3 Ways to Trick Your Brain Into Doing Hard Work
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- In this video, I'll share three ways you can motivate yourself to do hard work.
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P.S. - What other tricks do you use to get yourself to start your work?
You're the #1 Thomas! Inspired by you, I've started my own self-improvement channel. To help people level up. Thanks for always being my inspiration! I love you man! 😁
@@YashBhatter You've got great content! Keep it up!
I like the pomodoro method, but I’m not rigorous about it. Convincing myself that “it’s only 20 minutes” helps me get started, and I chip away like that.
Hello. Can you please tell me where I can get a morning chair like your one, or the style of that chair? Thanks. And Limitless is awesome. Shame they cancelled the tv show.
physically writing down what I need to get done today and how much time to spend on each of them helps me.
although i have a little trouble when it comes to more learning-based tasks cuz you cant define exactly how much time it will take.
Being in flow is an egoless state. Its when you're doing your work just for the sake of doing it with little concern about the end product. This frees you up to not only enjoy what you're doing but also helps you produce your best work.
I never thought of flow like that wow thanks!
That must be amazing, but the problem is I never can distract my attention from the fact I'm doing something important
Beautifully put!
Im going to print this as a reminder to myself not to over think.. some of my best enjoyable moments while working is when i really dont care what others think.. i just do and results seem to be good and not too stressful. Thanks for putting this comment!
So basically you become Stephen Hawking.
“Thinking too much leads to paralysis by analysis. It's important to think things through, but many use thinking as a means of avoiding action." - Robert Herjavek
Love you man!
Would love a collab
Love this!
HOW DO I NOT DO THIS PLEASE?
Can confirm.
I have read an article about paralysis by analysis a month or two ago. It’s really cool.
Video starts at 3:22
1. Start incredibly small
2. Allow yourself to create garbage
3. Jot things down in non-ideal places
Thank you for the breakdown :)
Your the Goat 🐐... who else comes straight to comment to see that one person to write the points of the videos??
Video starts at 0:00
ubant thanks. Would have died without your help
lmao no one noticed but I did, those are the Thomas frank advices on this subject
Me watching this after trying to reverse psychology myself into doing my math assignment
Krystal B wow. I’m in the exact same situation right now 😂
Basically me😂
Maths is easy writing words is hard!
atilc I’m actually an aspiring writer, so writing is easiest for me
Exactly same
Thanks for this Thomas! This is super helpful for PhD students like me, who need to write their thesis and research work, and just can't seem to get out of the mental block and into the flow state.
To summarize:
1. Start incredibly small
2. Allow yourself to create work that might be garbage
3. Do work in non-ideal places
Darshan Shah as a fellow PhD student, I feel you. Let’s do our best!
Thanks bro
I can't even begin to describe how important the distraction journal is.
I recently started writing "Morning Pages" to get my thoughts out in the morning, allowing me to trap my anxieties on paper. It's amazing how much clearer the rest of my day is when I accomplish this.
What do you actually write down?
@@eljefe4300 I actually do this a lot. My mind finds literally anything to distract myself with (e.g. typing this comment). I guess, I just write down whatever that important thought was that I had and then I get back to whatever other thing I was doing. Sometimes, I come back to what I wrote and flesh the thought out a little more so I don't forget the full idea, you know? I write down literally anything that is distracting me, so it doesn't have to stay in the back of my mind, waiting to be forgotten. It could be a random song that popped into my head that I wanted to listen to; some other task that I just remembered I had to do; some cool video that I wanted to watch. Literally anything. It's all about relieving your mind of having to remember the million other thoughts that are spinning around in there as you're trying to focus on the task at hand.
That’s what I need- a “Distraction” journal! So many ideas pop up when I’m doing something else, only to forget them later and then kicking myself for not remembering them. Thanks Thomas! Okay carry on...
This channel has truly changed my life
me, a mechanical engineer, sitting here and listening to thomas talking, and then I hear the word non-neutonian fluid and my brain immediatly gets ignited. love your vids tom, ps: that term is cursed in my field of study.
1. Start incredibly small
2. Do it badly
3. Work in non-ideal places as the work space can sometimes feel intimidating. Keep a journal/sticky notes/voice recorders around.
Thank you for the pointers
Write in distraction journal rather than serious work
What you picked up from number 2 is so wrong! That was not the intention at all! I recommend you watch the video again
The 2nd one is actually to *allow* yourself to do badly and not intentionally do it badly.
i think this is why i'm so good at getting stuff done when it's on a whim and i didn't really think about doing it beforehand. like the other day, i painted an entire wall in my room. but the day didn't start out with me wanting to paint a wall; i just wanted to dust and vacuum my room and that small task turned into the much bigger task that i normally would have had to psyche myself up to do.
Totally! I find this as well. Especially if I start with the smallest piece of a puzzle I often end up finishing way more than I intended. Now I clean my house every morning for at least 30min simply because I wash my coffee cup after I finish it.
Yeah I notice this so much with cleaning especially. If I plan to clean, it becomes this huge overwhelming thing in my brain so then I procrastinate to avoid it which makes it even more anxiety-inducing and it never gets done. But if I happen to do a really small part of it one time, I usually end up happily spending the rest of my day doing that because I just got really into it. The mind is a strange place and mine rarely cooperates with what I want it to do.
I guess I'm in a flow state when watching youtube.
Haha this is so underrated
@@missyuu9348 😂
Same😂
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My 3 ways
1. Watch Thomas Frank to get inspired
2. Watch Thomas Frank to get inspired
3. Listen to the college info geek podcast
Thank you for the helpful tips 😀
Wrong. Success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
Rafael Eliassen haha thanks 😂 I actually give tips on my channel but I thought that comment fit well
Cameron Larson ^^ so true
"start small", only do the first 2
Thomas: "...try to work in non-ideal places..."
People watching this in the bathroom: *chuckles*
LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣
Same
I used to read and do my math homework in the bathroom. Everyone thought I was constipated.
Okay this is getting absurd. Every single time I’m struggling to fix something one week, Thomas always releases a video regarding the thing I want to get better at about myself. You’re my hero!!
The most useful tip for me is creating work that might be garbage. As a Social Sciences student, I had to write A LOT of essays throughout the semester, and I always found it hard for me to start writing since I expected the first words/paragraphs to be perfect. However, as I begun understanding how my brain and workflow worked, I started writing the first words just as if I was talking to someone and explaining my ideas and theeeen proceded to edit and "write". This continues to be the way I work, I always start off with writing nonsense and then structuring those ideas into actual deliverables.
Thomas: “cuz as always, I’m not your dad.” Me: *whispers* “ok zaddy”
Hahahahaha, yussss
Hahaha, he IS a Zaddy!
The distraction Journal is formally called a brain dump, mainly used in bullet journal and with people with ADHD to empty the mind and be able to focus when your mind is overwhelmed.
Another thing that helps me a lot is Gamifying everything that i do. I highly recommend Habitica for this stuff, since it turns your tasks, habits and daily routines to a RPG system where you level up and get better gear as you do these tasks, I normally user this with very small tasks to motivate myself and get into a productive state without getting overwhelmed.
And Under planning is incredibly helpful. Always plan for the less amount of work and the worst case scenario. This has really helped me get stuff done on time or even earlier, since i estimate myself to not be efficient, getting these tasks done on time or before really pushes me into doing the rest of the stuff easily, since i think i already achieved something today.
You’ve spoken about a distraction journal in several of your past videos (such as with the Pomodoro Technique) and learning about that from you has helped me so much! I used to remember all kinds of things right in the middle of studying-from grocery lists to event invitations-and it would bounce around my head while I was trying to concentrate. Being able to write those distractions down and stop worrying that I’ll forget them later has led to much more focused work, so thank you, Thomas!
Thomas, your videos are phenomenal. I’ve been following you for several years and your videos just keep getting better. From the content quality, to the teaching style, to the production value... all of it excellent. All of it constantly getting better. I know I’m just a random person on the Internet but I want you to know that you make a difference in my life. Keep up the incredible work.
Love this! Thank you for sharing this Tom. You perfectly expressed what I was slowly starting to realise. Love your content!!
You know you’re watching this video while having work that needs to be done.
Ye lol
Sherlock
OG BM lol every time
it be like that sometimes lol
This defnitely applies to programming - sometimes you just gotta sit down and write.
That is so true :D
Yes. What also helps is writing comments, line by line what you expect to do/what should happen then remove the comments as you implement it.
It's amazing how some of the things on this list that you said shouldn't be done, are things that I had always thought had to be done in order to succeed. Really shows that everyone should look at even the little things they do everyday and second guess them. Always stop and think for a second about your rational for doing something. Especially when things don't work out- instead of just doing it again and again, maybe think about what you're doing, and what you could try to change.
Great tips in here, Thomas!
I'm a game developer and, whenever I sit down to start coding something, I always get that mental barrage of "things I must think about", like you on your music production endeavours. I start thinking about the code, the project's architecture etc and usually get paralyzed, just sitting there, thinking, and going nowhere.
I'll try to adapt what you said about just "start messing around" to "just start writing some code", so I can see a clearer picture of what I'm trying to do. Thanks!
me after binging on study vids for hours: okay I'll get to work.
thomas frank: uploads new vid
TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS. So much of this is about tricking your brain into getting into to Flow State. Love your tips Thomas. We pretty much made a video on the same topic at the same time!
I usually read book daily but any time of the day.
I must read a book early in the morning, I think, it will be more productive....
Falak Learning Tube sounds like a good idea!
I’m gonna try that too
That just sums up on how I always get my assignment done. Write garbage in short bursts at non working suitable places (i.e. cafe)
1. Keep a distraction log that ideally becomes a way for you to get your creative/skills ideas and content done.
2. Immerse yourself into the flow state, by easing into your work
- start very small; make small commitments!
- chunk out all your work into a daily commitment
- allow yourself to START, by fighting your perfectionism. let the work be as it is
- do work in new and unusual places and mediums
Starting small and end up doing more than you expected.
"Allow yourself to make garbage" - so valuable! Changing you mindset about making mistakes or potential "failure" is super important.
I keep a Bullet Journal to track my day and a dry-erase marker for my bathroom mirror, so when I think of those priceless ideas in the shower, I only have to remember them long enough to jot them onto the glass. I hope this tips helps everyone become much more creative and productive. Thanks for the quality video, Thomas!
I can't thank you enough. You actually make me want to get my work done. And I end up doing something productive after watching your videos. Thanks. 🙂
Such useful advice!!
I just made a video on 5 quick tips to take advantage of Ramadan. I also make videos on careers, education, family and entertainment. If you have time would love it if you checked out my channel. Ramadan mubarak 🙂
Really needed this video today. Getting back into some work for the rest of the afternoon. Thanks for another AMAZING video Thomas! Inspires me to do the same in my videos:)
The distraction journal is such a good idea, that small change is having the most profound effect on my productivity
Assume that you are creating garbage! I love that. That's how I start off writing my scrips for my youtube videos and then after all the tweeking and fixing, I get the best scripts! Great advice, I'm going to apply all these tips going forward, Thanks for the great video Thomas!
Great video as usual. The distraction journal is a great idea, I think everyone should try it. I'll try it as well. Thanks Thomas for this awesome vid.
Agreed! I usually have post its on hand for this but only jot down jobs to do. I love the idea of recording all distracting thoughts and getting them out of your brain.
I've been doing this "distraction notes" as well, specially during this last month, it helped me a lot. I have a bunch of post-its that I attach to the end of what I'm reading, or the end of my notebook.
I've had a distraction journal since you first mentioned it in a video ages ago. Thank you for that tip! I find that it helps me let go of distracting ideas because I'm not worried that I'll forget about them. I know I can write them in my destruction journal and come back to them later. 👍🏼
Absolutely on point. Key is to start snall and tackle the daily blizzard of situations START SMALL
Now I’m wondering what would happen if Thomas took the drug from Limitless
Haha! I think he would rule the world
I really appreciate when you repeat a thing with synonymous. It's really great for understanding.
Love the idea behind this, I am really starting to find that when you allow yourself to start small and work up to the end goal even if it takes longer than initially planned I am much more able to get a lot of work done and end up with a much more complete idea.
Used to listen to you for inspiration how to work hard so that I can get a resudency. Now few years later I got in to a residency program and I am listening to you for inspiration how to work harder to finish it! Thank you, Thomas! Glad to see you looking good, taking care of yourself and still doing good work!
Oh my!!! I haven’t watched a video of you in ages! Your room setup is different! You sound so... zen & chill now. I’m so happy I found you again.
1. Start incredibly small
(Instead of i.e. "write a book", say "write 500 words")
2. Allow yourself to create "garbage"
(Not perfect work, but anything that comes to your mind)
3. Jot things down in non-ideal places
(Maybe in the living room, in the bus, etc.)
Start Incredibly Small 3:28
Allow Yourself to Create "garbage" 5:38
Jot Things Down in Non-ideal places 6:25
Thanks hun
COPPEID comment why
You coppeid the comment literally next top you
This is an appreciation comment for all those people who sum up videos in the comment section. Thank you! You dropped this👑
we often get similar advice like "start small". what i really like is the analogy of non-newtonian fluid, likening it to punching a wall when we make giant sweeping statements. very true that we often tense up at the moment when we want to finish up an ambitious task in one go. the idea of getting into the flow state is something new to me and thanks for sharing this incredible idea!
I've been, unconsciously, using this method for songwriting, it's awesome!
THE HAIR, THE LLAMA POT, THE LIGHTING AND IMPORTANTLY THE CONTENT !! Our boy has really grown up and matured in his craft I'm getting emotional :' CONTINUE EXPERIMENTING WE LOVE WATCHING IT
This video fits incredibly well into your Ultimate Guide to Focus playlist too! While the ideas may be covered in other videos, I think this video does an especially good job with principles like writing ideas in non-work-like places, starting with a nonintimidating goal, etc.
*Having a strong WHY helps and knowing that you have no other choice, but ultimately, taking care of ur mind and body is REALLY important* 🙏
Ngl, the main concept regarding the puddy or whatever was genius. I just watched a lecture about studying smarter and the professor kind of touched on that but the way Thomas explained it really helped me. Thanks Thomas!
Is it me or is Thomas always in a different type of room or something in every few videos 😂😂
I know your channel is about productivity & workflow but as someone who is studying music & dreams about producing music, please make a video about music production, your workflow & the softwares you've tried. I've been trying to download a free software option since I don't have enough money so any kind of orientation would help. Thank you for everything Thomas.
0:33 This is where I stopped the video, and followed your advice to create a distraction page in my tablet's note app. Thank you! I'll do this for my other tablet.
Pure gold. One of the only youtube channels about being productive that you'll ever need.
Man... I always finish this videos feeling so grateful for you and your channel. And that "I'm not your dad" ending is just perfect, haha! Keep it up! Or not, cause...
I shuddered when he wrote in that book, and with a pen no less.
Yeah, I felt the same thing..
Yeah why not use a pencil
Ikr, it's sacrilegious to me...
@J They were talking about the book he was reading
Thanks for this video. I started keeping a distraction inventory but didn't think about the possibility of utilizing it to feed creativity.
One useful advice I saw on internet about "create garbage" was "While writing, use the font comic sans ms." And I really get why this can make writing easier. The font itself is so funny and ridicilious that it doesn't scare you like the other "serious" fonts. It doesn't make you feel like you should create something magnificent. It takes the burden away. Could be a useful tip for you guys too so I just wanted to share.
I totally agree on the light management to communicate the mental state change. I was wondering if it was only me who noticed how well this effect communicated the inner state of the main character. Nice llama pot :D
dude , I just literally paused the video, and wrote some ideas related to my project on a note pad, cause i didn't wanna miss the video valuable content neither the ideas that just came to my mind
great job as always Thomas :D
I think #3 is why i get alot of studying done on the toilet. Its like such a comfy spot, I take in a laptop to browse and boom I’m in a good study flow
Your editing and your lighting makes me come back and watch EVERY SINGLE video you make!
i had a strange dream last night, thomas came to me out of nowhere and started to motivate me how to overcome the madness of 2020, well when i woke up i feel so inspired, thanks dude!
I want to appreciate your studio quality & video quality. It looks very impressive.. 👌🏻
THANK YOU. I’m a kid writing a book and this 500 words goal is very useful to me.
Distraction Journal. It's a great idea to get yourself to focus on your current task without giving up on ideas and its details.
I loved that ending “or just do whatever it is you wanna do, because I’m not your dad” 😂
Thanks for documenting your execution of Deep Work techniques lol it makes it easier to see the outcomes
Thomas, you have a mind that is overflowing with thoughts and ideas and fun things. I think we are so much alike but I overwhelm myself trying to keep up up with the 'I want to do's' and I never get anything done. You have a great team and I cannot find out how to create one. Thanks for your wisdom.
I started this years ago when you recommended it. I used sticky notes and I'd lose them. I used a note app but I'd get distracted by other apps lol. The journal is a great update to the concept.
Probably one of the GREATEST intro on how to stay focused... ever!
I totally get the distraction journal!! I get so distracted, so if i don’t have a journal or my phone notes nearby, I can keep switching tasks. And then nothing gets 100% complete 😁
I feel like this is the video that I have needed for so long because I have bad anxiety and get nothing done so just wanted to say thank you.
The journal is a great idea. I do use my note app on my phone to write down things I think about while busy doing other things. I use pomodoro a lot when I want to work because most of my issue is getting over that initial inertia of beginning.
I have the same distraction journal where i jot down my random thoughts whenever i'm doing other important things. It's crazy how my best ideas about work/book come from that journal.
I thought i was the only one haha.
Thanks for this video.
Amazing job as always.
1. Start incredibly small
2. Allow yourself to create garbage (because some of it is not going to be)
3. Jot things down in non-ideal places (it allows yourself think more creatively because of less pressure)
I agree with 2 and 3. But for 1, I believe that there are some times when you iust have to “kiss the frog”. Do that one major task. Avoid procrastination. Do the real thing and not confuse movement with progress.
That's interesting i stumble on your channel and this video right now as im sitting at my computer working on a script for my next video and mind blank...very helpful!
Reece Iovine - Real Estate & Personal Finance not to be rude but I see you everywhere 👀 especially in Graham’s videos
This makes a lot of sense, and it is implementable. The whole dopamine detox bullshit going on these days is not conducive to keeping one’s mental health and saneness amidst the unprecedented pandemic. But this stuff actually can be implemented and you can actually stick to it. This makes so much sense. Thank you Thomas.
3:22=>Start Incredible Small
5:37=>Allow Yourself To Create Grabage
6:20=>Jot Down Things In Non-Ideal Places
this is your best video yet it really has a well explanation of how to trick yourself to doing hard work... and that note thing happens to me too
Great to see your journey i have been with you since 4 years now! All the best and keep going.
Great tips! I’ve been struggling for some time to just get started. I seem to take on way too much, get overwhelmed and quit. When I finally sit down to create, I usually end up frustrated because my mind is going in all different directions. I definitely like the distraction journal idea and am going to put it into practice ASAP. Thanks!
Hey there, has the distraction journal worked for you?
@@ShayMinaj89 Yes! Not the I don't still get distracted, but it has definitely helped!
@@abcbuckeye Better is better than nothing. I’m going to start on Tuesday. Thank you.
I loved this video not s much because of the content, which is useful though, but because of the aesthetics. The frame is so nicely composed!
Helpful, ty. I will try the distraction notebook... I remember I used to do something similar for a job I had... I wrote down things to do at 2 in the morning when I couldn’t sleep and I had so many great an unusual ideas.
Me: watching this video 😃
My brain: 👁 👄 👁
0:34 that is the cutest flowerpot that ever was.
Wow, I had noticed this oddity long time ago, about four years, and this have been happening to me for this whole period. I wrote literally all my poems, while lying in the bathtub or sitting in the bus on my way home. And I wrote nothing in moments, when I decided to sit down and write. I was curious, but didn't even surmise, that there is a word for this phenomena and the ways to reach it. Thanks, Thomas and hello from Russia]
btw, I work as a translator and make russian adaptations for your videos. U are breathtaking
Thomas you are legend. King. Because of you my life is better. Your youtube videos are honest and true as much as I could understund it because English is not my first language. Thank you for sharing all your videos.
🙂
Hey man ! Thanks for this video
I recently completed your Productivity Masterclass on Skill Share
It has been very helpful
Today, I completed a course topic in school that would usually take me weeks
I was able to create an effective system to make that possible
Thanks for everything !
Woah I can relate to that state of wanting to devote a day to a big task and not getting anything out of it. I just had a deadline extension for a research paper but I still had a lot to finish. I only had one day and I just blocked. I didn’t write a single useful thing that day.
Thank you for sharing these three pieces of great advice. They are fantastic, solidly practical, and so easy to do. Thank you Thomas very much for making this video. 👍😃
What kind of books do you start your day reading? Like regarding to what you are studying? Or a self improvement? A novel lol
So fun that I need to work harder on my fluid mechanics course and you basically started the video talking about no newtonian fluids that is one of the very first things you see on FM.
Man, you’re a genius. The distraction journal will probably save me a bunch of time on daydreaming while reading.
The third point really hits home, although in my experience, it could also depend on how skilled you would be in writing. You could work anywhere knowing that you have everything you need right besides you.