Brief Summary
This video presents three habits to become smarter: reading books, watching podcasts and videos, and becoming a creator. It emphasizes the importance of applying knowledge gained from books and podcasts and sharing it with others through content creation.
- Reading non-fiction books to gain knowledge and apply it to daily life.
- Watching podcasts and videos to level up in life.
- Becoming a creator to share knowledge and inspire others.
The video introduces the idea that becoming smart doesn't necessarily require extensive formal education. The video aims to provide viewers with three simple habits that can help them become smarter, primarily to achieve good grades, become wealthy, and gain respect. The speaker, Colin, a student at Yale University studying computer science, promises to share these habits.
Reading books, especially non-fiction, is presented as the fastest way to gain knowledge and apply it to daily life. The speaker recommends reading one book every month, dedicating about 10 minutes each day before bed. He provides a list of 12 books across four categories: psychology (The 48 Laws of Power, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Influence), biographies (Elon Musk, Can't Hurt Me, Shoe Dog), mindset (Mastery, The Creative Act, Principles), and philosophy/productivity (Meditations, The Miracle Morning, Feel-Good Productivity). The speaker emphasizes the importance of applying the knowledge gained from reading and using active recall to absorb information effectively.
Watching podcasts and videos is the second habit for becoming smarter, but the speaker specifies watching content that helps one level up in life, rather than pointless videos. He recommends podcasts such as Andrew Huberman's podcast on health, "How to Get Rich Without Getting Lucky," "They Call Me Samir," "Diary of a CEO," and "My First Million." He advises taking notes while listening to podcasts to retain information. He also recommends specific YouTubers like David Laid for building an aesthetic body and Dan Koe for learning about writing and focus.
Becoming a creator by making videos, writing blogs, and tweeting is the final habit. The speaker shares that creating content helps reinforce knowledge and inspire others. He emphasizes that sharing knowledge is fulfilling and can also be a high-income skill. Creating content allows for self-education, accountability, and building a community.
The speaker expresses gratitude to the viewers and encourages them to follow him on Instagram for more exclusive content.
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0:01 ladies and gentlemen if you clicked on this video chances are you want to become smart now for most of our life we're being told that we need 6 years of primary school 4 years of high school and another four years of college to be smart but it's actually much easier than that and for most people you want to be smart for three reasons to get good grades to get filthy rich and to sound smart so that people can respect you but not too smart that you look like a little nerd well you've come to the right spot my name is Colin and I'm a student at Yale University studying computer science and in this video I'll show you the three simple habits that'll make you a genius so the first habit is reading books now you can read fiction books if you want to improve your vocabulary or use like big words but I would strongly recommend reading non-fiction books guys reading books is the fastest way to become smart because
0:46 you're literally getting years of knowledge and experience in just a couple pages and when you read non-fiction you can apply it to your daily life and you can also just casually drop interesting knowledge when you're talking with friends so I've been reading one book every 2 weeks since I was 15 years old and I buy books every month at College it's almost like an addiction at this point but if you're just getting started I would highly recommend reading a book a month 10 minutes a day before bed so what books should you read I'm going to give you a list of 12 books in four categories that'll make you super smart so in the world of psychology you should read the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale carnagey and influence by Robert cini these three books will teach you how to increase your influence and become powerful now when it comes to biographies or stories I would highly recommend men the biography of Elon Musk
1:31 by Ashley Vance can't hurt me by David gogins and shoe dog by Phil n these books will show you that in order to become successful you must first innovate and have the right mindset now when it comes to thinking SL mindset books you should read Mastery by Robert Green the creative act by Rick Rubin which I actually have signed and principles by Ray doio these three books will expand your mind and provide you with a more meaningful purpose and finally under philosophy SL productivity read meditations by Marcus orelias which talks a lot about sism the miracle morning by Hal Elrod and feel-good productivity by Ali abdal guys all these 12 books are books that I've personally read and I think they're definitely must reads if you want to become super smart and if you read a book a month which is very doable by the way you can gain all this knowledge in just 12 months and get ahead of 99% of people also when it
2:18 comes to reading books don't just read for the sake of reading right you want to apply that knowledge and maybe even make like practice questions so it can do active recall and this is how you absorb that knowledge fast now the second habit that will make you a gen is watching podcasts and videos but I'm not talking about watching pointless cat videos or podcasts that lower your IQ I'm talking about watching videos that'll help you level up in life so some podcasts that I would recommend watching are Andrew huberman's podcast on health how to get rich without getting lucky by Nal they call and Samir podcast where they interview online creators Diary of a CEO and my first million if you want to learn more about startups now you don't want to be just watching these podcasts passively you want to be actively writing notes as you listen to these podcasts because chances are if you're just watching podcast passively you're going to forget that information in the next hour now some
3:04 other YouTubers that will help you become a genius of course if you want to build an aesthetic body you watch David La if you want to learn more about writing and focus maybe watch Dan Co and if you want to become an intellectual Chad well of course there's this Asian guy that you should subscribe now the final thing you want to do to become super smart is to become a Creator I'm talking about creating videos on YouTube writing blogs tweeting and inspiring people online guys whenever I read a book nowadays I get super excited because I know that I can share it with you guys I know that when I learn something I can create a video like the one you're watching right now to help Inspire and motivate you so not only should you consume that knowledge in the form of books and podcasts but you should also apply it and share it with others and it's also a high income skill that can make you filthy rich but more importantly it's so fulfilling that feeling where you can help millions of
3:51 people improve their lives is just Priceless and along the way you also become smarter because you do that self-education and you have that accountability you have that audience online which can also change your life I went from Z to 100,000 subscribers in less than a year and you can do the same I'm super grateful for all of you guys and our family is growing but the point is try to create from what you consume create something for the world and give value to other people and by doing so you'll become super smart and you also build a fun Social Circle where you can meet cool people and make new friends so I hope you guys got lots of value from this video if you guys want more exclusive wisdom on how to win in life follow me on Instagram right here @ Colin jness as always God bless hustle we're all going to Wi and I'll see you in the next one
