Eli

[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

May your desire to be a licensed MD be ever greater than the obstacles you have right now.

[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

Another good productivity tip:

Do caffeine naps.

Wait till you're tired, drink caffeine, then take a 15-minute nap.

Your brain clears adenosine during the nap so as you wake up, the caffeine has just kicked in resulting in better cognitive performance.

Works like a charm.

[Eli @ejgab11]

@Whotfismick 😂

[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

Hard study techniques (e.g., doing practice tests, flashcards) create long-lasting learning.

Easy study techniques (e.g., rereading, highlighting) create short-term learning.

[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

Everybody wants a gold medal, but few people want to train like an Olympian.

Having a goal is easy. Executing on a goal is hard.

Starters are many. Finishers are few.

And in the end, execution is everything.

— @JamesClear

[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

One of my favorite quotes whenever I get stuck:

“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” — Henry Ford

[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

Studying is hard.
Failing your exam is harder.

Staying focused for long hours is hard.
Falling behind your study schedule is harder.

Doing practice tests is hard.
Not remembering what you’ve just studied is harder.

[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

Study technique that has served me well:

Interleaving.

I don’t try to study only one topic all at once.

Instead, I mix up the studying of one subject with doing practice tests of a different subject.

Massively sped up my learning.

[Eli @ejgab11]

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[Eli @ejgab11]

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[Eli @ejgab11]

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[Eli @ejgab11]

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[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

Study tip:

Don’t think "How can I ever finish studying everything for this exam?"

Instead say, "I will spend 10 uninterrupted hours a day to study"

This ensures you build momentum by committing to smaller tasks at first.

Then you can work your way up to bigger things.

[Poem Heaven @PoemHeaven]

just be patient.

[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

I used to read the study material but end up forgetting most of it.

3 hacks that fixed it for me:

•Doing a lot of practice tests
•Studying the explanation to the correct answer
•Rereading the material to learn why the other options are wrong (which serves as my second read)

[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

Students with a lot of "self-discipline" don’t necessarily have more willpower

They just figure out how to optimize their environment in advance to make it easier to focus later on

So it’s not about resisting distractions now

It’s about removing them before you start studying.

[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

Me at 22 years old

•Never did practice tests
•Highlighted each and every text
•Always crammed the night before

Me at 32 years old

•Do practice tests everyday
•Use the Feynman Technique
•Space out my studying

10 years can change everything.

Don’t give up.

[a n x i e t y @ohanxiety]

maybe i lied when i said i was okay.

[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

Quick hack to 10x your focus while studying:

Turn off your phone notifications

This prevents the creation of open loops—unresolved thoughts that use up our mental resources.

And by avoiding open loops, you can maintain focus on studying and minimize the distractions.

[Karl Avillo, MD 🚢 @AvilloKarl]

@letjamesbejewel By doing a lot of practice tests.

Because this will help you find out what topics keep coming up and what questions get asked more frequently than others. 😃