How I consistently study with a full time job (9 months in and still going strong)

this was me before i would wake up maybe around 30 minutes before i had to leave the house so i would be pretty rushed you know try to get everything together go to school or go to work and then after i came home i would kind of like deflate entirely and just pretty much lay in bed and do nothing or just binge watch anime and then i would go to bed and i would do it all over again mind you i still watch a lot of anime now but this is me now i consistently study three times a week for two hours each for the past nine months and i have been 99 consistent the only two exceptions is when i was moving and when i was sick i was and still am a data scientist at a fan company in tech i also trade i do youtube i teach online courses so it's not like the rest of my life has gotten easier i'm actually doing way more than i was doing previously so through trial and error i kind of figured out the combination of factors that worked so that i was able to do this and in this video i'm going to expand on that formula really lay out the steps of this so that you can actually make it work for you as well and you don't have to be like me and just kind of try a bunch of random things until you finally figured out the correct combination plus i'm going to show you guys this supercharged method which is this collection of scoreboards over here that has really elevated the consistency and productivity of myself and many other people as well so before i give you this formula about how i build this consistent learning habit i made an entire video about why i still consistently learn new things and try to incorporate more skills into my skill set despite already having what is considered a very good job as a data scientist in tech so do check out that video if you haven't already over here now let's talk about the how i will give

you my formula and this is a formula that i really wish that somebody had given me about a year where like a year and a half before so i didn't have to go through so much time and error but i'm giving that to you now so listen carefully okay so here's the five ingredients and then i'm gonna go through each of these one by one number one is to have an overarching goal and sub goals number two is figuring out what pushes your buttons number three is adapting to the correct mindset number four is finding the right support system and number five is having a way to measure progress i'm going to illustrate how these ingredients all work with each other by using naruto and how he managed

to achieve his overarching goal of becoming a hokage and why am i using naruto as a reference because i freaking love naruto sadly life is not naruto so i will also explain how i engineered specifically these ingredients into my own life to help me achieve my consistent learning habit and explain to you how you can do it as well so naruto's overarching goal is to become hokage and this can be broken up into a bunch of sub goals as well for example mastering rasanga rasangan of going into sage mode and saving sasuke so why is naruto so motivated to become hokage that he never gives up well i would argue that it's not entirely motivation it's actually the second ingredient of developing a consistent habit which is getting his buttons pushed continuously so you see with naruto what really triggers him what really pushes his buttons and gets them all fired up is feeling like he's being rejected and also when people think he can't do something or when there's a challenge you know when he was really young and he was being discriminated against rejected that really fueled him a lot and as he got older every time there was a challenge like sasuke was a really big challenge for him he was his rival and that was like a continuous form of pushing naruto's buttons and just getting him continuously to keep going and not giving up and every time he encountered a challenge where someone told him that he couldn't do something that always got him super fired up and let him continue on that journey of achieving his goal of becoming hokkage so what you need to do is figuring out what pushes your buttons and then engineering that into your life but first let's talk about the third ingredient as to why naruto didn't give up and kept on working towards becoming hokkage and achieving his successes it is his mindset at first glance i think it's really easy to think that naruto just has that trait in which he just pushes really hard all the time and it certainly is true that he does push really hard and that he does work really hard but what's actually more fundamental is the fact that he's not an all-or-nothing kind of guy he does it doesn't matter how he feels even if he feels awful and he knows he's not able to perform at his best he still goes out there and puts himself out there and tries and that really is what matters in the end it's not about all these fantastic successes that he achieved it's actually about the fact that he always showed up that was the trait about naruto that is so incredibly admirable he always showed up and that for him became a habit it just became a thing for him it didn't matter how he felt it didn't matter what was going on he always showed up and he always tried and this is actually a perfect illustration of james clear's famous quote about habits which is you do not rise to the level of your goals you fall systems you see naruto developed that system of not giving up i'm always showing up so this mindset is extremely crucial to internalize fourth ingredient is having the correct support system that works for you in naruto's case is actually great because his support system are also the people that push his buttons because he's so fueled by rivalry and challenges having sasuke on the same team as him as well as a lot of other shinobi that also were very rivalry driven was really important you see they supported each other and they encouraged kept them pushing each other's buttons as well so it was really like two birds with one stone this is a great demonstration of the quote if you want to go fast you go alone but far you go together naruto had an amazing support system starting off with yurika the teacher that believed in him from the beginning there was rock lee there is jiraiya and of course his biggest rival and it's also his biggest support system sasuke and the final fifth ingredient is a measurement system so that he's able to see his progress throughout time one of the perks of having a career as a shinobi is the fact that your progress is very visible it's physical and you can see that progress and on top of that because of the way that the shinobi system was designed there's a lot of mock fights that are always happening there's missions and there's also more formal exams like to tune in exams so in that way naruto was able to see his progress and see how his hard work has been paying off which would then motivate him to keep on doing that because he knows he's on the right path so in my opinion these were the five crucial ingredients that allow naruto to keep pushing forward facing any challenge that came across him overcoming those and finally becoming hokage and way more than that too okay so i hope you enjoyed that extended analogy slash reference i had a lot of fun making it so now let's address the fact that unfortunately we are not shinobi and we are just lonely people who are not anime characters um so what are we supposed to do worry not i will explain how to engineer 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back to the video okay so ingredient number one is having that overarching goal and sub goals for me my overarching big goal is to create a life that i find worth living and what that means to me is to be able to do exactly what i find most fulfilling whenever i want to and the biggest tool in my toolkit in order for me to achieve this is to learn constantly over the years i'm learning how to get my finances in track and how to work towards being financially free i've learned and still i'm learning how to be a better data scientist how to start a business how to maintain keep growing that business and since my life's goal is to lead that life so that i'm doing what is most fulfilling to me at all times i need to be constantly learning new skills so i actually know what makes me feel fulfilled figuring out what it is i like doing and if possible how to convert that into an additional revenue source for example being an online course instructor trading and booking speaking gigs as i was saying earlier what pushes naruto's buttons is rejection for people telling him he can't do something and rivalry and challenge now for me it's actually social accountability you see i am a people pleaser and promises and things i say to people they mean a lot to me so if i say i'm gonna do something i will literally try so hard to make sure that i do what i said i would do when i walk down the street i need everybody all day long to like me so much and through a lot of trial and error i found that the perfect medium for me to push that button all the time that button of being a people pleaser and social accountability is by live streaming my study sessions it's literally the second smartest thing i've ever done in my life and the first one was starting this youtube channel i pre-post my live streaming sessions on sunday and i post them for monday tuesday and friday and because people know i have the schedule and they see the live stream that's there it holds me extremely accountable because i put them there and there's that expectation now and i can't disappoint other people and even though there's many times in which i really don't want to go and study on that live stream i still force myself out of bed and i go and do it because of that social accountability it's crazy how well it's worked for me so my homework for you is to think about that what is it that pushes your buttons just kind of like compels you to go and do something even when you don't feel like doing it maybe you're like naruto and it's about rejection and challenge robbery maybe you're like me it's about social accountability maybe it's completely different but it's really important to figure that out for yourself and think about how you can engineer that into your own life that will then push your buttons continuously and really get that learning habit to stick the next ingredient is relatively straightforward but extremely powerful and that is mindset similar to naruto my whole mindset is about showing up it's not about how hard i pushed and how productive i am at the end of the day it's about the fact that i made that effort and i managed to keep developing this habit and i kept the streak going my goal is to show up to these live streams and sit there and try to study and there are days in which i can't concentrate at all maybe because i'm tired or i'm just not in the mood for whatever reason but i don't beat myself up if i'm not as productive as i had hoped to be i'm just proud that i showed up and i tried because i know that in the end slow and steady and just accumulating and developing that habit and keeping that street going is going to pay huge dividends so i highly encourage you to adopt this mindset think about it not in terms of what your productivity was or how hard you worked think about it in how consistent have you been how many times have you showed up and start feeling proud of yourself or showing up regardless of how much work you managed to get done okay next ingredient is the support system which live streaming for me has also been amazing for the saying that like a track likes and bird of a feather flock together or something like that i'm probably saying that wrong but i think it actually is very true i feel so incredibly lucky for the amazing community that we have in the study for tina live streams am i overstepping boundaries if i say we've actually become really good friends every time i live stream and i see the very consistent people that show up it just makes me feel so happy because it feels like we're just you know checking up with each other we're keeping each other accountable you know we're working through stuff but during the breaks we're checking in on life seeing how everybody's progressing celebrating things that went well being there for each other for things that didn't go well and i don't know it just feels like a community that i truly feel like i belong to like i trust you guys so much and i know you'll be there for me and i will be there for you so if you like to join the study with tina live streams as well um feel free to check out the study with tina channel which i link in the descriptions and also the google calendar with my live streaming schedule but like i said you don't have to live streaming is just what has worked really well for me i've also seen people have really amazing results by just having small groups of friends or groups of people that keep each other accountable the key factor is just to make sure that you choose the correct group of people it has to be a group of people that you really trust and can actually hold each other accountable so i actually wouldn't recommend just getting your best friends together because then you kind of like all feel like it's okay if you don't achieve something so it's kind of like a fine balance right you gotta trust these people and they have to trust you but you also have to be able to hold each other accountable for it okay so fifth ingredient is the measurement system and this is also the supercharged method and has been a huge game changer that has really brought all the other ingredients together and this is the scoreboard measurement system it's about tracking your progress towards your goal so you're able to see the progress that you've made over time see unfortunately unlike being shinobi would oftentimes is very physical and very visible for a lot of the stuff that we're doing with learning you don't actually know how much that you've learned so you have to have a way of tracking that so you know you're making progress i designed my scoreboard system based upon my favorite book for disciplines of execution i also made a video which i'll link over here which i highly recommend that you check it out for how to design an effective scoreboard for the study with tina live streams there's a small subset of people who are tracking their goals along with

me which is the scoreboard system um each person has their own scoreboard and they make their own scoreboard so it's very customized towards what they're trying to achieve in my case i've been learning how to trade for the past few months so what i was tracking the number of markets that i look at because i know that by looking at different markets and putting in trades is the best way for me to progress in my trading journey for other people it's about tracking how many topics they've learned how many projects they've done how much exercise they've done after each live stream so three times a week we review these scoreboards and see how everyone's progressing when there's someone who's falling behind we all collectively keep that person accountable and try to figure out is this like a one-off thing should that person maybe change their goal maybe change their lifestyle so that they're able to achieve their goal and of course we're always celebrating the streaks and the wins as well so if you want to join the scoreboard system uh you're going to have to show up to the study with tina live streams a few times we have a screening process because we don't want you know like just people randomly joining like people who do join are people who are really dedicated to achieving their goals and i'll link these instructions in the description below as well okay so we're finally getting to the end of this video i really hope that throughout this video you've been able to understand these five core ingredients which i think has been responsible for why i've been able to develop this consistent learning habit and helped you figure out how you can implement this into your life as well you see the truth is that i can open the door for you but it's still up to you to walk through that door figure out what your goals are what your sub goals are which requires some pretty deep introspection and it's also up to you to figure out what pushes your buttons and engineer that into your life similar to what i've done by live streaming with that being said if social accountability is also kind of the thing that pushes your buttons then i highly encourage you to check out the study with tina live streams because it's already there and there's already a community there as well all right thank you guys so much for watching i hope this has been a helpful video for you and i will see you guys in the next live streamer video