Get the FREE One-Month Day checklist here: www.flowstate.com/onemonthday Rían here. Thanks for watching. Our biology is wired to make us scatter our focus - but there's a way to overcome Dispersion. With the science-backed techniques in this PDF, you can quickly catapult your focus into a singular pursuit by achieving a month’s worth of work in less than a day.
I'm extremely appreciating these advices tonight Rian. I love the concept that you shared about the apples and compounding focus. It instantly made me consider the areas and places where I am dispersing my own focus. So tonight I'm going to take a minute to sit down and ponder over my apple trees and what that would look like in my startup. As always I truly appreciate your work and I'm hoping you the best in your life, family, and endeavors. ~ Taqi ~
Rian. This video taught me more in 90 minutes(I rewatched it in 0.75 speed) than in my life time. I have 10 photos of people on my inspiration list. And this includes my entire lifetime. You are now the 11th.
Great video! It’s also worth noting that many entities-people but also large, old companies-get stuck in the exploitation phase. They find something that is working and then stop, even become hostile to, exploring, which opens them up to the risk of disruption or worse motivates them to squash the exploration of competitors. This is a different problem, not totally relevant to your area of research, but related.
as someone who feels "late" in life the urge to do many things at once in order to "catch up" can be overwhelming. your message is really eye opening. thank you for sharing.
00:00 Dispersion, worse than procrastination, splits attention and compromises long-term success. 02:12 Hyper-ambition can lead to loss of focus and productivity. 06:19 Focus is the key to success. 08:19 Balancing exploration and exploitation is vital for productivity and success. 12:36 Focusing strengthens neural connections and boosts productivity. 14:39 Dopamine distortion leads to underestimating project complexity 18:24 Prioritize within your primary pursuit to enhance focus and progress. 20:09 Cutting non-essential tasks and commitments for faster progress 23:34 Warren Buffett shows the importance of persisting with one pursuit 25:25 Mastering explore-exploit dynamics is crucial 29:09 Invest energy in things with potential for growth, even if initially uninterested. 30:45 Embrace a hobby for sustained flow Crafted by Merlin AI.
@@acer1kylesf943it's funny, by the third bullet point I came to "either this person didn't need to be here and wanted to help OR they really needed to be here, took the time to find all the times and shared it" regardless thank you OC. Gonna have to check out Merlin now 😂
Hi Rian. Your channel with 195K subscribers at the time of writing this comment is woefully undersubscribed. I encourage you to "stay focused" and to keep this type of content coming, it is literally eve opening. I have no absolutely no doubt it will help millions of people like myself. I have listened to the last 32 minutes to your content arriving at one epiphany after another. Keep the videos coming brother, your content is truly one of a kind. Greeting from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As a student this productivity content is enough for me.This is the only YT account, where I have listened to the content as if I am in an actual class.
I totally agree. I am watching all of his videos and taking notes. Then trying to implement them in my life. This is genuinely great content. Glad I found this channel.
@@MeathammerFour Actually I have been listening to both of them since 2019. But there were certain gaps in my thinking that Rian filled for me. Huberman's Goal related podcast was Gold and Peterson of course shows you the mirror and hits you where it hurts the most.
Jesus, you are the best channel/source on productivity I've seen ever. No book I've read have given me such concise and useful answers to the problems that arise. Thank you for what you do!
Wow... I have never realised how dispersed I was, trying to leaen how to do everything and be in control of everything. After going through considerable numbers of videos on self improvement, this is by far the most valuable one I have come across in a very very long time! Thank you, Rian!
Notes: 1️⃣ Flow state over and over builds speed, speed builds momentum, momentum builds exponential growth until escape velocity 2️⃣ Dispersion is Procrastination older brother 3️⃣ Dopamine is a means to an end, not the end all be all.. 4️⃣ The goal is not just more dopamine, the goal is build speed to hit escape velocity and build resources 5️⃣ Dopamine leads to action > Flow state action x 2 weeks leads momentum... x 8 weeks leads to escape velocity
This is so timely. I came to this realization a week ago. I've been wanting to read the book along with the class I'm teaching, study to complete a license, and study for my day job on top of that. I was getting nowhere with any of them. I've been making progress again now that I settled on one
Rian, this video is the testament that your focus has led you to a level way beyond average. Each of your video feels like reading a book. A great book. You honed your skill of content creation and the value you can now deliver each time is astonishing. Thank you for the inspiration.
I am 14 and i am very grateful i found your advice so early into my life because most people in my generation don‘t know what they are doing is hurting them i live in germany and i feel like there is no one talking about flow state so your advice is very much needed i already showed my parents your content and they love it now im gonna show my teachers and soon i may be able to make a difference in their life ❤
you'll be doing a very good thing indeed, something as simple as showing such videos to your classmates and friends can drastically improve their lives. it really is sad that this kind of information isn't something you come across at any point in life, you either get lucky or start questioning things like how to outperform and optimize yourself to the maximum. best of luck in your life!
You should read or listen to the book "the 5 regrets of the dying and and dearly departed" by Bronnie. There is much wisdom from survivors, the old, and the dead.
This was a truly enlightening video and exactly what I needed. I was already cutting down on responsibilities the past few weeks, but this made me realize how much more I need to focus on what I really want to achieve.
i cant express how much your content means to me. it truly is life changing. you genuinely are changing lives with this information i hope you realize that. so valuable on every level imaginable. all i can say is thank you so deeply
This is literally the best video I've ever watched on TH-cam. I am a willing victim of dispersion with the urge to "learn everything" related to productivity, this video has helped me to identify my weakness and address it with a well thought solution. Thank you Rian.
WOW what an incredible video!! I'm definitely an exploiter; too stubborn to give up on things where I really wasn't suited and I've paid a heavy price for it. Your channel is incredible, thank you!!
I find compounding effects and the concept of exponential returns fascinating and would love a video centered around them! I think the concepts are easy for most people to grasp but demonstrating with real world examples and data could really show how much they're often underutilized or overlooked. Your videos are the best I've found covering this stuff on youtube btw, really incredible.
I love this channel and as I move into my mid-forties and navigate the changes that happen to women, I appreciate how you break things down and offer solutions. Some of my issues stem from undiagnosed ADHD, others from life phase changes, and others from... you know, living with four teenagers. I hope your message continues to spread. It is valuable and I have done my part to share your videos with the people I love.
Thank you for these videos. On the surface there are many who offer the same thing as you do but you delve more into the depth and I can see that what you offer comes from experience which is truly valuable. Thanks
Great fresh point I haven't already heard from other YTers! I definitely fall into that "Oh, it won't take very long" trap of taking on more and more projects. Something I have been feeling I need to be more forceful about declining new projects lately, and this really summed it up well.
Needed this! I have this tendency to take too many projects together as I feel I will get bored with one thing only. But I do take projects which is relatable… teach, run my non profit, writing a book, podcasting
I’m an entrepreneur and I relate to the shinny object syndrome, but in never knew why this happened. Excellent explanation of dispersion and how to avoid this
Fascinating and enlightening stuff. Towards the end, you said something that suddenly explained to me why the Conservative government in the UK destroyed itself. I think the politicians made the mistake of seeking their dopamine hits in their job. Instead of focussing on the mundane project of running the country, they sought to jazz things up with non-primary-pursuit side-adventures such as Brexit, premature elections, attacks on the judiciary and the constitution, high-risk economic gambles, leader swapping, culture-war inciting, etc. All they needed to do was run the country in a dull, undramatic manner, and the inherited economic recovery post-2008 would surely have compounded inexorably.
Hi Rian, I usually don't comment but I must say, you bring the point out very well from a scientific perspective. We appreciate you for that. Keep up the amazing work! 😀 And Thank you very much!
Maan , your videos are so real and practical, I already got helped so much by your last videos and changed my lifestyle to be productive and work orientated and now this situation is exactly where Im stuck and you just release this video at perfect time with such quality, really thank you man really!
Very eye opening . Even if I concider myself on the right path after some years of dispersion and overexploration ,with all the biases mentioned , the video brought more clarity and vision to what I'm undertaking currently .
I found your channel at 15k subs when you uploaded the video of dopamine re-sensitization and got SO much out of that video that excelled me forward but unfortunately lost your channel after that. I'm happy to see the growth you have had since then and thank you for these videos that have helped me in my focus journey!
This is a great video. So many good insights here. I’ve been dealing with overwhelm from too many pursuits within my career as of late. It’s time to focus and narrow down to the essential.
Hey Rian, this is easily one of the most high value pieces of content/audiobook/blog/etc I’ve consumed in the last year. Appreciate the synthesis of ideas and the texture of anecdotes. I would love to hear if you have any thoughts on breaking out of task-positive mode. It’s a state that some get in where they become locked on what they’re doing for long spells at a time. Cheers~
This happens to me all the time weather i am on social media or on youtube, i am looking for something and then another video get my attention and then I even forget what i was going to search and also build Hype ambition, i want to achieve so much in so little time. and as a result i lose my focus all the time. Your videos are like solution to every problem I have.
It sounds like ADHD in another level. Losing focus getting dispersed. Thanks a lot. Quite interesting! I always wanna do everything and move forward very slowly. Life is too precious to just do one thing is what I fear.
Watching a few vid of yours, subscribe right away, instruction so clear, no repetitive information, and not put me in that vague state of having too much information ( if that makes sense)
What would I choose to exploit this week?.. Been two weeks pushing my mind, problem solving a-level mathematics exercises. It's getting quite bland just solving and solving, pen on paper, mindlessly following guided steps. I feel visualizing the equations on a graphing software is a good way to exploit instead of having to determine what could be right or wrong on paper. Test out more variables on software, play with it, and re-learn concepts that I'm weak at. Doesn't sound impressive but I believe that's the best exploitation within study goals. Excellent video packed with so much value! Avoiding attention dispersion was and still is my no 1 priority starting new year. Coincidentally your first 2024 video happens to talk about that LOL! Also, the video looks refreshing with bits of storytelling embedded in between :) I'll admit I was that loser dog too.
This is a good explanation of the difference between Tesla and other car makers. Tesla has over and over focused all employees on a singular task. One car at a time, all hands on deliveries, production hell. All the other car makers have been announcing lots of models, trying to produce cheap cars they make massive losses on. Tesla is the only car maker I know that has a captain. But somehow, Elon has been able to Captain several huge companies simultaneously...
Sorry they’re not an option, I’ve had points where I needed them But your device might support auto captions! I recommend you check your settings to see if it’s there
Watch it once and listen to the best of your ability. Then watch it again and take notes. Then watch it again and create your own subtitles and time stamps.
here are my thoughts on how to counter Dispersion. As a person with Congenital Cerebral Palsy one of the things that you recognize early is that there are muscle related preconditions that have to be met just to play the game, and those are hyper spastic states, and hyper tonality. Hyper Spastic states are the muscle movement and placement of said muscles, these can be clinically observed as tremors, and hyper Tonality refers to the rigidity of said muscles, One of those muscle groups is my whole left arm, and because of those preconditions i have limited movement but that is a strong saving grace, because i naturally DONT have the ability to fully extend my left arm at all, so i am naturally inclined to only take on the very biggest single opportunities one challenge at a time, and that is the lesson here take on challenges one at a time. for me my challenge Road is this , currently i am an MBA Student so i NEED to finish strong, then do a city transfer to start working on a PhD in Sociology , a process i expect to take about 4-5 years but when done i will have the Accreditation to start teaching Sociology/english and related fields, guiding future students along the path i am on right now, and build a body of teaching knowledge along the way, that body of knowledge itself can be used to build an online teaching presence whose primary responsibility is to facilitate a connection with the brightest industry professionals on a path that will end up with the Humble DarkStar entering into low orbit, and held there for 3 days, the most physically demanding whole body challenge a person living with different abilities can come up with. if it helps just remember this story was written while my left wrist is ALSO recovering from a fracture, so all of this was on the back of one hand. - Best Wishes, The Humble DarkStar
I would love formyou to do a series on how this applies to parents (specifically moms or single parent families) who often have to split focus with kids. Especially with the rise of work-from-home and the feeling like if we’re on a break from work focus we should be doing home-focus. A lot do the “monk mode” and flow focus suggestions just aren’t readable when you have small humans who need you. How do these get modified - saying you can’t guarantee a full nights sleep bc your kiddo can’t sleep through the night (and this persists beyond babies! My 4yo still wakes up every night!). How do we manage hyper focus for women who have been mentally trained to do multiple things at once? I’m curious if there’s a true gap in the research.
As a programmer working on a game engine who has 12,000 dollars worth of plexiglass and mechanical patents... This video expresses exactly what I've been thinking... I took my 12,000 dollars worth of plexiglass and sold it all for 300 dollars . And I am abandoning my mechanical patent application . Why ? Because why fabricating stuff at a machine shop is fun and I could make money doing it... If I am going to get rich doing something, I need to decide between : A. Game Engine B. Modular Designer Furniture And I decided Game Engine because it is cheaper to write code ( keep your body alive ) than it is to make physical products ( warehouse space , patent maintenance , machine shop rental , materials )
Basically don’t focus too much on multiple things at once. Try to focus on one thing to build it up and get it done and then move more attention to the next one.
This is what I needed to hear. I now know that I need to choose one boat. With multiple boats already in the water, can the focus problem be solved with effective delegation?
Amazing content! I've been suffering from dispersion which I didn't know there was term for. Thank you for providing context and a guide to overcome such a thing. To ask a real specific question, would you consider running a business and building your own personal brand as two different pursuits?
I was wondering why i am not moving an inch but still feel like spending time only on my goals. I have been in this dispersion mode all this while, wasting time on something part of my list but i should not be doing right now. Interestingly you pointed out my current mistake and also alerted how to move forward by explaining about removing unwanted workloads, even though i didn't reach that stage i realize it is as important as getting rid of dispersion.
Important Moments: 1:47 Dispersion 6:18 Focus 9:52 The Captain 12:08 The Compounding Focus 15:43 The Temporal Audit 19:57 Will it make the boat go faster? 29:19 losing flow 30:37 how to get flow back
While there are some good points in not spreading your attention too thin, I generally have some objections to the message in the video. To diversify your interests is extremely important to increase your ability to tackle change. If you hang up your identity on just one thing, or in some too narrow area, you become very vulnerable to change. Putting all eggs in one basket is a huge risk and also easily creates anxiety and fear of the future. What if something happens to your only basket of eggs? (This is a very important point in the book "Master of change" by Brad Stulberg) Also, it has been scientifically proven that you see a huge increase of the score in intelligence tests for people trying to pursue multiple subjects. The explanation seems to be that you then learn how the skill tree of knowledge is built in different subject which increases your overall IQ (See the book "Range" by David Epstein). So overall diversifying your interests is really benificial, both for your overall intelligence and productivity, but also your happiness in the long run. But of course there is a limit to everything, if you try to purse so many different things that you barely have any time for any of them, then it becomes a problem.
I really appreciate your content and the fact that you are willing to provide us with this invaluable knowledge. I just have a question regarding myself that currently i am focusing on becoming a programmer as my pursuit and my task is to complete the cs50 harward course i also have to complete my studies that are essential in college and i also have to try to improve my communication skills as they are essential for a programmer so i am currently giving attention to imp. My communication skills, my technical programming skills, my studies and calculus, all of these are things that are important and are directly related to my pursuit of becoming a programmer so should i keep focusing on all these skills or just drop them and focus on improving my techinal programming skills at a time then communication skills then studies for college
I'd apply the same technique as in the video "what is accelerating the ship" just doing the CS50 course is probably not enough go spend 1000 hours on it in 3 months, and remove the unnecessary things. 1000 hours of actual effort that'd be my strategy When it comes to communication skills It's hard to tell your actual level from the message, but a junior developer doesn't need it that much. On the other hand, if you have a lot of communication skills, some corporations might be compelled to pay you to learn coding on the job, because you can interact with business well. a good GPA on a degree will probably help you with this strategy as a person who's felt that had "bad communication skills" I've found that most of my "bad communication skills" came to lack of confidence for me, looking very deeply into my past (with professional help, though a friend that's older and wiser would help probably too) is helping immensely so, I've detached myself from technical people by going to a b-school; not sure if it's the correct choice but I was able to detach myself for the most part from my past and I've come to understand that I'd have achieved almost the same thing, if not more by going to a technical university XD if I just fixed myself by removing my traumas... and you can learn communication skills it on the job... once, you get it In any way - choose one fast based on REASON (incl. reasonable approach to your real emotions) But, I'm not the best adviser, I'm going through something similar
@@qillerr_ytyeah looking back i've also found that my bad communication skills came from my lack of confidence in myself and my fear of judgement from people I've overcame my fear of judgement or atleast tried to do things even if I am afraid i am also focusing on putting more effort on the main concepts taught in CS50 and i'll try competitive programming after completing that course. These days i have a lot of time as my first sem in college just finished and I am putting most effort in improving my programming skills and completing the course but I also practice articulation, improve vocab daily even if it's for just half an hour as it gives me an opportunity to relax and also to not discard communication skills directly as i've come to know that communication skills not only help me in improving my chances of getting a job / internship but they are also important life skills and help me connect with people. I know that focusing on just one thing is important that's why I am focusing most of time on programming and then on other things like communication and studies related to college I know that the motive of video is to tell people to just focus on one thing but like really is it practical to just focus on one thing and discard everything else? .
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Rían here. Thanks for watching. Our biology is wired to make us scatter our focus - but there's a way to overcome Dispersion.
With the science-backed techniques in this PDF, you can quickly catapult your focus into a singular pursuit by achieving a month’s worth of work in less than a day.
I'm extremely appreciating these advices tonight Rian.
I love the concept that you shared about the apples and compounding focus. It instantly made me consider the areas and places where I am dispersing my own focus. So tonight I'm going to take a minute to sit down and ponder over my apple trees and what that would look like in my startup.
As always I truly appreciate your work and I'm hoping you the best in your life, family, and endeavors.
~ Taqi ~
You're a real star, cheers buddy.
Rian. This video taught me more in 90 minutes(I rewatched it in 0.75 speed) than in my life time. I have 10 photos of people on my inspiration list. And this includes my entire lifetime. You are now the 11th.
@@jeevanraajan3238 I'm super glad this was helpful to you! Stay strong brother!
Great video!
It’s also worth noting that many entities-people but also large, old companies-get stuck in the exploitation phase. They find something that is working and then stop, even become hostile to, exploring, which opens them up to the risk of disruption or worse motivates them to squash the exploration of competitors.
This is a different problem, not totally relevant to your area of research, but related.
as someone who feels "late" in life the urge to do many things at once in order to "catch up" can be overwhelming. your message is really eye opening. thank you for sharing.
I'm very glad you found it helpful!
I am feeling the same
Same
As a 50 year old I also relate to your comment.
Same here
the biases really opened my eyes
novelty bias - preventing focus
scarcity bias - fomo
present bias - instant gratification
00:00 Dispersion, worse than procrastination, splits attention and compromises long-term success.
02:12 Hyper-ambition can lead to loss of focus and productivity.
06:19 Focus is the key to success.
08:19 Balancing exploration and exploitation is vital for productivity and success.
12:36 Focusing strengthens neural connections and boosts productivity.
14:39 Dopamine distortion leads to underestimating project complexity
18:24 Prioritize within your primary pursuit to enhance focus and progress.
20:09 Cutting non-essential tasks and commitments for faster progress
23:34 Warren Buffett shows the importance of persisting with one pursuit
25:25 Mastering explore-exploit dynamics is crucial
29:09 Invest energy in things with potential for growth, even if initially uninterested.
30:45 Embrace a hobby for sustained flow
Crafted by Merlin AI.
Bro didn’t even try to hide it
Thanks Danesh Bhai🙌🙏
@@acer1kylesf943it's funny, by the third bullet point I came to "either this person didn't need to be here and wanted to help OR they really needed to be here, took the time to find all the times and shared it" regardless thank you OC. Gonna have to check out Merlin now 😂
Hi Rian. Your channel with 195K subscribers at the time of writing this comment is woefully undersubscribed. I encourage you to "stay focused" and to keep this type of content coming, it is literally eve opening. I have no absolutely no doubt it will help millions of people like myself. I have listened to the last 32 minutes to your content arriving at one epiphany after another. Keep the videos coming brother, your content is truly one of a kind. Greeting from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As a student this productivity content is enough for me.This is the only YT account, where I have listened to the content as if I am in an actual class.
I literally do the same thing LOL
@@taqimckinzie Isn't Rian the best? He is a GOd sent helper.
I totally agree. I am watching all of his videos and taking notes. Then trying to implement them in my life. This is genuinely great content. Glad I found this channel.
Y’all need to check out Huberman and Peterson then. This guy is good sometimes, but those two are true professionals in their field.
@@MeathammerFour Actually I have been listening to both of them since 2019. But there were certain gaps in my thinking that Rian filled for me. Huberman's Goal related podcast was Gold and Peterson of course shows you the mirror and hits you where it hurts the most.
Jesus, you are the best channel/source on productivity I've seen ever. No book I've read have given me such concise and useful answers to the problems that arise. Thank you for what you do!
Rian*
Wow... I have never realised how dispersed I was, trying to leaen how to do everything and be in control of everything. After going through considerable numbers of videos on self improvement, this is by far the most valuable one I have come across in a very very long time! Thank you, Rian!
Notes:
1️⃣ Flow state over and over builds speed, speed builds momentum, momentum builds exponential growth until escape velocity
2️⃣ Dispersion is Procrastination older brother
3️⃣ Dopamine is a means to an end, not the end all be all..
4️⃣ The goal is not just more dopamine, the goal is build speed to hit escape velocity and build resources
5️⃣ Dopamine leads to action > Flow state action x 2 weeks leads momentum... x 8 weeks leads to escape velocity
This is so timely. I came to this realization a week ago. I've been wanting to read the book along with the class I'm teaching, study to complete a license, and study for my day job on top of that. I was getting nowhere with any of them. I've been making progress again now that I settled on one
Rian, this video is the testament that your focus has led you to a level way beyond average. Each of your video feels like reading a book. A great book. You honed your skill of content creation and the value you can now deliver each time is astonishing. Thank you for the inspiration.
I am 14 and i am very grateful i found your advice so early into my life because most people in my generation don‘t know what they are doing is hurting them i live in germany and i feel like there is no one talking about flow state so your advice is very much needed i already showed my parents your content and they love it now im gonna show my teachers and soon i may be able to make a difference in their life ❤
you'll be doing a very good thing indeed, something as simple as showing such videos to your classmates and friends can drastically improve their lives. it really is sad that this kind of information isn't something you come across at any point in life, you either get lucky or start questioning things like how to outperform and optimize yourself to the maximum. best of luck in your life!
@@imperialnoob8320 thank you so much brother i hope you are doing well, have a nice day!
i wish i was as aware as you when i was 14,i just spent my life on autopilot,keep up the good work
You should read or listen to the book "the 5 regrets of the dying and and dearly departed" by Bronnie.
There is much wisdom from survivors, the old, and the dead.
This was a truly enlightening video and exactly what I needed. I was already cutting down on responsibilities the past few weeks, but this made me realize how much more I need to focus on what I really want to achieve.
The best video in the internet I have ever seen.
Pure gold!
Thank you 🙏
i cant express how much your content means to me. it truly is life changing. you genuinely are changing lives with this information i hope you realize that. so valuable on every level imaginable. all i can say is thank you so deeply
This is literally the best video I've ever watched on TH-cam. I am a willing victim of dispersion with the urge to "learn everything" related to productivity, this video has helped me to identify my weakness and address it with a well thought solution. Thank you Rian.
WOW what an incredible video!! I'm definitely an exploiter; too stubborn to give up on things where I really wasn't suited and I've paid a heavy price for it. Your channel is incredible, thank you!!
Biggest digging of the year - AND I WAS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED EVERY WORD OF IT! Congrats on the focus man.
The best video related to productivity that i've ever watched
Your content hits to the core of mass that are faced with current transition of technology advancement and are struggling. Amazing delivery!
I find compounding effects and the concept of exponential returns fascinating and would love a video centered around them! I think the concepts are easy for most people to grasp but demonstrating with real world examples and data could really show how much they're often underutilized or overlooked. Your videos are the best I've found covering this stuff on youtube btw, really incredible.
Hi @riandoris
watched all of your videos and extracted the juice of "Ultra productivity"
from your research thanks brother !
smartest man alive with a mullet 🏆
this is gold, please keep producing videos about focus, this is gonna be your perfect niche
I love this channel and as I move into my mid-forties and navigate the changes that happen to women, I appreciate how you break things down and offer solutions. Some of my issues stem from undiagnosed ADHD, others from life phase changes, and others from... you know, living with four teenagers. I hope your message continues to spread. It is valuable and I have done my part to share your videos with the people I love.
Damn man, this video was like a whole course module. Insane amounts of knowledge and value.
Thank you for these videos. On the surface there are many who offer the same thing as you do but you delve more into the depth and I can see that what you offer comes from experience which is truly valuable. Thanks
So much gold in all these videos. Quickly became my most valuable subscription on YT. Thanks you so much for sharing all that knowledge Rian ❤
Great fresh point I haven't already heard from other YTers! I definitely fall into that "Oh, it won't take very long" trap of taking on more and more projects. Something I have been feeling I need to be more forceful about declining new projects lately, and this really summed it up well.
All I can say you are truly doing world class work on the science of flow! Keep up these vids coming, they are truly perspective changers!
Thanks for this video. Literally answered all my doubts. My intellectual growth from this point onwards will be exponential.
Needed this! I have this tendency to take too many projects together as I feel I will get bored with one thing only. But I do take projects which is relatable… teach, run my non profit, writing a book, podcasting
I’m an entrepreneur and I relate to the shinny object syndrome, but in never knew why this happened. Excellent explanation of dispersion and how to avoid this
Fascinating and enlightening stuff.
Towards the end, you said something that suddenly explained to me why the Conservative government in the UK destroyed itself. I think the politicians made the mistake of seeking their dopamine hits in their job. Instead of focussing on the mundane project of running the country, they sought to jazz things up with non-primary-pursuit side-adventures such as Brexit, premature elections, attacks on the judiciary and the constitution, high-risk economic gambles, leader swapping, culture-war inciting, etc. All they needed to do was run the country in a dull, undramatic manner, and the inherited economic recovery post-2008 would surely have compounded inexorably.
The introduction is insanely well written!
For how valuable this information is, and though this channel is bigger then most, this channel and video is highly underrated.
Thank you so much for taking the time to create this video!! You have no idea how much you have helped me!
Hi Rian, I usually don't comment but I must say, you bring the point out very well from a scientific perspective. We appreciate you for that. Keep up the amazing work! 😀 And Thank you very much!
Hardest thing I'm facing now is just sticking to a routine. It feels like running up a hill every day.
Maan , your videos are so real and practical, I already got helped so much by your last videos and changed my lifestyle to be productive and work orientated and now this situation is exactly where Im stuck and you just release this video at perfect time with such quality, really thank you man really!
Very eye opening .
Even if I concider myself on the right path after some years of dispersion and overexploration ,with all the biases mentioned , the video brought more clarity and vision to what I'm undertaking currently .
Discovering this channel has been life changing.
I love, absolutely love your content . They are new , real and soooo unbelievably helpful .
Thank you sir .
I personally appreciate the fact that the beginning of the video didn't have fast music.. great content as always
I found your channel at 15k subs when you uploaded the video of dopamine re-sensitization and got SO much out of that video that excelled me forward but unfortunately lost your channel after that. I'm happy to see the growth you have had since then and thank you for these videos that have helped me in my focus journey!
This is a great video. So many good insights here. I’ve been dealing with overwhelm from too many pursuits within my career as of late. It’s time to focus and narrow down to the essential.
This message is very timely for where I’m at in my life right now. I needed to hear this. Thank you for making this video!❤
very appreciate your critic of your own self. Hardly anyone can do that
Hey Rian, this is easily one of the most high value pieces of content/audiobook/blog/etc I’ve consumed in the last year. Appreciate the synthesis of ideas and the texture of anecdotes.
I would love to hear if you have any thoughts on breaking out of task-positive mode. It’s a state that some get in where they become locked on what they’re doing for long spells at a time. Cheers~
This happens to me all the time weather i am on social media or on youtube, i am looking for something and then another video get my attention and then I even forget what i was going to search and also build Hype ambition, i want to achieve so much in so little time. and as a result i lose my focus all the time. Your videos are like solution to every problem I have.
Happens to me all the time. Its ADHD
I love the idea of going on a boat to the wonderful island!! Thank you so much with this video amazing as always!!
This content is so amazing, everything from the topic to the graphics is just perfect.
Focus is the luxurious state of having distraction not diminish intention on the winding road that is life.
Golden Video Rian. Thank you
It sounds like ADHD in another level. Losing focus getting dispersed. Thanks a lot. Quite interesting! I always wanna do everything and move forward very slowly. Life is too precious to just do one thing is what I fear.
Watching a few vid of yours, subscribe right away, instruction so clear, no repetitive information, and not put me in that vague state of having too much information ( if that makes sense)
What would I choose to exploit this week?..
Been two weeks pushing my mind, problem solving a-level mathematics exercises. It's getting quite bland just solving and solving, pen on paper, mindlessly following guided steps. I feel visualizing the equations on a graphing software is a good way to exploit instead of having to determine what could be right or wrong on paper. Test out more variables on software, play with it, and re-learn concepts that I'm weak at. Doesn't sound impressive but I believe that's the best exploitation within study goals.
Excellent video packed with so much value! Avoiding attention dispersion was and still is my no 1 priority starting new year. Coincidentally your first 2024 video happens to talk about that LOL! Also, the video looks refreshing with bits of storytelling embedded in between :) I'll admit I was that loser dog too.
This is a good explanation of the difference between Tesla and other car makers. Tesla has over and over focused all employees on a singular task. One car at a time, all hands on deliveries, production hell. All the other car makers have been announcing lots of models, trying to produce cheap cars they make massive losses on. Tesla is the only car maker I know that has a captain. But somehow, Elon has been able to Captain several huge companies simultaneously...
Your videos are Amazing as always bro 🔥
Absolute god level content ❤️🔥
Needed tgis video today, thank you, Rian
You finally dialed back the unnecessarily loud music. Good job.
Can you turn on subtitles?
Sorry they’re not an option, I’ve had points where I needed them
But your device might support auto captions! I recommend you check your settings to see if it’s there
* please
@@HermitFanimations @fifty5712
Follow with transcript located within the description 👍
Watch it once and listen to the best of your ability. Then watch it again and take notes. Then watch it again and create your own subtitles and time stamps.
here are my thoughts on how to counter Dispersion. As a person with Congenital Cerebral Palsy one of the things that you recognize early is that there are muscle related preconditions that have to be met just to play the game, and those are hyper spastic states, and hyper tonality. Hyper Spastic states are the muscle movement and placement of said muscles, these can be clinically observed as tremors, and hyper Tonality refers to the rigidity of said muscles,
One of those muscle groups is my whole left arm, and because of those preconditions i have limited movement but that is a strong saving grace, because i naturally DONT have the ability to fully extend my left arm at all, so i am naturally inclined to only take on the very biggest single opportunities one challenge at a time, and that is the lesson here take on challenges one at a time. for me my challenge Road is this , currently i am an MBA Student so i NEED to finish strong, then do a city transfer to start working on a PhD in Sociology , a process i expect to take about 4-5 years but when done i will have the Accreditation to start teaching Sociology/english and related fields, guiding future students along the path i am on right now, and build a body of teaching knowledge along the way, that body of knowledge itself can be used to build an online teaching presence whose primary responsibility is to facilitate a connection with the brightest industry professionals on a path that will end up with the Humble DarkStar entering into low orbit, and held there for 3 days, the most physically demanding whole body challenge a person living with different abilities can come up with.
if it helps just remember this story was written while my left wrist is ALSO recovering from a fracture, so all of this was on the back of one hand.
- Best Wishes,
The Humble DarkStar
This video is extremely valuable thanks for the effort 🔥🔥
Good luck on your path forward brother! Thank you for watching!
This is what happened to me a few times a few years back when I was right on the verge of a breakthru
I would love formyou to do a series on how this applies to parents (specifically moms or single parent families) who often have to split focus with kids. Especially with the rise of work-from-home and the feeling like if we’re on a break from work focus we should be doing home-focus. A lot do the “monk mode” and flow focus suggestions just aren’t readable when you have small humans who need you. How do these get modified - saying you can’t guarantee a full nights sleep bc your kiddo can’t sleep through the night (and this persists beyond babies! My 4yo still wakes up every night!). How do we manage hyper focus for women who have been mentally trained to do multiple things at once? I’m curious if there’s a true gap in the research.
Thanks a lot, I needed this. I need to get focused
Thanks Rian for sharing these great insights 🎉❤
As a programmer working on a game engine who has 12,000 dollars worth of plexiglass and mechanical patents...
This video expresses exactly what I've been thinking...
I took my 12,000 dollars worth of plexiglass and sold it all for 300 dollars .
And I am abandoning my mechanical patent application .
Why ?
Because why fabricating stuff at a machine shop is fun and I could make money doing it...
If I am going to get rich doing something, I need to decide between :
A. Game Engine
B. Modular Designer Furniture
And I decided Game Engine because it is cheaper to write code ( keep your body alive )
than it is to make physical products ( warehouse space , patent maintenance , machine shop rental , materials )
Basically don’t focus too much on multiple things at once. Try to focus on one thing to build it up and get it done and then move more attention to the next one.
This is what I needed to hear. I now know that I need to choose one boat. With multiple boats already in the water, can the focus problem be solved with effective delegation?
As someone who has faced dispersion for over 7 years, what can I do to undo all that it's done to me and start climbing in popularity?
wow thanks for pointing that out 😂😂😂 so true didn't realize the other enemy... dispersion
Pretty much spot on what I am going through right now spread too thin
I'll rewind and rewatch a lot of this before it sticks
thank you it realy opened my eyes
You'r not a one trick pony my friend, not 2 trick pony as well, not even 3 👏🏼👏🏼✨✨
Amazing content! I've been suffering from dispersion which I didn't know there was term for. Thank you for providing context and a guide to overcome such a thing.
To ask a real specific question, would you consider running a business and building your own personal brand as two different pursuits?
Wow! High quality content brother. 😮
Of course ... COE, training company, acomplishments .... 1/2 of video but to the topic not single word
I needed this video a year ago
This is ingenious.
Daily dose of Rian.👍 Wonder how to merge this with Dan Koe and the multi-stack concept.🤔
Most ideas lost to time are gone because someone just gave up.
Every video you dont miss, your content is almost too good to be true I waiting for the online course lol
I was wondering why i am not moving an inch but still feel like spending time only on my goals. I have been in this dispersion mode all this while, wasting time on something part of my list but i should not be doing right now.
Interestingly you pointed out my current mistake and also alerted how to move forward by explaining about removing unwanted workloads, even though i didn't reach that stage i realize it is as important as getting rid of dispersion.
Important Moments:
1:47 Dispersion
6:18 Focus
9:52 The Captain
12:08 The Compounding Focus
15:43 The Temporal Audit
19:57 Will it make the boat go faster?
29:19 losing flow
30:37 how to get flow back
I just want to say, thank you
While there are some good points in not spreading your attention too thin, I generally have some objections to the message in the video.
To diversify your interests is extremely important to increase your ability to tackle change. If you hang up your identity on just one thing, or in some too narrow area, you become very vulnerable to change. Putting all eggs in one basket is a huge risk and also easily creates anxiety and fear of the future. What if something happens to your only basket of eggs?
(This is a very important point in the book "Master of change" by Brad Stulberg)
Also, it has been scientifically proven that you see a huge increase of the score in intelligence tests for people trying to pursue multiple subjects.
The explanation seems to be that you then learn how the skill tree of knowledge is built in different subject which increases your overall IQ (See the book "Range" by David Epstein).
So overall diversifying your interests is really benificial, both for your overall intelligence and productivity, but also your happiness in the long run.
But of course there is a limit to everything, if you try to purse so many different things that you barely have any time for any of them, then it becomes a problem.
Who is this guy this video is amazing
"Distractions" are actually just other pursuits
"Save to watch later"
I feel exposed
Hey Rian! Maybe you can advice some good book about this topic?
I really appreciate your content and the fact that you are willing to provide us with this invaluable knowledge. I just have a question regarding myself that currently i am focusing on becoming a programmer as my pursuit and my task is to complete the cs50 harward course i also have to complete my studies that are essential in college and i also have to try to improve my communication skills as they are essential for a programmer so i am currently giving attention to imp. My communication skills, my technical programming skills, my studies and calculus, all of these are things that are important and are directly related to my pursuit of becoming a programmer so should i keep focusing on all these skills or just drop them and focus on improving my techinal programming skills at a time then communication skills then studies for college
I'd apply the same technique as in the video
"what is accelerating the ship"
just doing the CS50 course is probably not enough
go spend 1000 hours on it in 3 months, and remove the unnecessary things.
1000 hours of actual effort
that'd be my strategy
When it comes to communication skills
It's hard to tell your actual level from the message, but a junior developer doesn't need it that much.
On the other hand, if you have a lot of communication skills, some corporations might be compelled to pay you to learn coding on the job, because you can interact with business well.
a good GPA on a degree will probably help you with this strategy
as a person who's felt that had "bad communication skills" I've found that most of my "bad communication skills" came to lack of confidence
for me, looking very deeply into my past (with professional help, though a friend that's older and wiser would help probably too) is helping immensely
so, I've detached myself from technical people by going to a b-school; not sure if it's the correct choice but I was able to detach myself for the most part from my past
and I've come to understand that I'd have achieved almost the same thing, if not more by going to a technical university XD if I just fixed myself by removing my traumas...
and you can learn communication skills it on the job... once, you get it
In any way - choose one fast based on REASON (incl. reasonable approach to your real emotions)
But, I'm not the best adviser, I'm going through something similar
@@qillerr_ytyeah looking back i've also found that my bad communication skills came from my lack of confidence in myself and my fear of judgement from people I've overcame my fear of judgement or atleast tried to do things even if I am afraid i am also focusing on putting more effort on the main concepts taught in CS50 and i'll try competitive programming after completing that course. These days i have a lot of time as my first sem in college just finished and I am putting most effort in improving my programming skills and completing the course but I also practice articulation, improve vocab daily even if it's for just half an hour as it gives me an opportunity to relax and also to not discard communication skills directly as i've come to know that communication skills not only help me in improving my chances of getting a job / internship but they are also important life skills and help me connect with people. I know that focusing on just one thing is important that's why I am focusing most of time on programming and then on other things like communication and studies related to college I know that the motive of video is to tell people to just focus on one thing but like really is it practical to just focus on one thing and discard everything else? .
I really enjoy your content. I do have to say your thumbnails don’t do justice to the value your videos provide.
100% needed this today.
T h a n k y o u!
Grateful for seeing this today!
I'm happy I've discovered you my friend . 😂
You are THE GUY
fantastic video, very helpful