0:19 - Lazy Troubleshooting 1:36 - What kind of Lazy 4:51 - Problems with being Lazy 6:07 - Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation 7:13 - Positive and Negative Motivation 11:05 - Checklist for Why you are Lazy (Purpose, Values, Cycle 'in' Life, Vacation) 16:03 - Context 16:29 - Habits 18:39 - Breaking Laziness Right now("You can act your way into Right Thinking. But you can't think your way into Right Action.") 20:17 - Thinking vs Acting 23:09 - No Perfection Needed 23:46 - Slow Down too 25:13 - Acknowledge Failure 25:54 - Over-productivity Backfire
You have changed my life… .. I am Dima from Syria… .. Sufering because of the war… but you Leo give me hope to continue my life… . so I really whant to thank you.
+Actualized.org Leo! I love you , brother! You put out some good videos! But you your reply to this person who is suffering because of the war in the Middle East sounds like either you don't understand the depth of the situation in the middle east or you're just being curt and pat with your answers. I know you're not rude , so I just wanted to point that out, man.
If you liked this video, I recommend you watch these related videos too: 1) Self Discipline vs Freedom - How To Create More Freedom In Your Life 2) How To Motivate Yourself - The Trick Behind Lasting Self-Motivation 3) How To Find Your Passion - Why You Have No Passion & How To Fix It 4) Bad Habits - A Live Exercise For Dropping Any Bad Habit For Good 5) Life Purpose - Critical Points For Finding Your Life Purpose 6) How To Stop Procrastinating - A Step-by-Step Process For Busting The Worst of Procrastination
I'm just tired of fucking up in life with my laziness, at this moment feel like punching a wall because laziness creeps up on me so many times, hurts other people, seems like something that is out of my control. I hope to find an insight, mindset that will stick and truly change my life permanently in a positive way.
I was always told and believed I was lazy. The truth is I have always been a workaholic who gets worn out and needs a break. That is an eyeopener! Thank you Leo!
This video was much needed, thanks so much for taking the time to produce this. My young mother of 41 passed away in March and it motivated me to quit my suckish 9-5 corporate job and pursue a career as a performer however, I've found myself go from working all the time to recently since I made the change I've been lazy as hell. Your absolutely right, sometimes you have to just say fuck it, take the first step, and get it done. The crazy thing is I have all things that I have to do I think about all day and say oh crap I have to do this blah blah blah (in my head its like a child throwing a tantrum). But EVERY SINGLE TIME I start on them and get in the middle of the action, I enjoy myself, get inspired, and at the end I realize how incredibly fucking destructive those thoughts are compared to the actual outcome. Thanks bro, your being a beneficial presence on the planet!
Long term laziness has been with me for awhile. With school, work, and just day-to-day activities. I mean i know what needs to be done; i just don't do it, or do it half ass. For example. I lost my job recently due to car problems. Now i use my car problems as an excuse to not look for any other employment. This is i big problem for me because i need bills to pay and to feed myself. Mind you I'm 19 and just recently got my own apartment. This video has helped me though. Thankyou
This is the first time I watched one of you're videos and I can't believe I haven't watched any before. This has been really helpful to me. I recently dropped out of college and I've been living that negatively motivated life for so long. I realize now that there was no failure point for me and perhaps that's why I afforded being lazy. My father has his own business which I can casually get by working for/with him. It was getting harder and harder to get by day by day, pulling all-nighters almost everyday, spending my time just hardcore video gaming. I had no purpose on life I was getting by just meeting standards and not anything more. Of course I didn't know what I was doing, I didn't have much of an idea of what was going on. I'm starting more and more to get a better understanding of what I want and of what I was.
Welcome aboard. Make sure you watch these: - What Should I Do With My Life - How To Find Your Passion For Life - Life Purpose - Critical Points For Finding Your Life Purpose - The $100 Million Dollar Question - How To Find Your Passion - Why You Have No Passion & How To Fix It
I think I'm not such a lazy person. My issue is about... Starting. I just never feel like it. Once I start I'm all set and get a lot of things done. But starting is like... Ahhhh why is it so hard?
Maybe his video on procrastinating will help. I'm the lazy one but my husband is the procrastinator. Hearing your comment reminded me of things he described. Good luck friend life is a mountain that we all have to climb but with the right tools it sure makes it a lot easier!!
@@Smi77y1 u just legit just go fucking do it. fr. thats what i do. also, i've been reading about the nervous system (as a medical student) and one of the only few things we really have control over is our muscles, specifically our skeletal muscles aka voluntary striated muscles. there's just something in that name thats really eye opening, which is the fact that skeletal muscles, ARE voluntary. unless obviously you have some degenerative diseases that affect your somatic nervous system. in that case, the only thing you have for yourself is ur spiritual freedom (viktor frankl wise)
I just watched it to motivate myself to move the entire contents of my living room for an emergency service call. It was already a long, exhausting day. I guess my fear (of further damage) motivation was not great enough. It's not an emergency in my books, but it is to others so here I go...six hours of fun coming up!
Thanks a lot! I'm a massive procrastinator and lazy ass. I'm in the "low cycle" right now. I need to seriously establish a life purpose and goal to align myself with. Thanks again man. So much has clicked with me after watching this. Great work. Your efforts are appreciated. Keep it up.
Thanks Leo, you have no ideia of how much you've been helping me. I was so lazy a few months ago because I didn't have life purpose and it's changing now. And laziness and having no life purpose weren't the only issues I had. I was stuck. Seriously you have no clue of how grateful I am. Thanks for helping me change my life completely.
Actualized.org Question, and this is not meant to be snarky in any way...isn't there a point at which you should be content with life so you can just be happy? I've heard this said in many different ways by a lot of people. Is it okay to always be wanting to strive forward and towards the next best thing, turning into a workaholic? What happens when you can't be content with life unless you are constantly moving forward? There are other things to consider other than just school and financial success...family, friends, your interests, hobbies, and desires. I think there's a fine line between success and moving forward and finding the time to sit back a little bit to just enjoy the journey and fun of life. What do you think?
MotoBoy Well... if what you're looking for is happiness, that can never be attained through achievement. Happiness only comes from being present and accepting of the moment. If you want that, you need to give up your sense of self and pursue enlightenment. But you're not ready to do that, are you? Are you ready to give up all your beliefs about life? Probably not. So instead we play this game of achievement. It's an ego game.
Actualized.org Haha interesting...so I guess you see success and happiness as two different things. I guess they really are different things, BUT how can you be happy and accept/live the moment when you are constantly trying to change/succeed and always busying yourself. They seem somewhat mutually exclusive...I feel like you need to have somewhat of an ego to believe that you CAN change the present and the future and that you owe it to yourself, which can lead to depressing thoughts as you've mentioned in your depression video. I hope that made some sense. Anyways, I eventually want to watch all your videos. Right now my biggest problem is school...I don't do study at all ever and will literally avoid it at all costs...and then end up cramming literally hours before my exam's which results in poor grades, sometime's failing grades. I'm an engineer btw, so where as I might have been able to get by in some other majors, it's no bueno here :/
Ruben Figueiras Tony Robbins is great, but he's the wrong guy to ask. He's a chronic over-achiever, hamster in the wheel, and he's not about to give it all up. That is why so few people are enlightened. It actually is the coolest thing I know. But the cost of seeing this coolest thing is the destruction of your entire worldview. Imagine a human body but the "you" inside it is dead. That's enlightenment. Definitely cool, but it will scare the shit out of you.
Bro, u kno one thing I really appreciated in this 27 mins long video is 'no cuts or editing' at all... Dats a great job right there, which is rare on UA-cam and it isn't scripted either...
Hi Leo, I started watching this video because I am trying to graduate and find a job but I just cannot get myself to write the thesis and apply for jobs out of the fear that I am not good enough yet to deserve the degree and the job. This is definitely helping me. I hope from tomorrow I get myself up early and start working towards my goal.
So glad to have found your channel. You were raw, honest, and spoke with great detail on the subject. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Stay blessed!
This really helped me - and all your videos, I have had a a really bad day, to which, I didn't know how to- overcome, I felt so trapped, with depression etc and today, I really didn't think I was going to over come, to the point I thought this was the end... Thank you, I feel that I can breathe and I have hope now... God it is hard but, learning what you say, has helped me some much today, to get my life back on track.
I accidentally hit one of your videos and was blown away! The information is so amazingly accurate. I can only listen to 1 session a day. Sometimes I have to take some time to follow the credits on subject. I went back in time, and started with the first one you put on UA-cam. I have slowly but surely progressed as you did. My life was so uncomfortable. It hurt to listen to you candor and no bull shit attitude. But the result was, I’ve grown. I’m on track. I have the utmost gratitude for your labor of love and self discovery, these videos mean a lot to me.
I'm a recent graduate and I do feel I have plateaued since. I was working full time and finishing my final semester full time. It was quite challenging. My laziness was to point where on the weekends, I'd just veg in bed, eat, watch tv, and movies all day. You mentioned "doing the steps" and up until school finished I was able to motivate myself. Now, I'm experiencing the "burn out" effect. It was really good for me to hear your video, because when you hear this information from someone else it hits you like a "reality check". Since this video, I've booked myself a trip outside the country for 3 weeks. Hopefully when I come back, I'll regain my energy and find interests more stimulating then the one's I had before.
Really good advices that you give here ! Having ADHD, I'm a pro with laziness and procrastination and I work very hard to get rid of that. My favorite trick, the one that works better for me, is to split a task into small parts. Less discouraging.
Thanks Leo, I have been on a two year journey doing a lot of self enquiry. I feel very stuck but recognise this is the bottom of my own two year cycle. Onwards and upwards!! Your videos are great keep up the good work. :-)
I love the "do it half-assed" tip! Never heard that one and it's exactly what I need and will start doing because it's better then nothing. Thanks for doing this video!
You are an extraordinary person, your videos helped me so much, that I think that I owe you my life, because you practically saved it .I wish you the best , i love how you enjoy life :) honestly thank you for being and share yourself lol
The main thing I want in my life, I'm too lazy to work for it. I keep losing internal motivation because I'm such a negative person so I keep thinking the worst. how can I keep being internally motivated?
Think and hope for the best, Yep it sounds ridiculous but having a positive mind makes a huge impact in life. When you're thinking negative thoughts your telling yourself that everything is much harder than it should/could be. Learn to except what life has to offer whether it be shitty or good. Everyday wake up with a positive mind, Try to think of something that makes you most happy when you get outta bed. The more positive minded, the easier it is to become motivated. I guess :P
Wow I immediately jumped up my couch and started moving around and doing things after watched this video.. very inspiring! I also realized that I need to have a life purpose, a true one, not just what job do I wanna have in the future, job doesn't represent a person.
I don´t think the problem is laziness, the problem is that we live in a borind and uninspirational world that doesn´t appeal to us and when we try to change that by making ourselves a life where we race through life with 200 mph we´re being hold back. So damned irritating!
The concept of becoming successful based upon negative motivation hit home for me. This opened my eyes to the fact that a career or life based on negative reinforcement leads to a feeling of servitude and can result in a plateauing effect. What you have revealed for me is that a lack of balance between service and personally-defined life purpose is necessary. If there is too much negative reinforcement or avoidance, then the result is feeling of lack of freedom. I'm going back to an evaluation of life purpose... Thank you Leo. These videos are truly invaluable.
OMG I don't know my purpose. I'm to old to finally be realizing that. I have so much to offer and give. Please direct me to your best "Finding Life Purpose" video, teaching. I've spent a lot of time looking for a connection like this. Very appreciative
Leo is there a video where you go more in depth about the circlejerk effect you talked about 21:30 ? I feel like me and many of your viewers fall into this trap and honestly I feel hopeless, because I hate hate hate hate being a dreamer instead of a doer. Thank you
I have so much purpose and working so hard and spinning my wheels makes me lose sight of that sometimes but I'm grateful I came across you!! Thank you for helping others! we all need guidance
I liked the way you explained the things. I have the laziness problem from last 9-10 years. Also one thing which shocked me is, most of the time in life i make myself thinking hard when if found that condition is worse, so convincing myself for stop being lazy and just do it. But as you said, its not a positive motivation it was the negative motivation which i was giving to myself every-time i was in the worst situation only.(It works only until that bad phase is there.) From so many years, i am kind of a lazy person. When i saw a singing performance, thinking to be a good singer, if watching a good athlete on TV at the same moment thinking to be a good athlete and so on. Its just a mental happiness which i give to myself. Never able to achieve goals either short or long, which i wrote on paper for myself every single day, week, month. Sometimes it makes me think that i can't really do anything. Even-though i am good at programming, having good opportunities to work on.. but the same unsorted problem of being laziness destroys every dream. :(
I haven't had a vacation in over 15 years. I am lazy and so burnt out from the same ole same ole day after day. I truly enjoyed your video and will try to put some of your advice to use. The biggest thing I struggle with is..once I get started I think it must be as close to perfect as I can get it.
Leo I love your videos. I'm 14 and I need help. I don't really have a purpose on what I'm going to do. After getting yelled at for getting bad grades. Motivational videos don't help me, nothing is really doing anything to change. It's weird, I care if I get a bad grade on tests, but I do t do anything to fix it. I don't know what to do. But your videos are great, and they seem to be inspiring to everyone else. Good luck with future videos, bye.
What great that I liked about this video is that it's not "One Size Fits All" approach. Rather it's slew of choices that one has to pick up. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from India!
I first watched a few of your videos the other day and I found them fantastic. I would describe myself as very sceptical, cynical, and hard to sway, but honest nonetheless. Hence, I approached this with a pinch of salt, yet I found your videos to be genuinely inspiring and you really offer a point of view which I think many people haven't considered. This video is my favourite so far, I've long had thoughts about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, but this is the first time I've considered the positive and negative motivation you've mentioned, and the reasons behind why this occurs. I'm sure that in the coming weeks I won't agree with everything you say, but I'm sure as hell going to keep watching! I really appreciate the effort you've put in and the message you deliver. Being able to truly help people seems to be a rare skill, and I think it's an amazing thing to be able to do.
Nothing wrong with skepticism. I encourage you guys to verify all this information yourselves in your own lives. Be your own scientist. I am just pointing to stuff you will discover yourself if you look deep enough.
then talk to a doctor.. you may have ADHD, chronic fatigue syndrome, insomnia, having a inconsistent sleep cycle, high stress, relying too much on caffeine or sugary drinks, the list goes on.
Two main motivators avoidance of pain and attainment of pleasure. Almost all "actions" we do have these at core. Really Like the baby step principle. Two birds on a wire, one decides to fly away, how many left? two, because he only decided to fly away and did not yet act. Fake it till you feel it. Its true. Love the slow down principle, Often stopping completely mid stride of any task, pausing, breathing, then restart and its new again, this is a very important principle you mention. When you are doing nothing, you are still doing something and it may actually be very productive. It seems that laziness robs us of our time, and being self disciplined is important. When you have visions, dreams, goals, and you have them in mind, they do help you say yes to action and no to being lazy. They are our best defense. Liked your video, you get is thinking...
Funny how I never intentionally look for a specific videos of yours instead I just scroll down my home page on UA-cam thinking to myself what’s Leo gonna tell me today and the first video suggestion of yours comes up that’s the one I’m watching and somehow it’s exactly what I needed
You know sometimes when I watch these videos I start to notice it is a never ending cycle of improvement. Now improving yourself is good but does it come at the price of self acceptance? Why can we just accept ourselves for who we are instead of chasing things all of the time. It seems like the tunnel is long with improvement and yes I don't mind success but I think I am starting to see a conflict here. We should be happy with who we are regardless of our circumstances. I know I used a should word but I am not redacting. If an animal can be happy without any effort so can humans. So I ask why the never ending struggle for improvement?
It should not be a struggle but it should be challenging , I suggest to keep it simple for a while do 1/2 hour meditation a day where you practice quieting your inner dialogue .Doing it daily teaches you to mindful every moment of the day. best wishes to you Micscence ,peace.
Self help in general tends to make people feel they're lacking something. It's as if they make people feel like This creates the bad feeling. A good approach is to spend 80% of your life working and living fully. 20% can be feeding your mind self help books, videos, etc. If 80% of your time is studying self help, this is a recipe for thinking something is wrong with you thus you will feel bad. The above is for sure one perspective.
This video alone made me figure out what I want out of life. I'm a lazy guy, I'm not perfect, I'm smart and outgoing when I want to be. I'm me, I know who I am.
I'm caught in this lazy/no dedicaion trap where I learnt fitness theory for three solid years no stopping so I could easily be a qualified PT but I can't be bothered with putting any work in for myself. So it looks silly some skinny 135lb teen giving advice when I don't have the strength or physique to back myself up. Hope this video helps.
I’ve been pay my gym in a automatic payment for more than two year thinking to break my laziness and start going to gym but that never happens until I repeatedly saw this tutorial video twice so then I today Saturday one of those days I most stay late on bed I just jumped up from my bed I don’t even brush my teeth I grab my car key I get start my work out and now I just came back home and the satisfaction I got is something above of my thinking.. Leo, all The Bless...
Leo forgive me for commenting before having watched all of your other videos where you may have touched on this, and I know you do have a video on supplements and vitamins and something about increasing your energy levels..., but I didn't hear you specifically mention anything about the importance of testosterone in men for motivating a man to be less lazy. I have personal anecdotal evidence that, at least for me, when my testosterone level was low, I was very lazy, but since I started boosting my tet levels (measurably) through supplements, it had a HUGE HUGE impact on my laziness... so it isn't always necessarily a psychological issue, but perhaps in others as well, a chemical issue.
Actualized.org It is a pretty common chemical imbalance... most guys go through it when they get old. Have you ever measured your own level? They have a thing called HRT (hormone replacement therapy), and I have seen personally what going from the minimum level of Testosterone to a normal level does to you. The effects influence several categories of self-improvement... depression, laziness, masculinity or attractiveness to women, physical shape-muscles, also on the negative side - anger, although I think I am getting a grip on my anger thanks to some of these psychological methods like what you talked about... BTW. your video on anger is very good! Keep up the good work, Leo!
Jon McGill Yes, I have. My testosterone is pretty high. There are MANY chemical imbalances possible that create fatigue: thyroidism, CFS, low cortisol, low sex hormones besides testosterone, low vitamin D, etc, etc. Fatigue is a very general issue with hundreds of possible causes, both physiological and psychological.
Actualized.org Yes, that is true. I wish I would have known about checking the testosterone earlier in my life. In Finland, where I lived for the last 20 years, socialist medicine is very reactive, not proactive, so now that I moved back here to the states, especially here in Asheville, where there are a lot of retirees, I'm taking full advantage of the expertise... but I haven't checked the other ones you mentioned... doctor visits aren't free, but obviously very worthwhile... but, since my testosterone issue has been fixed, I can tell I am getting myself back on track in life.. your videos have helped alot... In particular the ones about stopping watching tv and getting friends, pulling myself out of depression. I have a similar story to you, I think, in a lot of ways, regarding life purpose... I was a software engineer for Nokia for many years, and it was only the last few years that I realized that I've been living in a self made purgatory because I haven't been passionate about my job... my current prospect is to become a police... I'm gonna study criminal justice next fall, and this summer I will work at a YMCA summer camp and be a counselor for kids. I'm really looking forward to that. My health is the best it has been, probably ever, and now I just have to fix the other parts of my life related to purpose of life... your videos are really spot on, with respect to that! I'd love to take on a coach like you, but at the moment, I don't fit your criteria since I am unemployed (at least until June)... and also don't meet the salary requirements you mention on your site.
Thank you so much Leo, as a college student that's been slacking, this has given me more inspiration than anything else in my life. Thanks for clearing stuff up, I don't know what I would've done without you.
Leo, I just came across your videos and you are AWESOME!!! I have been in a down frame of mind since my Mother’s death and happenings at my workplace and listening to You has made me see things in a new light. Thank you!!!
Leo, I love all of your videos ! They'vd changed my life dramatically in a good way ! It would be very good if you put more specific vids on the law of atraction ! :) Anyway, keep it up !
Actualized.org I'd love that one too, I have trouble with my subconscious mind because it was really badly influenced during my childhood. I was told i was useless and dumb way too many times, now i just feel that way despite of having strong evidence that i am not... It has been affecting every aspect of my life negatively.
Actualized.org And if you could, please, please shoot a video about importance of dreams. And I mean when you go to sleep dreams. I had some incredible dream about what are you doing, it felt so big, so important, so true. Global awareness movement. People were waking up in my dream, and you started it, you were some kind of prophet, and led us in that journey. And what I saw, was flashlights souls all over the world...it was mapped similar to GPS.... It was all coming together...like it was always there, meant to be like that. Amazing feeling.
RawHim9591 Well, its not. It's just the beginning of your adulthood. And your live does not end with 40. It would be to late for many things, like starting a family, if you have not done *anything* until 40, but it is a good time to raise your children and to enjoy your family.
RawHim9591 So what you actually mean is not "half of your life", but half of the time you have to make yourself a decent life. Otherwise the rest of it will most likely suck too. I can agree on that partially but I want to repeat, that its just the beginning of your adulthood. Before that, its pretty much a question of luck in which family-background you have been raised. From that point on its on you. That doesnt mean you start necessary from a good position, life is not fair, we all know that, but pretty much everyone can achieve a happy and fulfilling life if he puts effort in it, instead of being lazy. Especially if his time of adulthood has just started. But even if you are older, what you missed you missed. You cannot change that. All you can do is to make sure that the rest of your life will be better.
FavJam wow, I had no idea somebody else would feel the same way as me. I'm 22 and graduated from high school when I was 20, but for the last 2 years, I´ve now dropped out of two colleges without going to any finals, and I´m starting to think if this is because of me being lazy or if I´m just afraid of social "embarrisment".
Just accidentally I played this video and I listened till the end. I can't thank you enough cus you've done massive favour for me by this video ...THANK YOU
I was stuck at this point in my life where I didn't know what to do next. I didn't find all my answers but got a little spark of motivation to take baby steps. I think what matters is to progress even if it is one step a time than to stay stagnant. Thank you for your time Leo. Looking forward to learn more from you and to become better than my former self :)
This video really helped me to slow myself down and to stop wanting instant results. You helped me realize that if I want good results, that last in the long term, I should initiate my search for the gradually, starting little by little. Thank you so much for this video.
YourMakeupBuddy as far as I know, procrastinating means finding excuses for not starting a certain task/getting something done by doing something different (which can be productive but often is not).
I agree with the quote mentioned @19:40.. Basically speaking, motivation comes after action, action doesn't come from motivation.. It's action that will create progress, which you will use to create the motivation, resolve, perseverance, drive, ambition, to encourage yourself when no one else is.. And yes, I think I've been through every type of laziness in my entire life, if that makes sense.. Still dealing with it, to be honest.. But a lot more conscious about how and why, and what to do about it..
How can you help your lazy teenager to overcome being lazy?Because it breaks my heart that my son dont want to carry on in college,he has a great mind and is very intelligent but is wasting his llife by staying in bed.
+S- Rm i think its a bit much to say a lazy teenager might have adhd or depression... hes a teen. let him be lazy. Tbh in my opinion you should give him more time. be patient. I was 23 when I first figured out what I wanted to do and became less lazy and more compassionate about it. And i think its because my mom was patient and let me figure it out on my own.
Christopher Bonte yes i want to do that,i love my son,i just dont want him to waste his talents,hes such an intelligent boy,and unless you use your talents the worlds going to be a hard place,thats why im anxious for him,im wanting the best for him.But at least now he is doing a princess trust programe,so thats is something positive which hopefully will help him.
I really appreciates you. I live alone and I have a good job. I feel like I don't need anything else. But you made me realized that I don't have a goal and that is why I'm not motivated to do anything else. Hope you realized how many people you have help and made their lives better. Thank you for all your hard work.
+Abdelraouf Tria Same here. So I did other things while watching and only half listened. He needs to shorten his videos, or at least provide us with a bullet point summary in the description below.
You should do a video on how to stop being distructed by social web-sites or how to stop being dependent on internet. That would be so helpful!! I procrastinate so much time on stuff I don't even need
Hey leo. Is it possible to be lazy even when youve found something youre passionate about? I have fallen in love with technology and programming, but sometimes I find myself just wanting to read about it instead of getting my ass up to go code something.
Same here, Draco. It's a real problem. When i constantly reading or watching some youtube on some interesting tech chapters i think that i'm doing some really cool stuff and pumping my brain with quality ideas, but... In the end of the day i realise that i've read or watched a bunch of articles or videos, it's 2AM and there is no line of a new code. And things stays the same over and over. The only thing changes is the article/video counter. That's sad.
I have bipolar so I deal with commitment and consistency issues a lot. I dont even know my purpose and you made me realize THIS is why I have a lazy problem because I'm just kinda floating through life.. dealing with it
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I know don't , sometimes when something bad happen when it involve me first I start to panicking like for example when I play with my friends like... you know team vs team , 5 vs 5 something like that usually when I become the last man stand my heart start beating faster and faster and will I do everything recklessly without thinking , and this problem its also happenwhen things getting worst , I don't know..... my mind become blank , i just being pathetic , I can't think correctly when it happen.
Aiman Hafeez I'm not a psychologist, but it sounds like you are dealing with an anxiety issue. It is normal for people to be anxious over some things, don't feel that it is pathetic. But if you feel that it is impacting on your quality of life or that you are overly anxious it is possible to seek help from a professional or even just talk to a friend or relative. Don't apply so much pressure on yourself if you are playing that sport for fun. There are many people in this world which feel as you do, and at the end of the day the pressure which you feel is being self applied. Do things which take you out of that comfort zone and stop caring so much about how others will judge you. In the end you will find there are plenty of people out there which will support you no matter what. Go out there and practice some 1v1's with a mate, do some public speaking, anything which takes you out of that comfort zone and then own it friend. If you fall down get back up and keep on trying. Just relax, and clear your mind of the pressure you are putting it under, have a look at some of Leo's videos on meditation, it might help.
Thank you so much!! I've been stuck and can't figure out why. I feel like my purpose in life has just disappeared. I was once very successful and then my whole world fell apart. For years I have been trying to put it back together and nothing seems to be working....
Thank you for the video about being 'lazy'. I think we all are inclined to being lazy but we have to 'make' ourselves do things. If you let yourself go you will plunge more into a state of inaction. That is a choice which seems easy but leads to wasting one's life ; seeing one's life breeze away . Being decisive and proactive to change and do things will get you out of a rut.
I 'm in a momentum streak with my goals and I could remember a couple months back taking small baby steps and looking now at how much momentum I've build so far its impossible for me to feel lazy now, i get so excited everytime i think of my goals that i wish i could be working on them every single moment lol. Amazing how just that small self development strategy of taking baby step towards your success can produce such strong pulling momentum and motivation that even if you haven't eaten your still so full of energy that you could still accomplish your goals.
leo honestly i think your work is amazing. i been watching your videos for at least a month or two. well i would say it really puts my mind to work on extraordinary visions of how my life would be if i did what you recomend to do,but is lazyness my biggest rock to move out the way. im just getting out of a traumatic event in my life which keeps me in this state of lazyness, and a confortable depresive way of life. i just want to go out and chill or i go to the gym and work out even less each day i just get bored. well i hope this video helps me out i will act. thank you and i will keep recomending your videos.
thnx so much man. I'm assessing where i am in in my life and i realize its now ok to be 'lazy' sometimes as i am an overachiever and hard on myself all the time
I hate hearing some of the stuff he says in his video. Sometimes it even hurts. And that's how I know he's absolutely right.
No he's full of shit and is a dollar store cult leader. A wanker!
0:19 - Lazy Troubleshooting
1:36 - What kind of Lazy
4:51 - Problems with being Lazy
6:07 - Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation
7:13 - Positive and Negative Motivation
11:05 - Checklist for Why you are Lazy (Purpose, Values, Cycle 'in' Life, Vacation)
16:03 - Context
16:29 - Habits
18:39 - Breaking Laziness Right now("You can act your way into Right Thinking. But you can't think your way into Right Action.")
20:17 - Thinking vs Acting
23:09 - No Perfection Needed
23:46 - Slow Down too
25:13 - Acknowledge Failure
25:54 - Over-productivity Backfire
Thank you!! 😂😂😂
Thank you
somebody wasn't lazy :D
thank you
Visionaire Bless your soul
You have changed my life… .. I am Dima from Syria… .. Sufering because of the war… but you Leo give me hope to continue my life… . so I really whant to thank you.
Sorry to hear it :( That means you gotta work extra-hard on yourself.
+Actualized.org Leo! I love you , brother! You put out some good videos! But you your reply to this person who is suffering because of the war in the Middle East sounds like either you don't understand the depth of the situation in the middle east or you're just being curt and pat with your answers. I know you're not rude , so I just wanted to point that out, man.
@@jellybellyfun3288 some people naturally lack empathy, he seems like the guy in some perspectives
How are you doing now in 2021?
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I'm just tired of fucking up in life with my laziness, at this moment feel like punching a wall because laziness creeps up on me so many times, hurts other people, seems like something that is out of my control. I hope to find an insight, mindset that will stick and truly change my life permanently in a positive way.
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5 years later would you still consider yourself a lazy person? any updates? has this video helped?
I was always told and believed I was lazy. The truth is I have always been a workaholic who gets worn out and needs a break. That is an eyeopener! Thank you Leo!
This video was much needed, thanks so much for taking the time to produce this. My young mother of 41 passed away in March and it motivated me to quit my suckish 9-5 corporate job and pursue a career as a performer however, I've found myself go from working all the time to recently since I made the change I've been lazy as hell. Your absolutely right, sometimes you have to just say fuck it, take the first step, and get it done. The crazy thing is I have all things that I have to do I think about all day and say oh crap I have to do this blah blah blah (in my head its like a child throwing a tantrum). But EVERY SINGLE TIME I start on them and get in the middle of the action, I enjoy myself, get inspired, and at the end I realize how incredibly fucking destructive those thoughts are compared to the actual outcome. Thanks bro, your being a beneficial presence on the planet!
Long term laziness has been with me for awhile. With school, work, and just day-to-day activities. I mean i know what needs to be done; i just don't do it, or do it half ass. For example. I lost my job recently due to car problems. Now i use my car problems as an excuse to not look for any other employment. This is i big problem for me because i need bills to pay and to feed myself. Mind you I'm 19 and just recently got my own apartment. This video has helped me though. Thankyou
Do NOT life to survive. That's will produce a miserable life. Live to THRIVE! Your goals are too small.
If you're feeling especially lazy, just skip to 18:50 where the good stuff is. Good luck!
Thanks
Lol this is the definition of lazy
+_James_ : yea :p
lol
xD
This is the first time I watched one of you're videos and I can't believe I haven't watched any before. This has been really helpful to me. I recently dropped out of college and I've been living that negatively motivated life for so long. I realize now that there was no failure point for me and perhaps that's why I afforded being lazy. My father has his own business which I can casually get by working for/with him.
It was getting harder and harder to get by day by day, pulling all-nighters almost everyday, spending my time just hardcore video gaming. I had no purpose on life I was getting by just meeting standards and not anything more.
Of course I didn't know what I was doing, I didn't have much of an idea of what was going on. I'm starting more and more to get a better understanding of what I want and of what I was.
Welcome aboard. Make sure you watch these:
- What Should I Do With My Life - How To Find Your Passion For Life
- Life Purpose - Critical Points For Finding Your Life Purpose
- The $100 Million Dollar Question
- How To Find Your Passion - Why You Have No Passion & How To Fix It
Same this video helped alot ^^
I think I'm not such a lazy person. My issue is about... Starting. I just never feel like it. Once I start I'm all set and get a lot of things done. But starting is like... Ahhhh why is it so hard?
I can start things easily but when I begin I stop along the way,Kinda loose motivation Idk,I Will change this someday,I hope.
Maybe his video on procrastinating will help. I'm the lazy one but my husband is the procrastinator. Hearing your comment reminded me of things he described. Good luck friend life is a mountain that we all have to climb but with the right tools it sure makes it a lot easier!!
This is me. You ever figure anything out?
an object that is at rest continues to be at rest unless an external force acts on it (:
@@Smi77y1 u just legit just go fucking do it. fr. thats what i do. also, i've been reading about the nervous system (as a medical student) and one of the only few things we really have control over is our muscles, specifically our skeletal muscles aka voluntary striated muscles. there's just something in that name thats really eye opening, which is the fact that skeletal muscles, ARE voluntary. unless obviously you have some degenerative diseases that affect your somatic nervous system. in that case, the only thing you have for yourself is ur spiritual freedom (viktor frankl wise)
I watched this just to get myself to go wash my hair. I think Ill need to watch this 5 times a day.
lol i watched it to try motivate me take a shower
I watched it to get myself to tidy up my room
Oh my goodness, same here! Haha.
Dude just shaved his head bald = ultimate laziness!!! lol :)
I just watched it to motivate myself to move the entire contents of my living room for an emergency service call. It was already a long, exhausting day. I guess my fear (of further damage) motivation was not great enough. It's not an emergency in my books, but it is to others so here I go...six hours of fun coming up!
A lazy person don't even bother to spend 27 minutes for this video.
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Süleyman Kuyumcu YES!!!! -.- brb i go sleep..
Süleyman Kuyumcu Lol right!!! The first thing I thought about when this video started was "Damn this is 27 minutes long?"
Süleyman Kuyumcu Guess that's me. Either I'm lazy or I wasn't hearing anything good. I only lasted 6 minutes.
^lazy, lol, it was hard for me to finish as well but what he's saying makes soooo much sense
Thanks a lot! I'm a massive procrastinator and lazy ass. I'm in the "low cycle" right now. I need to seriously establish a life purpose and goal to align myself with. Thanks again man. So much has clicked with me after watching this. Great work. Your efforts are appreciated. Keep it up.
Thanks Leo, you have no ideia of how much you've been helping me. I was so lazy a few months ago because I didn't have life purpose and it's changing now. And laziness and having no life purpose weren't the only issues I had. I was stuck.
Seriously you have no clue of how grateful I am. Thanks for helping me change my life completely.
Sweet! My pleasure :)
mine too :)
A personal quote I like to use when I'm lazy is "Time to Nut up and shut up" that quote changed my life
Lol
Actualized.org Question, and this is not meant to be snarky in any way...isn't there a point at which you should be content with life so you can just be happy? I've heard this said in many different ways by a lot of people. Is it okay to always be wanting to strive forward and towards the next best thing, turning into a workaholic? What happens when you can't be content with life unless you are constantly moving forward? There are other things to consider other than just school and financial success...family, friends, your interests, hobbies, and desires. I think there's a fine line between success and moving forward and finding the time to sit back a little bit to just enjoy the journey and fun of life. What do you think?
MotoBoy Well... if what you're looking for is happiness, that can never be attained through achievement. Happiness only comes from being present and accepting of the moment. If you want that, you need to give up your sense of self and pursue enlightenment. But you're not ready to do that, are you? Are you ready to give up all your beliefs about life? Probably not. So instead we play this game of achievement. It's an ego game.
Actualized.org Haha interesting...so I guess you see success and happiness as two different things. I guess they really are different things, BUT how can you be happy and accept/live the moment when you are constantly trying to change/succeed and always busying yourself. They seem somewhat mutually exclusive...I feel like you need to have somewhat of an ego to believe that you CAN change the present and the future and that you owe it to yourself, which can lead to depressing thoughts as you've mentioned in your depression video. I hope that made some sense.
Anyways, I eventually want to watch all your videos. Right now my biggest problem is school...I don't do study at all ever and will literally avoid it at all costs...and then end up cramming literally hours before my exam's which results in poor grades, sometime's failing grades. I'm an engineer btw, so where as I might have been able to get by in some other majors, it's no bueno here :/
Ruben Figueiras Tony Robbins is great, but he's the wrong guy to ask. He's a chronic over-achiever, hamster in the wheel, and he's not about to give it all up.
That is why so few people are enlightened. It actually is the coolest thing I know. But the cost of seeing this coolest thing is the destruction of your entire worldview. Imagine a human body but the "you" inside it is dead. That's enlightenment. Definitely cool, but it will scare the shit out of you.
Thank you Leo I just realized that there is nothing "wrong" with me and it feels good to say that
I feel so lucky that i found your channel! thanks a lot!!
Key sentence: JUST FUCKIN' DO IT !!!
Doesn't work , use the 5 sec method
Bro, u kno one thing I really appreciated in this 27 mins long video is 'no cuts or editing' at all... Dats a great job right there, which is rare on UA-cam and it isn't scripted either...
Hi Leo, I started watching this video because I am trying to graduate and find a job but I just cannot get myself to write the thesis and apply for jobs out of the fear that I am not good enough yet to deserve the degree and the job. This is definitely helping me. I hope from tomorrow I get myself up early and start working towards my goal.
So glad to have found your channel. You were raw, honest, and spoke with great detail on the subject. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Stay blessed!
This really helped me - and all your videos, I have had a a really bad day, to which, I didn't know how to- overcome, I felt so trapped, with depression etc and today, I really didn't think I was going to over come, to the point I thought this was the end... Thank you, I feel that I can breathe and I have hope now... God it is hard but, learning what you say, has helped me some much today, to get my life back on track.
I accidentally hit one of your videos and was blown away! The information is so amazingly accurate. I can only listen to 1 session a day. Sometimes I have to take some time to follow the credits on subject. I went back in time, and started with the first one you put on UA-cam. I have slowly but surely progressed as you did. My life was so uncomfortable. It hurt to listen to you candor and no bull shit attitude. But the result was, I’ve grown. I’m on track. I have the utmost gratitude for your labor of love and self discovery, these videos mean a lot to me.
I just kissed the monitor. Thank you so much Leo. "Justdo it, leave your feelings on that couch" my new motto.Millan
I'm a recent graduate and I do feel I have plateaued since. I was working full time and finishing my final semester full time. It was quite challenging. My laziness was to point where on the weekends, I'd just veg in bed, eat, watch tv, and movies all day. You mentioned "doing the steps" and up until school finished I was able to motivate myself. Now, I'm experiencing the "burn out" effect. It was really good for me to hear your video, because when you hear this information from someone else it hits you like a "reality check". Since this video, I've booked myself a trip outside the country for 3 weeks. Hopefully when I come back, I'll regain my energy and find interests more stimulating then the one's I had before.
Good. Time to get your ass back in gear. Make sure you create a compelling vision for you future. That is what should drive you.
I can't help but smile when I watch your videos and I have no idea why!! Some people just have great energy even over the internet :)
Really good advices that you give here ! Having ADHD, I'm a pro with laziness and procrastination and I work very hard to get rid of that. My favorite trick, the one that works better for me, is to split a task into small parts. Less discouraging.
Thanks Leo, I have been on a two year journey doing a lot of self enquiry. I feel very stuck but recognise this is the bottom of my own two year cycle. Onwards and upwards!! Your videos are great keep up the good work. :-)
You were lazy you did not feel like it , and yet this content is literally perfect , wow !!!!
THE KEY IS :
just fucking do it !
I love the "do it half-assed" tip! Never heard that one and it's exactly what I need and will start doing because it's better then nothing. Thanks for doing this video!
You are an extraordinary person, your videos helped me so much, that I think that I owe you my life, because you practically saved it .I wish you the best , i love how you enjoy life :) honestly thank you for being and share yourself lol
I feel like this video is the most real and profound video I’ve listened to with Leo thus far.
The main thing I want in my life, I'm too lazy to work for it. I keep losing internal motivation because I'm such a negative person so I keep thinking the worst. how can I keep being internally motivated?
Are you me? Im not a special snowflake.
Think and hope for the best, Yep it sounds ridiculous but having a positive mind makes a huge impact in life. When you're thinking negative thoughts your telling yourself that everything is much harder than it should/could be. Learn to except what life has to offer whether it be shitty or good.
Everyday wake up with a positive mind,
Try to think of something that makes you most happy when you get outta bed.
The more positive minded, the easier it is to become motivated. I guess :P
Wow I immediately jumped up my couch and started moving around and doing things after watched this video.. very inspiring! I also realized that I need to have a life purpose, a true one, not just what job do I wanna have in the future, job doesn't represent a person.
I don´t think the problem is laziness, the problem is that we live in a borind and uninspirational world that doesn´t appeal to us and when we try to change that by making ourselves a life where we race through life with 200 mph we´re being hold back. So damned irritating!
Of course, put the blame on the world and not on yourself.
The concept of becoming successful based upon negative motivation hit home for me. This opened my eyes to the fact that a career or life based on negative reinforcement leads to a feeling of servitude and can result in a plateauing effect. What you have revealed for me is that a lack of balance between service and personally-defined life purpose is necessary. If there is too much negative reinforcement or avoidance, then the result is feeling of lack of freedom. I'm going back to an evaluation of life purpose... Thank you Leo. These videos are truly invaluable.
thinking or acting..go..through..u.r..emotions...dam! I'm motivated!!
OMG I don't know my purpose. I'm to old to finally be realizing that. I have so much to offer and give. Please direct me to your best "Finding Life Purpose" video, teaching. I've spent a lot of time looking for a connection like this. Very appreciative
Leo is there a video where you go more in depth about the circlejerk effect you talked about 21:30 ? I feel like me and many of your viewers fall into this trap and honestly I feel hopeless, because I hate hate hate hate being a dreamer instead of a doer. Thank you
I have so much purpose and working so hard and spinning my wheels makes me lose sight of that sometimes but I'm grateful I came across you!! Thank you for helping others! we all need guidance
Watching this cuz school is tomorrow
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I liked the way you explained the things. I have the laziness problem from last 9-10 years. Also one thing which shocked me is, most of the time in life i make myself thinking hard when if found that condition is worse, so convincing myself for stop being lazy and just do it. But as you said, its not a positive motivation it was the negative motivation which i was giving to myself every-time i was in the worst situation only.(It works only until that bad phase is there.)
From so many years, i am kind of a lazy person. When i saw a singing performance, thinking to be a good singer, if watching a good athlete on TV at the same moment thinking to be a good athlete and so on. Its just a mental happiness which i give to myself. Never able to achieve goals either short or long, which i wrote on paper for myself every single day, week, month. Sometimes it makes me think that i can't really do anything. Even-though i am good at programming, having good opportunities to work on.. but the same unsorted problem of being laziness destroys every dream.
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Awesome once again Leo! Good stuff here.
Hey buddy :)
I haven't had a vacation in over 15 years. I am lazy and so burnt out from the same ole same ole day after day. I truly enjoyed your video and will try to put some of your advice to use. The biggest thing I struggle with is..once I get started I think it must be as close to perfect as I can get it.
Leo I love your videos. I'm 14 and I need help. I don't really have a purpose on what I'm going to do. After getting yelled at for getting bad grades. Motivational videos don't help me, nothing is really doing anything to change. It's weird, I care if I get a bad grade on tests, but I do t do anything to fix it. I don't know what to do. But your videos are great, and they seem to be inspiring to everyone else. Good luck with future videos, bye.
How are you now, at 21?
What great that I liked about this video is that it's not "One Size Fits All" approach. Rather it's slew of choices that one has to pick up. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from India!
too lazy to watch this whole video...
Jack Phill lol
me too, this didnt helped at all. jajaja
Jack Phill same..
Jack Phill...you're so crazy!!! 😀
same.. fukin 27 minutes?! but i will watch it soon xD
I first watched a few of your videos the other day and I found them fantastic. I would describe myself as very sceptical, cynical, and hard to sway, but honest nonetheless. Hence, I approached this with a pinch of salt, yet I found your videos to be genuinely inspiring and you really offer a point of view which I think many people haven't considered.
This video is my favourite so far, I've long had thoughts about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, but this is the first time I've considered the positive and negative motivation you've mentioned, and the reasons behind why this occurs. I'm sure that in the coming weeks I won't agree with everything you say, but I'm sure as hell going to keep watching!
I really appreciate the effort you've put in and the message you deliver. Being able to truly help people seems to be a rare skill, and I think it's an amazing thing to be able to do.
Nothing wrong with skepticism. I encourage you guys to verify all this information yourselves in your own lives. Be your own scientist. I am just pointing to stuff you will discover yourself if you look deep enough.
im a tired mess everyday... i never have energy.
How are you now?
Sabriya Parves Seek out Nutritional Response Therapy it may be attributed to what you are eating.
You're either working too hard or not eating well enough, or not eating healthy enough.
then talk to a doctor.. you may have ADHD, chronic fatigue syndrome, insomnia, having a inconsistent sleep cycle, high stress, relying too much on caffeine or sugary drinks, the list goes on.
Change your diet. Gaps diet or carnivore diet for a while.
Two main motivators avoidance of pain and attainment of pleasure. Almost all "actions" we do have these at core. Really Like the baby step principle. Two birds on a wire, one decides to fly away, how many left? two, because he only decided to fly away and did not yet act. Fake it till you feel it. Its true. Love the slow down principle, Often stopping completely mid stride of any task, pausing, breathing, then restart and its new again, this is a very important principle you mention. When you are doing nothing, you are still doing something and it may actually be very productive. It seems that laziness robs us of our time, and being self disciplined is important. When you have visions, dreams, goals, and you have them in mind, they do help you say yes to action and no to being lazy. They are our best defense. Liked your video, you get is thinking...
Is There a video on how To stop being bald?
Funny how I never intentionally look for a specific videos of yours instead I just scroll down my home page on UA-cam thinking to myself what’s Leo gonna tell me today and the first video suggestion of yours comes up that’s the one I’m watching and somehow it’s exactly what I needed
You know sometimes when I watch these videos I start to notice it is a never ending cycle of improvement. Now improving yourself is good but does it come at the price of self acceptance? Why can we just accept ourselves for who we are instead of chasing things all of the time. It seems like the tunnel is long with improvement and yes I don't mind success but I think I am starting to see a conflict here. We should be happy with who we are regardless of our circumstances. I know I used a should word but I am not redacting. If an animal can be happy without any effort so can humans. So I ask why the never ending struggle for improvement?
Of course, accept yourself! That's the biggest self-improvement you can make! ;)
So true !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I agree, but sometimes I feel bad about myself if I don't try to do something.
It should not be a struggle but it should be challenging , I suggest to keep it simple for a while do 1/2 hour meditation a day where you practice quieting your inner dialogue .Doing it daily teaches you to mindful every moment of the day. best wishes to you Micscence ,peace.
Self help in general tends to make people feel they're lacking something. It's as if they make people feel like This creates the bad feeling.
A good approach is to spend 80% of your life working and living fully. 20% can be feeding your mind self help books, videos, etc.
If 80% of your time is studying self help, this is a recipe for thinking something is wrong with you thus you will feel bad.
The above is for sure one perspective.
This video alone made me figure out what I want out of life. I'm a lazy guy, I'm not perfect, I'm smart and outgoing when I want to be. I'm me, I know who I am.
Be yourself, always and forever.
I'm caught in this lazy/no dedicaion trap where I learnt fitness theory for three solid years no stopping so I could easily be a qualified PT but I can't be bothered with putting any work in for myself. So it looks silly some skinny 135lb teen giving advice when I don't have the strength or physique to back myself up. Hope this video helps.
I’ve been pay my gym in a automatic payment for more than two year thinking to break my laziness and start going to gym but that never happens until I repeatedly saw this tutorial video twice so then I today Saturday one of those days I most stay late on bed I just jumped up from my bed I don’t even brush my teeth I grab my car key I get start my work out and now I just came back home and the satisfaction I got is something above of my thinking..
Leo, all The Bless...
Leo forgive me for commenting before having watched all of your other videos where you may have touched on this, and I know you do have a video on supplements and vitamins and something about increasing your energy levels..., but I didn't hear you specifically mention anything about the importance of testosterone in men for motivating a man to be less lazy. I have personal anecdotal evidence that, at least for me, when my testosterone level was low, I was very lazy, but since I started boosting my tet levels (measurably) through supplements, it had a HUGE HUGE impact on my laziness... so it isn't always necessarily a psychological issue, but perhaps in others as well, a chemical issue.
Perhaps. I don't focus on chemical imbalances. That's something you should look into with your doctor.
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It is a pretty common chemical imbalance... most guys go through it when they get old. Have you ever measured your own level? They have a thing called HRT (hormone replacement therapy), and I have seen personally what going from the minimum level of Testosterone to a normal level does to you. The effects influence several categories of self-improvement... depression, laziness, masculinity or attractiveness to women, physical shape-muscles, also on the negative side - anger, although I think I am getting a grip on my anger thanks to some of these psychological methods like what you talked about... BTW. your video on anger is very good! Keep up the good work, Leo!
Jon McGill Yes, I have. My testosterone is pretty high.
There are MANY chemical imbalances possible that create fatigue: thyroidism, CFS, low cortisol, low sex hormones besides testosterone, low vitamin D, etc, etc. Fatigue is a very general issue with hundreds of possible causes, both physiological and psychological.
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Yes, that is true. I wish I would have known about checking the testosterone earlier in my life. In Finland, where I lived for the last 20 years, socialist medicine is very reactive, not proactive, so now that I moved back here to the states, especially here in Asheville, where there are a lot of retirees, I'm taking full advantage of the expertise... but I haven't checked the other ones you mentioned... doctor visits aren't free, but obviously very worthwhile... but, since my testosterone issue has been fixed, I can tell I am getting myself back on track in life.. your videos have helped alot... In particular the ones about stopping watching tv and getting friends, pulling myself out of depression. I have a similar story to you, I think, in a lot of ways, regarding life purpose... I was a software engineer for Nokia for many years, and it was only the last few years that I realized that I've been living in a self made purgatory because I haven't been passionate about my job... my current prospect is to become a police... I'm gonna study criminal justice next fall, and this summer I will work at a YMCA summer camp and be a counselor for kids. I'm really looking forward to that. My health is the best it has been, probably ever, and now I just have to fix the other parts of my life related to purpose of life... your videos are really spot on, with respect to that! I'd love to take on a coach like you, but at the moment, I don't fit your criteria since I am unemployed (at least until June)... and also don't meet the salary requirements you mention on your site.
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I love them.
I dont know why but i like this guy. Strait up & no BS... Thank you.
I was waiting for this topic
Thank you so much Leo, as a college student that's been slacking, this has given me more inspiration than anything else in my life. Thanks for clearing stuff up, I don't know what I would've done without you.
how can we get a life purpose? you're like, okay- get a life purpose, but how?
Do what you love.
@@thedollofthemonthseries what if what you love is internet surfing
@@ChatiseE do a dopamine detox and stay away fro my hw internet and create or explore read etc.and see if u like that.
Leo, I just came across your videos and you are AWESOME!!! I have been in a down frame of mind since my Mother’s death and happenings at my workplace and listening to You has made me see things in a new light. Thank you!!!
Leo, I love all of your videos ! They'vd changed my life dramatically in a good way ! It would be very good if you put more specific vids on the law of atraction ! :) Anyway, keep it up !
I will shoot a detailed video course on Law of Attraction and how to reprogram your subconscious mind. It will be awesome. Subscribe and stay tuned.
Actualized.org I'd love that one too, I have trouble with my subconscious mind because it was really badly influenced during my childhood. I was told i was useless and dumb way too many times, now i just feel that way despite of having strong evidence that i am not... It has been affecting every aspect of my life negatively.
S4n71a60 Leo! Please make a video on the topic that S4n71a60 brought up. Thanks!!!
Actualized.org And if you could, please, please shoot a video about importance of dreams. And I mean when you go to sleep dreams. I had some incredible dream about what are you doing, it felt so big, so important, so true. Global awareness movement. People were waking up in my dream, and you started it, you were some kind of prophet, and led us in that journey. And what I saw, was flashlights souls all over the world...it was mapped similar to GPS.... It was all coming together...like it was always there, meant to be like that. Amazing feeling.
neshtodrugo Dreams aren't too important in my book.
One of the best Actualized videos to this day.
i've been lazy for about 5 years.
i'm 21 :|
21 is verry young.
RawHim9591 I said 21 is young. Not 40.
RawHim9591 Well, its not. It's just the beginning of your adulthood. And your live does not end with 40. It would be to late for many things, like starting a family, if you have not done *anything* until 40, but it is a good time to raise your children and to enjoy your family.
RawHim9591 So what you actually mean is not "half of your life", but half of the time you have to make yourself a decent life. Otherwise the rest of it will most likely suck too.
I can agree on that partially but I want to repeat, that its just the beginning of your adulthood.
Before that, its pretty much a question of luck in which family-background you have been raised. From that point on its on you. That doesnt mean you start necessary from a good position, life is not fair, we all know that, but pretty much everyone can achieve a happy and fulfilling life if he puts effort in it, instead of being lazy. Especially if his time of adulthood has just started.
But even if you are older, what you missed you missed. You cannot change that. All you can do is to make sure that the rest of your life will be better.
FavJam wow, I had no idea somebody else would feel the same way as me. I'm 22 and graduated from high school when I was 20, but for the last 2 years, I´ve now dropped out of two colleges without going to any finals, and I´m starting to think if this is because of me being lazy or if I´m just afraid of social "embarrisment".
Just accidentally I played this video and I listened till the end. I can't thank you enough cus you've done massive favour for me by this video ...THANK YOU
it's been 8 years since i planed to go to the gym and build muscles, i always skip lol
Agis Qose same..
And now 2 years later???
I was stuck at this point in my life where I didn't know what to do next. I didn't find all my answers but got a little spark of motivation to take baby steps. I think what matters is to progress even if it is one step a time than to stay stagnant. Thank you for your time Leo. Looking forward to learn more from you and to become better than my former self :)
In all seriousness though, I'd love to be an 'over-achiever lazy'.
This video really helped me to slow myself down and to stop wanting instant results. You helped me realize that if I want good results, that last in the long term, I should initiate my search for the gradually, starting little by little. Thank you so much for this video.
Is being lazy and procrastinating the same thing?
No, they can be different.
YourMakeupBuddy as far as I know, procrastinating means finding excuses for not starting a certain task/getting something done by doing something different (which can be productive but often is not).
Yeah Leo , love the part about just going through the motions.. I call it getting back to basics...
I'm too lazy to even watch the whole video
I agree with the quote mentioned @19:40.. Basically speaking, motivation comes after action, action doesn't come from motivation.. It's action that will create progress, which you will use to create the motivation, resolve, perseverance, drive, ambition, to encourage yourself when no one else is.. And yes, I think I've been through every type of laziness in my entire life, if that makes sense.. Still dealing with it, to be honest.. But a lot more conscious about how and why, and what to do about it..
How can you help your lazy teenager to overcome being lazy?Because it breaks my heart that my son dont want to carry on in college,he has a great mind and is very intelligent but is wasting his llife by staying in bed.
Have you asked him what he actually wants out of life?
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Try to but he keeps saying he dont know
S- Rm
Thankks for the advise,w have tried before and took him to the doctor and to see a counsellor etc.
+S- Rm i think its a bit much to say a lazy teenager might have adhd or depression... hes a teen. let him be lazy. Tbh in my opinion you should give him more time. be patient. I was 23 when I first figured out what I wanted to do and became less lazy and more compassionate about it. And i think its because my mom was patient and let me figure it out on my own.
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yes i want to do that,i love my son,i just dont want him to waste his talents,hes such an intelligent boy,and unless you use your talents the worlds going to be a hard place,thats why im anxious for him,im wanting the best for him.But at least now he is doing a princess trust programe,so thats is something positive which hopefully will help him.
Thank you... "Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
- Annie Dillard
Problem is I'm too lazy to even watch this video
I really appreciates you. I live alone and I have a good job. I feel like I don't need anything else. But you made me realized that I don't have a goal and that is why I'm not motivated to do anything else. Hope you realized how many people you have help and made their lives better. Thank you for all your hard work.
The problem is im too lazy watching the entire video.
hhh me 2
+Abdelraouf Tria Same here. So I did other things while watching and only half listened. He needs to shorten his videos, or at least provide us with a bullet point summary in the description below.
You should do a video on how to stop being distructed by social web-sites or how to stop being dependent on internet. That would be so helpful!! I procrastinate so much time on stuff I don't even need
Hey leo. Is it possible to be lazy even when youve found something youre passionate about? I have fallen in love with technology and programming, but sometimes I find myself just wanting to read about it instead of getting my ass up to go code something.
Sure
Same here, Draco. It's a real problem. When i constantly reading or watching some youtube on some interesting tech chapters i think that i'm doing some really cool stuff and pumping my brain with quality ideas, but... In the end of the day i realise that i've read or watched a bunch of articles or videos, it's 2AM and there is no line of a new code. And things stays the same over and over. The only thing changes is the article/video counter. That's sad.
Draco Xephyr That might not be laziness might be lack of courage.
One Who Knows Their Path thats a good point
This is the only motivational advice ever that has actually motivated me, if I'm being completely honest with myself.
i was too lazy to watch all that video ;/
Brugar18 same..
Lol... I was just about to click off
I have bipolar so I deal with commitment and consistency issues a lot. I dont even know my purpose and you made me realize THIS is why I have a lazy problem because I'm just kinda floating through life.. dealing with it
I wish you to find your purpose and be happy🙂
Irony!!! I'm too lazy to watch the whole video!
+Quamrul Hasan HAHHAHAHHA the same thing
I love how you delineate the different sorts of lazy and the complexity of the problem.
im too lazy to watch this whole video
lot of great tips here: slow down, just get moving etc. thanks again Leo
Im too lazy to watch the hole video zzz
+Smokey the man lol
ikr lol
your solutions just hit the nail on its head..HIGHLY MOTIVATING
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Actualized.org do you have any video about how to not being pathetic ?? because i always being pathetic and how can i stop being pathetic
+Aiman Hafeez How are you feeling about your own self worth?
I know don't , sometimes when something bad happen when it involve me first I start to panicking like for example when I play with my friends like... you know team vs team , 5 vs 5 something like that usually when I become the last man stand my heart start beating faster and faster and will I do everything recklessly without thinking , and this problem its also happenwhen things getting worst , I don't know..... my mind become blank , i just being pathetic , I can't think correctly when it happen.
Aiman Hafeez I'm not a psychologist, but it sounds like you are dealing with an anxiety issue. It is normal for people to be anxious over some things, don't feel that it is pathetic. But if you feel that it is impacting on your quality of life or that you are overly anxious it is possible to seek help from a professional or even just talk to a friend or relative. Don't apply so much pressure on yourself if you are playing that sport for fun. There are many people in this world which feel as you do, and at the end of the day the pressure which you feel is being self applied. Do things which take you out of that comfort zone and stop caring so much about how others will judge you. In the end you will find there are plenty of people out there which will support you no matter what. Go out there and practice some 1v1's with a mate, do some public speaking, anything which takes you out of that comfort zone and then own it friend. If you fall down get back up and keep on trying. Just relax, and clear your mind of the pressure you are putting it under, have a look at some of Leo's videos on meditation, it might help.
thanks
Thank you so much!! I've been stuck and can't figure out why. I feel like my purpose in life has just disappeared. I was once very successful and then my whole world fell apart. For years I have been trying to put it back together and nothing seems to be working....
Thank you for the video about being 'lazy'. I think we all are inclined to being lazy but we have to 'make' ourselves do things. If you let yourself go you will plunge more into a state of inaction. That is a choice which seems easy but leads to wasting one's life ; seeing one's life breeze away . Being decisive and proactive to change and do things will get you out of a rut.
Man, i can't even write how grateful i am. Thank you so very much Leo. I hope i can repay you someday.
I 'm in a momentum streak with my goals and I could remember a couple months back taking small baby steps and looking now at how much momentum I've build so far its impossible for me to feel lazy now, i get so excited everytime i think of my goals that i wish i could be working on them every single moment lol. Amazing how just that small self development strategy of taking baby step towards your success can produce such strong pulling momentum and motivation that even if you haven't eaten your still so full of energy that you could still accomplish your goals.
William James quote @19:19 '' You can act your way into right thinking but you cannot think your way into right action.
leo honestly i think your work is amazing.
i been watching your videos for at least a month or two. well i would say it really puts my mind to work on extraordinary visions of how my life would be if i did what you recomend to do,but is lazyness my biggest rock to move out the way. im just getting out of a traumatic event in my life which keeps me in this state of lazyness, and a confortable depresive way of life. i just want to go out and chill or i go to the gym and work out even less each day i just get bored. well i hope this video helps me out i will act. thank you and i will keep recomending your videos.
thnx so much man. I'm assessing where i am in in my life and i realize its now ok to be 'lazy' sometimes as i am an overachiever and hard on myself all the time