OUTWORK Everyone By Being Bored 

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I 100% agree with this, if we allowed ourselves to get bored without something to distract it, the things we can do are unlimited.

"Development feels unnecessary, because life is just good enough." This is so true and so inspiring

How to be productive: 1. Do things you are supposed to do before doing anything else 2. You are now productive, well done

Finally, a video that shares my unpopular ideas. I've been telling all my friends the past year that boredom is good for you and is the only way for ourselves and our society to progress. And I've found that so many people refuse to accept that fact, because it so so easy to constantly stimulate ourselves. I wrote a NyTimes article about harnessing boredom during quarantine a few years back and wrote about the exact same study you mentioned here. Amazing video, I wish everyone would see this and implement boredom in their lives. If we cannot discover and access our true inner capabilities, we are nothing.

VERY similar: I read about a trick when you cant get into the work; if you dont want to do the work, then dont do it. But you can only sit on a chair in the middle of the room. No phone, no nothing. It may take you some time, up to 15 minutes, but at some point (as said in this video) you will want to to the work, since the boredoom is killing ya

yep. boredom really works. usually i have a huge distraction problem, there are days when i am plugged in listening music or watching videos for the entirety of the day, even during the working hours. But on some days when i choose to spend at least 1-2 hours without listening to music in the background or watching videos then the work becomes super easy to do, to the point where turning on the music feels wrong and only distracts me from my work or studies, so i can turn it off no problem. Its like there is a 2 hour buffer zone of boredom that separates my mind from the 'distracted' state and 'focused' state

This hits harder when you distract yourself at work with this video...I do love the message. I've realized it before, but I also have been raised comfortably, as long as I can afford the little things, I don't need much money. As long as I have something to process, I don't need anything grand. At the end of the day, I should really strive for more...

"It's lack of stimulation which allows us to stop tearing up our brains...and think clearly." What a gem.

Can I outwork everyone by sleeping?

some points that I found important to note down overstimulation makes life feel "good enough" we are living a life directed by impulsivity rather than intentionality principles of deep work: 1. allocate certain hours of the day for only deep work 2. write down what you want to get down beforehand 3. take low-stimulation breaks 4. listen to binaural beats at 40hz

I’m chronically bored with life, and distractions like RU-vid and Netflix don’t help. Thankfully it’s the push I need to make a big change. I’m hoping to start travelling and doing new things soon, wish me luck 🙏

This is literally my strategy at work. I have the option of working from home, but there's just too many distractions there, so I usually end up going to work anyway. You know, to get work done.

I don't even touch my phone as a vehicle technician. I just pump out oil changes, tire rotations and services and most of the time I do it as autopilot not even thinking about any distractions. Not sure about outwork but it helps you efficiently complete tasks. Although I'm productive, that boring state can sometimes affect you mentally such as make you feel like you have nothing going on for you; you aren't able to use your creative juices to help you think and get excited about doing anything. There are definitely its pros and cons but I think everything just needs balance and you will no doubt have peace of mind and succeed in whatever you're doing.

In my opinion, the idea of "outworking everyone" and being successful is amplified by social media. 95% of the content in social media preaches that you must get productive, or you'll be mediocre. Perhaps we'll have to use the boredom first to eradicate the subconscious guilt we feel when not working and THEN work on what we want.

This found me early, right as I had a shift in mindset and started to grind harder and outperform those around me, but just focusing. The key to change is change, and sustaining that change.

"In your breaks, only spend time on things that don't overstimulate👏👏". Nice one. I didn't see in any of the videos

I'm fascinated by the quality of your editing skills. On top of that, I agree with the idea of avoiding overstimulation.

Great video! There's so much important that can be learned by this. I feel like the downtime part is where I get it wrong, it's easy to stimulate myself too much when I have "free time", and then find myself struggling to get back into work mode.

FInally a well-made video that is concise and to the point, no nonsense and accessible

this is why i enjoy RVing/vanlife off grid. when you get out of cellphone service a textbook or a downloaded podcast becomes a treasure.

It's ironic how long this video continues distracting us for after it's made its point.

To anyone who reads this, I see you and I know you'll make it. Don't give up. I'm rooting for you :)

It's ironical that while being distracted we watch videos about the value in boredom , but this was quite interesting

Thats the issue when I work at home.. its best to put yourself in a place where there is no choice but to engage in work.. i’ve found that after 5-10 min of initiation and finding ways to avoid it, i end up doing it anyways, and once i start i become more involved with my work, then i start to enjoy it.. and the more i practice it, the more i get in a groove with work, i almost dont want to stop.. you truly learn to enjoy it. its those first 5 min that count.

Very good video. Personally, after i deleted most of my social media, i found myself way more ready to do 'deep work'. It's true, if you lower your standards of how much you stimulate yourself you will be able to much more productive work in less time. I can get my school stuff done, take a walk and read some books and that'll be a good day. It really is a blessing, and i think more people need to be aware of the dangers that social media brings with it.

real and true. never let light on a screen control you

This was a masterpiece, easily should have grabbed 100k views till now. I feel like you are going to grow a lot if you go at this rate.

probably the best video on the topic. Totally agree with the majority of what's being presented here!

This is why married man outwork everybody despite spending little time at the office

We must learn to love boredom. In a way, discipline becomes boring, but that's what makes it great. I liked this video.

This video got me commenting because how genius you're and how good you're explaining the reason.

Intermittent Boredom

Honestly the best video of its kind. I find myself coming back often to watch this. If you can absorb what's being said here there's no need to read a thousand pages of this self-help genre.

I love Cal Newport. I'd love to see more videos from you explaining his ideas! This one was great! I always put my phone in the living room when I write in the morning, but now I'm going to experiment with moving my laptop outside of the room also, so I have no choice but to "electrocute myself" by focusing on the task at hand. In fact, I'm going to try this experiment now for an hour!

Wow, I needed to hear this. I am going to work on embracing more boredom in my life! I loved the specific tactics for doing effective deep work!

I grew up in a family with little distractions available, partly because it was too expensive for us to afford the luxury to be distracted. Today out of boredom i've studied, analytics, theology, web developpment,business management and ended-up finding a new job. It was out of boredom, not by my counscious desire to find a job, however i'm happy that i didn't have the mean to be distracted.

One of the best videos I've seen in a long time, majestic editing! Thought it would have like millions of views.

This is incredible. Simple yet profound.

Thanks for valuing our time and making this video short and on point.

This video is a gem.

I cannot comprehend that how good this video really is. A very valuable video I've seen after a very long time.

The concept we never knew, that we all need. Top vid bro

Never thought about this from such perspective. Thanks.

Damn, Bro. You've got such useful material

That's such a clever approach, wow

Great video! I want to point out at 2:48 so people know better. The original quote was from Blaise Pascal: "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone."

This editing is spectacular and I like the Ideas you put forth and the manner in which you put them forth. Great Job!

This just goes hard...Great content man Straight to tthe Point

What a great video well done. Brilliant, short and sweet.

Pomodoro study is the concept of work he speaks of at end... It has worked great for me studying for two months

Repitition in a job you hate can be boring feeling like mediocrity but having vision of your full potential while taking the baby steps to reach that goal is something to look foward to.

I don't necessarily agree with productivity being the highest goal but it's always good to think about ways to get stuff done more efficiently. Makes it easier to be lazy too.

A quick prayer really helps too, yessir thank you Jesus✝️❤️

So, I clicked on this video telling myself ‘this title is dopamine for me. I rather be bored than constantly hustle’ but watching it was genuinely illuminating, thank you so much!

This changed my life .

Very well put together video. 5 mins loads of information very valuable

This is an excellent video and I will utilize this technique. I actually already applied it by not clicking off the video to find a new one for after or checking the comments just because sense you were talking about it I recognized that would classify as succumbing to boredom. It really works!

The problem is that i have managed to be able to not feel bored when i have nothing to do. So when i don't pay attention to what i m doing for example, i start thinking of something else and then something after that and i can also have conversations with myself (more like monologues towards people that don't exist or reply). Even if i don't have conversations with myself i can still just stare to a blank space for hours without getting bored. I have sadly overcome boredom when doing nothing.

So true, before I got into watching youtube and anime I was so productive. I was working all day, and I didn't even care.

This is so true. Literally what happens to me whenever the internet went down.

Love the content bro love to see more people like us encouraging others to do the best of the ability God bless

Thank you for this video. I can relate to a few of your points. Boredom was the main thing that caused me to ruin my life. Doing drugs, wasting time playing games, fapping... all of those behavior's can be tied down to one thing: boredom. My justification was, "But I'm so bored!". I thought boredom didn't lead to anything useful. But apparently, after watching your video, I have learnt that being bored is a prerequisite of being productive. Attention residue is a real thing. That is why I don't like reading on my phone. I never knew how to explain it but I just liked reading physical books because it allows me to stay focused. By using my phone, there is potential for distraction.

The visuals in this video are amazing 😮

This is 100% true, I went on a phone fast for a month and my productivity went over 9000, all the laziness and lethargy went away. I would get extremely bored when I didn't work so I would work often and with intensity and than get bored af, rinse repeat.

This video is amazing. Thank you. I feel like I'm about to become 100x more productive using the tips & concepts from this video.

Boredom is painful, but it's very important to have at least some amount of it in our life. Not only for productivity, but also for mental health

I have two words for you. Thank you!

I'm only 1:24 into the video but I already love you for using a clip from my favorite movie of all time, Yi Yi

Thank you, this what I needed to hear to be great at computer science.

High quality video and content Elijah. It re-sparked my curiosity to create space for deep work in my life!

Excellent video bro, and Goggins truly is an inspiration.

What I learned made a video about this, his video was about why less restraint is how you overcome bad habits/procrastination. Instead of using all your restraint to avoid doing something, just put that thing in a place very difficult to reach.

i swear this channel is gonna blow up

I can realise how bad I have been in my work output for past 2 weeks, Thanks for helping me with this video. Gotta take work and boredom seriously :)

gold right here for the simple ppl this is it follow this only

Pro editing and an amazing script. This video sadly didn't get enough attention, but this video style will surely get you far. Keep up the great work!

Bro, how do you not have like at least 100k rn. The quality is way too good.

I tried and now I lay on my bed all day long with break on lunch and sleep. Thank you. It helped me a lot.

i love this video. concise and straight to the point.

Everything was on point. Great work

Whenever I'd start to work on homework or something I didn't want to do, I'd feel a strong sense of pain inside me. When I had been working on something I didn't want to work on for a long time I started to feel lonely and sad. It didn't get easier, but I got better at it, and now I feel a sense of accomplishment whenever I can get through a period and look back on all the things I did that I never thought I could pull off becasue of my avoidance of those negative feelings.

It never makes me more infuriated than to be asked or complained about something unimportant while I'm in a flow. My mother is always in a bad mood because of menopause, and never respects my boundary, and constantly asks me about what to cook for dinner or to do the dishes. I know I'm such a dependent asshole for even thinking that this bothers me, but I can't stand but to be angry because it is so hard for me to get into the state of flow, and my day is basically ruined from the point I interacted with her. I have a curated list of music that I listen to in order to get into the flow, but when she angrily bursts into my room, the music that I'm hearing basically becomes useless from that day on because it brings back an angry mood. I know I have to be more independent and rent my own room where I'm distraction free, but I don't feel like I can with her preventing me from doing what I excel. I tried explaining this to her multiple times, but she never seems to understand the concept of flow as she claims that she never experienced anything like this in her life, and makes fun of me that I look like I'm having a man period.

“Oh yes, I 100% totally agree with this, I’ve already been telling everyone to do this, been saying it for my whole life”, I said as I watch a random youtube video to stave off my boredom.

Bits of this video remind me of "Deep Work" by Cal Newport. The whole "Keep your attention in one thing at a time ONLY", very useful.

Glad I was able to sit and watch this all the way through. Time to delete social media again

bro i love the graphics used

This is 100% correct.

This is what I've been doing for years. Works well👌🏻

this video is so underrated!!

Thanks for giving me a new perspective

Thanks you for the reminder, stay strong brothers

intriguing concept

I thought this video would’ve had 100s of thousands of views at least. Great content! Subscribed!

I feel like I need a dopamine detox for a few days now and then implement this. It's so true. I get caught up listening to music watching videos scrolling twitter when I just need to be bored from not doing any of that then result in focusing on the work and things that'll elevate me.

Well done, Elijah. This was a great video.. This just goes hard...Great content man Straight to tthe Point.

Powerful video, well done and great work!

Was in a hospital for a month and found myself drawing/writing again. Yeah, the tricky part is setting up an environment to induce boredom without cutting off modern necessities.

Thanks for the video!

Life changing dude