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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- How does the modern middle class Englishman motivate himself to do more? Here I run an experiment in the power of embarrassment.
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A bit rambling, this one, even by my standards, but it seems that people actually prefer the longer ones. A tale of New York body-builders, the mystery of hair-dressing salon design, and the need to knuckle down and get on with the job of making videos.
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Choosing a punishment would be simple: Two videos a week, or you have to make a 10 minute video talking about all of the higher qualities that the French have over the English.
+blckdrgn813 Man, you beat me about the punishment! Not gonna edit it out, though :P
+Our Führer quill18 Indeed, and the women surrender easily to the whims of the men who desire them.
That sounds terrible, forget that I said that.
+blckdrgn813
Thats.... thats low.
+blckdrgn813 teh normins were net french and we stuffd teh french aht water loo
Steady on...
One of my favorite writers forever struggled with motivation, "I love deadlines, especially the sound they make as they go whooshing by" - Douglas Adams
Consequence no1, wear a bright coloured shirt with a regular collar.
And one of those long, flappy neck-ties.
@@TasTheWatcher You...barsterd.
"Punish me, viewers."
This is getting a little weird... :p
+Jacob Harrison I like it.
Starts with a B and ends with an M!
Perhaps the massive windows are supposed to make people passing by feel bad about themselves not exercising like those people inside, hence acting as a massive living advertisement for the gym.
+Happy Gloom "You want to look like this, don't you?"
+John Harvey No, not really. That looks like a lot of hard work, and I can hardly be bothered with waking up at a semi-decent hour of the day. I mean, sure being physically fit would mean I'd be healthier, but I'm in this world to enjoy it, not burn through it was fast as possible. Cheetos, over stuffed chairs and digital entertainment is the way I roll. Let the gym bois go to the dogs.
It's a good guess, if it weren't so easy for the passersby to do the old routine of "weighlifters, huh? those guys have small nuts and can't get it up. My ways of drinking beer and chain smoking are much better". Or "she's going to look too manly" (the women version). Basically it's much easier to (try to) bring down other people than improve on yourself.
My gym has this same big glass wall thing and even though it always bothered me, and I walk to the machine way in the back, far away from the glass wall, and I notice many other ladies do the same; I have realized most of the men strategically place themselves to be seen from the street. I....am not sure what it's about, or why do they make such choice, but it's something I've observed
The most severe punishment I can think of is if you don't make your targets, you have to make multiple videos about katanas, and read all the comments left on them.
+Sur Bluh I vote Yea on this proposal.
+Lucas Araújo Slow clap
Master blacksmith have made a four swords - sraight, and then two swords - gay
FROM THE DAY YOU DO NOT UPLOAD A VIDEO ON FRIDAY OR WEDNESDAY ON YOU SHALL ONLY WEAR NORMAL SHIRTS FOR 2 MONTHS!
XD
+GREEN PANDA
or something not beige
or even bright pink shirts
+GREEN PANDA There must be something in the Geneva Convention about that.
+Lindybeige lindy!!!!! get it done for us...
+Lindybeige Seems like a fitting punishment!
One word however; Apathy.
The "fuck it, I can deal with the punishment" stage.
I think he was searching for the word "procrastination".
Penalty if you fail: You must wear a non-beige shirt that clashes with your jumper.
+MysticJhn the ultimate punishment (also with pointy collar!)
That terrible shade of purple :O
This is literally one of my favourite youtube channels. All the videos are hilarious, well edited and extremely factual. Factual is very hard to come by on the internet. Please make many more amazing videos!
Two LindyBeige videos a week for 4 months? My underpants were black before this video.
+James Blobb I concur, a most illuminating presentation. Perhaps an alternative venue is in order?
"It's not motivation, it'" a habit. As you do the same thing, in the same conditions (time, lighting, tiredness, and other cues/triggers), they tend to get easier, and not doing the thing becomes harder.
Lloyd you're a tremendously good story teller. The last video you put out about english tankers in WWII was one of the most engaging in recent memory.
If you're feeling spoiled for choice, think to yourself, "is there a good story to be told here?" and if the answer is "yes", then make the video!
You are me.I was exactly like you when I was younger.I have been through many hardships (shattered spine).I was and still am the guy you was describing.Stop thinking for a moment and smash the gym, it's very liberating.
The words of Douglas Adams come to mind "I love deadlines, I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by"
Good luck!
Lindy is asking me to punish him...
"Dear diary : ... "
+Zyro Lupercal "Dear penthouse:..."
That's a good idea, one of the first things google told me when I met with them was to do a video at the same time each week and put that on your channel banner, trailer etc. It motivates you and it also makes more people subscribe to you.
We want more rants about unhistorical historical films and series!
At least you can know that there are thousands upon thousands of people who enjoy and appreciate every video you make, me included!
In my opinion, you are definitely in my top 5 youtubers when it comes to pure quality.
Or maybe the gym has this big window to motivate passerbys. They see all these guys working out and think "I shouldn't be worse". This actually benefits the gym owners because more members => more money.
+Człowiek Wiking I suspect that actually has more to do with it. View a person working hard at building muscle --> feel shame that you are not doing the same --> sign up for the one year membership --> attend once and realize you don't particularly like people seeing your fat ass working out --> never show up again, no refund on that membership --> Gym has your money and remains uncrowded for the muscular ones that actually use the gym, and lure the new members in--> Gym Profits.
People who see me through the gym glass wall...will see a person running on the treadmill for the longest time, maybe get inspired by such sight, but little do they know the only reason I'm there exercising for so long is because the gym has great wifi and I'm watching lindybeige videos on my phone as I run
From what I can see you are traveling the world, getting paid for it and educating people! This is the best thing a person can do.
I would like to hear more about Lindisfarne if that helps you decide.
+Paul A I second that!
Thirded
I´m with you, guys.
+Paul A We are in agreement. And so say all of us.
+Robert „Robovski“ Turner Lindysfarne you say ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
thank you for being so honest. don't pressure yourself too much, one Video per week would already be amazing.
Know that problem all too well also... although my distraction tends to come in Beige :) Good luck with your new push sir, looking forward to it!
I recognize the problem man, what helps for me is just picking a subject, and immediately after you'll know if you want something else because that's what you'll be thinking about. And then just start slowly. You'll find that it's less then it usually seems
I know this feeling all too well. Starting whatever task it is you've got to do is always the hardest part... I type as I've sat here all morning and not even started work yet.
People are motivated to lift weights because of goal setting and progression. In hypertrophy, the results are simple and tangible, therefore very rewarding. Don't let many muscleheads ruin it for you. Muscle & Magicka is a great channel. The Golden One is not as humble, but he goes for the epic hero aesthetic. Sean Nalewanyj and Red Delta Project are a bit more dry, but very informational. If you relate muscle gains to roleplaying, look at Skyrim mods: Disparity and Pumping Iron (both showcased on the UA-cam channel called Brodual). I hope you read this.
lindy, it's no motivation that most people lack, its the diligence to do something without motivation. To be able to force yourself into doing something you are not motivated for. Motivation is fleeting and can come and go without control, diligence is permanent and will never fail you.
replace your office's walls with glass panes facing your nearest road and then when people see you editing your videos you won't be able to give up so easily...also thank goodness your gonna be uploading nice and englishly/frequently.
Lindybeige your videos are some of my favorites and definitely the most informative. I hope you won't quit youtubing anytime soon because you would surely be missed.
And, should you fail in this endeavour, for each time you fail, you must wear a white shirt with a normal collar each day of the following week, with a tie (non bow)!
+georgedebleu If he is to be punished for his self-imposed schedule, let's at least do it right, and go all the way. Therefore, let it be a clip-on non-bow tie.
Excellent news! Loyd twice a week will be a treat!
It doesn't even matter if this big shop window of a video is really just to show off your video making muscles rather than motivate you..
Keep doing film reviews, museum tours, philosophical rants, medieval implements musings and the odd poems. It's all good.
Master of procrastination.
If you fail, you will have to make a video praising the French contribution to history and argument why it is more important than UK :D
+Dorian Stern vukotic (Pigsaw Kykbuttowsky) Teh normins were net french.
+Dorian Stern vukotic (Pigsaw Kykbuttowsky)
That's too much, no English man should go through that.
I fully support this motivation ;)
+tomcat912 Hard promises require hard consequences. The terror of having to do that should intimidate Lloyd enough to get him on it :D
looking forward to it!!!
DON'T LET US DOWN.... WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU!!!!
no pressure!!
I pretty much did this to lose weight... told my best friend that i was losing weight, and was too embarrassed to stop losing weight....
height, weight, bmi?
+Smith Black also asl, and girth?
so funny that so many anti idiot ytbers watch Lloyd or skallagrim and so on 😆 i'm More used to See you under bearings or sargons vidsXD
The way you described your relation to your work could also perfectly describe my relation to school.
Oh i know that so well.
Looking forwards to the 4 months, you are amazing.
I'm quite inspired by the stoic Englishness of this gesture, and can't help but partake in the committing of good intentions.
New year's overrated anyway! From now to the next four Months I'll train at the gym twice a week, one per lindybeige video. Every time you sit down to edit I'll be squatting or doing pull ups or something along those lines.
Good luck to both of us. Thanks Lloyd, couldn't have done it without you
Let's hope your promises work out. I need more Lindybeige in my life!
Yay! Don't let this go to your head of anything, but you are one of my favorite UA-cam channels. I am delighted that you are getting back in the saddle.
Lindisfarne and vikings? VIKINGS!!! Please get on with editing that material. :)
this video remembered me that I should be writing my book and instead I'm watching your video about not getting on to do what you should be doing while I'm doing exactly that.
If you fail to fulfil your pledge you should do the ice bucket challenge.
I love it when I find a new channel that I like and it has a billion videos for me to catch up on!!
+Kancho Amen. They're all fantastic. I've yet to find a single one from which I haven't gotten at least a modicum of enjoyment. Most of them, much enjoyment.
LameMule
There should be more channels on UA-cam discussing ways of dispatching Frenchmen.
I find it hard to articulate why I'm so entranced by this man's videos. Whatever the case, I suppose it says a lot about the quality of the videos. Excellent work!
You're one of the reasons I'm getting a history degree. Keep up the videos.
Hey Lloyd, I just want to offer some words of support. Something that often stops me from doing some sort of work is the "perfection" I demand from myself. I criticize every little detail along the way, and by the end I'm exhausted. I've recently heard heard the quote, "striving to better, oft we mar what's well." and it has been a good kick in the pants a few times. You're an entertaining man, so whatever you may produce will be therfore entertaining.
you could always look into getting an intern to help out with editing, or some such arrangement
also I found your impression of exercise amusing Lindy.
This is a lovely conscious decision. Of the dedicated subscribers and viewers, we'll back you up completely. Its a real sign of consideration that you would make a video regarding this slack in your productions, and I think its a great revelation. Keep at it!
In addition to embarrassment, if you fail to keep your promise, you will crash Matt Easton's gym and surprise him into doing a video with you. This you must swear!
+Wreqt Oh yes! That has to happen!
+Wreqt u fogot teh context dough
Personally I really liked the historical videos. My favorite was the one on bronze swords. That said your rants are sometimes hugely funny. With the historical ones your knowledge is obvious and you obviously have an interest so can we have some more please?
We definitely need more videos that mock films that claim to be historical.
You better keep this pledge, man.
If you don't do it, I probably won't comment, but I can and I *will* silently disapprove from my desk many miles away.
3:55
I was expecting you to say it used to be a hair dressers
Aaiieee, you just reminded me ! i didn't go to the gym again this week, that's four decades in a row ! Good luck to you sir. I enjoy , most, of your video's, please keep 'em coming. Lots of love from Cambridge.
If you fail, you must make a video analyzing the American election system.
A punishment worse than death, indeed.
+swf make it worse: a video about the American election system WITHOUT criticising it.
If you fail your pledge, you must go to your next re-enactment dressed as an Ameri-viking....thats right....the huge mound of fur across the shoulders, the helmet with the huge horns sticking out, the gigantic battle-axe no man alive could wield. Of course you will need to film people's reaction.
smackedinthejaw for a second I thought you meant a generic fantasy Viking with an American flag cape
With the backlog you can consider having friends/people you trust go through the footages and try and cut it down for you. That's why editors exist, people online are always looking to have experience!
That was the quickest 17:03 of my life
haha yeah
+Porglit Honestly didn't know it wasn't 17 minutes until I read this. And the outro was playing as well!
+Porglit I thought I had imagined seeing that runtime on the thumbnail.
So there's hundreds of hours of Lindybeige I might never see? I was fairly sad until the pledge. Lindy! You can certainly do it. I find that making a snap decision and rolling with it helps bypass choice paralysis.
WAIT A MINUTE! IT SAYS THIS VIDEO IS 17 MINS WHILE IT ISN'T!
+Yo' Mamma Thought I was crazy! I was like "Lindybeige, motivation? Sounds like a plan! I GOT SCREWED!"
Good on you Lindy!
I always love watching your videos, and am very pleased with the fact that there will be a lot more in the future.
MOOOORE history/war tales and neat interpretations like that Iliad video cause you are quite extraordinary storyteller sir. Wish to see the story of the lost legion and the battle of Carrhae by LINDYBEIGE.
You could always set up some sort of basic online poll with a handful of video ideas which the viewers could vote on and help you decide which one to make.
It s 17:03 long in my subscription box but here it is just 8:31 long. What is this magic !!?
+Qaz Wsx Same for me! Does anyone have any idea why this is?
It just pushes its limit. Video timer has more motivation to go further than all of us do
+otto hammar I think it happens because the original uploaded took it down and edited it or changed it before it went live.
me too
+Qaz Wsx Yes, I have no idea why it has done that. It may put some people off, who don't like long rambling videos.
I can totally relate. Procrastination, having too many options and the psychological association of work with leisure (since I work from home mostly) are obstacles that require a lot of forethought to overcome. It's especially bad when you start getting down because you're so hard on yourself for not getting much done.
I've taken to using a daily planner, not only for appointments and such, sor which it is very useful, but for daily task lists, filled out a week in advance. I cross off each thing as I go and then relax for the rest of the day, or maybe do something from tomorrow's list if I have lots of time. I find it makes me much more productive as I spend less time thinking about what I should be doing (thus avoiding it), and more time actually getting work done. If the day is done and my list is unfinished, the aforementioned embarrassment factor kicks in.
Good idea
I look forward to your two videos a week, Lloyd. :)
It's hard to be more amused by this. And happy to see more vids. I rarely-- if ever-- comment, but I do enjoy your productions. Keep it up! Please!
Sooooo know the feeling. Deadlines are the thing the motivates. So with writing this is easier as magazines have set times. But for other projects that have no deadline, that meeting with others is helpful. Even if it is a pint at a pub, to discuss the current project. Then I get focused and work to the meeting so I have at least got something. Then in discussing things I get motivated.
So highly recommend some kind of teamwork with someone who can ask how it is going.
I eagerly await the video where Lloyd explains why setting a goal of 2 vids a week was a bad idea and apologizes for this vid. I predict it'll be his fourth video from now, so I guess that makes it the Friday the 22nd if he keeps to his schedule. I wager 50 yen on it.
+DevinDTV 50 yen? We got a high roller here kids lol
I'll put down 35 rubles on this wager.
+DevinDTV
50 yen you say? I'll raise you half a haypenny.
You, sir, are a humorous inspiration to us all. Even if you do have this irrational impulse to drive on the wrong side of the road
+Kevin Lynch Fortunately, I do not yield to that impulse, and I drive on the right side of the road.
+Lindybeige Pretty sure it's the left side.
Boring boring boring
Work all day
Earn your bread
Till you finally drop down dead
(Monty Python - The Silly Walks Song )
"I love deadlines. I love the sound they make as they go whooshing by." Douglas Adams.
If I may suggest a tip to get more videos out:
1. forget about the footage from Turkey / Malta
2. Shoot footage in the morning
3. Edit and upload video in the afternoon
Using this system you can have a clear sense of progress while you are doing it which should keep you motivated. If instead you contemplate the huge amount of footage from Turkey, it looks like a mountain in front of you and you are fed up before you even start.
Here's a punishment for you. If you don't have the video ready, you still have to put it on youtube as-is. And you can only take it down once you do it proper. ;-)
Oooooooo, sounds lovely.
+PelenTan that's perfect
+PelenTan That sounds counter-motivational..
And here I was thinking he should make an exercise video as punishment...
NordboDK
LOL! I almost like that better than my idea! Can you imagine how buff he'd be after four months?
I have an idea. When I've got loads to do, I usually make a list with all the activities and then arrange them, chronologically, in the order I want them to get done. Certainly helps me bring some order in my otherwise chaotic way of worrying about commitments and tasks.
So we just gotta shame him into making at least 2 videos a week for 4 months? I'm down.
Lindy, I believe the word you are looking for is simply "initiative." Good luck! I appreciate your nod to "Englishness" and all its charms.
If you fail will there be spanking? 50 shades of lindybeige? :P
Just 50 shades of beige works ;)
+Hassan Alloush Oh, you
+Hassan Alloush That sounds shady... :-)
Lloyd, you are great. Thank you so much for the channel.
Lindy your videos are great I truly believe you can motivate yourself to make them. Your videos have taught me so much I will be looking forward to them!!!!
A few days from now, this video will be unlisted. :P
"since then they're finished"... sad, but true.
25 push ups in one sitting (on camera) if no video!
I treat the gym like a videogame, my motivation is levelling up! There's no interface though so you have to physically test to find out your stats by testing your max lifts, speed, endurance and flexibility. It's all about learning the dynamics of the game, balancing risk and reward, honing your skills and grinding until it's time to fight the boss.
Do a video about cavalry in modern warfare
they get shot and they die
A follower of the great DNA I presume?
"I love deadlines. Especially the noise they make as the shoot by."
today is WENSDAY!
Looking forward to these vids. It's always interesting to listen to you ranting at a camera.
I would love more videos! And if you're stumped on where to start, you could always start with the stuff that has been sitting around for the longest time.
You could do what I do when I'm thinking of what to cook; I take a cookbook, I open it up at a random page , and obviously that will be something that I really really don't feel like making, let alone eating, so I allow myself to go ten pages back and ten pages forward, and one of them is going to be "it".
So, sit down with your footage, think of a random timestamp, fast-forward to that timestamp, and pick a subject that comes up within ten-twenty minutes. Then: summon the spirits of the Beige, google some interesting facts about the subject, put on a particularly beige shirt and talk to camera for a bit, preferably with some berserker added in. I love the berserker. Berserker!
You could hire an editor. Seems much more productive that pushing yourself through a task you find frustrating.
i've found that I'm best motivated to do my own personal projects when I have a project upcoming or due that actually has significant importance. ie. during exam periods I'm more motivated to put of studying and fill my time with hobbies like writing or making board games
Thou shall subscribe to Pewdiepie if the trials are of failure
+nodws ho boy that's cruel ! X'D
Well, at least we are sure he will continue to make videos for quite a while now.
Your videos are stinkin' brilliant! I watch every one of them.
You nailed your problem; you are paralyzed by choice. Select your topic and do nothing else. Malta would be a good choice.
Go for it, Bro.
Patron from Virginia Beach
Your punishment should you fail: Attend a Justin Beiber concert, stand in the front, and document it as a 15 minute video.
Yes I am serious.
+ithinkmynameismoose You know it's out of style to go "oh justin bieber sucks so much" nowadays, right? Hell, I hope you realize he's a great artist now.
+piemonkey321 A great artist... You've got to be kidding. He's a good singer to be certain but to call him, "a great artist" is absurd.
Thanks for the motivation. I just hope it last until I wake up tomorrow and I can get on with what I really need to do.