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Work with Your Brain, Not Against It

November 11, 2025 / 01:00

This episode discusses learning disabilities, personal growth, and effective study techniques. The guest shares their experiences with learning challenges and strategies for success.

The guest reflects on their high school experience, feeling pressure to learn like others. They discuss the impact of internalizing feelings of inadequacy and how this affected their self-esteem.

They emphasize the importance of recognizing that learning disabilities do not define a person's intelligence. The guest highlights the need to find personalized learning methods that work for them.

One practical strategy mentioned is using timers to break reading into manageable segments, which helps maintain focus and productivity.

The conversation encourages listeners to embrace their unique learning styles and to understand that everyone has different strengths.

TL;DR

The episode focuses on learning disabilities and effective study strategies for personal growth.

Episode

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The most important thing that I have
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learned is to work with your brain, not
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against it. I think in like high school
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especially, I put a lot of pressure on
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myself to be able to learn the way that
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everybody else or like a lot of other
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people's people do. Like I kind of
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internalize that and be like, well, I'm
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not, you know, I'm I'm kind of dumb
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compared to them. Like I can't uh learn
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as well as them. And kind of
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internalized that and then just
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realizing years later like there's
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nothing wrong with you. like if you
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have, you know, uh a learning disability
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or whatever, um it's like you just have
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to work a little bit differently. You
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just have to learn a little bit
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differently and just like reading, like
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I can read, but it's like I have to do
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little short spurts. I can't ever just
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like sit and read something for like an
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hour. Um and so like if I'm trying to
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read something or trying to get
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something done, uh like setting a timer
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just is really simple thing that has
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helped me a lot. Just like helps my
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brain get back on track being like what
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was I doing again? Oh yeah.

Episode Highlights

  • Learning Differently
    Realizing that everyone learns in their own way can be empowering. 'There's nothing wrong with you.'
    “There's nothing wrong with you.”
    @ 00m 28s
    November 11, 2025
  • Simple Techniques for Focus
    Using timers can help manage attention and improve productivity. 'Setting a timer has helped me a lot.'
    “Setting a timer has helped me a lot.”
    @ 00m 52s
    November 11, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • There's nothing wrong with you.
    Work with Your Brain, Not Against It
  • You just have to learn a little bit differently.
    Work with Your Brain, Not Against It

Key Moments

  • Embracing Differences00:28
  • Focus Techniques00:52

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