4 Ways to Ruin Your Studying Efficiency

Learn a highly effective strategy for using flashcards and Anki.

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=== Timestamps ===

00:00 How to ruin your study efficiency?
00:59 Way 1: Make sure the way you study is totally irrelevant
03:27 Way 2: Always waste time
09:26 Way 3: Make sure you never improve
13:33 Way 4: Measure your success using meaningless metrics


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