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Marty Lobdell - Study Less Study Smart
Psychology professor Marty Lobdell gives a one-hour lecture on how to study effectively, covering short focused sessions with breaks, study environment, note-taking and memory techniques. It was aimed at students who cram without improving.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it for productivity, focus and working-from-home threads, since its advice on breaks and mental modes applies beyond studying.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Pierce College District WA
- Topic
- study skills
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 13
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I'm more curious if he was actually studying. A lot of people claim they can study for these absurd amounts of time when the vast majority of it is actually spent staring at a page or even rereading the same page. Marty Lobdell did a …
grae_QED on Hacker News · 2021-04
In How I studied for 12 hours a day for over a year1.) Write things down. Get organized. Google Calendar and Trello mean I never forget to do anything and I don't exercise brain power on remembering it all. This helps balance by being more relaxed. At night I don't worry about all the things I have …
Jemmeh on Hacker News · 2015-08
In Ask HN: How are some people exceptionally productive?There was a lecture by Marty Lobdell[1] where he talks about a note taking system that separates facts and concepts that I really like. Concepts are easy to get a handle on because it doesn't take much effort to think of a real word example …
BoysenberryPi on Hacker News · 2016-04
In Ask HN: How are you taking notes
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