Alexander Young

Learning

How To Make An Effective Exam Revision Timetable - How To Study For Exams

Studying for exams can be super stressful and it can be difficult to know where to start. So in this article I dive into how I structured my revision around exam time to stay focused and organised using an exam revision timetable.

Learning

How I Use Spaced Repetition To Get Top Grades in Exams

Spacing out your studying and repeating and going over topics is one of the best ways to remember information but spaced repetition can seem quite confusing and it's difficult to find practical advice on how to space out what you are studying and what the best spacing intervals to use are?

Learning

How To Learn and Make Learning Stick

Are you struggling to remember those key facts for an exam? Do you keep forgetting everything you are learning. I look at how to learn more effectively by dissecting the key principles from one of my favourite books on learning: Make It Stick.

Learning

How To Learn NEW Content - Using Active Recall

Are you just starting off learning a new subject or topic and have no idea how to be efficient and effective with your learning? We're going to focus on how to learn content you're seeing for the first time quickly and effectively with active recall.

Learning

Why I Took 0 Notes In Medical School

So if I'm studying I take zero notes, nada, nothing. I stopped taking notes in my second year at medical school and I actually started performing better than I ever did while spending less time studying. Want to know how I did it?

Learning

How I Got Top Grades in Medical School and Surgical Exams Using Active Recall - A Practical Guide

I'm going to breakdown the exact system that I used when coming top in medicine and surgery exams and show you how to create your own study questions and test yourself using a technique known as the question recall framework so that you can get top grades too.

Productivity

How I Stop Procrastination and Stay Productive: Using The Pomodoro Technique 🍅

The Pomodoro Technique is a focus and time management philosophy developed in the late 1980s by then university student Francesco Cirillo. Procrastination is the number one enemy of any student or creator trying to be productive and get work done.

Learning

How The Feynman Technique Can Help You To Learn Faster

How well do you actually know what you're learning? Well if you have a deep understanding of anything you can probably explain it to someone else pretty well. The Feynman technique is a teaching and communication tool designed to convey information using concise thoughts and simple language.

Human Performance

The One Book That Changed My Life - Poor Charlie’s Almanack

What if life came with a manual? An exact guide to everything you need to know about health, wealth, love, and happiness. Well in today's article I'm going to dive into one of my favourite books and try and summarise the key learning points from all 532 pages.

Productivity

Can The RAY-BAN STORIES WAYFARER Glasses Be Used For Notetaking? Review

I'm going to take a look at the Ray-Ban Stories Wayfarer glasses and see if they can help take notes and learn more efficiently.

Human Performance

What are Your Weaknesses? - How To Answer to This Interview Question - Interview Series

I'm going to show you how to answer the question "What are your weaknesses" in a way that will score you the most points at interview and I'm also going to give you an example script and template to help you get hired.

Learning

How to Study 80+ Hours a Week and Not Burn Out

I'm going to give you my 7 top tips to help you get the most out of your time studying and maximise your knowledge gain and retention without burning out.

Human Performance

Tell Me About Yourself - A Good Answer to This Interview Question - Interview Series

"Tell me about yourself" is a broad question and often asked early in the interview. It's therefore essential to knock it out of the park and start the interview on the right note.

Learning

How To Study For Exams - A Practical Guide Using Active Recall

Want to crush that exam or test you have coming up and get the best grades possible without pulling all nighters? I'm going to give you a practical plan and strategy that I used in medical school and when training as a surgeon to nail your exam preparation and study efficiently and effectively.

Human Performance

The 9 BEST Interview Tips To CRUSH Any Job Interview - Get The Job You Want

So you've got an interview, congratulations! To help you get hired I'm going to give you some actionable interview tips in this first article in my data-driven interview series.

Entrepreneur

The VOS²: Motivate Your Team and Align Your People

Virti's VOS2 alignment process is critical to creating strategic alignment across the company. Here is a look at how it works to help you align your company goals across your workforce.

Entrepreneur

How To Set Your Goals Like Google Using OKRs - Measure What Matters

When scaling businesses I've used lots of frameworks to help align people and track goals and in this video I'm going to look at one specific framework made popular by Google called Objectives and Key Results or OKRs.

Productivity

How To Improve Your Focus and Productivity With Mindfulness and LoFi Music

In this article I look at the science behind mindfulness and Lo-Fi music and how they can help you to stay focused amongst a sea of distractions and give you three strategies be more productive and reduce procrastination using mindfulness and LoFi music.

Learning

How To Remember Everything You Read - 8 Life Hacks To Never Forget A Book

Here are 8 life hacks that I use to remember everything that I read so you can apply the principles from books into your own life more effectively.

Productivity

Top 10 Time Management Tips - How To Manage Your Time And Remain Focused

Here are my top 10 time management tips that help me manage my time as a surgeon and entrepreneur and get the most out of my day when there can seem like an unending amount of work to do.

Human Performance

How To Read A Book A Day - 8 Tips To Help You Read More Effectively

Want to be a better reader? Bill Gates the former CEO of Microsoft and one of the richest men in the world said that he reads about 50 books a year. Here are eight tips that I find helpful for reading more effectively and consistently.

Learning

9 Top Tips To Learn Effectively - How To Learn Anything Lightning Fast

In this article in my evidence-based learning series I'm going to give you nine practical tips to help you learn anything faster and more effectively.

Entrepreneur

How To Delegate Effectively Like A CEO And Achieve More In Less Time

In this article I dive into how I effectively delegate tasks as a CEO and also draw on my experience as a doctor and from running a company in my spare time around my medical training where I made some mistakes in delegating tasks and learned some important lessons.

Human Performance

How I Reliably Hit All My Goals Using The Perfect Productivity Process

In this article I breakdown the system that I use when undertaking any project or aiming for any goal that ensures success almost all of the time.

Entrepreneur

How I Raised A $10 Series A (Deck and Process)

In this post I breakdown how I raised $10M for my company Virti and share our pitch deck and investment process to help you do the same.