Doing ABSOLUTELY nothing from time to time is actually really really helpful. In such a fast world with so many distractions, sitting still and just watching your thoughts, visualizing and just thinking is so peaceful but also leeds to great ideas! Weiter so, grüße aus Österreich 🌍
I just finished reading Atomic Habits by James Clear and I see where you get some of your video ideas from, I sit there after reading a chapter and contemplate things in my life related to what I've just read. It's very fullfilling. Unfiltered Hamza is the best Hamza I hate bs I prefer it when people are more Open.
Hmm, I have similiar ideas which Hamza have, I'm overthinker myself and around 3 times in my life till now I had serious crisis of some kind, the thing about myself which I like the most is my logic and that influence my brain to think more than feelings do. I do what Hamza said "staring at the wall", sometimes even literally, but usually when I'm bored (that's quite very often) and when I feel free (in my brain, having none personal problems). I heard that intelligent and/or more mature people do this, but I don't think I'm much intelligent (surely not above 115), but yeah I'm more mature and somewhat smarter than my peers; it may be just because I'm not that part of society though and that I have balanced parents (all 3 attachment styles, but mostly secure like 60%). Right now I'm 17 years old, didn't read much books, maybe the most 5 books in my whole life and just once was not because of school. I'm struggling in "self improvement" which I rather call "evolution of person" , I don't have that much freedom to do much my self improvement because I don't have my room now when it's cold and I gotta sleep in living room, I use my pc and desk in my parents room so sometimes I have bit more privacy, but mostly it's hard to have it. I'm quite ambitious man, I feel like I have warrior mentality which society puts down, and to be honest I'm afraid of myself and how much I can evolve; if I'm similiar to Hamza (except socially which I'm trying to improve almost everyday) in this stage, I'm not sure how much I could achieve and will I stay on right way or at least not go crazy haha. To be honest I'm not sure why I posted this here it's just that people in real life don't understand me, (often because I don't express myself the best and my thoughts, except if I have bit longer time to think; sometimes they don't know what to say and they just...I guess are speechless and amazed and it already happened several times and it even shocks me when I reflect on it), so I look for similiar minded people on internet like Hamza, Chris from 1stman, Elisha Long, some youtuber Dre (forgot name, recently found him), and several guys in one of Zyzz's related servers on discord (one guy is my age, but others bit older 20+). I want revolution where and when there are more strong men who can relate to each other and have brotherhood/s, but right now society is full with ignorant and weak man, something is coming and we should help it bring new revolution, if not us next generation will surely do with our guidance and continue our evolution. Discomfort is where men seek strength and become stronger and better men, surrender yourself with discomfort so you can at least try to evolve. It's win or lose now brothers.
I literally had the same thought today like "Why don't i do this more often?" Doing nothing is literally more productive than any other "relaxation" like social media and video games
did this when i down very bad mentally(family, business, school, girlfriend etc. everything did go bad.) and i found answer to everything i cant solve for days just in 1 hour. a week past over it and i am on track again. gonna do this everytime when something sticks to my mind.
To be fair i attribute to this " just thinking " practice a lot of merit for my personal growth and creativity. I've always done it, every day i spend between 30 minutes and one hour just thinking and talking to myself about various things. It has actually become a bit of a problem, because i could just procrastinate while being lost in thought, and that's the reason why i started meditating. Now, i think i reached the golden balance where i'll be mostly present and focused troughout the day, but then allow myself some moments to just think and sprout new ideas. Thinking is a super important evolutionary tool, and most people definitely don't do it enough. Meditation helps with regulating it and not getting constantly lost in thought, and striking a balance between presence and mind wondering is one of the most important things one can do on their self improvement journey.
I'm loving the timetable and Dopamine Detox. I naturally meditate, read and get chores done because I'm forcing myself to avoid instant gratification. I'm also machine learning engineer and this video gave me good ideas to just sit and stare at the wall after a deep work session of coding. It's times when I have nothing to do but think that I come up with really creative ways to solve problems in my job and earlier in my university research
@@RaanaGolzar TH-cam is a great vessel for all types of information, dopamine detox doesn't mean you never use any electronics ever again for as long as you live lol
@@shivinpokemon spend less, if you want to listen to hamza s videos… hear them if you are in the shower or have nothing to do like what i am doing rn (am on a train) I usually spend only 30min
I completely agree with this Hamza. Before I got into college I always had time to sit at my desk or in front of a mirror and talk to myself about really anything, basically thinking out loud. It could be school work, something I'd been longing to do and had forgotten about during studying for my GCSEs, hobbies and what not. When I got into college, I had no time to talk to myself. I was completing coursework, playing videogames with friends, or watching youtube. After a while, I found that I had started forgetting little things; if I had locked the door before going out for example. It was as if I was on autopilot. Around early December I found myself getting back into the habit of talking to myself, the mental fog lifted within 2 weeks. Now I make sure to spend at least an hour a day, just talking to myself. I found that it's a verbal way of gratitude journaling, recording them with an app on your phone is a way to keep track of them. Hope this helped some, you lads who watch this channel are some of the best people around.
I noticed whenever i get time to process my thoughts without any distractions, everything just flows. It’s actually sometimes a sense of relief for me to think, it offers me peace. Enjoying your vids.
Yeah I used to meditate like this until I saw you telling us to do the breathe focus thing (in decently quick and deep and then out slower) . I mean meditating in many different ways is really good so you allow yourself all sorts of sides/benefits like eating a balanced diet. I’m loving deep journaling now to and I recommend to anyone else reading. If you can’t take your mind of something, write pages about it and find out all about it. Once you write it it’s stored into like the hard drive of your brain, so you still remember and can think about it but it’s like WAY less significant. I go to school as I’m 16 so this helps to literally now allow me to transform my mind and make anything I worry about almost non existent as I understand them worries fully and it’s furthermore been stored somewhere else where it will no longer both me as much. Thanks fir reading anyone, hope you got some value from this. Also, read Harry Potter If you haven’t guys, it’s amazing, well obviously. Bye bye
this is incredible advice! I also found that giving myself a set amount of time to worry about things and jotting them all on paper helps with any feelings of anxiety or overwhelm that comes with living in today's world lol. Seeing all those worries on paper helps me acknowledge any reoccurring thoughts I'm having, organize my thoughts better and it just makes it soo much easier to come up with a plan to tackle them
I’ve watched a Ted-talk that said that said it’s can actually be productive to allow some amount of procrastinate on assignments because it allows the mind to think subconsciously on problems from different perspectives and thus creating new ideas. I’ll link to the Ted talk if anyone is interested.
I love how this links to your video talking about instant gratification 'doing nothing is better than doing the gratification' - that statement has helped me many times, as it revovles around, helps me to switch off and spend some valuable time doing something valuable.... I'm so grateful for this video, thank you Hamza Unironically, I'm gonna change the world don't know how exactly, but it's coming. It's big headed and egotistical I know but it's true. You're helping me Hamza. Thanks
Bro immediately after I watched this video I journaled and as I did I realized that subconsciously I was dealing with shit I wasn’t even aware of and started crying bro. This is powerful I highly encourage everyone to try this out as well!
Thinking is the process of exhausting thoughts. The only way to get thoughts out of your head is to think about them. It's involuntary, like a heartbeat. Meditation is the act of dedicating time to releasing thoughts. The more your mind wanders, the more mental clutter you have to clear out. It's all part of the process. Good video, man!
I've noticed this as well, and I think this is the reason why constant entertainment (distraction) is so detrimental to ones self-development, because the thoughts and ideas that pop up in your head are far more valuable than people make them out to be. Continued watching the video, seems you've already brought it up lol
Bro I got to a point where I had to have something on all day. TV just as background noise, podcast, audio book, youtube video anything, just to have the noise. My focus went to shit quick. Doing exactly this, taking time to just be alone with my thoughts and process, and adding journaling right after a hard workout, Changed the game.
i could never meditate without guided videos and things until i realised it was like sleeping, you can only really sleep when you let your thoughts wonder. like how you create fake scenarios in your head to drift off. you need to let your thoughts come when they do when meditating until you get through those thoughts you haven’t let surface and your mind is ready to rest.
I literally thought about this concept last week meditating and then when I was showering, so I started using some time of my day just to think and it’s refreshing to spend some time on those thoughts
This is actually very productive, it produces visualizations that we should to make our future self reap more rewards. I am grateful for this video and you Hamza for the consistent reminder to just dump ur brain.
Man.... I've just find your channel and I'm also reading "Deep work" for the second time, actually, At first I couldn't do it consistently I was working at Walmart and that shit soaked up all my energy, anyway, it's the first book I can confidently say it's making a positive change in my life. Anyone one of you... If in doubt, give this book a chance.
I think a Ton and it is causing me social PROBLEMS. I don't meditate, but i think like crazy. The only problem that happens is that your thinking becomes so good and so fast that in social situations i always have weird questions and an opinion for everything. And another problem is that i pretty much have so many ideas for projects and things it is crazy. And sometimes i take too long in the bathroom. And sometimes i am thinking than taking action. So thinking is amazing (i have been thinking a lot about thinking) and what i see journal as basically a tool for thinking. But beware of thinking too much. Make sure you have a system to capture you thoughts and also take action on them.
I agree VERY much with this, I notice after I finish my "work" for the day, I'll go on my phone. I get no thoughts until I go to bed, I'll be staring at the ceiling and all of a sudden, thoughts keep pouring in and BOOM, video idea!
Mindfulness isn't about the thoughts being "bad," like we shouldn't have them... they are going to come whether we like it or not. It's about letting the thoughts arise and falls naturally, without resistance or judgement. Being lost in thought is bad, not because you're having thoughts, but because you are lost in them - meaning, you identify with them. The point is to stop identifying thoughts and to instead witness them come and go, like everything else that appears in consciousness - feelings, aches, sounds, even what you see in your visual field. They are all just appearances in conscious space. We are the space... NOT the thoughts.
I "dump journaled" for the third time a couple of weeks ago, just writing about the stuff I was feeling around that time. After a solid half hour, I realised that my biggest desire at the moment was to move back to the UK completely on my own. It's something that, whilst challenging, really excites me. I've since applied for university at the UK and waiting on responses. I doubt I'd have taken that action without really thinking about it.
Hamza is a prime example of what self-improvement does to men. Obtain average guy. Place average guy in these self-improvement environments. His name is Hamza. He becomes a leader, guiding others to the right path. Along the way he realises that he can't save everyone, everyone has to face that part in life where they contemplate life, thus making the decisions they supposed to, instead of wasting away what you can't get back. The importance of time. Hamza is urgent in improving his life. Hence, wants others to have this urgency need too, so they can become like Hamza... Or better. Because, it's about evolving those around you , that matters, that's humanity. When humans contribute to another, to levitate unknown regions. 👽
everytime I meditate I think about that girl I like, my workout, and football training, and cold showers. That's the 4 most important things in my life with none of them being more important than the other, they're all equally as important in this moment of time.
I get these type of thoughts randomly trough the day and write them down on my phone and in the evening I really think about them and how to implement them in to my life Great Video as always Hamza
Have only watched the first 1 min and 47 seconds of the video when writing this comment. I get these important thoughts too, that's why I always keep my journal open while meditating. The moment I get any thought worth writing, that needs to be done, I write it down and return immediately to my meditation. I found that doing so makes me even more mindful and have better mediation experience instead of just battling and cancelling out the thoughts. 2nd thing is when I feel like I'm just getting stupid thoughts - I tell myself like mentally and sometimes out wardly (if I'm alone) "I give you permission to think and wander off. You can now think whatever you want. " - as soon as I tell myself that, my mind instantly goes silent. I know it's weird how our mind works. But when we tell it to shut up and be mindful it goes on a freaking fantasy/thought rampage but when we actively give it permission to wander off, it doesn't. Hope this helped atleast one person reading. Do the hard work especially when you don't feel like it
Great advice brother, I myself used to sit down in my lawn and stare at the grass and plants, feel the air. it really opens up your mind you think about various things and find solutions.
This is one my favourite concepts you've introduced me to. It's so simple. I've heard it described in a different I.e. as an alternative form of meditation but staring at a wall is back to basics. Time to lean into those thoughts. Just like when you were bored as a kid. I'm sure that many people have forgotten this principle mate - I'm glad you've made a video on it.
That's exactly what Einstein did, he sat on his rocking chair and held a rock in his hand to get into the optimal state of mind. This is what allowed him to think and formulate his most innovative ideas.
the first ever meditation session i did (or so i thought) was just me talking to my mind, about my fears and why im not doing what i want, the moment i got out of i felt confident of i wanted of life for like 1 month, but i lost it, so seems like i have to go back to it
I do this a lot, just naturally. Thinking whilst pacing up and down, looking at the sky, in nature, looking at a wall. and flow journaling every day, on a vocie recorder and on a keyboard so I am super fast. But I have seperate physical journals for invention ideas etc., and a journal by my bed for random new ideas at night / after dreams. I frequently also do a form of meditating where I hold visualisaitons so I can get even better at holding mental focus.
Yeah. I've noticed such thing that we need to reflect everyday. What it does is- Our thoughts bother us the whole day. If you'll be mindful enough, you'll be able to witness them and see that they are bothering you. And they need to be pondered upon. At times when you try to meditate, these thoughts give us a feeling of FOMO(Fear of Missing out). And the real thing is that unlike social media world FOMO, this one's real. I legit forgot it once that I wanted to improve my emotional intelligence soon. And we are human beings. We are supposed to think but how and what we think is on us.
Ive recently noticed aswell that when i meditate and my mind wonders off i sometimes actually come up with great ideas. So whenever i get bored or feel like theres nothing to do i meditate with the idea that ill let all the thoughts come through but ill try to be conscious about them and observe them which usually results in coming up with something new and beneficial to study or practice
This is the best insight from your whole channel. You already mentioned this in one of your videos from last summer. Have been applying it since. Just stare at a wall & have some pen/paper at hand to write down insights.
I am woman! And Hamza, I want to tell you thanks! The way you speak so articulate. I normally see a lot of personal improvement videos from females. However your perspective is very refreshing!
in regards to the different work styles, dr.k did a great video about motivation styles, and how it affects your work. The air type does the small bursts and could be attributed to the knowledge worker
I'm pretty sure I have ADHD, staring and thinking generates A LOT of thoughts as I try to escape simply sitting still. But sometimes in 10 minutes alone of staring doing nothing I will get ideas of things I could be doing - and somehow not allowing myself to get up and do it yet acts like a spring that builds so much energy and motivation towards doing those things that the ten minutes 'wasted' doing nothing help me get far more done. Otherwise I exist in a state of having ideas midway through projects and then I drop one thing and start another and never finish anything.
I agree, thats why i have an hour everyday just to think, and when i have important thoughts in the day i just type them in a note so i don’t forget them and think about them deeply in that hour, also whenever i get like an idea i type it in a note so i don’t forget it
Started going to a rock climbing gym this year and Hamza is one of my big motivators to get out there. I'm using it as opportunity to train my social skills and flirting too. Talking to old men and ladies until I get my exp high enough to use Flirt during the Stacy boss battle. Made juicy eye contact with a girl LOL
That's what I noticed not long ago, just sitting and letting your mind wanders often brings up very good ideas, we're always distracted with something, never having the time to think proper thoughts.
“You don’t give your mind enough time to think” I want to agree with that but I tend to believe that all we do is think. Whatever time we get to think about these toxic & positive thoughts we think. The more we think the more you want to think, you’ll always have something to think about, don’t you think?
The topic you’ve covered in this video is something I noticed a few months into meditating on a consistent basis. Sometimes I’ll meditate and completely clear my head but other times when a thought persists, I’ll let myself brainstorm for a few minutes. Your content is amazing and gives me a lot of insight, keep up the good work as always. Much love
I usually do this when I am in bed waiting to fall asleep, but the disadvantage is that you cannot write down your ideas. Also, I can advice to not go on your phone when you have to wait small amounts of time, for example in the train or waiting for your next set. I will still try it in the next few days though.
Deep work from Cal is very good indeed another one that is just as good if not better depending on where you are is Digital Minimalism by the same author cheers
I've done this but it doesn't get them out of my mind. Meditation is the only chance bar physical exercise to get out of my head. When staring at the wall its incredibly hard to think incisively and you can fall into the trap of thinking about the same thing everyday for hours without any results or answers achieved. It does help you know who you are, or confuse you into to thinking you don't know shit about yourself. I have faith and will continue to think, I've done meditation twice and I liked it. I can see my self doing it more.
I always felt some kind of shamed for enjoying so much my time alone and thinking, talking to myself, etc. Later I learned about the differences between introverts and extroverts, and of course, I learned that is NOTHING related to being shy. I know so many people that are scared of being alone, and its weird to hear them, being someone who craves for it
I will try something new. I'll do 2 parts on my meditation. In one I'll allow my mind to wander as much as it wants, then another one trying to be as mindful and present as possible. It will be interesting to see the results in a few weeks.
For the last 2 years I’ve started out my meditations where I just mind-wonder for 10 to 15 minutes and put on ambient music or something. I used to think I wasted all that time, but in hindsight It was a pretty healthy practice.
With this all being said... I feel like I always need to be doing something and for some reason sitting down and just thinking sounds like a waste of time. But there is truth to what you have said. I dont know though I cant just force myself to sit down and just relax.
Hamza, you should try going to a meditation class at like, a buddhist or taoist place or something. Maybe the apps are great, haven’t tried them myself, but I wonder how in depth they really go. I trained in Northern Shaolin Kung Fu for many years. Sometimes we meditated in class. My teacher would talk about many many types of different meditation, which has different goals and practices. Some forms of meditation are more for beginners, and some or more advanced. I never appreciated it at the time, and wouldn’t consider myself to be advanced, but this may be worth looking into for you. There’s a buddhist temple near me that has meditation classes on Wednesdays. I was thinking of checking it out and seeing how deep their rabbit hole goes. Idk, I hear the word app and my mind tells me “that’s probably shallow”. Not a fair judgment I know!
Doing ABSOLUTELY nothing from time to time is actually really really helpful. In such a fast world with so many distractions, sitting still and just watching your thoughts, visualizing and just thinking is so peaceful but also leeds to great ideas!
Weiter so, grüße aus Österreich 🌍
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Dachte ich bin der Einzige 👀
@@pauls2073 nice jungs
Nice boys!
Removing the distractions
Hamza is helping a generation of young men more than he knows. Respect to you brother.
Yes sir!!
I just finished reading Atomic Habits by James Clear and I see where you get some of your video ideas from, I sit there after reading a chapter and contemplate things in my life related to what I've just read. It's very fullfilling. Unfiltered Hamza is the best Hamza I hate bs I prefer it when people are more Open.
Hmm, I have similiar ideas which Hamza have, I'm overthinker myself and around 3 times in my life till now I had serious crisis of some kind, the thing about myself which I like the most is my logic and that influence my brain to think more than feelings do. I do what Hamza said "staring at the wall", sometimes even literally, but usually when I'm bored (that's quite very often) and when I feel free (in my brain, having none personal problems). I heard that intelligent and/or more mature people do this, but I don't think I'm much intelligent (surely not above 115), but yeah I'm more mature and somewhat smarter than my peers; it may be just because I'm not that part of society though and that I have balanced parents (all 3 attachment styles, but mostly secure like 60%). Right now I'm 17 years old, didn't read much books, maybe the most 5 books in my whole life and just once was not because of school. I'm struggling in "self improvement" which I rather call "evolution of person" , I don't have that much freedom to do much my self improvement because I don't have my room now when it's cold and I gotta sleep in living room, I use my pc and desk in my parents room so sometimes I have bit more privacy, but mostly it's hard to have it. I'm quite ambitious man, I feel like I have warrior mentality which society puts down, and to be honest I'm afraid of myself and how much I can evolve; if I'm similiar to Hamza (except socially which I'm trying to improve almost everyday) in this stage, I'm not sure how much I could achieve and will I stay on right way or at least not go crazy haha. To be honest I'm not sure why I posted this here it's just that people in real life don't understand me, (often because I don't express myself the best and my thoughts, except if I have bit longer time to think; sometimes they don't know what to say and they just...I guess are speechless and amazed and it already happened several times and it even shocks me when I reflect on it), so I look for similiar minded people on internet like Hamza, Chris from 1stman, Elisha Long, some youtuber Dre (forgot name, recently found him), and several guys in one of Zyzz's related servers on discord (one guy is my age, but others bit older 20+). I want revolution where and when there are more strong men who can relate to each other and have brotherhood/s, but right now society is full with ignorant and weak man, something is coming and we should help it bring new revolution, if not us next generation will surely do with our guidance and continue our evolution. Discomfort is where men seek strength and become stronger and better men, surrender yourself with discomfort so you can at least try to evolve. It's win or lose now brothers.
Atomic habits was one of my favorite reads for sure, and think and go rich
No way I just finished reading it as well
Atomic Habits + The One Thing are among the best books ever written
I just started my self improvement and dopamine detox,should i read the book and if yes,can you recommend more such books to help on my journey
whenever i get inspired i write everything down...and then meditate on it...And it has made me change so many aspects of my life its crazy!
That's a good practice I think I will do that too
I like your style
I will do that! Will update when I do it.
@@bettermanchannel770 thx... I can highly recommend it..
How do u meditate on it I kinda don’t understand what u mean bout dat😅
I literally had the same thought today like "Why don't i do this more often?" Doing nothing is literally more productive than any other "relaxation" like social media and video games
Bro wtf sameee I dunno I think of the most imp things while meditating I should write them down and think about them later on
did this when i down very bad mentally(family, business, school, girlfriend etc. everything did go bad.) and i found answer to everything i cant solve for days just in 1 hour. a week past over it and i am on track again. gonna do this everytime when something sticks to my mind.
To be fair i attribute to this " just thinking " practice a lot of merit for my personal growth and creativity. I've always done it, every day i spend between 30 minutes and one hour just thinking and talking to myself about various things. It has actually become a bit of a problem, because i could just procrastinate while being lost in thought, and that's the reason why i started meditating. Now, i think i reached the golden balance where i'll be mostly present and focused troughout the day, but then allow myself some moments to just think and sprout new ideas. Thinking is a super important evolutionary tool, and most people definitely don't do it enough. Meditation helps with regulating it and not getting constantly lost in thought, and striking a balance between presence and mind wondering is one of the most important things one can do on their self improvement journey.
This should be the top comment
I'm loving the timetable and Dopamine Detox. I naturally meditate, read and get chores done because I'm forcing myself to avoid instant gratification.
I'm also machine learning engineer and this video gave me good ideas to just sit and stare at the wall after a deep work session of coding. It's times when I have nothing to do but think that I come up with really creative ways to solve problems in my job and earlier in my university research
Bro TH-cam ain’t a dopamine detox
@@RaanaGolzar I spend 1-3 hours on instant gratification a day, just like Hamza said to do
@@RaanaGolzar TH-cam is a great vessel for all types of information, dopamine detox doesn't mean you never use any electronics ever again for as long as you live lol
@@shivinpokemon spend less, if you want to listen to hamza s videos… hear them if you are in the shower or have nothing to do like what i am doing rn (am on a train)
I usually spend only 30min
Its crazy how you still learn and develop your ideas, honestly that's the beauty of self improvement, you'll always be improving
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I completely agree with this Hamza.
Before I got into college I always had time to sit at my desk or in front of a mirror and talk to myself about really anything, basically thinking out loud. It could be school work, something I'd been longing to do and had forgotten about during studying for my GCSEs, hobbies and what not.
When I got into college, I had no time to talk to myself. I was completing coursework, playing videogames with friends, or watching youtube. After a while, I found that I had started forgetting little things; if I had locked the door before going out for example. It was as if I was on autopilot.
Around early December I found myself getting back into the habit of talking to myself, the mental fog lifted within 2 weeks.
Now I make sure to spend at least an hour a day, just talking to myself. I found that it's a verbal way of gratitude journaling, recording them with an app on your phone is a way to keep track of them.
Hope this helped some, you lads who watch this channel are some of the best people around.
You should do an hour of meditation everyday. It will blow your mind.
I noticed whenever i get time to process my thoughts without any distractions, everything just flows. It’s actually sometimes a sense of relief for me to think, it offers me peace. Enjoying your vids.
Yeah I used to meditate like this until I saw you telling us to do the breathe focus thing (in decently quick and deep and then out slower) . I mean meditating in many different ways is really good so you allow yourself all sorts of sides/benefits like eating a balanced diet.
I’m loving deep journaling now to and I recommend to anyone else reading. If you can’t take your mind of something, write pages about it and find out all about it. Once you write it it’s stored into like the hard drive of your brain, so you still remember and can think about it but it’s like WAY less significant. I go to school as I’m 16 so this helps to literally now allow me to transform my mind and make anything I worry about almost non existent as I understand them worries fully and it’s furthermore been stored somewhere else where it will no longer both me as much.
Thanks fir reading anyone, hope you got some value from this. Also, read Harry Potter If you haven’t guys, it’s amazing, well obviously. Bye bye
this is incredible advice! I also found that giving myself a set amount of time to worry about things and jotting them all on paper helps with any feelings of anxiety or overwhelm that comes with living in today's world lol. Seeing all those worries on paper helps me acknowledge any reoccurring thoughts I'm having, organize my thoughts better and it just makes it soo much easier to come up with a plan to tackle them
I love your energy!
I’ve watched a Ted-talk that said that said it’s can actually be productive to allow some amount of procrastinate on assignments because it allows the mind to think subconsciously on problems from different perspectives and thus creating new ideas. I’ll link to the Ted talk if anyone is interested.
I love how this links to your video talking about instant gratification 'doing nothing is better than doing the gratification' - that statement has helped me many times, as it revovles around, helps me to switch off and spend some valuable time doing something valuable.... I'm so grateful for this video, thank you Hamza
Unironically, I'm gonna change the world don't know how exactly, but it's coming. It's big headed and egotistical I know but it's true. You're helping me Hamza. Thanks
Ayyy you got big dreams, I love it! You got this
Bro immediately after I watched this video I journaled and as I did I realized that subconsciously I was dealing with shit I wasn’t even aware of and started crying bro. This is powerful I highly encourage everyone to try this out as well!
Thinking is the process of exhausting thoughts. The only way to get thoughts out of your head is to think about them. It's involuntary, like a heartbeat. Meditation is the act of dedicating time to releasing thoughts. The more your mind wanders, the more mental clutter you have to clear out. It's all part of the process. Good video, man!
I've noticed this as well, and I think this is the reason why constant entertainment (distraction) is so detrimental to ones self-development, because the thoughts and ideas that pop up in your head are far more valuable than people make them out to be.
Continued watching the video, seems you've already brought it up lol
Bro I got to a point where I had to have something on all day. TV just as background noise, podcast, audio book, youtube video anything, just to have the noise. My focus went to shit quick.
Doing exactly this, taking time to just be alone with my thoughts and process, and adding journaling right after a hard workout, Changed the game.
Just realize the TV background noise dude I spent a year doing the same shit
What have I done
To have an Unblemished mind!!!
Belief in yourself and mindset is a great topic...can't wait to hear more on an unfiltered video
Learning how to think is definitely a macro skill which translates in every area of your life. This is a great video
i could never meditate without guided videos and things until i realised it was like sleeping, you can only really sleep when you let your thoughts wonder. like how you create fake scenarios in your head to drift off. you need to let your thoughts come when they do when meditating until you get through those thoughts you haven’t let surface and your mind is ready to rest.
i sat down for 5 hours and thought. very interesting
I literally thought about this concept last week meditating and then when I was showering, so I started using some time of my day just to think and it’s refreshing to spend some time on those thoughts
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Great point
This is the video I rewatch a bunch of times since release. I think this is your best video to date, great job Hamza!
This is actually very productive, it produces visualizations that we should to make our future self reap more rewards. I am grateful for this video and you Hamza for the consistent reminder to just dump ur brain.
Man.... I've just find your channel and I'm also reading "Deep work" for the second time, actually, At first I couldn't do it consistently I was working at Walmart and that shit soaked up all my energy, anyway, it's the first book I can confidently say it's making a positive change in my life.
Anyone one of you... If in doubt, give this book a chance.
This form of meditation is what true meditation is, a form of deep concentrated thought
I think a Ton and it is causing me social PROBLEMS.
I don't meditate, but i think like crazy. The only problem that happens is that your thinking becomes so good and so fast that in social situations i always have weird questions and an opinion for everything. And another problem is that i pretty much have so many ideas for projects and things it is crazy. And sometimes i take too long in the bathroom. And sometimes i am thinking than taking action.
So thinking is amazing (i have been thinking a lot about thinking) and what i see journal as basically a tool for thinking. But beware of thinking too much. Make sure you have a system to capture you thoughts and also take action on them.
I agree VERY much with this, I notice after I finish my "work" for the day, I'll go on my phone. I get no thoughts until I go to bed, I'll be staring at the ceiling and all of a sudden, thoughts keep pouring in and BOOM, video idea!
I feel like i graduated from the main channel videos to this ones, very insightful.
To form an Unblemished mind with critical thinking, allowing intuition to burst forth!!!
You really have to take time to think deeply AND take time to meditate. I really agree with that concept
Mindfulness isn't about the thoughts being "bad," like we shouldn't have them... they are going to come whether we like it or not. It's about letting the thoughts arise and falls naturally, without resistance or judgement. Being lost in thought is bad, not because you're having thoughts, but because you are lost in them - meaning, you identify with them. The point is to stop identifying thoughts and to instead witness them come and go, like everything else that appears in consciousness - feelings, aches, sounds, even what you see in your visual field. They are all just appearances in conscious space. We are the space... NOT the thoughts.
I "dump journaled" for the third time a couple of weeks ago, just writing about the stuff I was feeling around that time. After a solid half hour, I realised that my biggest desire at the moment was to move back to the UK completely on my own. It's something that, whilst challenging, really excites me. I've since applied for university at the UK and waiting on responses. I doubt I'd have taken that action without really thinking about it.
Hamza is a prime example of what self-improvement does to men. Obtain average guy. Place average guy in these self-improvement environments. His name is Hamza. He becomes a leader, guiding others to the right path. Along the way he realises that he can't save everyone, everyone has to face that part in life where they contemplate life, thus making the decisions they supposed to, instead of wasting away what you can't get back. The importance of time. Hamza is urgent in improving his life. Hence, wants others to have this urgency need too, so they can become like Hamza... Or better. Because, it's about evolving those around you , that matters, that's humanity. When humans contribute to another, to levitate unknown regions. 👽
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I do this every single day. Don't know when it started but it is amazing.
everytime I meditate I think about that girl I like, my workout, and football training, and cold showers. That's the 4 most important things in my life with none of them being more important than the other, they're all equally as important in this moment of time.
Love from India bruhh ❤️
I get these type of thoughts randomly trough the day and write them down on my phone and in the evening I really think about them and how to implement them in to my life
Great Video as always Hamza
Have only watched the first 1 min and 47 seconds of the video when writing this comment.
I get these important thoughts too, that's why I always keep my journal open while meditating. The moment I get any thought worth writing, that needs to be done, I write it down and return immediately to my meditation. I found that doing so makes me even more mindful and have better mediation experience instead of just battling and cancelling out the thoughts.
2nd thing is when I feel like I'm just getting stupid thoughts - I tell myself like mentally and sometimes out wardly (if I'm alone) "I give you permission to think and wander off. You can now think whatever you want. " - as soon as I tell myself that, my mind instantly goes silent.
I know it's weird how our mind works. But when we tell it to shut up and be mindful it goes on a freaking fantasy/thought rampage but when we actively give it permission to wander off, it doesn't.
Hope this helped atleast one person reading.
Do the hard work especially when you don't feel like it
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Great advice brother, I myself used to sit down in my lawn and stare at the grass and plants, feel the air. it really opens up your mind you think about various things and find solutions.
Your vibe is genuinely so enjoyable
This is one my favourite concepts you've introduced me to. It's so simple. I've heard it described in a different I.e. as an alternative form of meditation but staring at a wall is back to basics. Time to lean into those thoughts. Just like when you were bored as a kid.
I'm sure that many people have forgotten this principle mate - I'm glad you've made a video on it.
absoluetly agrree, i just meditated and started visualising ideas of me making youtube videos
Thank you for this video. Was having the same issues with meditation, but now I know these thoughts are useful gonna pay attention to them more!
That's exactly what Einstein did, he sat on his rocking chair and held a rock in his hand to get into the optimal state of mind. This is what allowed him to think and formulate his most innovative ideas.
the first ever meditation session i did (or so i thought) was just me talking to my mind, about my fears and why im not doing what i want, the moment i got out of i felt confident of i wanted of life for like 1 month, but i lost it, so seems like i have to go back to it
this is so true, i get my best ideas when i’m on runs
I do this a lot, just naturally. Thinking whilst pacing up and down, looking at the sky, in nature, looking at a wall. and flow journaling every day, on a vocie recorder and on a keyboard so I am super fast. But I have seperate physical journals for invention ideas etc., and a journal by my bed for random new ideas at night / after dreams. I frequently also do a form of meditating where I hold visualisaitons so I can get even better at holding mental focus.
This is a great point, awesome video. These videos are super helpful
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staring at the sky and drinking (water) is the best way to sit and relax. (a sunny day ofc)
Yeah. I've noticed such thing that we need to reflect everyday. What it does is-
Our thoughts bother us the whole day. If you'll be mindful enough, you'll be able to witness them and see that they are bothering you. And they need to be pondered upon.
At times when you try to meditate, these thoughts give us a feeling of FOMO(Fear of Missing out).
And the real thing is that unlike social media world FOMO, this one's real.
I legit forgot it once that I wanted to improve my emotional intelligence soon.
And we are human beings. We are supposed to think but how and what we think is on us.
Ive recently noticed aswell that when i meditate and my mind wonders off i sometimes actually come up with great ideas. So whenever i get bored or feel like theres nothing to do i meditate with the idea that ill let all the thoughts come through but ill try to be conscious about them and observe them which usually results in coming up with something new and beneficial to study or practice
God bless you Hamza.
in meditation, let the mind flow. do not try and stop thoughts, embrace them. there is no such thing as a good or a bad thought
This is the best insight from your whole channel. You already mentioned this in one of your videos from last summer. Have been applying it since. Just stare at a wall & have some pen/paper at hand to write down insights.
hamza. this just feels like journaling. sitting in silence, thinking, and even writing them down if you want to.
I love you Hamza. Thanks for everything
I am woman! And Hamza, I want to tell you thanks! The way you speak so articulate. I normally see a lot of personal improvement videos from females. However your perspective is very refreshing!
I enjoy your thoughts young man . Keep up the good work .
Maaannn... This idea literally saved my life. Thank you very very much 👍
An amazing book on getting your thoughts out and organizing your life is "getting things done"
in regards to the different work styles, dr.k did a great video about motivation styles, and how it affects your work. The air type does the small bursts and could be attributed to the knowledge worker
I'm pretty sure I have ADHD, staring and thinking generates A LOT of thoughts as I try to escape simply sitting still. But sometimes in 10 minutes alone of staring doing nothing I will get ideas of things I could be doing - and somehow not allowing myself to get up and do it yet acts like a spring that builds so much energy and motivation towards doing those things that the ten minutes 'wasted' doing nothing help me get far more done. Otherwise I exist in a state of having ideas midway through projects and then I drop one thing and start another and never finish anything.
I agree, thats why i have an hour everyday just to think, and when i have important thoughts in the day i just type them in a note so i don’t forget them and think about them deeply in that hour, also whenever i get like an idea i type it in a note so i don’t forget it
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“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
- Albert Einstein
Earl nightingale in *The strangest Secret*speaks on the importance of blocking out time to just think .
Thank you hamza, you are doing such good work. I'm grateful for having you in my life.
I started sketching in a prompt journal. Works well
can you make a vid on meditation and how it changed you, how to start, etc
Started going to a rock climbing gym this year and Hamza is one of my big motivators to get out there. I'm using it as opportunity to train my social skills and flirting too. Talking to old men and ladies until I get my exp high enough to use Flirt during the Stacy boss battle. Made juicy eye contact with a girl LOL
Walking is great for this. Einstein, Nietzsche, all the greatest thinkers were known to take long, daily walks for this very reason.
That's what I noticed not long ago, just sitting and letting your mind wanders often brings up very good ideas, we're always distracted with something, never having the time to think proper thoughts.
Love you Hamza
“You don’t give your mind enough time to think” I want to agree with that but I tend to believe that all we do is think. Whatever time we get to think about these toxic & positive thoughts we think. The more we think the more you want to think, you’ll always have something to think about, don’t you think?
The topic you’ve covered in this video is something I noticed a few months into meditating on a consistent basis. Sometimes I’ll meditate and completely clear my head but other times when a thought persists, I’ll let myself brainstorm for a few minutes. Your content is amazing and gives me a lot of insight, keep up the good work as always. Much love
I usually do this when I am in bed waiting to fall asleep, but the disadvantage is that you cannot write down your ideas.
Also, I can advice to not go on your phone when you have to wait small amounts of time, for example in the train or waiting for your next set.
I will still try it in the next few days though.
Deep work from Cal is very good indeed
another one that is just as good if not better depending on where you are is Digital Minimalism by the same author
cheers
I've done this but it doesn't get them out of my mind. Meditation is the only chance bar physical exercise to get out of my head. When staring at the wall its incredibly hard to think incisively and you can fall into the trap of thinking about the same thing everyday for hours without any results or answers achieved. It does help you know who you are, or confuse you into to thinking you don't know shit about yourself. I have faith and will continue to think, I've done meditation twice and I liked it. I can see my self doing it more.
I always felt some kind of shamed for enjoying so much my time alone and thinking, talking to myself, etc.
Later I learned about the differences between introverts and extroverts, and of course, I learned that is NOTHING related to being shy. I know so many people that are scared of being alone, and its weird to hear them, being someone who craves for it
I don't do it all the time, but every so often I just stare out of my window and think/reflect about things.
Judging by the fact that you keep stuttering leaves me worried. Thanks for sharing your thoughts🙏
I'm glad my attention span isn't fucked because the unfiltered channel is way better
Love your videos!!
staring at a flame is broken too
I will try something new. I'll do 2 parts on my meditation. In one I'll allow my mind to wander as much as it wants, then another one trying to be as mindful and present as possible. It will be interesting to see the results in a few weeks.
For the last 2 years I’ve started out my meditations where I just mind-wonder for 10 to 15 minutes and put on ambient music or something. I used to think I wasted all that time, but in hindsight It was a pretty healthy practice.
With this all being said... I feel like I always need to be doing something and for some reason sitting down and just thinking sounds like a waste of time. But there is truth to what you have said. I dont know though I cant just force myself to sit down and just relax.
I used to believe that "thinking" was what meditation is supposed to be
Hamza, you should try going to a meditation class at like, a buddhist or taoist place or something. Maybe the apps are great, haven’t tried them myself, but I wonder how in depth they really go. I trained in Northern Shaolin Kung Fu for many years. Sometimes we meditated in class. My teacher would talk about many many types of different meditation, which has different goals and practices. Some forms of meditation are more for beginners, and some or more advanced. I never appreciated it at the time, and wouldn’t consider myself to be advanced, but this may be worth looking into for you. There’s a buddhist temple near me that has meditation classes on Wednesdays. I was thinking of checking it out and seeing how deep their rabbit hole goes. Idk, I hear the word app and my mind tells me “that’s probably shallow”. Not a fair judgment I know!
8:46 So, basically, work smarter and harder. Don't just work smart. Don't just worth hard. Do both. 50/50 👽🤪
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