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How To Study

At day 1, before the lecture starts, you know nothing about that topic i.e. 0%. At the end of the lecture, you learned 100% of the fresh information, however well you know it. On day 2, if you don't revise the subject you lose 50-80% of the knowledge of what you learned within 24 hrs.   This happens   because   all day long you see, hear and experience a lot stuff, which is not always important. So your brain will just get rid of the unnecessary information to make space for new important ones. And when you don't think about the material you learned again, your brain thinks that it's not important as well, and hence it clears up that information as well. This process of forgetting learned information continues and by the day 30 you only remember 2-3% of what you originally learned! And now when you again go back and see the topic, you'll have to study it from the point 0% -- complete waste of time and energy! So what is the lesson learned here?  All yo...

Do you care what others think about you? Well, I’ve got reasons why you shouldn’t

Okay people let’s get started. All those who are guilty of ‘not doing something they love or want to do just because you were scared of what others will think’ raise your hand. I am not alone, now am I? For me that’s the past, thankfully, but what about you? Do you still give a shit what others think about you? If you do then why? Why does what others think about us bother us? And that too so much that we’re willing to sacrifice our happiness? Is it really worth it? It’s in our genes….. This fear of not receiving approval from others has been passed down to us from our ancestors. Back in the days when people used to live among wild animals, the tribe was the other name of survival. The better “behaved” you are, the better would be your position in the tribe. So, yeah, they cared what others think about them for their better survival. But it’s not the case anymore because we all know who’s more dangerous to whom; lion to man or a man to lion; and who’s causing whose ex...