it needs to be talked about more.
Thank you so much for the timely clip, actually I was depressed for couple of weeks regarding my grades as I've my med college admission coming towards. And I studied ceaselessly, but in the trials I ain't getting desired marks nor able to find the causes for bad performance. The guys in my grade are doing well and that makes me sad as I worked really really hard, I hope so. Your words just what I needed the most at this time. I'll start again from the scratch. To be honest, I-I really wanna get admitted into my fav med college. Again, thank you so much, your words meant a lot.
I subscribed to your channel a while ago but never really paid much attention to it (sorry - I have the attention span of a goldfish). But this video is very inspiring. Thank you. Very cool brother. I watched your Christmas Day video about your book. Since I got a couple of Amazon cards for Christmas I'll probably grab it. Happy New Year.
I made my school's CS program with no coding experience. A lot of my friends with 2+ years of coding experience failed to make it. Really great content!
You succeded because you learned hard. Your friends failed because they thought they already new everything, until they realized they knew less than they thought, but it was already too late for them to be a succesful learner.
I wanted to study electrical engineering as a young student but the math part of it discouraged me. Because I didn't have much growing up I wanted to get in and out of college and start a career as quickly as possible so I studied urban planning with stats and trig being the most math I would need. Although planning is very interesting and interdisciplinary, I never ended up in the planning field. I ended up falling into a job at an electric utility working with and around electrical engineers and engineering principles. Seeing how practical math can be when working with electricity has really encouraged me to go down the self-study path. As of now I'm reviewing college algebra and trig but my goal is to get to calculus and linear algebra. I happened to see your video for "Math for Engineers" so I will be watching that next. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Great points in the video taking a growth mindset and overcoming setbacks is much more important then blaming it on themselves depending on your content preference one video I think would be good to put on your channel is solving a real world problem or any that interests you and uploading the method or solution uniquely chosen by yourself using any means and what you produced or a video talking about maths and how its changed your perspective on life with a personal situation that you did differently in life then your previous self who probably wouldn't of made that same decision since they not didn't have your current perspective one of the things that bothers me with math is that there is always a solution that I can get in a textbook or search on the internet Including the method given especially when most problems in life don't have a clear known formula and the problem is undefined which is why if you made your own answer for a problem then explain the method of what was needed for it to work as a video or talk about the impact maths had on a past problem in your life you came across and how maths influenced the solution you chose and methods users can apply for that in their own life as a video would be interesting to hear your perspective on if you want to make a video on problem solving thats just a suggestion encase you ever want to try a new approach from usual video content lol
Thank you. I had a hard childhood where my father didn't keep us in school because he moved too much. When I took math class at 43 years old in college, I failed the placement test but passed the class with a B grade.
@TheMathSorcerer My middle son is 13 yr old and he was struggling in school. He wanted me to have homework to know what he is going through. So I started college and passed all my classes with B grades. By the time my son finishes high school, I will have a degree and then he can go to the college I went to. I have 3 sons. Now my son does well in school and made the honor roll. But he did all that hard work because he didn't ask for my help. My youngest son is 9 years old and he is a math genius in his class. He is in 4th grade doing 6th grade math. That's all his hard work. He wants to be a math major in college.
Those who have to work harder often have a deeper understanding and more life experiences overcoming adversity, and will have greater insights and resilience that will be inaccessible to those who had it easier. Thus, a disadvantage early on may turn into an advantage down the road.
I'm happy that I am in transfer math, passed as of 2023 Precalculus and Elementary Statistics. I attempted Business calculus in Spring 2024, got a new NP. I got a C+ in hw, and a C- in quiz, but failed exams. I am now in the future taking History of Math and retake Business Calculus again, so a day at a time.
People need to compare themselves with themselves. Life is a race with yourself to be incrementally better. If you take that approach then you can achieve great things over a lifetime.
@John-c4r1oI'm not competitive. I don't care if others are better. Some people I'm smarter than and others are smarter than me. Still, I just don't keep track. You don't have to improve on anything either. Just do whatever you want. You can just be.
I certainly started from nothing. Parents were awful, selfish, bigoted & religious. Now I'm reading a book by mathematician George Birkhoff, who (apparently) was freakishly clever and privileged.
The song from the band STYX, 'The Grand Illusion', Is a great song about this topic and has an amazing reoccurring lyric: "So if you think your life is complete confusion Because your neighbors got it made Just remember that it's a grand illusion And deep inside we're all the same"
I coasted through a Maths minor and STEM degree only to have a stroke at the height of my career. Relearning maths and physics has been my therapy in disability.
I am not mad I came from nothing but after all my best efforts I feel like I am still there, and that my degrees closed more doors than open. But I want a particular career.
I spend so much time on questions that are supposed to done in 2 minutes but once i gain knowledge i am able to solve a lot faster than avg time and sometimes picking up the pen. But the problem is i don't really have much time and i want to do like 3 chapters a day what do you suggest?
That's really good that once you know it you can solve problems faster than average!! Hmm 3 chapters a day is a lot. One thing you can always do is get up a little earlier and work on math(or whatever). This way it doesn't take time away from your day. Good luck:)
Just curious given your episode the other day about categories of mathematics and the books you had ... have you ever contemplated or actually written a maths books series of your own?
Lots of people have more opportunity than I did, but there are zillions who are much worse off in so many byways. After all, here I am on the internet, watching a math video while I have chicken wings cooking in the oven. Yeah, right now there’s no heat in my house and it’s freakin' cold and the heater guys are on vacation until a week from tomorrow. But, again, here I am, watching a math video. 🎉 💃
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brother, life is short, time is fleeting, the minute that is born it begins to die, we are decaying, maybe you have a right, but some of us are too old for fresh begining, nevertheless you look like a buffallo bill and i wish u happy new year
I got a question, what if you don’t have the time to study like you suggest but you still wanna pass all these hard courses if you’re not up math kid growing up junior high in high school wouldn’t that mean you need to hire a tutor to speed things up I know that’s counterintuitive to all of your videos, study by yourself by all these books And work your a blank blank OFF
Dear friends, all my life thought I have bad luck. My father and school traumatized me. My parents have an average IQ, I'm profoundly gifted. Over the last years, tried to figure out why my life is so hard. The hidden truth behind my bad luck: my mother with an average IQ has a professor intelligence. She raised 3 billionaires, what we figured out over the last years. My school teacher and biological dad, both did military training with me. The moral of the story: what seems like bad luck can create a titan like me. Best regards.
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Look at those below you and do not look at those above you, lest you belittle the favors of Allah.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2963
No, hard work doesn't build resilience. Having support builds resilience because you actually have the ability to build the skills that resilience relies on. Working hard just leaves you with nothing left for anything else, burns you out and destroys you. Sick of this horrible nasty ableist world.
Yeah, you do want inspiration, although a person that is successful but has had everything given to them isn't very inspiring. I don't think any successful person is self made. I think the idea that hard work is all you need is a farce when so much more is needed for success.
Life is more complex that what we can comprehend... " So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen." Matthew 20:16
Thank you for making these vedios, I always listen to you❤❤. Im 3rd year astronomy student, who really bad at math (F-, F, D)this how my grades looks like in math, I'm trying my best to pass the exams now because back in the first 2 years I needed to work to pay for my college sooo I skipped alot of math classes. Unfortunately I'm feeling a massive gab between me and others in math,and trying my best to fix it😢 The funny thing that somehow I'm good at algebra and can pass Quantom, statistical mechanics, astrophysics with A+ but Calculus always got F- 😅😅😅
Be so Busy with Loving Mathematics that you don't get to compare yourself.
So true:)
Yes true but at the same time it is the people who have had more established privilege or influence based on status that they have been engaged in holding the people have had less opportunities down. A person can start from nothing but the process needs to be on one’s own and not under thjs government. This government blocks opportunities. I can prove it. I am not anti government. This is not where I am coming from. The discrimination and the stigma and racism and whatever else is happening originates from the government. This country too is so based on status. If something happens to a person the government wants to keep them in that status and no matter what they do they are still stuck in that status. The laws need to be changed and the regulations need to be deregulated. People of course can learn math on their own in a non regulated environment and go far. But to bring it to materialize the mathematical climb will have to go back under the regulated system. And at this time those people will not believe or not acknowledge the expertise or recognize the mathematical leap from the people who have had less opportunities. See this!!
They will down play the success and or demean the person even though the person is proficient in mathematics because of socioeconomic classes. Math sorcerer thjs is a serious problem in society.
but the reason I love maths and love putting in the effort in the first place is because of the comparison and competition
@Xponent-nb3he You are not getting the point. I was talking about the excuses that a person makes to not even initiate his work. Sometimes people just try to find the perfect opportunities and perfect situations to study something. This 'Perfection' is the reason why most people don't even get started. Speaking of Competition, being competitive is fine unless it turns toxic.
Started with nothing. Learned electronics and repairing electronics without any schematics (80's).
Purchased and ran a Consumer Electronics Repair Business 1988-2008.
Note: Created 4 or 5 businesses up until this purchase.
Worked for others calibrating electronics for food and dairy industry.
Laid off in 2014. Fed. Gov. (Canada) paid for College education (2 Years).
Been programming machines ever since.
P.S. Was always good at mathematical word problems. Would work on them all the time (Grade 9 and on).
So yes, you can create something from nothing. Do it all the time.
Is intrinsically very rewarding.
Cheers,
It’s not about how far you get, it’s about how far you go.
The "sin of envy" can be a cruel mistress. When I was younger, I sort of had an infatuation with smartness. Feynman was a hero to me then, and I wished so much I could be smart. And later, I met someone at my work who was the first, and so far only, genius I have ever personally known. Fortunately, he was a good guy and we've remained friends all these years. But he could do "beautiful mind" stuff and solve problems at work that had baffled groups of very smart people for months. It's difficult not to be envious of that kind of ability. Through insanely hard work, I did get my physics PhD at Berkeley in '95, which I am proud of because I truly have a sluggish, unimpressive brain. Around those smart people I do tend to feel like a Salieri surrounded by Mozarts. But the fact that I still have a decent career is at least one data point that indicates that anyone can make up for a great deal of deficiency by just putting in the effort. It's like Bond said to Dr. No: "We can't all be geniuses."
We're about the same age, I'd guess.
I'm enjoying a long career based on couple of Physics Degrees (Bachelors, UC Santa Cruz 1987 & Masters Georgia Tech 1988) and I *still* haven't found it easy. I'd like to think that I'm working harder problems now! ;)
And not to be Captain Obvious here, but life is so damn short.
Age at death:
Enrico Fermi 53
John von Neumann 53
Pierre de Fermat 57
Rene Descartes 53
Blaise Pascal 39
Ludwig Wittgenstein 62
Steve Jobs 56
Bernhard Riemann 39
Joseph Fourier 62
J. Robert Oppenheimer 62
Wolfgang Pauli 58
@@CondorAHLS Maxwell 48.
None of know how much sand remains in the top-half of our hourglass.
@@CondorAHLS Yes, and the first two on that list, Fermi and von Neumann, seemed like gods when we read about their mind boggling brains and accomplishments. As a student reading about them, 53 seemed "kind of old", but of course now, it is ridiculously young to sign off.
The most important skill that one can develop is the ability to learn how to learn! When to ask questions, when and how to get help, how to focus and methodically progress from introduction to mastery of a subject.
So right. A common theme in your videos is put the work in. Work. I thought that people were just born smart. Even when i started working, i never put that in an academic mindset before. A lot of "smart people" have spent a very long time sitting down and doing the work. Good video.
I feel as though I have started from nothing but I am slowly but surely getting towards the person I want to be. One problem I often struggle with is the fact that I feel like I'm just SURVIVING not THRIVING. This is a double edged sword because it sets me back a few steps but makes me more hungry. I really enjoy your videos Math Sorcerer they actually keep me motivated all the time and I wish I could use your words through every endeavor in life because I love your philosophical approach. I love how your videos are about math BUT CAN BE USED IN OTHER CONTEXT. Thank you for all your wise words.
please continue making videos, I essentially only watch your videos at this point LOL🤓
Thank you! I really appreciate this comment:) I will!!
I've been enjoying listening to your inspiring talks while I get ready for bed! This dropped just in time for me getting ready tonight 😆
I didn't exactly start from nothing... but I never went to high school (maths-wise, I didn't go beyond fractions or decimals). However, in 2021, I felt like I needed to exercise mentally, so I went back all the way to first grade (Khan academy/youtube). That branched out into me exploring other subjects. Eventually, I realized getting my GED could be achievable. I passed Nov 2023. I decided to why not go further, and I signed up for school. I honestly can't believe I've already finished 2 semesters! Your vids have been so helpful on my journey! Especially your calculus Playlist; I managed to get a B!
Success = Talent * Effort^Focus + Random Events.
Effort and Focus are in one's control.
The second term can take on large positive and negative values; life is like that.
how can effort and focus be in one's control? according to our best collective scientific understanding, differences between people's traits, capabilities, affordances, dispositions, behavioral/mental patterns.., discrete or continuous, are explained by either genes only, which is rarer, or insanely complex gene-environment interactions. no one controls neither genes nor environment in any relevant sense.
and if you wanna get empirically untethered & say mystical things, like x is explained by 'souls' or 'core selves' or whatever kind of similar existents, well, that doesn't work either, since if those exist, their exact configuration; the way they are, their informational structure, are also entirely out of your control. they were either designed by some entity that wasn't you, since you can't pre-exist you to be there before you begin to exist to set up your not-yet-existing soul according to some criteria, since that would also need to be explained, or they just randomly are the way they are & not otherwise. so the way you are & what you do are entirely out of your control, since they're either random or explained by something other than you.
and you can't escape this, as whatever you do is a function of what you are at that instant & what the environment is (every & anything that isn't you). you can't do otherwise than you in fact do. if you change yourself, you're still constrained by how you are & the environment, so you can only change yourself as a function of your configuration + the environment. obviously. the specific way you'd attempt to change and not any other way, would be what it is, because you are what & how you then are + the environment, none of which, again, is under anyone's relevant control.
it's a not even wrong cope-incantation that 'effort' or 'focus' or whatever is in anyone's 'control'. it isn't, it doesn't make sense, life is not like that. there's just no intelligible explanation or any empirical consideration to motivate that view.
Thank you for your posting these kind videos. I am so happy to have found your channel. I have been watching them for some time now and you're so full of wisdom and encouragement. This video spoke to me and motivated me to become better at mathematics both for myself and develop a path to be a professional mathematician.
Your content has been very helpful for my progress as a mathematics enthusiast. In fact, you've shared much more useful ideas and principles than any of my student counsellors in school. I do love studying by myself though (and, more importantly, for myself). Instead of promoting any artificial shortcuts, you emphasise the importance of improving by learning about your own self. There are times when motivation is not available and therefore one needs "rationalised" drive to surpass times when it's hard. Your videos inspire people like me to keep going.
Not everyone is born lucky to a good family background, it's hard sometimes trying to improve your life when you are the black sheep of the family wanting to be better and strive not only intellectually but every aspect of your life and career, simple advice yet meaningful at a perfect time when i needed it the most. Thank u.
I took an intro to proof writing class and an modern algebra class with this one student, and I was impressed with his ability at higher math. He was always super quiet and to himself, but I did managed to speak with him a little. In one occasion he told that he actually started studying a book on mathematical proof writing when he was in the 10th grade! He definitely had an advantage over me lol
Thanks for this
This guys channel shouldn’t be sorcerer, but rather philosopher
Some of my biggest heroes are the single moms who work multiple part time jobs and go to community college.
Don't know how they do it, but they do!
Thank you for posting this, you hit the nail on the head and it needs to be talked about more.
You're a good man for sharing these tidbits
Thank you so much for the timely clip, actually I was depressed for couple of weeks regarding my grades as I've my med college admission coming towards. And I studied ceaselessly, but in the trials I ain't getting desired marks nor able to find the causes for bad performance. The guys in my grade are doing well and that makes me sad as I worked really really hard, I hope so. Your words just what I needed the most at this time. I'll start again from the scratch. To be honest, I-I really wanna get admitted into my fav med college. Again, thank you so much, your words meant a lot.
I subscribed to your channel a while ago but never really paid much attention to it (sorry - I have the attention span of a goldfish).
But this video is very inspiring. Thank you. Very cool brother. I watched your Christmas Day video about your book. Since I got a couple of Amazon cards for Christmas I'll probably grab it.
Happy New Year.
I made my school's CS program with no coding experience. A lot of my friends with 2+ years of coding experience failed to make it. Really great content!
You succeded because you learned hard. Your friends failed because they thought they already new everything, until they realized they knew less than they thought, but it was already too late for them to be a succesful learner.
I wanted to study electrical engineering as a young student but the math part of it discouraged me. Because I didn't have much growing up I wanted to get in and out of college and start a career as quickly as possible so I studied urban planning with stats and trig being the most math I would need. Although planning is very interesting and interdisciplinary, I never ended up in the planning field. I ended up falling into a job at an electric utility working with and around electrical engineers and engineering principles. Seeing how practical math can be when working with electricity has really encouraged me to go down the self-study path. As of now I'm reviewing college algebra and trig but my goal is to get to calculus and linear algebra. I happened to see your video for "Math for Engineers" so I will be watching that next. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Great points in the video taking a growth mindset and overcoming setbacks is much more important then blaming it on themselves depending on your content preference one video I think would be good to put on your channel is solving a real world problem or any that interests you and uploading the method or solution uniquely chosen by yourself using any means and what you produced or a video talking about maths and how its changed your perspective on life with a personal situation that you did differently in life then your previous self who probably wouldn't of made that same decision since they not didn't have your current perspective one of the things that bothers me with math is that there is always a solution that I can get in a textbook or search on the internet Including the method given especially when most problems in life don't have a clear known formula and the problem is undefined which is why if you made your own answer for a problem then explain the method of what was needed for it to work as a video or talk about the impact maths had on a past problem in your life you came across and how maths influenced the solution you chose and methods users can apply for that in their own life as a video would be interesting to hear your perspective on if you want to make a video on problem solving thats just a suggestion encase you ever want to try a new approach from usual video content lol
thank u for the video!
Thank you. I had a hard childhood where my father didn't keep us in school because he moved too much. When I took math class at 43 years old in college, I failed the placement test but passed the class with a B grade.
Thank you for sharing this!!
@TheMathSorcerer My middle son is 13 yr old and he was struggling in school. He wanted me to have homework to know what he is going through. So I started college and passed all my classes with B grades. By the time my son finishes high school, I will have a degree and then he can go to the college I went to. I have 3 sons. Now my son does well in school and made the honor roll. But he did all that hard work because he didn't ask for my help. My youngest son is 9 years old and he is a math genius in his class. He is in 4th grade doing 6th grade math. That's all his hard work. He wants to be a math major in college.
Kudos from Australia!❤️👍
The algorithm connected you to me and I’m so grateful 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Those who have to work harder often have a deeper understanding and more life experiences overcoming adversity, and will have greater insights and resilience that will be inaccessible to those who had it easier. Thus, a disadvantage early on may turn into an advantage down the road.
I started out with nothing, and I’ve still got most of it left!
I like this video, nice speech.
About being lucky, you have to be prepared to accept your luck
as soon as you said "this video is for you" I said "I am in"
I'm happy that I am in transfer math, passed as of 2023 Precalculus and Elementary Statistics. I attempted Business calculus in Spring 2024, got a new NP. I got a C+ in hw, and a C- in quiz, but failed exams. I am now in the future taking History of Math and retake Business Calculus again, so a day at a time.
People need to compare themselves with themselves. Life is a race with yourself to be incrementally better. If you take that approach then you can achieve great things over a lifetime.
That's the spirit
The issue is most of us feel as if we are doing a game of catch up when the others have been there when they were supposed to.
@John-c4r1oI'm not competitive. I don't care if others are better. Some people I'm smarter than and others are smarter than me. Still, I just don't keep track. You don't have to improve on anything either. Just do whatever you want. You can just be.
Please believe you have something to offer the world!
Thank you so much.
I certainly started from nothing. Parents were awful, selfish, bigoted & religious. Now I'm reading a book by mathematician George Birkhoff, who (apparently) was freakishly clever and privileged.
@ 8:33-8:35-- that phrase will never sound the same again (shout out to any trig students 🎉)
3:34 Cuando se empieza de la nada se tiene una ética del trabajo más grande porque al no tener nada se trabaja más duro.
The song from the band STYX, 'The Grand Illusion', Is a great song about this topic and has an amazing reoccurring lyric:
"So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because your neighbors got it made
Just remember that it's a grand illusion
And deep inside we're all the same"
I knew a guy who started from nothing, and now he still got nothing, hahaha
I focused on not being too successful and I succeeded. I have a skill.
I coasted through a Maths minor and STEM degree only to have a stroke at the height of my career. Relearning maths and physics has been my therapy in disability.
Genuinely sorry to hear. Glad to hear you seem to be doing alright and wishing you the best.
@@willhunting8733 cheers love your name #BUstrong
I am not mad I came from nothing but after all my best efforts I feel like I am still there, and that my degrees closed more doors
than open. But I want a particular career.
I spend so much time on questions that are supposed to done in 2 minutes but once i gain knowledge i am able to solve a lot faster than avg time and sometimes picking up the pen. But the problem is i don't really have much time and i want to do like 3 chapters a day what do you suggest?
That's really good that once you know it you can solve problems faster than average!! Hmm 3 chapters a day is a lot. One thing you can always do is get up a little earlier and work on math(or whatever). This way it doesn't take time away from your day. Good luck:)
I will try for 5 days to get up early and solve maths like you said in one of your videos without i.e. outer sources and will tell my experience here.
Awesome!!
Just curious given your episode the other day about categories of mathematics and the books you had ... have you ever contemplated or actually written a maths books series of your own?
Lots of people have more opportunity than I did, but there are zillions who are much worse off in so many byways. After all, here I am on the internet, watching a math video while I have chicken wings cooking in the oven. Yeah, right now there’s no heat in my house and it’s freakin' cold and the heater guys are on vacation until a week from tomorrow. But, again, here I am, watching a math video. 🎉 💃
This Dude is making hella money with these courses...
Brother, i work so hard and still get nothing. its not about work, its about who you know. stop coping
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Read Dale Carnegie’s “How To Win Friends and Influence People.” Then read “Never Eat Alone.” Go from there.
amazing video subscribed and i'm just an aspiring comic book artist
brother, life is short, time is fleeting, the minute that is born it begins to die, we are decaying, maybe you have a right, but some of us are too old for fresh begining, nevertheless you look like a buffallo bill and i wish u happy new year
It is said that low aim is crime. Thats the whole point of discussion here
I feel like the point about work ethic wasn’t true for me, I’ve found it hard to have a good work ethic and motivation.
Mathematically there is no thing from nothing. Right?
I got a question, what if you don’t have the time to study like you suggest but you still wanna pass all these hard courses if you’re not up math kid growing up junior high in high school wouldn’t that mean you need to hire a tutor to speed things up I know that’s counterintuitive to all of your videos, study by yourself by all these books And work your a blank blank OFF
Do you live off the grid? I want to be like you when I grow up! 😭
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Dear friends,
all my life thought I have bad luck. My father and school traumatized me. My parents have an average IQ, I'm profoundly gifted. Over the last years, tried to figure out why my life is so hard. The hidden truth behind my bad luck: my mother with an average IQ has a professor intelligence. She raised 3 billionaires, what we figured out over the last years. My school teacher and biological dad, both did military training with me. The moral of the story: what seems like bad luck can create a titan like me. Best regards.
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Look at those below you and do not look at those above you, lest you belittle the favors of Allah.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2963
Can u make a video abt jee
sir you look like newton
No, hard work doesn't build resilience. Having support builds resilience because you actually have the ability to build the skills that resilience relies on.
Working hard just leaves you with nothing left for anything else, burns you out and destroys you.
Sick of this horrible nasty ableist world.
Al que madruga dios lo ayudan dicennnnn
Exactamente!!
I’ve been so thinkfull into my life trought your videos, it really hit deep, have a nice day, you’re MY god 🤝🏻🇨🇱
I ain't start from nothing, but I saw a lot of people with less talent than me doing a lot more. So I guess I should give my ass a little kick😅
Does your genius friend from childhood have a popular UA-cam channel with 1.05 million subscribers?
Attempt jee adv paper 2023 full in one live stream 😊
Sho you guys are very funny
Quick with the excuses and go out to just do it
Yeah, you do want inspiration, although a person that is successful but has had everything given to them isn't very inspiring. I don't think any successful person is self made. I think the idea that hard work is all you need is a farce when so much more is needed for success.
Mathematics + Physics = ❤❤❤
Life is more complex that what we can comprehend... " So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen." Matthew 20:16
Thank you for making these vedios, I always listen to you❤❤.
Im 3rd year astronomy student, who really bad at math (F-, F, D)this how my grades looks like in math, I'm trying my best to pass the exams now because back in the first 2 years I needed to work to pay for my college sooo I skipped alot of math classes.
Unfortunately I'm feeling a massive gab between me and others in math,and trying my best to fix it😢
The funny thing that somehow I'm good at algebra and can pass Quantom, statistical mechanics, astrophysics with A+ but Calculus always got F- 😅😅😅