Zach Highley
@ZachHighley
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"The Learning Guy" - MD, Consultant, and YouTuber (500k+ subs) - Sharing science-backed methods to build a better life ✉️ https://t.co/jzBFuGME5l
New York City
Joined May 2020
Today I took my last exam in medical school. I've been in higher education for 11 years. I went from a B student in high school to scoring in the top 3% of my peers. Most people are studying all wrong. Here are 10 study techniques that made me a top performer: [ 🧵 thread]
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Read, write, laugh, play, walk, explore, look, stop, sit, taste, run, think, stare, swim, listen, feel, float, sleep, rest, be or scroll, watch, hear, take, drive, send, game, eat, clean, dress, go, move, send, execute, attend, meet, chat, submit, do
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2025 Year in Review - The Year I Moved to NYC (read full post with links and pics here: - ) Last year I made the big decision of leaving medicine, and this year was another big decision of moving to NYC, and starting a "real" job. Here are some highlights: - I moved to NYC at
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2025 Year in Review - The Year I Moved to NYC (read full post with links and pics here: - ) Last year I made the big decision of leaving medicine, and this year was another big decision of moving to NYC, and starting a "real" job. Here are some highlights: - I moved to NYC at
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Who am I? What do I like? What do I dislike? What are my values? What is my goal for my life? I feel like 80% of humanity goes through life without ever thinking about these questions and instead live life on other people's autopilot.
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Morning exercise → great Morning exercise with friends → awesome Morning exercise outside in the sun with friends → unbeatable I don't think there is a better way to start the day (assuming a good night's sleep)
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Chatted with a SoloTuber today who was looking for a complete plan of how to start a YouTube channel and make real $$ from it in one year. Here is what my action plan was for her and would be for me if I started from scratch (YT has changed my life and gave me financial
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Avoid at all costs what feels like a chore. Jump on the scary and exciting.
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I Just Discovered the Life-Changing Power of "Small Wins" This month felt like a mess. I played too many video games, got sucked back into scrolling, and hit a roadblock with my recently torn ACL, and my new job starts in two weeks! It always happens the same way – I'm doing
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Uncover the surprising science behind micro‑goals and learn how tiny daily wins unlock long‑term productivity gains. This guide breaks down goal‑setting methods to build momentum—start setting...
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What I'm Enjoying This Week: 📚 Read: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon - This book gave me permission to stop waiting for original ideas. Kleon shows how every artist builds on others' work. https://t.co/9zioOVGZwG 🎧 Listened: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern
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An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age, Steal Like an Artist presents ten transformative principles that will help readers discover their artistic side and build a more creative life ...
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“Books are humanity’s greatest technology.” — @ZachHighley From his video: How I Read 4 Books a Day
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I hope this was helpful! I sent things exactly like this every Tuesday at 6 am. Join the Tuesday Tune-Up Here:
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Insights that actually matter. Weekly 5-minute emails on productivity, health, and business. Evidence-based insights that actually work.
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I've been waking up at 5 - 6 am for a couple of years now, but the first week was absolutely brutal. But something magical happened once my sleep cycle settled - these "transplanted" hours transformed what I got done in a single day. Three things made this happen: 1. The
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Every birthday, I write myself new principles to take into the new year. Here is 31: 1. Focus only on the day ahead, anything else is astrology. 2. Say “hi” first. 3. Spend ridiculous amounts of money on your bedding, home office, and exercise classes. 4. Create, don’t
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Life Hack #976: Stop upgrading what's already good. Start replacing what actively annoys you. The happiness ROI is 10x higher.
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Brute force studying nearly always results in worse grades. 99% of students would benefit more from: - Studying less - Getting their life in order (sleep, diet, exercise, medical conditions) - Then optimizing their specific study habits Optimize study habits by: - Eliminating
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Some random stuff I did today with Claude Code: - Saw about 1,000 unique visitors to old domain I own on Cloudflare https://t.co/8uUxX4Bdhw so built out a quick waitlist page for it with Vercel and Google Forms for when I finish the project (~1 hour) - Saw the same with
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How to Design Your Life to be Remarkable with 7 questions: (according to life design expert Daniel Pink) 1. What made me weird as a kid? 2. When do I lose track of time? 3. What do people thank me for? 4. What's my sentence? 5. Where can I make my biggest contribution?
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