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Yeah same, I tried to only concentrate on the video, but my brain just fly away to some random thoughts. I lost control of my brain long time ago, but I am willing to take it back
1. Set a certain time for deep work every day - The best way to make work less exhausting is to make it a habit. Set an extended time to do your work and get rid of any distractions. - Cal Newport, the author of Deep Work, suggests doing deep work first in the morning, from 9 a.m. to midday. That’s when your mind functions the best. - When you first start, don’t worry if you can only do about 20 - 30 minutes. With enough practice, you will be able to extend it to a few hours, but not more than 4. Research shows that a human’s brain can’t focus for more than 4 hours at a time. 2. Have a shutdown ritual - Ways to unplug: - Take a nap - Meditate - Take a walk in nature - Don't scroll through social media during the break. This is like you would slow down and take a rest instead of doing burpees during a marathon race to run farther. 3. Have a rule of being distracted - Set a certain for distracting activities like checking emails, scrolling social media, etc. It’s better to do these activities after deep work. 4. Take care of your body - Sleep for at least 7 hours a day. Those who don’t have enough sleep have a worse performance during the day. - Exercise. Our brains become more plastic and perform better when we exercise. Also, your short-term memory functions at its peak up to 3 - 4 hours after exercising. - Stay hydrated. Keep a water bottle by your side while engaging in deep work. - Eat healthily. 5. The Pomodoro Technique - Work for 25 minutes without interruption. - Take a rest for 5 minutes. - Repeat the cycle 4 times then take a long break
" I don't care how much power, brilliance, or energy you have, if you don't harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you're never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants." - Zig Ziglar
lol I cant even finish the whole video I have to pause it and watch other videos with like 10 youtube tabs open at once switching between each video lol
1. Work on single task for long periods of times without distractions 2. Set a certain time each day 3. Destimulate your day in one day 4. Rules for focus time - all distractions 5. Body - exercise, sleep, hydrate, diet 6. Pomodoro
To me, focus is almost everything now. Whether in work, studies or care for self and loved ones, focus is a skill that allows to understand, process and enjoy all so much better.
Me: Focused on video. RU-vid: Here is an Ad in the middle of your segment of this video... Did you know WikiBuy can save you money?,!?!? Me: Skiiiiip....Where were we?
Thanks for this video. I feel that Multi-Tasking is over-rated. Focusing on one thing and getting It done is way better than scattering your brain all over the place!
I agree wholeheartedly. Over the years, I've mastered the skill of multi-tasking, because that's what employers seem to want in an employee, but I've noticed that the real jobs get done when you can focus on one task, without distraction, until completion. I'm now learning to do that better. I'm finally trying to write (something I've always wanted to do), and I'm finding that I need this skill more than ever.
What people perceive as multi-tasking is actually focused work on one thing followed by focused work on other thing and so on, while that first thing is not getting out of hand. True multi-tasking doesn't exist. Trying to do a bunch of things at once is not multi-tasking, it's overcinfidence at best and stupidity at worst.
At 8:40 it kind of reminds me of a proverb I once heard from the Bible: "A handful of rest is better than two handfuls of work" or something along those lines.
This is super helpful, thank you. I really need to restructure my day. As a photographer though I think I’ll have to make all client appointments in the afternoon so I can do deep work mornings.
Thank you for the video and in-depth information on it. The Video is 17 min. If you take time to write it down more than a hour. Good Work Team. #beawesome
Diet suggestion: 1. Only eat food that has "one gram of fiber for every one hundred calories." 2. Only drink water. 3. Take vitamin supplements of "water soluble" vitamin C and B. 4. Do not eat food in restaurants.
Focus is key to achieve quality of life .Check email and social media on evening on laptop/desktop not on mobile.Good idea to relax:-mediate 10-15 minutes,sleep, walk but don't check mobile phone.Get enough sleep stay hydrated.
Then how come I can focus +10 hours if I’m panicking 🤣 I’ll be in solitary confinement and work like a freaking machine, and that super power seems to only get unlocked if the due date is TODAY 😂💔
@@nikitadessai7516 i didn't read the entire book but i applied deep work at my study sessions. After getting up I immediately start studying for 4 hours with little breaks without checking social media. It works pretty well and it's efficient
This is so true and so important. I can say from experience that deep work really works and that working in a distracted state is extremely counterproductive and the same for multitasking.
There is never a “have to” when it comes to SCROLLING social media. Re: social media scrolling: Post if you must (i.e. business promotion), interact if you’re trying to build community- but scrolling? Never ever necessary. Waste of time, energy and life? Absolutely.
It's a entertainment. A one that can cause harm if you are not conscious about it. I stopped doing it. I only use social media to contact the people I love.
So many good points which appear fundamental on the surface, yet so elusive to achieve in today's world. Thank you for the new video! Bravo, Art of Improvement!!
is it me or does the Pomodoro technique contradict the deep work section at the start? Deep work is to build up periods of concentration so its 30 minutes, then an hour, then two etc but the Pomodoro is lots of short breaks within an hour to long break after one hour 15 minutes. So have I missed a key point? Genuine question rather than a critique.
I have to disagree that morning is universally the best time to focus. I'm a night owl who is forced to daywalk for a salary. Focusing in the morning is utterly out of the question. My brain doesn't really come online until late in the day, and the peak is usually from 10pm to 2am. So in the morning, I do the routine tasks that don't require much thought. I save the heavier tasks and decision-making for the afternoon. If I have a project that is particularly intensive, I'll work on it from home during my 'golden hours' of 10pm to 2am.
Had to get rid of my family, a few colleagues and a few social media friends in order to be able to focus again. Now I am focused on how to get back friends and family.
Honestly, I think that focus is largely a result the way that you feel about yourself and the way that you feel emotionally about the possibilities for yourself, which is often the byproduct of childhood relationships, as well inspiration. I think that focus starts with dealing with those things.
CO₂ levels on airplanes are not supportive of your assertion. I invite you to look at the trends in flight time, aircraft size, and which portions of the flight have the highest levels.
It's a fantastic video, i'm grateful for it! 🙏 I'm thinking now, what a person can do, if his job needs focus, deep work, but it's constantly interrupted by phone calls and e-mails (and other messages) from boss, from other colleagues, from customers etc. In this situation, when being online is part of the job, switching off not an option. What can a person do to keep his focus in a situation like this? 🤔
Summary: 1) Fix a task, don't multitask, and make it a habit. 2) Take short breaks to regain information and relax the brain. 3) Exercise- your body and mind 4) Eat healthy food- we become what we eat. 5) Hydrate- Helps you keep your body clean and detox 6) Presentation- display skills to preserve what you learned.
There's no mastering it for the ADHD, only the constant struggle to find and corral it. Hope this helps. It's impossible to understand for those not wired this way. The wires don't "just do/change" because you want/try to make them.
actually you can re wire your brain... look into neuroplasticity. I'm almost certain most people labled with attention deficit problems can dramatically change that with the right mental lifestyle.
@@anab0lic Yes I understand about neuroplasticity and have learned many things-and development many skills which require such, but this does not change the executive function control areas of my brain. It's not the same for each case. No one is better at explaining the intricacies and misunderstandings surrounding ADHD better than the "How to ADHD" gal here on YT. I started to make some explanatory comments, but realized that if you actually did care to understand us better, Jessica would be the ticket.
Thanks folks, I'll be adopting the approach outlined in this video today. I'll be really good at it for a week or maybe two. If it goes beyond that, it'll be great and unusual, but maybe a start.
What if you are the front facing worker of your team? I can block out email or phone for short periods of time while working on something important, but not for too long. I share a lot of information with the outside world and can become the chokepoint for a lot of projects if I don't respond quickly.
1. Make deep work a habit and routine. 2. have a shutdown ritual 3. have a rule for being distracted. 4. Take care of your body. 5. Use pomodoro technique
this is probably one of the biggest things I see lacking with young kids these days... they can't stay focused and produce deep high quality work. And I think smart phones are big reason for this. Prior to there prevalence we lived in a world where there was much less distractions and we would instead devote long periods just to one thing...
I used to be able to focus quite well but nowadays I get distracted very easily, the reason I am looking at this video. I am wondering how big the effect will be of working remotely post COVID if people were already unable to really focus at the office. Adding all the possible attraction from the home environment will be a desastreus influence on their productivity I guess
I am 15 years old now, but I started watching these videos 10 months ago and suddenly I am on my way to becoming: a professional pianist, a chess grandmaster, a software developer, a music composer and I can now speak: Polish, English and Franch fluidly (learning Spanish currently) I am so productive because of these videos!
My notes: "We can be truly successful only at things we are willing to fail at" - Mark Manson Two modes of focus: 1. Direct focus in a single thing 2. Scattered focus on multiple things
At 12:28 you say " When we exercise , our brains become more plastic" . This does not sound good. I know what you mean but that's a poor word choice. "Our brains have more Plasticity" Might have worked........or versatility .
I’m happy the very first figure he drew was a black girl. I’m a black girl and i really needed this and seeing her resemble me just really helped me. I don’t know why exactly, maybe I’m crazy who knows. 🤷🏽♀️ point is, it helped.
Great video, reminder of techniques I’ve used in the past. Lately though having trouble focusing as I’m in middle of lifestyle changes. It would be great if you and/or other viewers could address two things I need help on: 1) How to do deep work on multiple different things? A day for each area of deep focused work or divide up the focus time? 2) I need to do outdoor work in the mornings before it gets too hot, this has messed up my focused computer morning work time. If I do outdoor work, say from 6/7 to 9 am, then switch to deep focus, will I still be able to maintain productivity? Yes I realize I have to do it to see what works, but would like some input on these kinds of issues, thanks!
One can train the mind to focus 8 hours at a stretch. Did this in Grad School in order to write my doctoral thesis. I just retired from teaching and am writing a book. Up to 5 hours at a stretch now. Don't own T.V. and I limit internet use.
Your mind only allows you to shut down when you've fully done all the work that it feels it needs to get done. This is exactly why i cant sleep for the past few weeks cause i dont feel like im getting anything done and my brain wont let me unplug!!
Isn't doing one thing for extended period of time is called focus I can never focus on one thing for longer periods of time and that's why I was here. You're telling me to get focus with deep work? Like it's so contradictory
The irony is I’m cleaning my bathroom while listening to this 🙄🤣 and I really want to reduce the distraction I know is keeping me from completing tasks
Absolutely. Refined carbs are the most damaging. Natural, unrefined animal fats (including butter) & cold pressed vegetable oils are really good foods! Not palm-oil or chemically extracted vegetable oils though, these are as bad as sugars. They can cause chronic inflammation and a host of other long term problems.
