How To Study Hard - Richard Feynman

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  •  Рік тому +5018

    Great advice: don't compare yourself with others, but rather with who you were some time ago. If you see others doing better than you, admire and learn from them. Then, strive to improve.

    • @thefirstuwu8874
      @thefirstuwu8874 Рік тому +14

      It is literally in the video

    • @Blank-ds5ox
      @Blank-ds5ox Рік тому +47

      >admire and learn from them
      This is difficult to actually carry out in the real world, especially since narcissism culture is pushed so hard these days. Almost everyone on some level is trapped in the loop of comparison, and when you're in it you don't even realize it's happening, but your actions are completely motivated by fear.

    • @LadderVictims
      @LadderVictims Рік тому +5

      ​@@Blank-ds5oxthis was really insightful

    • @araobalate
      @araobalate Рік тому +5

      I used to enjoy studying but not anymore, maybe stuff were just simple and now they got harder and I don't like harder

    • @LadderVictims
      @LadderVictims Рік тому +1

      @@araobalate and that's where you get paid more, for learning and doing thre hard stuff

  • @troubledouble106
    @troubledouble106 Рік тому +9471

    As a wise man once said "Talent can get you far, but hard work can get you anywhere."

    • @Ishar___X
      @Ishar___X Рік тому +62

      Yeah i would want to see that man find whether γ is rational or irrational or prove or disprove the Riemann hypothesis with "just hard work".

    • @errebusaether
      @errebusaether Рік тому

      @@Ishar___X I know of someone that managed to solve mathematical problems that has stumped mathematicians for a long time without even knowing he did. The dude did it all with hard work from his childhood years of studying geometry. He didn’t have the talent or is a genius, but nonetheless, his a brilliant mind for his long journey in studying.
      And if you’re curious, his name is George Dantzig.

    • @octavioavila6548
      @octavioavila6548 Рік тому +16

      Incorrect

    • @octavioavila6548
      @octavioavila6548 Рік тому +67

      Intelligence will always gets you farther than hard work. Hard work has minimal influence on success. Talent is the most influential factor

    • @errebusaether
      @errebusaether Рік тому

      @@octavioavila6548 We know that isn’t true.
      Everyone has IQ and it increases through experience and studying (a lot more ways than you can imagine). Hard work is essential of making our neurons more pathways throughout the brain which greatly improves cognitive functions. But of course, intelligence and EQ on how you find answers is indeed important, but without hard work it is pointless if there is no long-term action (hard work is accompanied with discipline) because improvement requires different experiences and knowledges. ‘Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.’ -Albert Einstein
      You have to work hard first because talent isn’t everything.
      Edit: My correction to your sentence would be, Hard work will always get you farther than talent. My mother who is great at math and is able to understand Calculus easily had difficulties with advanced topics which means you need more than just talent. And I who had terrible talent and no passion for math took me a while to complete my study, but I got better at understanding advanced topics due to the basics I’ve built up.
      (But I do agree that intelligence will definitely get you farther. But IQ isn’t simple, it can be improved through constant practice, discipline, and studying. Hard work is the process of increasing your IQ.)

  • @lorenzomizushal3980
    @lorenzomizushal3980 Рік тому +11769

    I read in his biography that when he was a teenager he studied so hard that he was sick for days. I don't think ordinary people can study that hard.

    • @al7bndgsh706
      @al7bndgsh706 Рік тому +548

      @@sudheeshsingh6856if you’re not the top5 student, you should seek a more efficient studying method since it is easy to study less efficiently.

    • @birdbeakbeardneck3617
      @birdbeakbeardneck3617 Рік тому +356

      Some chinese people have heart attacks

    • @sakshipriyadarshini3264
      @sakshipriyadarshini3264 Рік тому +431

      @@birdbeakbeardneck3617 asians in general

    • @LeChercheurDeVie
      @LeChercheurDeVie Рік тому +66

      Name of the biography Book please

    • @lorenzomizushal3980
      @lorenzomizushal3980 Рік тому

      @@LeChercheurDeVie Genius by James Gleick

  • @YeketeJosephine
    @YeketeJosephine Рік тому +707

    "What I cannot create, I don't understand" - Mr. Feynman. Feynman is not just a physicist, he's an artist.

    • @sylviasomaduroff4472
      @sylviasomaduroff4472 8 місяців тому +2

      We live in his mind when we explore free will as he saw it, he let us escape the Einstein process of God not playing dice with the universe. We have him to thank for this freedom of thought.

  • @peeper2070
    @peeper2070 Рік тому +5204

    Came for Feynman and got tricked into a podcast. Clearly I’m not smart.

    • @BigDickMark
      @BigDickMark Рік тому +55

      Same. 😑

    • @mr.ben-dover7249
      @mr.ben-dover7249 Рік тому +102

      Atleast you are self aware =)

    • @BigDickMark
      @BigDickMark Рік тому +22

      @@mr.ben-dover7249 Thanks, Officer Dover of the Comment Police.

    • @memoriesofdaysgoneby2348
      @memoriesofdaysgoneby2348 Рік тому

      This deceptive, duplicitous bait-and-switch is why people no longer trust scientists any more. Mistitling written and video data elements has evolved to a very high level at the same time citizen IQs are lowering. This is no coincidence. Dr. Fauci is prime example.

    • @danielbrantley6158
      @danielbrantley6158 Рік тому +3

      Seriously

  • @koi1440
    @koi1440 Рік тому +275

    I learned from one of my professors from my college that if you are losing interest in life or anything then you should just go deeper into it and look for the solutions and it will automatically brings interest in your life

    • @ShawnFX
      @ShawnFX Рік тому +10

      thanks for sharing! idk if its depression or what, but the past few years now I have not been looking forward to the future. But now I have to change my mindset and look deeper for solutions

    • @edwardmitchell6581
      @edwardmitchell6581 Рік тому

      I wish I had your professor. Mine said "AI? Well that's pretty boring. You just throw more compute at it and magic happens. I want to understand what's going on."

    • @KobeBean33000
      @KobeBean33000 7 місяців тому

      The double down principal

    • @athmapriya
      @athmapriya 5 місяців тому +3

      Hits hard. I quit engineering studies because I was going nowhere with the effort I took. After being in depression I decided to look deep into it and I realised I liked writing more than doing problems. Now I am a Functional English major life is going good.☺

    • @Bull-ph1gf
      @Bull-ph1gf 4 місяці тому

      haha thanks

  • @alosyus
    @alosyus Рік тому +579

    It's really something I needed to hear. I never worked hard in my life. To get my high school diploma, I never studied, but I got it. At university I dropped from Theoretial Physics as I didn't want to work and I knew I was about to fail as what I did in high shcool would not worked there. So I applied for my first programmer job and got it. 17 years later, I'm a software developer working for a big company. My coworkers all have phd's or master degree and I make a good amount of money. But I still have this dream to become an astrophysicist. So here I'm, going back to university to become what I wanted, ready to work hard to get it.

    • @studybug987
      @studybug987 Рік тому +26

      U will absolutely achieve your dream!!!

    • @debrachambers1304
      @debrachambers1304 Рік тому +12

      I know a guy who went back to get an astrophysics degree in his 30s after working as a network engineer.

    • @felixz2703
      @felixz2703 Рік тому

      @@debrachambers1304did he finish?

    • @zweihanderenjoyer4003
      @zweihanderenjoyer4003 Рік тому +13

      I'm at a similar roadblock. Kinda breezed through high school without putting in any actual effort, now stuck at college, trying to get through Computer Science, restarted (switched schools) 2 times now. Still not sure how to become adept at working hard.

    • @ParthMalekar-mt3jw
      @ParthMalekar-mt3jw Рік тому +4

      I'm rooting for you mate!

  • @ryanrichter357
    @ryanrichter357 Рік тому +1509

    i think it’s less about active studying as it is thinking about it ALL the time. active studying matters but when you love something you don’t stop studying when you close a textbook. i’d bet people like feynman never stop thinking about how the world works

    • @Martin-iw1ll
      @Martin-iw1ll Рік тому +80

      Oh yeah, he says he does calculus when he is eating, driving and even when talking to his wife.

    • @l.4070
      @l.4070 Рік тому +27

      I'd say anyone who's studying/reaserching something that really pokes their interest would probably do the same or similar if not same. For example I in generally love biology chemistry and physics and when I stop studying I'd continue thinking about them in the background of my mind. Sometimes if I'm sitting with someone while thinking they'd be mad at me for "not being here" and not talking to them so yeah I think it's all about interest + the more you know the more information you have to use to think.

    • @mattorr2256
      @mattorr2256 Рік тому +4

      I know he didn’t ever stop because I never stop thinking about how the universe works. If I do it, then no doubt Feynman did

    • @anthonygerace8926
      @anthonygerace8926 Рік тому +10

      That's true of many artists and musicians also. I have a friend who's a classical composer. Sometimes when she's working on a new piece she'll forget to eat or sleep for a day or two.

    • @joaomarcos2089
      @joaomarcos2089 Рік тому +21

      The problem is a lot of people have to study with purely utilitarian or professional ends, which preclude this genuine and constant interest.

  • @Yossef_M
    @Yossef_M Рік тому +1656

    to study hard:
    1. stop procrasitnating and actually study

    • @basicthingsbutrareanswered
      @basicthingsbutrareanswered 7 місяців тому +23

      yeah its our problem

    • @lin.hikiro
      @lin.hikiro 6 місяців тому +35

      I will leave this comment so I can come back to it, let's focus and put in the time and effort boys. We got this

    • @Blaxx77
      @Blaxx77 5 місяців тому +6

      ​@von.changfeng we got this, I'll start working hard as of today, in 5 months I'll be entering mechatronics project competitions, and I will start registering my company, I'll be putting more hours into my craft and here we go boys, let's work on our plans

    • @bhaveshbisht2083
      @bhaveshbisht2083 5 місяців тому

      @@lin.hikiro :- how is it going?

    • @paws_therapy
      @paws_therapy 4 місяці тому

      ​@@lin.hikiro me tooo

  • @emdirtyyo1827
    @emdirtyyo1827 Рік тому +155

    "What I cannot create, I don't understand" - Mr. Feynman

  • @bluechiefawesome5587
    @bluechiefawesome5587 Рік тому +682

    To make an image of what he says, kids learn their first language by listening, talking, making mistakes and practicing without worrying about looking silly. How they do NOT learn is by sitting down and cramming grammar rules and aiming at perfect spelling on the first try. That's how you ''study hard'' and ''study smart''.

    • @СергейПлугатырёв
      @СергейПлугатырёв Рік тому +28

      That's just wrong. I mean if you have to sound like a 4 year old you could have a go at it but grammar, active listening, learning from your past mistakes etc. are simply THE way to learn a language. Not to mention a child's world is small and a number of things you have to know is ridiculously limited which is alright for a child but not for an adult.

    • @somefuckstolemynick
      @somefuckstolemynick Рік тому +1

      @@СергейПлугатырёв that would mean people before formal education didn’t learn their languages past the level of a 4 yo.. nonsense.
      You don’t learn your first language in school, you learn it by trial and error.
      That said, formal language training applied effectively utilizes the high intelligence, focus and experience of adults to learn languages in a more time efficient manner.

    • @Moltenlava
      @Moltenlava Рік тому +7

      A childs brain and an adults brain are radically different when it come to learning

    • @carlosmolinagodoy1115
      @carlosmolinagodoy1115 Рік тому +11

      ​@@Moltenlavawell... I had the same mindset, but, I recently watched a interview where the invited was a neurologist, he said that both children like adults have the same brain plasticity.

    • @somefuckstolemynick
      @somefuckstolemynick Рік тому

      @@Moltenlava yes, an adult can leverage more complex thinking to learn in more ways and much more efficiently.
      That doesn’t change the fact that you need to use the language, speak it with other people and allow yourself to experience the uncomfortable process of trial and error to really become fluent.
      No amount of flashcards and grammar study can replace real emersion in the language. All formal language study does is assist and speed up the process. But we still _learn_ the language the same way children do.

  • @psgouros
    @psgouros Рік тому +81

    The 4 day work week is for people who want to devote their own time to their own interests.
    I have a lot to do, but it’s not necessarily what I’m being paid for.

    • @ninjafruitchilled
      @ninjafruitchilled Рік тому +20

      Exactly. We can't all have jobs that inspire us to work at it 24/7, so we need time after the work is done to do the actually interesting things. I *used* to do physics and yeah I didn't mind working a lot because it was kind of fun and I didn't have a family, but it didn't pay the bills and didn't have any job security. Now I earn two or three times what I did as a scientist, and yeah it's more boring but I am not working a minute outside my 9-5 4 days a week, and overall life is better.

    • @KobeBean33000
      @KobeBean33000 7 місяців тому +14

      That guy was so ego driven lol. The way he spoke and stuff he said was very self centered. Not everyone is living his circumstance. My guy that followed after him
      Killed it !

    • @nahnah5085
      @nahnah5085 7 місяців тому +1

      That guy was so smug

    • @Jimbo292
      @Jimbo292 6 місяців тому +7

      @@KobeBean33000 yeah he seemed clueless and unempathetic. Why oh why would people want to work less??? How could we ever know? WHAT??? people DONT love sitting behind a desk for 40+ hours a week?
      Dont get me wrong, there is an issue with work ethic for many people. But the issue here is more that these people are not passionate about what they do, it is merely a means to an end. Of course people in that situation would want to be at work less.

    • @tommasobrindani5894
      @tommasobrindani5894 3 місяці тому

      @@KobeBean33000 Yeah the last guy was Andrej Karpathy. A superstar in the Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence space.
      He is now working on creating some sort of framework for teaching people at scale with the use of AIs. Always admired him so much!

  • @Dhruvbala
    @Dhruvbala Рік тому +512

    "If you can even want something in the first place, you are probably qualified to achieve it."
    Can't remember where I heard this, but one of the most profound sayings I've come across

    • @x_G7
      @x_G7 Рік тому +1

      true

    • @Alexandra.AI.
      @Alexandra.AI. Рік тому +2

      Earl Nightingale

    • @TeaRex
      @TeaRex Рік тому +13

      I want to steal the sun

    • @ankitapati1107
      @ankitapati1107 Рік тому +3

      wow!!Spot on.Believing along these lines will definitely help in getting rid of self-doubt.

    • @CastleHassall
      @CastleHassall Рік тому

      hey that's a good one... it takes DOING the process needed to get there too.. that's key to it too.. Potential Techniques talks about that for getting through tough times and building things up etc

  • @govindchouhan.5435
    @govindchouhan.5435 Рік тому +54

    Whenever I become clumsy I watch this to fuel my -self may be one day I give my example to other' to study Hard but if u like my comment it really motivate me to STUDY HARD.
    -1st year student of IIT Bombay (ECE).

    • @ArjunKocher
      @ArjunKocher  Рік тому +8

      good luck.
      do not rely on motivation;
      be disciplined enough to do what you have to do specially when you don't want to

    • @Parthjoshi1993
      @Parthjoshi1993 Рік тому +7

      Bro doesn't know whom he's telling 😅

    • @magisterialanubis06
      @magisterialanubis06 3 місяці тому +1

      there's no ece course at iitb 🤡

    • @jithendra1191
      @jithendra1191 Місяць тому

      good luck bud

  • @devanshseven
    @devanshseven Рік тому +341

    00:06 Studying and hard work are key to understanding complex subjects
    00:41 Obsession can lead to great accomplishments.
    01:09 Changing the world requires hard work
    01:35 Focus on how much you do rather than just working smart
    01:55 Becoming an expert requires 10,000 hours of work
    02:14 Spending 10,000 hours on deliberate effort makes you an expert.
    02:39 Tracking progress is motivating and helps identify mistakes
    02:59 Don't focus on past mistakes, keep working
    Crafted by Merlin AI.

  • @flamebows5814
    @flamebows5814 Рік тому +471

    Probably the most motivational video I've watched in a long time. They are all my mentors in a way - the reason why i'm dedicated to learning SWE is because of Systrom and my motivation to go into AI is because of Andrej and Lex. The notion of "I can learn anything" is because of Feynman. Great video!!

    • @further_rush5138
      @further_rush5138 Рік тому

      Oh wow I am also learning ai because of lex

    • @edwardmitchell6581
      @edwardmitchell6581 Рік тому +2

      Going into SWE is the right way to go for AI. Be able to build finished product.

  • @CYON4D
    @CYON4D Рік тому +89

    This is probably one of the best life advice one can get. The hard part is not understanding this fact but having enough discipline and drive to study a certain subject.

  • @mathewp3416
    @mathewp3416 7 місяців тому +17

    His true superpower is passion. It's hard to be passionate like that about something.

  • @Dieselshukla
    @Dieselshukla Рік тому +5

    Don’t think just by watching these videos you are doing something productive . You have to put all that effort they say in practice so start doing . Best day to start was yesterday next best day to start is today.

  • @NatarajaYogi
    @NatarajaYogi Рік тому +21

    Thing about Feynman was he was an expert in getting down to the core principles of things.

  • @kashishnagpal6715
    @kashishnagpal6715 Рік тому +50

    I don't know why they all try to make so-called hard work difficult. It's something you are passionate about, you love it, hence, you are able to do it more than others.

  • @NightWear21
    @NightWear21 Рік тому +6

    I needed to hear this. I've been fighting myself for years. Logic vs emotions. I'm normally very emotional (inside not necessarily expressive). Yet, i've been studying electrical and electronics for a LONG TIME. Always questioning.. "do others GET this stuff?" Yes, they do.. but only after that threshold of experience, training and education, of "AHA". Some may never reach that due to lack of time and or interest. The more you put into it, the more you get out of it. No matter the field. You are human, ANYTHING you want to learn is within reach. Literally, with Tube here.

  • @dear_dennis
    @dear_dennis Рік тому +19

    3 minute video, 30 seconds of Richard Feynman.

  • @Mystic_Paths
    @Mystic_Paths 9 днів тому +1

    The journey toward success often tests you, but it’s how you grow through the challenges that leads to fulfillment ❤

  • @hxpponaut197
    @hxpponaut197 Рік тому +29

    Being a master at something is 10% talent and 90% hard work

  • @0213DYN
    @0213DYN Рік тому +31

    the main things we should focus on are to protect our passion on something we are interested and keep improving by spending time on doing it with ACTION. Do not compare yourself with others, do not be little yourself, do not discouraged yourself. As long as you can keep doing it, you will unlock your maximum potential in your life.

    • @0213DYN
      @0213DYN Рік тому +3

      Minimize your distraction and maximize your executions

    • @blackhawk4465
      @blackhawk4465 Рік тому

      Copium overdose

  • @michelecamba
    @michelecamba Рік тому +36

    You know, tomorro i'm going to graduate. I always tend to belittle my work and efforts, but this video really put me in the mood. Even if I still don't feel like I've arrived, it doesn't mean I haven't come a long way. it won't be the final goal, but it still deserves to be celebrated. thanks for the inspiration

    • @ankitapati1107
      @ankitapati1107 Рік тому

      Why do you belittle your work and efforts?You should celebrate the small wins.

    • @rismhnfhh
      @rismhnfhh Рік тому

      congratulations on your graduation, bud!

    • @nnicollan
      @nnicollan Рік тому

      congratulations!

    • @jacqueslee2592
      @jacqueslee2592 11 місяців тому +1

      *tomorrow

  • @pramithasdhakal5367
    @pramithasdhakal5367 Рік тому +8

    To excel in any field you need to work smart and hard. This is what I gathered from this video

  • @MrYash1381
    @MrYash1381 Рік тому +40

    My takeaway from this is that if I believe I'm talented in something, it's actually not that easy. It becomes depressing sometimes to learn that all that praise earned is just something I had no role in getting. So when I learn that this bottom-up approach to expertise is good, so must the role of top down be modest. I'll now tell myself that if I do something well, I've surely put in the work.

  • @PedritoNoguera
    @PedritoNoguera 2 місяці тому +1

    "Only compare yourself to you from some time ago. Are you better than you year ago?" That’s high-quality advice. I think comparison is a problem that has been increasing over the years. It’s too easy to see “successful people” on social media talking about how they've achieved their success and have a "perfect life". This can sometimes make us feel frustrated because we work as hard as we can and we don’t see the results as quickly as others claim. We start asking ourselves, am I taking the right path? Should I be doing this for longer?
    Focus on yourself, make your progress, and engage in something that matters to you. Remember, comparison is the thief of happiness.

  • @zahraghaffari1350
    @zahraghaffari1350 Рік тому +9

    Great
    practicing, reading, study work, thinking, mathematics and timeline

  • @DonglinZheng
    @DonglinZheng Рік тому +12

    Feynman is not just a physicist, he's an artist

  • @ashish_sunny
    @ashish_sunny Рік тому +8

    thank you so much for curating this Arjun! I've seen snippets of some of these convos in Lex Clips, but this is a brilliant compilation!

  • @rafidhoda
    @rafidhoda 5 місяців тому

    LOVE THIS! If you have curiosity and obsession the bigger problem is to turn it off rather than to motivate yourself to keep on working

  • @OverSmart13
    @OverSmart13 Рік тому +59

    beautiful people saying beauty doesn't matter, rich people saying money doesn't matter, now talented people saying talent doesn't matter

    • @MethenySco
      @MethenySco Рік тому +16

      Irritating isn’t it?

    • @OverSmart13
      @OverSmart13 Рік тому +19

      @@MethenySco indeed. Let's say working hard is the key to talent. But mate,, working hard is the talent 😂

    • @alexguttler1900
      @alexguttler1900 9 місяців тому +2

      You have a good point, but is interesting think that people say that bc they know how is have that things. Anyway, we should wait to get thats achiviement that they have :)

    • @akmohitgaming2306
      @akmohitgaming2306 8 місяців тому +1

      Bcoz they know 😊

    • @6121FRobotics
      @6121FRobotics 7 місяців тому +3

      @@OverSmart13 that is... literally the point of the video. Working hard IS the talent. There's no innate talent that automatically makes you the best at something

  • @OrittraSayem
    @OrittraSayem 11 місяців тому +1

    This is an excellent motivation for anyone who gets more confident to do better in life

  • @neutronstar7803
    @neutronstar7803 Рік тому +88

    I wish he was right. I personnaly studied extremely hard to join french elite schools. People use to tell me that I am brilliant. But what I know deep inside from first hand experience is that they are people who understand things faster than me. These 2 qualities help tremendously when you compete with others in exams for instance. And although I did very well in academics, I was always frustrated when I had to work for the exact same result twice as hard as people who had these extraordinary abilities. And believe me, the same way they are people taller and stronger than most of us they are people like Feynman who are more intelligent than 99,99% of us. and whatever you do, you can not catch up with them. You just have to accept and watch them shine.

    • @keizan5132
      @keizan5132 Рік тому +32

      As someone considered to be "way faster" than my peers, I can tell you that's BS. Every single student that gets there has to work their absolute hardest. What is perceived as "talent" has more to do with the background or privileges a person might've had prior to a certain point. Do some research on Feynman's own early life and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about.

    • @mk-md8ee
      @mk-md8ee Рік тому +8

      As someone (at least for some time) considered faster then my peers, I agree that hard work is part of it, but still there are people studying harder and achiving less, then others who didn't study at all.

    • @6121FRobotics
      @6121FRobotics 7 місяців тому +3

      Feynman's IQ was actually pretty much average. I think if I'm not mistaken it was something like 120. It's BS. Sure, there are some people that will understand concepts better than you. But there is nothing that thousands of hours of work won't make up. They might work a hundred hours: work ten times more than that and you'll be better. It's difficult: but not impossible to catch up with so called "brilliant people"

    • @acesk4949
      @acesk4949 6 місяців тому +2

      You're wrong. That's your opinion. People get far with talent but yet they still really need to work hard. In your case you're saying as if you had no talent well neither do I i feel that but if you're pointing out that you're slower than them and need to work twice in order to get the same result? Give me a break, you choose wisely, fail and watch them shine and shine with them? Don't even think you can't out shine them you probably don't even know their secrets they might be someone who has no talents in mathematics, an iq of only 120 but despite that they are knowledgeable and have extremely good problem solving skills 😂 cmon, don't compare yourself to them!! Hasn't the video already mentioned everything? I'm saying this as a grade 11 student i'm not some college student like you guys but i understand this things and I won't ever give in into those kinds of doubts and thoughts I choose to fight cuz I'd rather die than not.

    • @6121FRobotics
      @6121FRobotics 6 місяців тому

      @@acesk4949 did you just have a stroke

  • @yoursfithfully047
    @yoursfithfully047 Рік тому +2

    this man changed the field of sciences for ever he made science avilable to all

  • @ShawnFX
    @ShawnFX Рік тому +21

    I wish this video was longer, very well made!! Loved the advice at 2:24, I constantly compare myself to others, especially people I used to be in classes with in college, seeing them with all these great jobs while I currently dont. But I am only going to compare myself to myself from last year, last 6 months, last month from now on

  • @yourarrow111
    @yourarrow111 3 місяці тому

    I've been a person who always compare myself to others without knowing the situation, this is really helpful video

  • @PpTheGreatest
    @PpTheGreatest Рік тому +67

    There is only half a truth here. Hard work is a necessary condition for brilliance, but it most certainly is not sufficient. The fundamental bottleneck encountered as your progress to higher and higher echelons of a technical field is the rate at which you learn - that is certainly not constant from person to person and is not solely a function of method or time investment. That is what talent really represents, the ability to learn fast. By learn, I mean assimilating the known ideas and being able to use them in the invention new ideas. The speed with which ideas can be generated and then fully considered is key in determining progress.

    • @suryanshu8692
      @suryanshu8692 Рік тому +3

      thats when neuroplasticity comes, you can train your brain to do so. So again whats ur point ?

    • @cracknblast8247
      @cracknblast8247 Рік тому +9

      @@suryanshu8692 His point is some people have better brains than others. Genetics are a factor.

    • @roxymigurdia1
      @roxymigurdia1 Рік тому

      then you could argue some people are more neuroplastic than others. also neuroplasticity cannot just make your brain "smarter." @@suryanshu8692

    • @Ishar___X
      @Ishar___X Рік тому +2

      ​@@suryanshu8692 yeah why do mathematicians try for 150 plus years to prove Riemann's hypothesis ? You should just "train" your brain to be powerful enough and then solve the problem for them.

    • @suryanshu8692
      @suryanshu8692 Рік тому

      @@Ishar___X well,technically...yes

  • @hoomanmoosavi7457
    @hoomanmoosavi7457 28 днів тому +1

    ❤Thank you. I watch it every day

  • @prxmiti
    @prxmiti 8 місяців тому +3

    'hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.'

  • @shivamannan
    @shivamannan 2 місяці тому

    Working really hard towards anything is the most satisfying in life.
    End result or end of life itself is not important, it's the journey, that is important.

  • @supergeek0177
    @supergeek0177 Рік тому +3

    I think the issue becomes that if you grow up from a financial disadvantage it will put you behind others in terms of probability of success.
    Imagine having to choose between working or going to school? I don't know about you but I cannot study on an empty study as much as I have tried lol.
    The point I am making is you are more likely to succeed if you have a stabilized upbringing with at least one parent who is working so you can be provided with basic things and kind of like Maslow's hierarchy - You will only begin to be able to achieve more once your basic needs are being met, you can begin to focus intently on other areas of personal development.
    For example, I missed a lot of school when I was younger due to a bad home situation and then had to work from my teens in an almost full-time capacity to help pay off debts that my mother had, so of course I dreamed about wanting to go and study, and go to university. But it wasn't until I was 30 that I finally got the financial opportunity to, and now even after qualifying, I now get discriminated against by recruiters due to being 35 yrs old and only just qualifying in my profession!
    Such as life right?

  • @jjfilms2782
    @jjfilms2782 2 місяці тому +2

    The best motivational video I found ever!...

  • @nobunaga0088
    @nobunaga0088 Рік тому +11

    one word :
    INTERESTED.
    Thank you.

  • @mylifemyrule4580
    @mylifemyrule4580 Рік тому

    The last person talking who I don't know is such a beautiful speaker. His words are so clear just like Feynman.

  • @imstudying4120
    @imstudying4120 Рік тому +49

    I will start a PhD soon in applied maths to continuum mechanics. This video motivates me a lot. I think I will watch it every day.

    • @ArjunKocher
      @ArjunKocher  Рік тому +7

      Good luck.

    • @Martin-iw1ll
      @Martin-iw1ll Рік тому +2

      What is continuous mechanics? Or do you mean continuum mechanics?

    • @imstudying4120
      @imstudying4120 Рік тому +4

      @@Martin-iw1ll yes, of course it is continuum mechanics. English is not my native language ahah.

    • @MMoledina
      @MMoledina Рік тому

      Can I ask somethng ? @@imstudying4120

  • @CanadaElon
    @CanadaElon Рік тому +1

    In my current experience and understanding, I cannot agree more with Mr.Feynman

  • @smrd0110
    @smrd0110 Рік тому +27

    Don't let this video fool you. Feynman was an extraordinary genius.

    • @keizan5132
      @keizan5132 Рік тому +18

      It's not just a video, it's Feynman himself talking about his own experience. But, of cuorse, I guess people should listen to your wiser opinion since you know better than himself about his own mind.

    • @smrd0110
      @smrd0110 Рік тому

      There are two kinds of geniuses, the “ordinary” and the “magicians.” An ordinary genius is a fellow that you and I would be just as good as, if we were only many times better. There is no mystery as to how his mind works. Once we understand what they have done, we feel certain that we, too, could have done it. It is different with the magicians. They are, to use mathematical jargon, in the orthogonal complement of where we are and the working of their minds is for all intents and purposes incomprehensible. Even after we understand what they have done, the process by which they have done it is completely dark. They seldom, if ever, have students because they cannot be emulated and it must be terribly frustrating for a brilliant young mind to cope with the mysterious ways in which the magician’s mind works. Richard Feynman is a magician of the highest caliber.
      -Mark Kac, quoted by James Gleick in Genius@@keizan5132

    • @ocean_0602
      @ocean_0602 2 місяці тому

      There are pictures of Feynman's high school Calculus notebook online. It's fascinating to look at as you can see how detailed his notes were on every chapter, to the point that he even made a table of contents for his own notes. So despite having an extraordinary intellect he also put in the work and studied harder than most of his peers, which is applicable and a great lesson for anyone whether genius or not.

  • @anthonycooper6963
    @anthonycooper6963 3 місяці тому

    I like the last guys interview. It kinda helped me make a choice. Over trying to not make mistakes and fear of wasted time.

  • @joelhc9703
    @joelhc9703 2 місяці тому +7

    2:03 hated the contradiction there when he says: 'there's some sense of determinism' replacing causality with determinism and then goes on to say '...IF you spend 10.000 hours' which implies free will, free choice conditionality🤦🤷‍♂️

  • @ichione732
    @ichione732 4 місяці тому

    This quote "the successful warrior is the average man with laser like focus" don't know where it is from but it relates to what feynman said. We are all humans, varying talents and strengths, but when we put time on something that we care about and want to get better at, we can get surprisingly far. DAMN

  • @JohnJohnson-he1yv
    @JohnJohnson-he1yv Рік тому +4

    There is a small contingent of people who cannot focus on things they consider mundane or uninteresting who become obsessed with things that interest them. They have no problem “over working” and constantly thinking about the things that interest them. In fact, many of these people have ADD and grew up being told they were not smart enough because they could not concentrate or do simple things like remember to turn in their homework. When they find something that triggers the excitement and the redemption of not being “lazy”, “stupid”, or “absent minded”, they excel. Never discount those people before they find their “spark”- help them find it!

  • @JeannieMania
    @JeannieMania Рік тому +2

    It's undeniable that hard work is required for excellency, but that doesn't change the fact that almost no one of us has what it takes to do what Feynman did.

  •  Рік тому +228

    "It has been reported-including by Feynman himself-that he only obtained a score of 125 on a school IQ test. I suspect that this test emphasized verbal, as opposed to mathematical, ability. Feynman received the highest score in the country by a large margin on the notoriously difficult Putnam mathematics competition exam, although he joined the MIT team on short notice and did not prepare for the test."

    • @iweather-nr6kp
      @iweather-nr6kp Рік тому +42

      ^This. This is what people dont understand about iq. The number alone is meaningless without the defiitions attached to it by the particular test. Some kids score 220+ on a stanford binet lm than 135-140 on another

    • @SCBA-if4wl
      @SCBA-if4wl Рік тому

      the source does not mention putnam btw. we don't know if it's the actual puntam exam

    • @OneilFe
      @OneilFe Рік тому +24

      IQ is a speed test. Its advantageous but it doesn't mean its a prerequisite. Scientific research is more about creativity, thinking outside the box.

    • @SCBA-if4wl
      @SCBA-if4wl Рік тому +8

      @@OneilFe cope

    • @Niko_from_Kepler
      @Niko_from_Kepler Рік тому

      @@iweather-nr6kpYou can’t score 220. 190 is the absolute maximum.

  • @NineInchTyrone
    @NineInchTyrone Рік тому +2

    Talent does what it can. Genius does what it must

  • @iamkumarmihir
    @iamkumarmihir Рік тому +4

    Hard Work brings success and satisfaction in life❤🙏

    • @FHi349
      @FHi349 Рік тому

      Not without intelligence. If low IQ and work requires intellectual firepower then no hard work in the world will matter

  • @noeditedkorean
    @noeditedkorean 23 дні тому

    everybody come here and should listen to him at least once a day.

  • @motomoto7721
    @motomoto7721 Рік тому +10

    At age 6, a very good friend of mine was able to resolve x-y 2 factors equations, that you normally learn at age 14. I think talent exist. However I think talent without work is just capabilities...

    • @keizan5132
      @keizan5132 Рік тому +3

      I did that at 8. No special talent at all, I had an uncle who studied engineering and taught me. It's all about having contact with it at an early age, "the strength of the habltude"
      And, of cuorse, about having the passion to comtinue on that path.

  • @borisdorofeev5602
    @borisdorofeev5602 2 місяці тому

    Find interest in what you are learning. Learn to love the prerequisites and what go along with it.
    Just start caring. That's what started working for me. I used to have to cram terminology and formulas I would forget the next day.
    I just recently thought about actually caring and being interested in things for their own sake, and within about two months Ives probably tripled my knowledge of subjects. Not just memorized but actually understood

  • @coolfreaks68
    @coolfreaks68 Рік тому +30

    *10000 hours is a lot! It's like spending 6 hours a day for 5 long years. That's the time scholars spend for doing a PhD.*

    • @prathamgupta06
      @prathamgupta06 8 місяців тому +2

      That's when you are called as 'Expert' or 'Professional', and you join the elite club. But it only takes 2 things to get there: A sprinkle of passion or interest and a sea full of Determination and Resilience

  • @bakarlabib
    @bakarlabib 7 місяців тому +1

    Your Videos Are Engaging, But I've Always Found A Special Charm In Content Without Background Music. It Allows For A Different Level Of Connection With The Creator. Keep Up The Good Work!

  • @curtiscarpenter9881
    @curtiscarpenter9881 Рік тому +3

    The Fynmen techique is one of the most underscored methods in rapid skill aqusition and unlearning or altralearning ever.

  • @damienthorne861
    @damienthorne861 6 місяців тому

    This is absolutely inspirational and it's what I believe wholeheartedly. Well I can't get done with genius and nuance I will get done with brute force persistence curiosity and passion. I look at where I was and where I am now and the difference is literally night and day

  • @victorpowell8154
    @victorpowell8154 Рік тому +3

    A good message doesn’t always need music..

    • @edithbannerman4
      @edithbannerman4 Рік тому

      @Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

  • @avinashmullasserilganeshku5547
    @avinashmullasserilganeshku5547 Місяць тому

    this video changed my life

  • @pomegranate3601
    @pomegranate3601 Рік тому +2

    this motivated me for my upcoming physics and computer science exams, thank you

  • @soulmortal760
    @soulmortal760 Рік тому +1

    "Dreams betray many but hardwork betrays none"
    ~Hachiman

  • @Khanosaurus
    @Khanosaurus Рік тому +10

    This works when you're doing work that you love doing for yourself or a certain goal. It shouldn't be applied to normal jobs or careers, where the goal should be do a good amount and then come back to your life, family and friends. Not everybody needs to be a prodigy, a normal existence is nothing to be ashamed of. This hustle culture has become very toxic.

  • @Luke-z2l
    @Luke-z2l 2 місяці тому

    I learnt more teaching fools than I ever did than a fool learning. Exploring sage becoming master from his own exploration with student life long pursuit giving lessons needed to experience what's already inside you. Let your inner depths teach you what you do not know. Let the universe bring it out of you if you explore the right ways you can uncover the right things. Be careful what you seek, as it may end up seeking you. Shalom

  • @mk-md8ee
    @mk-md8ee Рік тому +9

    In my personal experience thats not always true. Sure, hard work often pays of, but there are people who need to study more and some who need to do it less and some not at all.
    I study physics myself and am very passionate about it and like to work hard, but there are a lot of people who just have some kind of deeper understanding from the beginning on. Of course they also study hard, but when I study hard I get to the point where they startet from and they get to a completely different point.
    I mean I'm still good enough to get a degree, understand a lot of things and be happy with that, but I know it wouldn't make sense to become like an theoretical physicist. Cause I know, I would never stand a chance against the real pros and would probably be sad in the end.
    What I wanna say: do something where hard work really pays of

    • @oishikhasan8500
      @oishikhasan8500 Рік тому +2

      I am a physics student too and being in college level academia has given me a rude awakening. I used to believe in the hard work mythology until I met students in physics who naturally grasped almost any math/physics concept they came across that may take me a whole semester to even begin to wrap my head around. After getting my degree I am quitting physics too. My brain is not built for that stuff.

  • @lostsoul4317
    @lostsoul4317 Рік тому +1

    Unwavering passion defys all odds ❤

  • @gecn9685
    @gecn9685 Рік тому +7

    The growth vs fixed mindset

    • @Sean-rr2hj
      @Sean-rr2hj Рік тому

      everyone here other than you, found excuses real fucken quick, real fucken quick.

  • @mandb97
    @mandb97 Рік тому +2

    I think the caveat is you have to find something you love that you are willing to put that type of hard work in. I'm 56 and have never found something I love that much that I would put that much time into.

  • @HazellRahh
    @HazellRahh Рік тому +7

    This whole "hard work" mantra that 'muricans preach...it is quite laughable. There is ZERO correlation between "hard work" (and who's defining that, btw) and success. If you are interested in something, it isn't work and you will naturally devote more time to it than the "average" person. Some are more gifted than others in areas, as well. As for the 4-day workweek, it's brilliant in today's world. So is working from home for many professions. The part by Richard Feynman I totally agree with.

  • @TheAcidDrip
    @TheAcidDrip 3 місяці тому

    One thing about the 10,000 hours.
    Those have to be good, focused and meaningful hours. Which usually means about 20,000 hours where 1/2 of the time is productive by means of doing things "the right way" and the other half 1/2 is learning what doesn't work and iterating.
    It's the hours where you mess something up and back-track which count the most, not just the hours of clean straight-ahead productivity.

  • @aventura1266
    @aventura1266 Рік тому +10

    the thing about the 4 day work week is not about accomplishing things, it's about retaining people to do work that's not as interesting, by people not obsessed with it. Try forcing a 4 day work week on someone that anyways thinks physics everyday. You'll work a little bit of physics 7 days a week, probably more than a little bit too.

    • @ChicoTunda
      @ChicoTunda Рік тому +3

      Exactly! I think that guy had some sort of disconnect with the situation. Like I don’t know what his point was. Like, okay so you can’t get enough of what you specifically want done in a 7 day work week, so are you saying that everyone should be working as much as possible? No matter who they work for or what they do? Like mentally that’s not possible.

    • @ninjafruitchilled
      @ninjafruitchilled Рік тому +3

      Yes for a supposed smart person that was a pretty dumb thing for that guy to say.

  • @JaredQueiroz
    @JaredQueiroz 2 місяці тому +1

    Don't start with the goal of changing anything rather than yourself

  • @jignavsharma
    @jignavsharma Рік тому +6

    4 day work weeks are the greatest known to man

  • @nikitasmarkantes5046
    @nikitasmarkantes5046 Рік тому +1

    Κάθε φορά που το ακούω, δάκρυα γεμίζουν τα μάτια μου...μαθαίνεις και βλέπεις, όταν εκπαιδευτείς να είσαι μόνος και χωρίς κοινό. Σεβασμός στον μεγάλο Πέρελμαν και τον Èrdos...

  • @likith_aj7411
    @likith_aj7411 8 місяців тому +25

    Me studying on how to study instead of studying 😢

    • @w12266
      @w12266 8 місяців тому

      Xd

  • @harsharamineni6080
    @harsharamineni6080 Місяць тому +2

    The quote I heard in my life that. Is you need to think wide that luck goes out of range

  • @Ishar___X
    @Ishar___X Рік тому +14

    Terence Tao and Grigori Perelman are great examples of living breathing "miracle people". Ofc almost everyone can achieve mundane greatness with a lot of hard work. However 99.999999999% of the population of earth no matter how hard they work even if they had 10 lifetimes instead of one would still not be able to even come remotely close to solving a millennium problem.

    • @samuelwaller7013
      @samuelwaller7013 Рік тому +2

      That makes around 8 ppl who can

    • @Ishar___X
      @Ishar___X Рік тому +3

      @@samuelwaller7013 yeah this means massive success. 8 millennium problems solved in the next 100 or so years. I would consider that very optimistic.

  • @hugocormoran
    @hugocormoran 5 місяців тому

    I dedicated more that a decade to investigate, study and filming the marine life of the Mediterranean sea, (uncontable hours continuity) and recently, some people begin to call me "the Cousteau of the Mediterraneo"..I feeel is too much, and I think I am not close to that explorer, but I feel very identified at the same time about the Feynman thinking and statement.

  • @michealjordan6320
    @michealjordan6320 Рік тому +7

    No hard work needed. Just to understand. What skills you mastered now, is all because you understand it.😊

    • @edithbannerman4
      @edithbannerman4 Рік тому +1

      @Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

  • @MuzakkirABDULLAH-v1o
    @MuzakkirABDULLAH-v1o 5 місяців тому

    In learning, adaptability is important.

  • @keithdow8327
    @keithdow8327 Рік тому +53

    Interesting stuff, but some of it is rubbish. The 10,000 hour idea was created by K. Anders Ericsson studying violinists. It doesn't apply to other fields. Also the 10,000 hours requires "deliberate practice", not just 10.000 hours, as stated by one of the speakers.
    Plus worthy of note is the N.Y. Times best seller "Moon Walking with Einstein" by Joshua Foer. Foer worked with the help of Ericsson to become the U.S. memory champion, in less than a year. He worked about half an hour a day. So in less than 200 hours he became a world class expert. Unfortunately it didn't occur to Foer that he had shown the 10,000 hour rule is rubbish.

    • @NutjobChuck
      @NutjobChuck Рік тому +9

      There is such a thing as muscle memory, or even, the equivalent such memory for mental learning. And this is a passive sort of practice that goes on even if you aren’t actively performing a task. It is impacted by, as you say, “deliberate practice,” as your mind is formulating and integrating what you have done into natural habit. So this would validate the 10,000 hour idea, but the 10,000 idea is really generalized and is really only meant to serve as a rough marker of how long it will take from the onset of learning a skill to the mastering of it.

    • @luciel3910
      @luciel3910 Рік тому +8

      ​@@NutjobChuckin this other Hand it is proven, that you need to Take Breaks. Because your brain does stuff while you are not learning. There isnt Just studying hard, but also studying smart.

    • @keithdow8327
      @keithdow8327 Рік тому +1

      @@julianhernandez3192
      It isn't just his opinion. He published data on violinists why supported the claim and thought it extended to other fields.

    • @echahedhamdi
      @echahedhamdi Рік тому

      Bro don't miss you have life you have goal intiatid destined from the first day you start thinking maturely that need to be achieved spending 10k for your dream is likely year and half from deeply work is nothing from what I belive

    • @keithdow8327
      @keithdow8327 Рік тому

      @@echahedhamdi
      Failed chatbot.

  • @charlesbromberick4247
    @charlesbromberick4247 Рік тому

    Richard - one of my heros - is full of it here.

  • @elementm5428
    @elementm5428 Рік тому +8

    @ 1:25 "but when I read about companies going to 4 day week work, I chuckle, I can't get enough done with a 7 day week"
    This guy is probably an entrepreneur. If he was an employee, he'd have been fired for not doing enough in a 7 day work week. I wonder what he does that even a 7 day work week is short for him.
    In today's job market, employees are replaceable, if not with another employee, with computers, machinery, etc. With a 4 day work week, you'll have time to upskill yourself so you don't become irrelevant.

  • @Commutinyyyy
    @Commutinyyyy 3 місяці тому

    'GOT INTERESTED ' is the key word here.

  • @laujulius3999
    @laujulius3999 Рік тому +8

    Work 4 days per week for the company but 7 days per week for yourself

  • @spoudaois
    @spoudaois 22 дні тому

    Its better to have a specific plan, goals, and efficiency than to just blindly put in 10,000 hours. It comes easier to some than others but talent is something that is nurtured.

  • @paul-d-mann
    @paul-d-mann Рік тому +8

    This video is titled as a video regarding Richard Feynman. Why was I watching some other unknowns rabble on about 10,000 hours.. 10k hours is a myth.

    • @Musicienne-DAB1995
      @Musicienne-DAB1995 4 місяці тому +1

      Glad to see someone else who doesn't buy the 10 000 hours claim. I think it takes way, way longer, and in any case, mastery is an ongoing process, not a destination.

  • @allanpaiz3348
    @allanpaiz3348 2 місяці тому

    I was about to not work on my passions today and waste my day away. This video appeared at the right time... time to build the scar tissue.

  • @GodofStories
    @GodofStories Рік тому +35

    Why put Richard Feynman in the title, if you are including all others. They are brilliant folks too, but don't use Feynman's name on the video. You must be a computer scientist to put Carmack, and Karpathy. It's all good. Good video anyhow. :)

    • @mrr5183
      @mrr5183 Рік тому

      Seems to be a big Lex Fridman fan :D

  • @АлександарЈовановић-ъ6н
    @АлександарЈовановић-ъ6н 5 місяців тому +1

    A king is not born but self made.
    The stars are not far away but people are too small.

  • @KirosanaPerkele
    @KirosanaPerkele Рік тому +19

    Don't prepare for an exam.
    Prepare an exam.
    You will learn a lot more that way.

  • @Filo_xoxo
    @Filo_xoxo 11 місяців тому

    this is so comforting 💓